Our Story

Our Values

Everything we do at vpnMentor is centered around providing value through honesty, transparency, and dedication. The way we test and review our VPNs is no exception, as we base all of our findings on real testing. Our main goal is to write in a way that’s not only honest, but easy to understand and relate to.

We pay full price for all the VPNs we test and use them the same way any consumer would, so we can provide reviews that are true and accurate to a real user’s experience. Our readers always come first, so we don’t accept payments to write positive reviews or ignore obvious flaws.

We do make money through affiliate commissions to pay the bills. If you click a link and purchase a VPN through that link, we may receive a commission from the sale — at no extra cost to you. We are in the same ownership group as some of the products reviewed on this site: CyberGhost, ExpressVPN, Intego, and Private Internet Access. However, this does not affect how we review products — we present the results of our tests transparently and do not accept payments to tweak these results. We recommend VPNs that we ourselves would (and do) use on a regular basis.

Our team of researchers is constantly testing top VPNs for speed, security, and reliability to shortlist the best all-round VPNs. This list takes into account the level of satisfaction reported by each reader following a purchase, as well as our commercial relationships with service providers. Our writers rely on these rankings when creating listicle pages, but they have the freedom (and responsibility) to make changes where appropriate. Following research into specific use cases, they come up with unique recommendations for different user needs.

Ultimately, our top priority is to help you achieve the level of privacy, security, and freedom you want online.