TorGuard review

Let's talk about one of the key points of the VPN, namely privacy and security. TorGuard uses military-grade AES 256 encryption to provide these two points, but for a faster connection you can choose AES 128, but then the security level will also be lower, at least there is a choice. The service uses the protocols OpenVPN, Open Connect, Wireguard, IKEv2. It's nice to see the Wireguard protocol among such an arsenal, as it has recently become the new gold standard in the ratio of security and fast performance thanks to modern cryptography, open-source. Wireguard is structured as follows: Curve25519 for key exchange, ChaCha20 for symmetric encryption, Poly1305 for message authentication codes, BLAKE2s for the cryptographic hash function. SHA 512 is used as the hashing method, but SHA1, SHA 256 are also available. There is internal encrypted DNS and protection from IPv6 traffic leakage, which is nice to see because many VPN providers simply disable traffic transfer via IPv6.

We have tested leakage of DNS requests, IPv4, IPv6, and WebRTC, I liked the results of testing as there was no leakage of confidential information.

With such an arsenal of security features, it's safe to say that TorGuard can provide the claimed privacy and anonymity of your digital identity.

Also, one of the main points when choosing a VPN provider is performance. When testing the speed I used an independent Speedtest, first I measured the speed without VPN connection and it was 46.03 Mbps, then I connected to a server from Finland, Helsinki - the speed was 38.71 Mbps, which is a very good result, as there was virtually no change in speed. In the testing, I had a good result for Germany with the speed of 42.73 Mbps, then I checked Sydney in Australia with the speed of 33.06 Mbps, which is pretty good considering the distance from my actual location to Sydney is almost 15000km. The speeds on the American server from Los Angeles were 22.05 Mbps. The numbers tell us fast speeds, as the service originally claimed, but I experienced connection instability several times, especially when connecting to the server from Australia. When I decided to change the protocol Wireguard to Openconnect, I could not connect to almost any server, it was the same with Open VPN, hence the conclusion that a stable VPN connection works only with the protocol Wireguard.

The service offers a wide range of additional features. The first among them is one of the most useful features killswitch, in the app it is called App kill, but the essence does not change - it is a function that ensures the suspension of our Internet activity in case of a break in the encrypted connection, minimizing the risk of data leakage.

Stealth VPN allows you to bypass restrictions where the use of a VPN is prohibited by masking the VPN traffic as regular web traffic.

Dedicated IP addresses for viewing streaming services, a very useful add-on, thanks to the dedicated IP addresses you get access to almost any streaming service, though it's worth noting right away that this add-on is available in the Anonymous VPN Pro package, this if considering the service for viewing video content libraries of various streaming services because in the standard package service can't bypass the geographical blocking of many services. Also to circumvent censorship, especially in countries such as Turkey, Russia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, China will be useful to use a proxy SOCKS5, which is excellent in bypassing geographical restrictions and P2P file sharing, but note that it can not provide privacy and security of the same high level.

TorGuard has an adware and malware blocker, this feature protects you from unwanted ads and prevents you from going to malicious sites.

TorGuard applications are easy to use, with an intuitive interface, suitable for both beginners and advanced users who are technically more equipped, they can change a lot of settings in the application for themselves, here for them will be a great choice, I will just list the sections in the settings, among them: General, Scripts, App kill, Debug, Network, Proxy, Servers and in these sections you can change a lot to suit yourself.

TorGuard is compatible with such operating systems as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, there are extensions for Firefox and Chrome browsers, as well as an application for routers. You can connect up to 8 devices at a time in the standard package, and up to 12 simultaneous connections will be available in the VPN Pro package. You can also pay one extra dollar for an additional device, which will end up being expensive, but at any rate, you have a choice. The applications are well optimized, with an intuitive interface, high performance, fast connections, a little bit different in terms of functionality, so for example in mobile versions will not be available killswitch, but all other functions are available.

TorGuard offers many plans, it all depends on your needs. Among the options are the standard Anonymous VPN package, which has all the listed features except dedicated IP addresses and up to 8 simultaneous connections, in the package Anonymous VPN Pro up to 12 simultaneous connections, dedicated IP addresses and all available features, there is also a Business VPN, which has an available control panel, dedicated account manager, one dedicated IP address anywhere and other features. Streaming Bundle for streaming in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Japan regions. And free anonymous email in addition to the Anonymous VPN and Anonymous VPN Pro package.

Anonymous VPN:

1 month - $9.99 per month

1 year - $4.9 per month

Anonymous VPN pro:

1 month - $12.99 per month

1 year - $9.9 per month (but now there is a discount and the price will be $4.9 per month)

3 years - $2.4 per month (discount also available)

Business VPN:

1 month - $32.99 per month

1 year - $21.9 per month

Streaming Bundle:

1 month - $21.89 per month

1 year - $10.16 per month

The money-back guarantee is 7 days, unfortunately there is no trial period.

You can pay by credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin and Litecoin, gift cards or many other ways.