Cleanup in the VPN aisle: Lock in IPVanish for $5 per month for life

A VPN may sound like an unnecessarily technical complication to your internet connection, but using a VPN has many advantages. Not only does this give you more privacy, but with a few simple changes, you can appear to be anywhere on earth and have access to online content that is targeted to different regions. If you spend a lot of time at home these days, we’ll all wait global pandemicA VPN could be exactly what you need. However, VPNs can be expensive and complicated. If you want to set one up for the first time, IPVanish is both suitable for beginners and available for 59% off the monthly plan. Usually $ 12 a month, you can snap IPVanish for $ 5 a month when you select the option in the middle of the page.

Most introductory offers are just that – introductory offers – and return at full price when the original offer expires. This is different; The $ 5 a month price is not limited to a trial period – it stays forever $ 5 a month (or until you cancel or change plans). I wrote about it yearly IPVanish plans with deep discounts that don’t expire, but this is the first monthly plan that IPVanish has ever offered.

Another benefit: the subscription includes 250 GB of online storage through SugarSync.

There are many VPNs to choose from, but IPVanish is an outstanding option. In CNETs Summary of the best VPN services of 2020IPVanish was our choice as the best VPN for beginners with a fun, flexible interface that actively encourages new users to spend time under the hood and optimize setup.

It is also a fast VPN that has proven to be competitive with NordVPN. This is remarkable when you consider that IPVanish only manages about 1,400 servers – even though it forwards users through a large cache with around 40,000 IP addresses. IPVanish supports up to 10 simultaneous connections. This is a significant added value if you have many devices at home that are vying for the Internet. (IPVanish works on Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, Android, and even Amazon Fire devices.) For added security, IPVanish states that it doesn’t keep logs. You can learn a lot more in CNET’s in-depth review of IPVanish.

As expected, this offer is limited to first-time IPVanish subscribers. If you are disappointed with IPVanish, you have up to 30 days to get your money back (recently it was only seven days).

This article was previously published. It has been updated with a new monthly version of the deal.

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