PrivadoVPN Reviews

Friends who may live in mainland China, please listen to my comments. This is the best VPN I have ever used in mainland China, bar none.
Although Privado officially does not clearly guarantee its availability in mainland China, after my testing, it is stable.
I am a citizen of Mainland China. I have tried more than 5 VPNs in the world. My personal experience of using Privado in Mainland China for more than half a year proves that Privado is far superior to the so-called top VPN companies in the industry, such as ExpressVPN NordVPN, etc. These VPNs perform very poorly in front of GFW and are almost unusable. Please do not be deceived by their overwhelming marketing.
1. Stable. This is very valuable for people who want to access the international Internet in mainland China. VPNs that can do this are very scarce, because they are either advertised and marketed as being able to be used in mainland China but are actually full of problems, or they are not supported at all. Privado offers an impressed stability.
2. Worth trying. Although I am a premium user, Privado provides 10GB of free data per month for free accounts, which is not a loss for anyone who wants to try it. Even free data can unblock streaming, such as Netflix, which I'm impressed about.
3. Reliable protocols. If you are in China, please try its openVPN+TCP/UDP+Scramble protocol as a last resort option. This generally allows you to bypass GFW to connect to the Internet. But under normal circumstances, its IKEv2 and Wireguard protocols can also connect to the Internet.
4. Premium is better. When you are a premium user, you have unlimited traffic, and you can connect to Privado servers on specific devices through the downloaded openVPN/WireGuard/Socks profiles. I'm impressed by the wide range of terminals it's compatible with. If you are a geek and you know proxy applications such as Surge, Clash, V2Ray that are widely used in mainland China, you can even configure Privado's server in it!
5. Trustworthy. Different from the "airport services"(this is a slang term used to describe service providers that provide bypass GFW services to residents of mainland China) of shadowsocks/R, trojan vmess and other protocols, Privado is a serious service provider whose privacy and security are trustworthy.
Here are some shortcomings:
1. The IPs are not clean. Privado's server IP is often determined to be different from Privado's own identification, which rarely occurs with other VPNs.
2. The speed is not fast. Although under the WireGuard and IKEv2 protocols, Privado's network speed appears faster, but it is still slower than the average speed in the VPN industry. I hope Privado will strengthen its speed in mainland China.
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请可能在中国大陆生活的朋友倾听我的评价和建议。这是我在中国大陆使用过的最好用的VPN，没有之一。尽管Privado官方并没有明确保障在中国大陆的可用性，但经过我的测试，它很稳定。我是中国大陆的公民，我尝试过世面上5款以上的VPN，我以我在中国大陆使用Privado超过半年的亲身使用体验来证明，Privado有远超过行业所谓顶尖VPN公司的水平，例如ExpressVPN Nord VPN 等，这些所谓的国际知名VPN在中国大陆的GFW面前表现非常差劲，几乎无法使用，请不要被它们铺天盖地的营销欺骗。
1，稳定和可靠。这对于在中国大陆使用国际互联网的人来说十分宝贵，能做到这点的VPN是十分稀缺的，因为它们要么是广告营销下宣传可以在中国大陆使用但实则问题百出，要么是根本不支持在中国大陆使用。而Privado提供了让我印象深刻的稳定性。
2，尽管我是付费用户，Privado仍然提供了每月10GB的免费流量供低级账户使用，这对于任何想尝试的人来说都不亏。即使免费流量都可以解锁流媒体，例如Netflix，这令我印象深刻。
3，如果你在中国，请试一试它的openVPN+TCP/UDP+Scramble协议，把它作为保底的最后选项，这一般能够让你绕过GFW实现联网。但一般情况下，它的IKEv2、Wireguard协议都能够联通国际互联网。
4，如果你是付费用户，你的体验会更上一层楼。除了每月无限流量，你甚至可以通过单独的openVPN/WireGuard 配置文件来在特定的设备上连接Privado的服务器。其适配的终端之广泛令我印象深刻。如果你是极客，而且你懂得Surge Clash V2Ray等在中国大陆广泛应用的代理应用程序，你甚至可以在里面配置Privado的服务器！
5，不同于在中国大陆广泛盛行的shadowsocks/R、trojan vmess等协议的灰色机场服务（这是一个用以描述给中国大陆居民提供绕过GFW服务的服务商的俚语），Privado作为一家正经的VPN厂商，其隐私和安全性是值得信赖的。
一下是一些美中不足：
1，IP并不干净。Privado的服务器IP会经常被判定为不同于Privado自己的标识，这种情况很少出现在其他VPN上。
2，网络速度不快。虽然WireGuard与IKEv2协议下，Privado的网速已经和其他VPN厂商差不多了，但仍然慢于VPN业界的平均速度。可能是中国大陆的地理位置因素限制，我不清楚个中原因，希望Privado加强这方面建设。

Date of experience: September 30, 2024

finally a good free vpn with p2p

OK ... they saw this and replied. FIXED!!! The problem was going thru their damn site. It is a great service, easy to use, intuitive (except paying). Like all great software, when it works you have no idea that it is there.

Thanks for fixing the prob. Wish I knew why it happened.

My accounted lapsed cannot reconnect
My accounted lapsed. I paid again. Would not connect. Send 4 "support" requests, nothing, no acknowledgement.

Reinstalled. No joy. Cannot get hold of a human.

Really bad. Sadly it was a great experience up to 3 days ago.

If i am being honest im no tech head and most of these tech terms in many comments go over my head. What i can say in simple honest terms is i have been using surfshark vpn for the last 4 years till 29th feb when suddenly i got a message saying acc closed i tried to log back in and it said crudentials changed no idea why. So a friend recommended i try Privado so i down loaded the app tonight and set up an account and picked the free month 10gb to see how it performs. I do a lot of streaming on my firestick and i have to say so far its running " EXCELLENT " no latency or Buffering what so ever. If this vpn continues to perform as good as it is now then i will be Purchaseing it without doubt. The setting up of the account is so simple and Usage and Connection very user friendly compared to other vpn's i looked at for eg ipvanish, which i had previously on another device it was forever Disconecting , Proton is only compatable with Amazon 6.and above versions. In the end i gave up untill as i said my friend suggested i try Privado and i am so very glad i did. Reading a lot of negative reviews on here puzzles me ie the apps a pain it keeps disconnecting, it continues to use up their data wen they have stopped streaming, connecting to servers in different countries which slows down the speed on their device. ??? . Mine stays connected im in the UK i connected to Frankfurt no matter what i am streaming not a blipp or Buffer in sight. As for using up data after closeing down apps they are working on , easy fix is open Privado app and Disconnect as i previously said im a total amature with technology but in my humble opinion and limited experience so far with this vpn i would and will be highly recommending the app to everyone and if i had to score it 10 / 10 it gets from me.

I have made some not-good reviews about PrivadoVPN in the past. In all fairness, to update, despite some annoyances, PrivadoVPN does work much better than other VPNs I've used in the past and is also much less expensive.

I'm in uk and when I have the vpn on it won't let me browse alot of websites , I have to disconnect from vpn .
it won't let me cast to my tv unless I turn it off aswell .
when I connect to usa server and try to get usa netflix , I am still greeted with the uk screen
apart from that it does work well

Pros: not expensive and easy to use. Cons: when I select a location in UK all the sites I navigate to think I am in Saudi Arabia. Or Tehran. Not what I was looking for. Also many sites do not open when its on and I have to switch off to access site - this is when looking for products to buy, nothing that should be difficult. My other vpn had neither of these issues.

VPN fails to maintain a connection on my Mac, talking with support takes you down the rabbit hole- -installing tunnelling software, removing firewall etc. to no avail. Initially there was resistance to issuing a refund. After my initial negative Trustpilot review was posted a refund was issued, and so I have revised my review.

I am currently having troubles connecting to a VPN as it says im connected but disables any wifi connectivity, tried contacting support had to send a email as there is no live chat. After hours waiting for any help still recieved nothing, at least once a month there is a issue that I need customer support assistance ( I am currently on the top plan). save your money.