atlasVPN review

Atlas VPN has taken the issue of security and privacy of its users seriously. The service uses the most reliable AES 256 encryption at the moment, message authentication is performed using SHA 384 algorithms, as well as BLACK2s algorithms for hashing, these parameters indicate the high-security standards the service provides its users with. Among the protocols, the choice is not great compared to other VPNs, in the settings you will see two protocols: IPSec/IKEv2 and Wireguard. Unfortunately, it will not be available Open VPN, which many VPN users are used to, but the available protocols also cope well with their tasks, and many even consider Wireguard as the new gold standard in cybersecurity due to its open-source, high performance, ease of use and modern cryptographic algorithms.

I also liked that Atlas VPN provides IPv6 traffic protection, many VPN providers simply disable IPv6 traffic transmission, choosing the lazy way to solve the problem, and Atlas VPN provides its protection from confidential information leaks. We tested for IPv4, IPv6, WebRTC, DNS leaks and found no leaks of DNS requests or IPv4, IPv6 traffic, and our IP address was successfully masked.

Speed testing is also an important point when evaluating VPN, it depends on several factors, the physical location, the closer the server, the faster will be your speed, the server network of the service, the more servers, the less will be the load on them, as well as the bandwidth and encryption that the service implements.

To begin with, I measured the speed without VPN connection and it was 47.97 Mbps, then I connected to the nearest server from the Netherlands in the free version and the speed was 19.16 Mbps, the speed halved, then I connected to the server from the U.S. and the speed was 22.05 Mbps, which surprised me, because the server from the U.S. is much further than the server from the Netherlands. After all, I decided to test the speed of the server in the paid version of the service and connected to the server from Latvia and the speed was 38.17 Mbps, which is a good indicator among many VPN services because my speed dropped only 20%.

Now let's talk about the additional features the service can provide. First of all, of course, it is a useful function of additional security killswitch, which disconnects you from the Internet when you have a connection failure in the VPN application, at this point when the application has a connection failure, your data becomes vulnerable and there is a serious risk of leakage of your data, especially this is used by cyber criminals, when you are connected to public networks, killswitch function immediately disables your Internet access, thereby preventing the risk of leakage of your confidential information.

SafeSwap servers, their architecture is designed in such a way that connection to the server is made from several IP-addresses simultaneously, making you almost invulnerable to online surveillance, this feature further increases your safety and anonymity on the Internet.

I also liked that Atlas VPN has an ad blocker, malware and trackers, prematurely blocking your access to suspicious sites, preventing the threat.

Consider the Data Breach Monitor feature - it monitors your data leakage with its own updated database and informs you if it finds a breach of confidential information, yes, the feature is useful, but it requires collecting little of your information in return. you have to provide your email address, and I as a user want to stay as anonymous as possible. but the feature is really useful and it works.

The application is well optimized, it's very easy to use, even for beginners, the killswitch feature is even included in the free version, you will have 10GB of free traffic in the free version and that's a big number compared to many VPNs, it's very easy to download the application, you do not even have to create an account if you download the free version, you only have to enter your e-mail address if you want to use the Data Breach Monitor feature.

Atlas VPN provides applications for Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS operating systems. The applications have little difference in functionality between themselves, any application is simple to download and easy to install, everything is already configured for you, you can change the security settings in the application itself, choose between the protocol IKEv2/IPSec and Wireguard, also in all applications will be available function killswitch, even in the free version, the service has done a great job on applications, all works stable, all is intuitive, even for beginners. Ad-blocker will work only in the paid version, you can enable the auto-start the application when you connect to the Internet. also in the settings, you can turn off the function of collecting some of your data for analytics. Unfortunately, extensions for browsers and routers are not available, but against the high performance of the available applications, this drawback is insignificant.

The price policy, given the potential that the service realizes, can compete with premium services unambiguously. The free version is available, the functionality is limited, including the limit of the provided traffic, per month Atlas VPN gives 10 Gb of traffic, which is a high figure compared to other free VPNs. Let's look at 3 paid plans:

1 month - $9.99 per month

1 year - $2.49 per month

3 years - $1.39 per month

30-days money-back guarantee is available, this is enough time for testing the service and if for some reason you decide it's not right for you, you can easily get your money back.

You can pay for your subscription using credit cards, PayPal, or Google Pay.

Support service is working 24/7 all year round, you can contact the service via e-mail and unfortunately, this is the only way, because there is no live chat, this type of service is useful because you can immediately get an answer to your question, but when I contacted support I was impressed by the speed of response, Atlas VPN employee answered me after 2 hours, after I asked him if the service will work for me if I am in China, unfortunately, the answer was negative. You can also get a better idea of how the service works by going to the blog or the FAQ section of the website. In general, the support service does not reach the premium level, but only because of the lack of live chat, otherwise, everything is well organized, the employees are polite, tactful, answer specific questions and most importantly, they answer quickly.