PrivadoVPN Reviews in July 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Don't pay for it, servers are blacklisted

I'm using PrivadoVPN for a few years now and it gets unusable on some VPN server countries like Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Privado server is on some kind of blacklist for quite a while which means google searches ALWAYS ask for multiple (sometimes 10 or more) captha's and youtube stops playing after exactly one minute when using the Amsterdam server. Reddit.com just refuses connection using the Amsterdam server. The problem with Privado probably is that they offer free VPN, then hackers use ...

Misleading Advertising and Frustrating Cancellation Process

I chose PrivadoVPN because it advertised free VPN access to my desired country. However, after registering and downloading the app, I discovered my desired country wasn't a free option at all, wasting my time with false advertising. This false advertising is unacceptable.To make matters worse, cancelling my account was unnecessarily difficult. After completing the cancellation steps, it just redirected me to the dashboard without cancelling the account. This is not only frustrating but ...

This review is for Linux

This review is for Linux, not Windows. On 1/5/25 I gave PrivadoVPN a glowing review because they exhibited outstanding customer service trying to help me, a Linux newbie, via numerous emails and hours of my time, to use PrivadoVPN via the terminal. I finally did get it connected. But then the connection kept dropping.So--not willing to waste any more time with PrivadoVPN, I decided to try Private Internet Access. I got the VPN installed and operating with their GUI interface on my Linux ...

Claiming 30-day money-back…

Claiming the 30-day money-back guarantee is a ridiculously convoluted process, you have to find several well-hidden cancellation buttons and even then they won't give you a refund without contacting their support email!I tried the VPN but It didn't work on BBC Iplayer so I just wanted a quick easy refund.

I have made some not-good reviews about…

I have made some not-good reviews about PrivadoVPN in the past. In all fairness, to update, despite some annoyances, PrivadoVPN does work much better than other VPNs I've used in the past and is also much less expensive.

FIXED!!! My accounted lapsed cannot reconnect

OK ... they saw this and replied. FIXED!!! The problem was going thru their damn site. It is a great service, easy to use, intuitive (except paying). Like all great software, when it works you have no idea that it is there. Thanks for fixing the prob. Wish I knew why it happened. My accounted lapsed cannot reconnect My accounted lapsed. I paid again. Would not connect. Send 4 "support" requests, nothing, no acknowledgement. Reinstalled. No joy. Cannot get hold of a human. Really bad. ...

Zero stars if I could.

Zero stars if I could. 1. Their Linux/OpenVPN support is terrible -- try importing any of their configs into Fedora and you get an error. They refuse to fix. 2. The available servers in any given location are a joke. You have to go to their "server list" to see what is up at the moment. LOOK ELSEWHERE.

Purchased a 2 yr package and It worked 1 day

Update: 28th April: They refunded almost 40usd, but not quite. 38.72usd. So let me understand, they nick 7% on their refund? Ok they can make a lot of money on this with a lot of people. Update. 3:25 pm Thailand time. They refused to return my money after many emails and even showing them a copy of my bank activity. Please stay away from these low life criminals. Purchased a 2 yr package and it worked 1 day and also very slow. 40usd. This morning they have blocked it and now want to me ...

Recently for some reason most locations…

Recently for some reason most locations are in Iran when I live in Europe and choose EUROPEAN server and google then shows result in Persian calendar. And also browsing websites became very slow on any server

Unreliable service with persistent issues.

I feel compelled to share my frustration with PrivadoVPN and their service and support team. For several months now, I've encountered consistent issues with the geo-location feature, which has been consistently inaccurate and unreliable. Despite reaching out with multiple support cases (#PRV00202061, #PRV00209774, #PRV00209789) since February 2024, there has been no resolution to this ongoing problems (including Tower service). As someone who heavily relies on the service, it's incredibly ...