Betternet review and features

Betternet is a simple and, most importantly, completely free software solution that will help you change your IP address, thus making you anonymous on the network. In general, we are looking at a typical VPN client but with a very simplified one. The user is not required to enter data from a prepaid server here. You just need to open the program and click on the "Connect" button, and the application will immediately connect you to the VPN. Unfortunately, it is not possible to choose the country of the server here. Betternet will connect you to the least "downloaded" one available at the moment. In general, the impossibility of choosing the country of connection is the only restriction that distinguishes this program from paid analogs.

In addition to the desktop client, Betternet is also available as Firefox and Google Chrome plugins. The additions work on the same principle as the program itself. That is, connection and disconnection are done with only one button. There are no claims to speed and stability. It will be quite enough, for example, to use video services with regional restrictions if, because of the latter, you can not work with them from your "real" IP. As you can see, Betternet has practically no drawbacks - it is a simple and convenient service. The program is also available on mobile operating systems.

Betternet provides simple, one-click access to a VPN service, securing your online activities while maintaining good speed and stability.

Minimal price	7.99 USD / month
Max devices per licence	10
Money back guarantee	45 days
No-log policy (VPN doesnt keep logs)	NO
Number of servers	1800+
Kill switch support	YES
Based in country	CA (Canada)

It is due to the free VPN policy that Betternet is known to many people around the world, which is quite interesting to see, but this very freeness makes the leading paid service, which could be much better. In this article, we will rely on the paid version and review it. Fortunately, there is something to tell here since the service is interesting. We will tell you about speed, functions, privacy policy, and other things in this article to answer all questions related to Betternet VPN.

1. Websites unblocking.

2. Secure protocols.

3. 24/7 customer support.

4. IP and DNS leak protection.

5. Gaming and Streaming modes.

6. Up to ten device connections.

7. Fast VPN servers.

Betternet has a set of functions that will definitely ensure your safety:

• Kill Switch
  Terminates your Internet connection when your VPN connection is unstable.

• IP and DNS leak protection
  Remain anonymous when visiting any sites; they will know nothing about you.

• No data limit
  Use the Betternet service as much as you want. There are no restrictions on its use in gigabytes or megabytes.

• Optimized for gaming, browsing, or streaming.
  It`s nice to use a service that supports unblocking streaming services and gaming, making Betternet a good service for these purposes.

• Split tunneling
  You can choose which applications will be used with VPN and which will be used as usual.

• 115+ virtual locations
  Any continent is at your disposal with many locations, countries, and servers!
  

Betternet has proven that its server network is quite reliable and reasonable by showing excellent speeds on all the servers on which the service was tested. You can see the results that are pleasing to the eye below, not to mention the limitations at this speed, which aren’t any. Forget that a VPN prevents you from enjoying 4k video without lags and stutters. Betternet will let you enjoy and do whatever you want if the privacy policy allows, but more on that later.

The starting point for our tests will be Thessaloniki, Greece.
A service called Speedtest will help us with this.

Quick reminders:
Ping — time in ms required to transfer data from you to the server. — Lower is better, higher is worse. 
Download — speed of downloading data from (!) the Internet. — Lower is worse, higher is better.
Upload — speed of data upload to (!) the Internet. — Lower is worse, higher is better.


Thessaloniki, Greece - No VPN

London, United Kingdom, VPN enabled

Hannover, Germany, VPN enabled

Paris, France, VPN enabled

Newark, NJ, United States, VPN enabled


Los Angeles, United States, VPN enabled

Betternet offers its clients a small network of 1,800 servers in 80 countries. In practice, the service has been proven to maintain high speeds and offer the best speeds for users. Remember the excellent opportunity to save money from regions such as Turkey or Argentina, and it will be much easier to unblock any content if there are not three but as many as 80 supported countries.

The privacy policy of Betternet is quite large for a VPN service, and this always means there will be something interesting here. And so it turns out, the service collects a lot of data about your device and too much diagnostic data, directly affecting users` privacy. As the privacy policy mentions, the service does not collect your surfing history, connections, and IP address. Still, it contains location information based on IP, which is very strange to see in the privacy policy of even a small service. We recommend reading the list and deciding whether you want to give this data.

SERVICE COLLECTS:

1. Account Information (name, username, email, password).
2. Billing and Payment Information.
3. Identity or Account Verification Information (e.g., Date of Birth, Social Security Number).
4. Communications and Submissions.
5. Usage Information (interaction with services, websites, apps, cookies).
6. Device Information (browsers, apps, identifiers, settings, OS versions).
7. Diagnostic Information.
8. Location Information (approximate based on IP address).
9. VPN-Specific Information (bandwidth, VPN server locations, diagnostic info).
10. Third-Party Information (from invite, partners, service providers).

SERVICE DOES NOT COLLECT:

1. Specific websites or apps visited during a VPN session.
2. User identity associated with VPN session activity.
3. GPS-based location information during VPN sessions.

Betternet offers only two subscription plans: one year with a small discount and a one-month subscription. Pricing, let`s be honest, is very expensive for a VPN service because even NordVPN costs much less than Betternet but offers many more functions and better speed. Unfortunately, the service does not offer many payment options; here, we did not see the most important one - payment with cryptocurrency.

Below is a table with prices for the service:

• During holidays or sales, the service offers discounts so you can save quite a lot of money on them

Many payment options are available: credit and debit cards and Google Pay.

Betternet is not the best torrenting service, especially its free version. In general, it is very important to remember that free versions of VPNs are not particularly secure and are very limited versions, unlike the paid ones. Returning to Betternet, it has a good server network and provides good connection speeds; some users will not feel any slowdown. However, the security policy is not one hundred percent transparent, so it would be nice for the service to go through an audit and remove many data collection points. There are almost always better services, and by searching for the best service, you can refer to our VPN reviews page.

Betternet has both a paid and a free version, and we honestly question the advisability of using the free version to protect yourself and anonymize since most free VPN services collect your personal data and offer a minimal number of functions. If we talk about the paid version, it is quite good except for the price and privacy policy. The price should be much lower since Betternet is equivalent in price to Nord VPN and Express VPN, and they are much faster, safer, and have much thicker layers of protection.