If you want port forwarding the choice is between AirVPN, ProtonVPN and Njalla. Iirc PIA also supports port forwarding, but their ownerships reputation is no good.
Mullvad, IVPN and many other services don't support port forwarding.
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Do you have any experience with Njalla? This would be my first time purchasing a VPN and I couldn't imagine a better provider on paper.
I just don't know anything practical about it besides it's founded by a member of the swedish pirate party.
I've never used them but I heard about them in the context of private DNS and VPS hosting. E.g. they act as a middleman to shield domain the shield the client from authorities (at least to some extent — they still have to follow the laws).
Given their focus on privacy I'd trust them for torrenting at least as much as the other options. As a first VPN I'd say it's great because of their flat 5€/m price. A few years ago I used Mullvad for that purpose — until they removed port forwarding.
Why do we care about their ownership if it's proven that they don't log and let you forward ports?
Given there're alternatives I'd rather choose an independent service instead.
But that's a personal decision which is why I mentioned PIA with the disclaimer, instead of ignoring them.
Great for use on my phone when I want to use public/airport wifi
If you just want the tunnel encryption you can try hosting a VPN on your own home network. It's what I do since I don't need to spoof my location.
You are asking in the piracy community so I'm assuming you're also using it to torrent (which a home VPN won't help with) but you didn't specifiy so I'm not sure
I use both Mullvad and Astrill in China. A lot of VPNs don’t work here so it’s a feather in the cap for these that do.
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I'll add another recommendation for Windscribe. I've had a lifetime subscription since 2017 and have never had issues. I use it for normal internet usage pretty much daily and the occasional torrenting.
I'm with Azire, they have port forwarding and 10 gig servers. Note they were bought recently by malwarebytes, so it is possible things will change in the future. For the time being, things have been great. I moved from OVPN after myself and others started experiencing persistant failures.
I've been meaning to try out CryptoStorm. If anyone has experience with them please share.
I have been happy with PrivateVPN, but I can't get a read on them.
They say no-log, but many VPNs probably lie about that. Small, based in Sweden.
I just saw on the kumo app literally just now that they got bought out by Miss Group and are no longer independent like when I started with them in 2019.
They have no strikes against them besides the not-disclosed buyout. No idea if I should switch, but they have good prices and port forwarding.
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