Both providers have reliable kill switches, but NordVPN allows you to switch between the app and connection level.įinally, I checked if anonymous payment options are accepted.
This way your real IP address is not exposed. Kill switch is another vital feature of every VPN because it shuts down your connection in case of a service failure. As you can see in the screenshots below, I connected to NordVPN’s French server (185.128.25.222) and PIA’s Mexican server (196.52.10.18) and got the same IPs. I also made tests to see if any of these services have DNS or IP leaks. Even an independent audit can’t beat that. Plus, it’s the key member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.īoth VPNs have strict no-logs policies, but Private Internet Access holds a slight edge because its policy has been proven numerous times in court. In contrast, the US is one of the worst places when it comes to privacy. Panama is a privacy-friendly country with no data retention laws. The privacy round of the PIA vs NordVPN fight is close, but the latter manages to win because of its jurisdiction. To sum up, NordVPN wins this round over PIA thanks to obfuscated servers, a fully implemented WireGuard protocol, and stronger extra features. While sounding cool, this feature will be useful to but a few users: if you can’t access Facebook, HNS won’t help either. It decentralizes the domain name system and helps against DNS-level blocking. PIA has one unique feature called Handshake Naming System, or HNS in short. Additionally, NordVPN also integrates the Tor network with its Onion over VPN feature for maximum security. What separates NordVPN from Private Internet Access is Double VPN (multi-hop) and Obfuscated servers that help in case the government blocks VPN traffic.
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PIA and NordVPN provide a free SOCKS5 proxy but the former also adds Shadowsocks and split tunneling – NordVPN has it on Android only.
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NordVPN has CyberSec, which does the same plus protects your device from participating in DDoS attacks. PIA’s MACE blocks domains used for ads, trackers, and malware, though it’s replaced by the Safari Content Blocker on iOS. Moving on to other security features, both services offer browser security tools. There’s nothing about WireGuard and you’ll see that L2TP/IPSec and even PPTP are mentioned as options.
One thing I didn’t like was that PIA’s website has outdated info about the tunneling protocols. And finally, Private Internet Access offers WireGuard in preview mode while NordVPN has it fully implemented as a proprietary protocol under the NordLynx name. One is that PIA supports IKEv2 on iOS only and NordVPN offers it on macOS as well. However, there are a couple of differences. NordVPN and PIA support the latest tunneling protocols on major platforms. All in all, both options are good, and we like the choice offered by PIA. Is PIA safe? Well, it offers weaker AES-128 encryption by default on Windows, macOS, and Android, while NordVPN doesn’t even have such an option – it’s either AES-256 or nothing. Tor over VPN, PIA MACE, Split tunneling, Shadowsocks, SOCKS5 proxy, HNS
Double VPN, Tor over VPN, CyberSec, SOCKS5 proxy, Obfuscated servers
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