11 VPN pricing pages verified 2026-09-09
VPN service providers, priced one by one
Every figure below was fetched from the provider's own pricing page and matched verbatim before it was published.
- median printed entry price, per month
- $2.69
- printed entry-price range across providers
- $1.79 to $6
- providers with a verified printed price
- 11
By provider
| Provider | Entry price | Renews at | Prepaid term | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Internet Access | $1.79/mo | $69.81/3yr | 39 mo term | privateinternetaccess.com | September 2026 |
| CyberGhost | $1.99/mo | $51.74/yr | 26 mo term | cyberghostvpn.com | September 2026 |
| PureVPN | $2.15/mo | $47.95/yr | 27 mo term | purevpn.com | September 2026 |
| IPVanish | $2.49/mo | $99.99/yr | 24 mo term | ipvanish.com | September 2026 |
| Surfshark | $2.49/mo | 27 mo term | surfshark.com | September 2026 | |
| hide.me | $2.69/mo | $69.99/26mo | 26 mo term | hide.me | September 2026 |
| ExpressVPN | $2.99/mo | $99.95/yr | 28 mo term | expressvpn.com | September 2026 |
| TunnelBear | $3.33/mo | tunnelbear.com | September 2026 | ||
| NordVPN | $3.49/mo | $139/yr | 27 mo term | nordvpn.com | September 2026 |
| Windscribe | $5.75/mo | 12 mo term | windscribe.com | September 2026 | |
| IVPN | $6/mo | 1 mo term | ivpn.net | September 2026 | |
| Mullvad | No printed price on the page; quote or in-app only (checked September 2026) | ||||
| Proton VPN | Pricing page could not be read (checked September 2026) |
Ordered by printed entry price per month. A provider whose pricing page could not be read is listed with that fact rather than an estimate.
Provider profiles
- NordVPN The most heavily advertised provider in the index; prints $3.49 a month on a two-year plan and renews at $139.08 a year, both quoted from its own pricing page.
- Surfshark Prints $2.49 a month on a 24-month plan billed at $67.23 for the first 27 months; publishes a no-logs page, and prints no renewal figure at all.
- ExpressVPN Prints $2.99 a month on a two-year-and-four-month plan and renews at $99.95 a year; publishes its own pages for TV apps, routers and its logging policy.
- Private Internet Access The cheapest printed headline in the index at $1.79 a month, on a three-year-and-three-month term that autorenews at $69.81 every three years.
- CyberGhost Prints $1.99 a month on a 26-month plan billed at $51.74, renewing at $51.74 a year; publishes its own TV, router and no-logs pages.
- IPVanish Prints $2.49 a month on a two-year plan billed at $59.76 for the first two years, then renewing yearly at $99.99.
- Windscribe Prints $5.75 a month billed as $69 every twelve months, a one-year commitment rather than a multi-year one, and publishes a free build-your-own tier.
- TunnelBear Publishes a from-price of $3.33 a month for its unlimited plan, with no term and no renewal figure printed beside it.
- hide.me Prints $2.69 a month on a 26-month plan billed at $69.99, and guarantees the plan renews at the same price and duration; publishes a free tier.
- PureVPN Prints a from-price of $2.15 a month; its Standard plan is billed $58.20 for 27 months and then auto-renews at $47.95 annually.
- IVPN Prints one price per term and no discount: $6 a month, $60 a year, with no intro price and therefore no renewal to fall off.
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The median printed entry price per month in the consumer VPN market was $2.69 in September 2026, across 11 verified provider pricing pages recorded in VPNCompareHQ Consumer VPN Price Index.
Cite as: "VPNCompareHQ Consumer VPN Price Index", updated 2026-09-09, https://vpncomparehq.com/vendors/.