PureVPN review

PureVPN sells three subscription tiers on a single app. The 1-month plan lists at $12.95 per month and renews monthly with no commitment. The 1-year plan drops the effective rate to $2.55 per month, billed once a year. The 2-year plan is the headline play at $2.15 per month billed up front, paired with the current purered coupon for an additional discount on the first term.

Worked out across the 2-year promo window, the effective per-month rate lands at about $1.99 with the coupon. Every plan is backed by a 31-day money-back window. PureVPN also sells add-ons (Dedicated IP, Port Forwarding, Residential Networks) on top of the base subscription; the add-ons are recurring subscriptions, so factor that in if your use case depends on them.

PureVPN operates 6,500+ servers across 96 countries, with 20 Gbps servers in major regions for high-throughput gaming and 4K streaming. The country list covers most major regions (US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Brazil) plus a long tail of smaller markets. The fleet includes dedicated streaming locations, dedicated P2P servers, and obfuscated servers for restrictive networks.

PureVPN also offers dedicated IP addresses in 7+ countries as a paid add-on. The dedicated IP is sold separately from the base subscription and is recurring; it is useful for users who want to reduce captchas on banking and travel sites that flag shared VPN IPs. The base subscription covers the regular shared-exit network.

PureVPN has been independently audited 4 times since 2019. The named firms on the public record are Altius IT, KPMG, and Andersen Legal, with the most recent assessment in 2024. KPMG audited the no-log policy itself; Altius IT audited the apps and infrastructure; Andersen Legal provided a legal opinion on the no-log claim. The combined audit record covers policy, infrastructure, and legal posture.

PureVPN is headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, which is outside the 14-Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance and has no mandatory data-retention law for VPN providers. PureVPN was one of the early consumer VPNs that came under scrutiny for a 2017 incident involving cooperation with US law enforcement; the company has since rewritten the no-log policy, moved to the BVI, and published multiple audits to back the new claim.

PureVPN unblocks Netflix in our latest checks, including US, UK, Canada, Japan, and Germany libraries. Coverage extends to Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, Disney+, and Hulu. The apps include dedicated streaming locations that are pre-tuned for streaming access, similar to CyberGhost's labelled server pattern. Connecting to a dedicated streaming location is the recommended path when a generic exit fails to load a streaming catalog.

The 96-country footprint is one of the widest in the consumer market, which gives PureVPN a larger IP pool to rotate when streaming providers push blocks. PureVPN also publishes an IP refresh schedule that lets you cycle to a fresh IP address from the same city without changing your visible location. Catalog coverage moves over time; any VPN that reliably unblocks Netflix today will eventually hit a captcha or a regional licensing change.

PureVPN supports port forwarding as a paid add-on on top of the base subscription. Port forwarding is the missing piece for private torrent trackers, where incoming connections determine how much credit a peer accrues, and for hosting multiplayer game sessions, where the host needs to accept incoming connections. The add-on is sold separately from the base subscription and is recurring.

PureVPN also ships DDoS protection on the gaming-optimized servers, which is useful for users who play competitive multiplayer games where targeted DDoS attacks are a real risk. The 20 Gbps servers in major regions hold up under sustained gaming load, and the dedicated IP add-on reduces the chance of being caught in a captcha wall on gaming services. If you do not want to buy a separate add-on, the base subscription still covers the standard P2P and streaming use cases.

PureVPN is the right pick for buyers who want the deepest country coverage in the mid-tier consumer market plus optional port forwarding and dedicated IP add-ons. It fits users who care about the 2-year tier at $2.15 per month, obfuscated servers for restrictive networks, and the BVI jurisdiction outside 14-Eyes. It is also a strong fit for users who want port forwarding without paying for a separate subscription tier.

Consider alternatives if you want a deeper audit record (ExpressVPN 12, ProtonVPN 6, TunnelBear 8), if you want unlimited simultaneous devices (Surfshark), if you want the largest server fleet (PIA at 35,000+), or if you want a flat monthly price with no upsell (Mullvad $5.50 per month). For a free tier, ProtonVPN is the obvious fit. For a privacy-first VPN with a flat price and open-source clients, Mullvad is the closer neighbor.

If PureVPN is close but not quite right, three VPNs cover similar buyer profiles with different trade-offs.

• ExpressVPN - the BVI alternative with the deepest audit record. ExpressVPN is also headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, has 12 audits, runs TrustedServer RAM-only infrastructure across the entire fleet, and ships Lightway. Higher headline price ($6.67 per month on the yearly plan), broader country count (105+ vs 96).
• NordVPN - the premium alternative. NordVPN caps simultaneous devices at 10, ships Double VPN, Onion Over VPN, Meshnet, and Threat Protection, plus five independent audits and a Panama jurisdiction outside 14-Eyes. Higher 2-year promo price, broader feature set, port forwarding not available on the base subscription.
• Surfshark - the unlimited-devices alternative. Surfshark removes the device cap entirely, ships a WireGuard-based protocol, and pairs a 2-year promo with a lower headline price. No port forwarding, no dedicated IP, no obfuscated servers in the standard package.