Instead of NordVPN, try one of these 5.
Every alternative is lined up against NordVPN on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. NordVPN sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving NordVPN to first. How we compare.
NordVPN alternatives at a glance
NordVPN is a paid vpn app (from $4/mo). We compared 5 alternatives: 2 are open source, 0 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 5 work fully offline. The most popular is Proton VPN, with 880 likes, while our pick is Mullvad VPN.
Free-tier VPN from the Proton privacy ecosystem.
Freemium · Open source · Works offlinePrivacy-first VPN, pay anonymously with cash.
Paid · Open source · Works offline