Proton impressively outperforms Nord


Last year I went for NordVPN as many reviews said it is faster than ProtonVPN. Few days ago Proton has a 1€ offer, while my Nord subscription is ending soon. So I took this chance to compare (paid) versions from both by myself.

I find Proton’s speed is really impressive. Nord’s download speed is only 31% of when without VPN, while Proton’s is 87%. These results based on Germany’s servers.

ProtonVPN has massively improved over the last few years, my experience with NordVPN speeds are good and the fact that Proton can keep up with them and more often than not surpassing them is awesome

Thing if person A says Nord is faster than Proton then it may be for "them"but maybe not for you. When you are shopping for a VPN, it is best to try a month to see which one works for you because at the end of the day, we are not going to have tye same results. Proton may be fast for someone while let’s say Mullvad or any other may be faster for them

I can get 800mbps out of my 1gbps connection with nordlynx. Proton gets me maybe 3-400 currently. I wish it was faster for me because port forwarding would be very nice to have.

Welcom to Proton yes I also had very sluggish performance with Nord mainly using UK servers so after cancelling the trial after nearly 1 month I decided to try Proton and haven’t looked back. I’ve been with Proton for nearly 5 months now with 0 problems with UK servers.

Proton does wonders I tell ya :tumbler_glass:

I’m using a free version of ProtonVPN; it is running so well compared to other VPN providers.

Proton unlimited is the best financial decision I’ve ever made and I implore everyone that cares about privacy to look into their offerings!!

I’ve had ProtonVPN for about 10 years. A couple of years ago, I tested Nord. There was no comparison. I’m still w/Proton, for email too.

I’m just waiting for split tunnelling for Android TV then I’m switching to Proton. Hopefully it isn’t much longer.

Specially on Apple TV

Oh wait

This is great but for those of us with 100Mbps at home both VPNs reach the maximum potential of our connection.

Both ProtonVPN and NordVPN have their strengths and weaknesses. While ProtonVPN is praised for its solid performance and privacy features, some users find NordVPN’s marketing strategies misleading and its interface lacking in smoothness and uniqueness. Despite NordVPN’s efforts to secure top rankings through paid reviews, some users face performance issues like interface lagging on both Android and Windows platforms. Ultimately, user preference will determine the “champion” between the two VPN providers.

I hate to advertise but this is my first time when a VPN doesn’t slow me down.

Agree. My only mistake was trusting reviews too much and did not try it by myself before :joy:

I’m lucky to get half of my Internet speed lately. I used to get much higher speeds. Seems to have dropped about the same time Protonvpn name started showing up on speed and leak test sites. My prescription is almost up so I will probably try Surfshark for a while :thinking:

Actually I only have <40Mbps at home. lol. But these tests are my uni network.

Nord pays for reviews, it’s no coincidence they’re number 1 on every review website

  • The privacy between Proton and Nord are completely different, I would never trust Nord from a privacy and security standpoint

Same here. Had Nord for a couple weeks then switched to Proton on a monthly to try it out. Proton is way faster for me.