I’ve been looking into NordVPN and ExpressVPN, and I’m curious about which one is better overall. For those who’ve used either or both, how do they compare in terms of speed, reliability, and ease of use?
I noticed that NordVPN offers more affordable long term pricing, with plans as low as $3.39/mo for two years, compared to ExpressVPN’s $4.99/mo for a 12 month plan. Does the higher price of ExpressVPN feel justified in terms of performance or features?
I’m especially interested in how well they handle streaming geo-locked content and how consistent the speeds are for torrenting. Do either of them stand out when it comes to avoiding buffering or connection drops? Thanks!
Neither are any good for torrenting. To be visible to others who have content you want, you have to have a port open forward. I switched from Nord to AirVPN and the difference was astounding.
I live in Cuba, a country with many restrictions and geolocation blocking. I have been using ExpressVPN for a year and my experience so far has been quite good.
The one is nord group which notorious sucks in many areas , the other is kape which got a Terribly colorfull history.
Your kinda deciding between turds.
I would take Windscribe , many 10gbit locations , one of the best killswitches , and PF.
Nord quality is better between these two.
However, there are many other solutions if you can explain a little more about your use case. For example, PIA has port forwarding, ProtonVPN and Windscribe support stealth protocol. Adguard has cleaner IPs, Nord has mesh VPN, …
I just canceled NordVPN. Too many blank sites show up even when the VPN is paused. I can’t even access Made with Lau recipes. When I uninstalled the program, the other websites went back to normal.
I recently switched from ExpressVPN to Nord because Express didn’t support dedicated IPs for Mac. I had used Express for nearly four years and thought I had no issues with it until I moved to Nord. Here’s my take:
You get much better value for money with Nord.
- Nord is much faster.
- The dedicated IP with Nord is cheap, easy to set up, and works on Mac.
- I can stay connected to Nord 24/7 with minimal issues. I couldn’t do this with Express, as I’d constantly have to turn it off when sites blocked me due to the VPN. I think the Nord dedicated IP helps with this, as I haven’t been blocked once, even on sites that would constantly block ExpressVPN.
- You get more features, such as threat protection, with Nord.
- You get more VPN options, such as double VPN, onion over VPN, and others.
How about in the case of accessing servers in Tokyo from NY to watch the Japanese version of Netflex and Prime Video? I don’t do anything more complicated beyond that.
I got a dedicated IP from Express VPN, hoping it would solve my blocking problem, and nope. I’m still getting blocked with this dedicated IP. It’s bullshit. I’m probably gonna finally switch away from them.
100% - you have to have their router hardware to get Port forwarding. I sighed up with them, and cancelled within the frlirst 2 hours because of that.
Sketchy fine print IMO