There are hundreds of VPN in the market and each one claims that it is the best. Some of them are on small level having a low budget for the campaign and a few servers while others are big brands having a large number of servers around the globe.
Two of those big brands are NordVPN and PureVPN, we get information about both of them from relevant review – PureVPN review and NordVPN review. In this article, the focus of our discussion will be NordVPN vs. PureVPN. We shall compare them on the basis of user privacy, speed & performance, Usability, servers & locations, customer support and cover all the major and minor aspects which are necessarily important for your online security and privacy.
Let’s start the tour without any delay!
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Speed and Performance
Speed is one of the major factors that people look for while choosing a VPN. No one likes a slow connection.
We first tested our ISP speed and then connected with both VPNs one by one. Both are providing a good speed of streaming as well as downloading. But I found the NordVPN ping a bit higher on the optimized server than PureVPN. Anyhow, it is still OK.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Servers and Locations
NordVPN offers 5192 servers from 61 countries with a fast and reliable connection. On the other hand, PureVPN offers 2100 servers from 141 countries around the globe. You are free to choose any server with any package plan.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Usability
NordVPN provides apps for all popular devices which include Windows, Linux, iOS, Android. You can also use an extension for Chrome and Firefox. With a single account, you can secure your 6 devices at a time.
On the other hand, PureVPN offers apps for the window, Mac, iOS, Chromebook, BlackBerry, routers, smart TV. PureVPN supports more devices than NordVPN but with single PureVPN account, you can connect 5 devices at a time.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Logs Privacy
Both VPNs, understand the importance of user privacy. They both claim that they do not store any sort of user data like logs, user’s history etc.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Security Level
Both have common security features like military-grade encryption, L2TP, PPTP, IKEv2, onion over, P2P, auto kill switch and private DNS. But NordVPN has Obfsproxy cloaking technology and PureVPN does not have.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Support
They both are available 24/7 for their users. Both have common support features like FAQ, email support, live chat, knowledge base. PureVPN email support is quicker as compared to NordVPN. PureVPN email response average time is about 2 hours while NordVPN average response time is 14 hours.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Unblock
NordVPNand PureVPN can unblock almost all your favorite streaming sites like Netflix. The comparison is below.
NordVPN can Unblock:
- Netflix (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Netherlands)
- Hulu (the US and Japan)
- Sky Go
- Amazon Prime
- BBC iPlayer
- CBS
- NBC
- ITV
- Channel 4
On the other hand, PureVPN can also unblock all these sites except BBC iPlayer.
NordVPN vs. PureVPN: Prices and Plans
NordVPN offers four plans:
- Monthly Plan ($11.95)
- 1 year Plan ($ 6.88/month)
- 3 years Plan ($ 2.99/month)
On the other hand, PureVPN offers three plan:
- One month Plan ($ 11)
- 6 months plan ($ 9/month)
- 1-year plan ($ 5/month)
Winner of the Tour
We believe that both VPNs are good with high-quality services but most users like NordVPN due to their extra features and Usability. Anyhow, you are free to use any of them. Our suggestion is to use a trial of both VPNs and then choose the best one. We shall highly appreciate you if you will tell us your experience by commenting on this post.