im mainly a direct download user for these sorts of things, but i want to try and dabble a bit into this world. i know most people will say that a free vpn is never really good, but ive had heard a few that are okay, but i would mostly use it for other purposes.
my maximum limit for cheap vpns is $10/month, but i would prefer if it was under $6-8.
The wiki here will recommend only two (for good reason): ProtonVPN and Air VPN
Alternative you can use torbox
If you just want to Torrent safely, try RealDebrid.
It can also be used for watching TV shows and movies, without the need for a VPN.
4 CAD a month. No recurring payment.
If you’re just getting into torrenting, free VPNs are usually a bad idea—slow, unreliable, and some even sell your data. For under $10/month, Mullvad is probably the best move at $5, no logs, solid privacy, and you can even pay with cash. Windscribe has a decent free version, but the paid one is way better. PIA is cheap and works fine, but speeds can be hit or miss. ProtonVPN’s free plan isn’t great for torrenting, but the paid one is solid. Honestly, just grab a month of Mullvad and see how it goes—it’s easy and private with no BS.
PIA has massive discounts if you subscribe to a year or more. $39.95 for a year ($3.33/mo) or $79 for 39 months ($2.03/mo).
Proton VPN is like $60-70 for one year. Bind the torrent application to the VPN to not expose your IP to the ISP.
https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/ssy8vv/guide_bind_vpn_network_interface_to_torrent/
If you buy 2 years with of VPN service at once, even the top tier VPN providers are like $3 per month.
I bought 2 years of ProtonVPN for a little over $80 USD.
Proton VPN’s free tier is good but it’s only 1 device and it won’t allow you to torrent
Proton for cheap (3USD/mois with promo code, less during sale event), MullVad for the rest (5USD/mois, no promo, no code)
okay thanks! do you think that direct downloading or torrents are better? im really afraid of getting an isp letter since im not the one in charge of managing that lol
okay thanks! i thought mullvad removed port forwarding though, making users not recommend it anymore?
okay thanks!! do you think direct downloads are better and safer for the long run? im not too sure what to use a vpn for other than these things
what other uses do you use a vpn for??
Mullvad free and paid tier blocks torrenting! just canceled my account because there’s was no notification for that. I had to find out from customer service and other users on this group.
Do it over VPN, and bind your Brent client to your VPN interface (there’s a guide on Reddit), and do port forwarding too
I can really recommend checking this spreadsheet out if you still are looking for a good VPN to use. Hope it helps!
This is the result of putting your question in Google.
I don’t know what constitutes “better” - better is whatever source has the media that you are looking for. I can understand being worried about ISP letters, and I got my share of those way back when, but I’ve now been using a VPN for probably 13(?) years, so it hasn’t been a problem.
Other than usenet, I haven’t even looked at any DDL sites in years, because I can find anything I need on torrent trackers. But the benefit of DDL sites is if they do have whatever you are looking for, you can potentially get much better download speeds (as opposed to an old torrent that may have one seed, and it might take you a week to grab one movie).
Your gonna find it hard to find a better deal than PIA. SOLID performance, Speeds and NO LOGS. The 3-year deal is the best in the long run ($$).
Use VPN kill switch and use a client that allows you to bind your VPN to the client (see pinned post in this sub for details)