ExpressVPN bills itself as the premium choice, and its prices reflect that. But is it the best choice? Read our review to find out.
ExpressVPN positions itself as a premium VPN service, and that’s why it costs more than a lot of its rivals. You won’t see any crazy deals offering 80% off as you will elsewhere, and the longest subscription is 12 months, not five years.
But is ExpressVPN worth $99.95 (around £75) per year when you can get two, three or even five years of use from rival VPN services for less? Keep reading to find out.
Features
ExpressVPN – as with all consumer VPN services – grants an extra layer of privacy online, extra security on public Wi-Fi networks (such as in cafes and hotels) and the ability to unblock region-locked content, such as videos and websites.
In fact, unblocking it one of its biggest strengths: it claims to reliably unblock over 200 streaming service and also gives you a backup option – the MediaStreamer proxy service – if you find that the VPN isn’t unblocking DAZN, say, at the exact moment you want to watch a live sports event.
ExpressVPN also has its own encryption protocol, Lightway. This offers fast connection times and good speeds. This is important if you have a fast internet connection and don’t want your VPN slowing it down.
If you have any problems, live chat is available round the clock, too.
Apps
One of ExpressVPN’s other strengths is the range of apps it offers: Windows, macOS, iPhone, Android, iPad, Linux and Amazon Fire TV. But it doesn’t stop there. There are browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. And unlike virtually all other VPN services, whose extensions are merely proxies masquerading as VPNs, ExpressVPN’s extensions are more akin to a remote control for the main VPN app, so when you use them, you’re getting the full protection of a VPN rather than simply changing your IP address.
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