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Title: The best VPN deals: 88 percent discounts on ProtonVPN, ExpressVPN,
Surfshark and more

Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:23:27 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-best-vpn-d...

A virtual private network (VPN) is useful in several ways ΓÇö a good one can
stream foreign TV shows and events, save you from giving up information to
hackers and keep you anonymous to protect against online tracking. Although
we strongly recommend using a VPN, a bit of comparison shopping goes a long
way in this market. VPN pricing can be opaque, and providers don't always
portray their best deals accurately.

Even so, there are genuinely great bargains on the table. VPN providers give
out deep discounts to customers who sign up for a year or more at a time.
This lets them boost their subscriber numbers, but it's a win for you as well
ΓÇö while you pay out more upfront, if you divide the cost by the months of
service, it's significantly cheaper over time.

Most of the deals we highlight below follow that pattern, so make sure you're
comfortable with a longer commitment before you take the plunge. If you've
been thinking about subscribing to a VPN service, read on for the best VPN
deals we could find right now.

Best VPN deals

ExpressVPN Basic ΓÇö $97.72 for a two-year subscription with four months free
(73 percent off): This is one of the best VPNs, especially for new users, who
will find its apps and website headache-free on all platforms. In tests for
my ExpressVPN review, it dropped my download speeds by less than 7 percent
and successfully changed my virtual location 14 out of 15 times. In short,
it's an all-around excellent service that only suffers from being a little
overpriced ΓÇö which is why I'm so excited whenever I find it offering a
decent deal. This deal, which gets you 28 months of ExpressVPN service,
represents a 73 percent savings.

ExpressVPN Advanced ΓÇö $125.72 for a two-year subscription with four months
free (67 percent off): ExpressVPN recently split its pricing into multiple
tiers, but they all still come with similar discounts for going long. In
addition to top-tier VPN service, advanced users get two additional
simultaneous connections (for a total of 12), the ExpressVPN Keys password
manager, advanced ad and tracker blocking, ID protection features and a 50
percent discount on an AirCove router.

NordVPN Basic ΓÇö $80.73 for a two-year subscription with three months free
(74 percent off): NordVPN gets the most important parts of a VPN right. It's
fast, it doesn't leak any of your data and it's great at changing your
virtual location. I noted in my NordVPN review that it always connects
quickly and includes a support page that makes it easy to get live help.
Although I'm sad to see it shutting down Meshnet, NordVPN still includes a
lot of cool features, like servers that instantly connect you to Tor. This
early Black Friday deal gives you 74 percent off the two-year plan, which
also comes with three extra months.

NordVPN Plus ΓÇö $105.03 for a two-year subscription with three months free
(74 percent off): In another early Black Friday discount, NordVPN has also
taken 74 percent off its Plus subscription. For only a little more, you get a
powerful ad and tracker blocker that can also catch malware downloads, plus
access to the NordPass password manager. A Plus plan also adds a data breach
scanner that checks the dark web for your sensitive information.

Surfshark Starter ΓÇö $53.73 for a two-year subscription with three months
free (87 percent off): This is the "basic" level of Surfshark, but it
includes the entire VPN; everything on Surfshark One is an extra perk. With
this subscription, you'll get some of the most envelope-pushing features in
the VPN world right now. Surfshark can rotate your IP constantly to help you
evade detection ΓÇö it even lets you choose your own entry and exit nodes for
a double-hop connection. That all comes with a near-invisible impact on
download speeds. With this year-round deal, you can save 87 percent on 27
months of Surfshark.

Surfshark One ΓÇö $59.13 for a two-year subscription with three months free
(88 percent off): A VPN is great, but it's not enough to protect your data
all on its own. Surfshark One adds several apps that boost your security
beyond just VPN service, including Surfshark Antivirus (scans devices and
downloads for malware) and Surfshark Alert (alerts you whenever your
sensitive information shows up in a data breach), plus Surfshark Search and
Alternative ID from the tier below. This extra-low deal gives you 88 percent
off all those features. If you bump up to Surfshark One+, you'll also get
data removal through Incogni, but the price jumps enough that it's not quite
worthwhile in my eyes.

CyberGhost ΓÇö $56.94 for a two-year subscription with two months free (83
percent off): CyberGhost has some of the best automation you'll see on any
VPN. With its Smart Rules system, you can determine how its apps respond to
different types of Wi-Fi networks, with exceptions for specific networks you
know by name. Typically, you can set it to auto-connect, disconnect or send
you a message asking what to do. CyberGhost's other best feature is its
streaming servers ΓÇö I've found both better video quality and more
consistent unblocking when I use them on streaming sites. Currently, you can
get 26 months of CyberGhost for 83 percent off the usual price.

hide.me ΓÇö $59.95 for a two-year subscription with five months free (79
percent off): Hide.me is an excellent free VPN ΓÇö in fact, it's my favorite
on the market, even with EventVPN and the free version of Proton VPN as
competition. If you do want to upgrade to its paid plan, though, the two-year
subscription offers great savings. Hide.me works well as a no-frills beginner
VPN, with apps and a server network it should frankly be charging more for.

Private Internet Access ΓÇö $79 for a three-year subscription with three
months free (83 percent off): It's a bit hard to find (the link at the start
of this paragraph includes the coupon), but Private Internet Access (PIA) is
giving out the best available price right now on a VPN I'd recommend using.
With this deal, you can get 39 months of PIA for a little bit over $2 per
month ΓÇö an 83 percent discount on its monthly price. Despite being so
cheap, PIA has plenty of features, coming with its own DNS servers, a built-
in ad blocker and automation powers to rival CyberGhost. However, internet
speeds can fluctuate while you're connected.

What makes a good VPN deal

Practically every VPN heavily discounts its long-term subscriptions year-
round, with even sharper discounts around occasions like Black Friday/Cyber
Monday. The only noteworthy exception is Mullvad, the Costco hot dog of VPNs
(that's a compliment, to be clear). When there's constantly a huge discount
going on, it can be hard to tell when you're actually getting a good deal.
The best way to squeeze out more savings is to look for seasonal deals,
student discounts or exclusive sales like Proton VPN's coupon for Engadget
readers.

One trick VPNs often use is to add extra months onto an introductory deal,
pushing the average monthly price even lower. When it comes time to renew,
you usually can't get these extra months again. You often can't even renew
for the same basic period of time ΓÇö for example, you may only be able to
renew a two-year subscription for one year. If you're planning to hold onto a
VPN indefinitely, check the fine print to see how much it will cost per month
after the first renewal, and ensure that fits into your budget.

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