58 PCWorld JANUARY 2022REVIEWS BEST VPN SERVICES
category. Below those recommendations you
can find information about how we test and
what things to look for when choosing a VPN.BEST VPN OVERALL:
EXPRESSVPN
Price: $6.67 per month (fave.co/3FefN6R)
It’s hard to select the best overall VPN. Some
services are weaker on privacy, but are
significantly easier to use, with tons of
features, while others could stand to have an
interface redesign.
For many years we chose the best VPN
based purely on privacy, but that is no longer
the sole concern of most people when
choosing a VPN. Privacy is important, to be
sure, but so are performance, extra features, a
wide country selection, and ease of use.
ExpressVPN has it all, making it our top choice
for VPNs. ExpressVPN is one of the fastest
VPNs we’ve tested, and it has a very easy-to-
use app. Its servers are all diskless, running
everything in RAM—a welcome
practice that’s become fairly
standard these days. ExpressVPN
also has wide device support, as
well as a smart DNS feature for
set-top boxes, consoles, and more.
It’s not the cheapest VPN out
there, but you do get solid value for
the price, and the service is
regularly bringing in third-party
auditors to bolster its privacy
credentials.ExpressVPN
with an active
connection.BEST VPN OVERALL
RUNNER-UP: NORDVPN
Price: $3.29 per month (fave.co/32jDzQn)
If you like ExpressVPN’s speeds and features,
but want something a little different,
NordVPN is also an excellent choice. Nord is
arguably more feature-filled than ExpressVPN,NordVPN with an active WireGuard connection.