StrongVPN review

Today we will talk about a VPN provider called StrongVPN. The company is registered in the United States, a country where VPNs are allowed, but it is one of the founders of the Five Eyes Alliance, the essence of which is the exchange of intelligence, not the best choice of country for a VPN. Let's consider the strengths and weaknesses of this VPN service, for what purposes it is best suited, its advantages over other VPN providers, and the tasks with which it does not cope or not as we would like. One of the most important points concerns the privacy of your online activities, here StrongVPN lives up to its name, as the service has one of the strongest encryption to date, AES 256, which is known for its impenetrable wall of security algorithms.

VPN service uses Open VPN, IKEv2, SSTP, L2TP, IPSec and rapidly gaining popularity Wireguard. You can connect up to 12 devices to the VPN at the same time, which is high among VPNs. There is a StrongDNS function, which we will discuss later, unlimited data streaming speed, zero-logging policy, we will talk more about everything, and we will also test the speed of the service with Speedtets, and based on the information provided you will already have an understanding whether this service is suitable for you

General highlights

StrongVPN registered in the U.S., not the best choice for registering a VPN service, the country allows VPN, valued and respected freedom of speech and tries to protect free access to the Internet and the issue relating to data privacy, only do not forget that the United States is a founding member of the Five Eyes Alliance, the essence of which is the exchange of intelligence between countries in this union, namely the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and all seemingly obvious, that all forces are aimed at combating terrorism, but based on recent published articles, including Edward Snowden, we can understand that the U.S. massively monitors all citizens, their online activity, largely due to and the most advanced surveillance system in the world, anyway, if your internet provider or government agencies demand data from your VPN provider, StrongVPN you can trust, as it does not store your IP when connecting, does not see your browsing history and records your data, giving you anonymous surfing without fear that someone is spying you.

The StrongVPN server network is not as global as other VPN services consisting of 59 VPN servers in more than 38 countries, but most importantly the servers are well optimized and there is no overload, while not limiting the speed.

List of countries:

South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, Singapore, Sweden, Serbia, Romania, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Peru, Netherlands, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Italy, India, Israel, Ireland, Great Britain, France, Finland, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, Belgium, Australia, Austria, Argentina, UAE.

What about streaming or torrenting? StrongVPN is great at bypassing geo-blocking of famous streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu, ABC, Channel 4, YouTube, and so on. Well-known streaming sites have learned to detect VPN traffic and block access to the site, but here comes the feature we talked about earlier, StrongDNS is a proxy server, through which you get access to geographically restricted content from other regions. All data transfer takes place in an encrypted tunnel, which makes your online activity anonymous, protected, and hidden from third parties. However, I never got access to the BBC iPlayer library.

But we all remember such a great feature as StrongDNS and here it easily managed to bypass the blockage and gave us access to the BBC iPlayer library and I was able to watch video content without any problems from outside the UK. For torrenting StrongVPN is good, all servers are well optimized, with no bandwidth limitations.

StrongVPN offers competitively capable prices in exchange for its services. There are two plans, monthly and annual, if we're talking about the annual plan, the first year you pay $47.99 for a subscription, then from the second year, the subscription will cost you $79.99. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee if for whatever reason you decide to stop using the service. I was disappointed that there is no free trial.

1 Month - $10.99 per month

1 year - $3.99 per month (first year)

You can pay by credit card, PayPal, Alipay

Support StrongVPN works 24/7 via Live Chat, as well to solve your questions you can contact support via email. When you start chatting, at first the chat room answers your general questions and sends you useful articles, but if you have a more complicated question, you can contact a consultant, the website has a phone number which will connect you to an expert from the StrongVPN team, which makes the service stand out among others. The site has a section with guides on how to configure or install VPN applications for different operating systems and devices, you can also find a section with frequently asked questions, various useful articles. The speed of waiting for an answer was fast, through the chat I received an answer almost immediately, through the mail I was waiting for 4 hours, which is a good indicator. In general, the support service StrongVPN deserves high marks, as the support staff replies quickly, essentially, without unnecessary water and offers instant solutions, observing tact and politeness.

Pros

✓ Zero logging policy
✓ Robust military-grade encryption
✓ StrongDNS function
✓ Gives access to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video
✓ Up to 12 simultaneous connections

Cons

✘ U.S. country of incorporation, which is a member of the Five Eyes Alliance
✘ Limited features for Chrome, macOS, Linux apps
✘ The speed of connection to the network is somewhat lower compared to other VPNs