StrongVPN Review

StrongVPN limits users to two simultaneous device connections. The single month cost is an expensive $10, although if you pay for a full year that drops to a more reasonable $5.83. While StrongVPN offers a limited number of server, they have good performance speed. Unfortunately, there are still some aspects of their privacy policy that remain a mystery.

What we like

• Fast and reliable connections
• Speedy DNS service included

What we don't like

• Poorly designed Windows client
• A little overpriced

Speed

StrongVPN connected quickly, and over short distances latency, upload and download speeds were only marginally worse than usual (typically around 20%). Latency more than doubled on the long-distance tests, but upload speeds were broadly unchanged and downloads were anything up to 50% faster than our regular connection.

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Privacy

StrongVPN's contracts and policies are aimed more at lawyers than regular users – the Terms of Service page is more than 3,500 words, and there are four other documents to read. The company tries to help a little by displaying its core statement up front, and in bold: ‘StrongVPN does not collect or log any traffic or use of its Virtual Private Network service.’ However, a lot of other particulars are shrouded in mystery.

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Servers

StrongVPN has a small selection of servers. Servers in 44 cities across 22 countries, are available. There's also an unusual degree of control over server speed testing. Instead of making do with some very basic ping times, StrongVPN can run detailed tests on the servers you select, helping you locate the fastest possible connection. However, changing servers is tedious, and there's no favourites system to speed up server selection next time.