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There aren’t many VPNs with apps for Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick. Many of those that do have Firestick apps leave out key features, which makes it even harder than on other devices to find a safe and reliable VPN for streaming or torrenting.
Only the best apps will let you watch Netflix or BBC iPlayer and stream on Kodi. Even fewer come with the advanced features we’ve come to expect in desktop and mobile VPNs: kill switches and split tunneling.
We’ve tested the most popular paid VPN apps for Firestick to find the few that are both easy to use and totally safe. All the VPN apps we cover are native Firestick apps – which means they can be downloaded directly to Firestick.
These are the five best VPNs we’ve seen for Amazon Firestick as of November 2020:
As of November, the best VPN for Firestick is IPVanish, thanks to its fast speeds, simple setup, and user-friendly design. The VPN comes packed with advanced features specific to Firestick and Kodi along with a dedicated native application, all from $4.16 per month.
When you stream or torrent without a VPN your real IP address is visible to everyone, including your internet service provider. That’s why it’s important to use a safe VPN.
Many streaming apps on the Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube are also geo-restricted. This means certain video content isn’t available based on your location, and the only way to bypass these geo-blocks is to use a good VPN.
Every one of the VPN we recommend in this list is compatible with Kodi, and allows torrenting and P2P traffic on at least some of its servers. In cases where not every server allows P2P traffic, the ones that do are well marked and easy to find.
This page is dedicated to paid VPNs, which will get you the best experience and the most protection on Firestick. But if you want a free VPN, we have a separate round-up of the best free VPNs for Firestick.
Keep reading for more detail about each of our recommended VPNs, or skip straight to our Firestick VPN comparison table.
From $3.25 per month
IPVanish is the best VPN service for Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick thanks to its dedicated Fire TV Stick app. It allows for super smooth streaming on local connections and has one of the best designed TV apps we’ve seen. It also has loads of Firestick and Kodi specific features.
| Cheapest Price | $2.91/mo for 12 months See all plans |
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| Countries | 57 |
| Data Leaks | No |
| IP Addresses | 40,000+ |
| Top Download Speedi Based on a 100Mbps test connection | 84Mbps |
| US Netflix | Yes |
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IPVanish’s Fire TV Stick app is simple enough to use and has clearly been designed with Fire TV’s interface in mind. It is one of very few VPNs that does this well.
Advanced features like split tunneling, LAN exemption and obfuscation are great additions for more advanced users, too. They’re easy to find and use within the app, although the obfuscation is unlikely to work in China.
It’s also been built with Kodi users in mind, which means IPVanish gets the best performance we’ve seen with Kodi on Firestick (or any other device, for that matter).
Additionally, IPVanish allows torrenting and P2P on all its servers. This means you can get the most out of third party Kodi add-ons.
US Netflix works on most of IPVanish’s US-based servers and the streaming experience is always smooth once connected. It doesn’t work on every server, though, so we’d like to see a “best streaming server” option in the future. We also haven’t been able to get IPVanish to unlock BBC iPlayer or Disney+.
When you are connected, though, speeds are more than enough for HD streaming. We consistently found a download speed drop of under 10% on local connections.
or read our full IPVanish Review.
From $1.99 per month
Surfshark is a budget-friendly VPN that doesn’t compromise on quality for streaming on Fire TV. It includes more features than almost any other VPN on the device, and best of all we were able to reliably stream US Netflix in all of our tests.
Its custom app for Amazon Fire TV is sleek and user-friendly, too. It can be downloaded and installed to your Firestick in a matter of minutes.
| Cheapest Price | $2.21/mo over 27 months See all plans |
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| Countries | 66 |
| Data Leaks | No |
| IP Addresses | 1800+ |
| Top Download Speedi Based on a 100Mbps test connection | 85Mbps |
| US Netflix | Yes |
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Surfshark doesn’t only work with US Netflix but with 14 other international Netflix libraries, too.
It’s a fairly quick VPN, but Surfshark’s speeds aren’t quite as fast as the other VPN recommendations on this page. In our most recent manual speed tests Surfshark reduced our download speed by around 15%, compared to as little as 7% from ExpressVPN.
Unfortunately, you might not always be able to watch BBC iPlayer through Surfshark’s VPN apps, though.
For Kodi fans, Surfshark comes with several VPN servers optimized for torrenting traffic, and its no-logs policy will ensure you stay safe while using it.
Like most VPNs, you can’t install Surfshark directly onto Kodi, but running it alongside Kodi will ensure all your streaming and downloads are protected.
The only drawback is that you have to manually select a P2P server to get it to work. They’re well-labeled and easy to find, though.
On a two year subscription you can get Surfshark for just $1.99 – a price which is unheard of for a VPN of this calibre.
For that price you get almost all the advanced features you could want on Firestick. There’s a kill switch to make sure your traffic doesn’t get exposed and a LAN exemption to allow traffic on your local network while the VPN is connected.
There’s also a whitelist feature to let you split tunnel certain apps inside or outside the VPN. The only feature missing is obfuscation for connecting from highly-censored regions like UAE or China.
For a VPN founded in 2018, Surfshark is doing very well to come second on this list.
or read our full Surfshark Review.
$4.08 per month
Windscribe’s Firestick app has undergone an overhaul since we last reviewed it, and it’s paid off. Not only is the interface really easy to use, but the app works seamlessly – letting you change country or toggle advanced settings without any fuss.
| Cheapest Price | $4.08/mo over 12 Months See all plans |
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| Countries | 63 |
| Data Leaks | No |
| IP Addresses | Not Disclosed |
| Top Download Speedi Based on a 100Mbps test connection | 95Mbps |
| US Netflix | Yes |
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Windscribe is our number two VPN for Netflix for a reason: it works really well for streaming Netflix on almost every server location (unlocking 42 Netflix libraries).
It also worked with iPlayer in our tests, and we’ve seen it work with other streaming services like Amazon Prime and Hulu as well.
Before commiting to the full version of Windscribe, you can also try Windscribe Free, which offers a limited service with a 10GB data cap. The free app probably won’t be enough for all your streaming, but does work with US Netflix and BBC iPlayer.
The free version of Windscribe is also our number one free VPN for Firestick.
There’s no kill switch on the Windscribe Firestick app. This might be a deal breaker for some Kodi users or the most security conscious. It does have a great no logs policy, though.
or read our full Windscribe VPN Review.
From $6.67 per month
ExpressVPN is our overall best VPN, but it misses out on a higher place on this list because its Firestick app can be quite difficult to use and hard to navigate. Otherwise, though, it’s a pretty good service. It works well with Kodi and reliably unblocks streaming content.
| Cheapest Price | $6.67/mo over 15 Months See all plans |
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| Countries | 94 |
| Data Leaks | No |
| IP Addresses | 3,000+ |
| Top Download Speedi Based on a 100Mbps test connection | 85Mbps |
| US Netflix | Yes |
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Speeds are consistently high across ExpressVPN’s huge 160 location VPN server network (3,000+ total servers), meaning quick, buffer-free streaming.
Most of ExpressVPN’s US-based servers will unlock popular services such as Netflix and Hulu, and users outside of the UK will be able to access BBC iPlayer from its UK servers, too.
We like ExpressVPN’s minimal logging policy, which guarantees the provider won’t keep any record of your activity or connection to its service. It’s also based in the British Virgin Islands – a really strong privacy-friendly jurisdiction.
Another privacy bonus is the kill switch, which not all VPNs have on Firestick. It automatically cuts out your internet access if the VPN connection is interrupted, ensuring that your IP address is never made public or your traffic vulnerable to surveillance.
There isn’t any obfuscation technology available on the app, though, which means you won’t be able to use it in countries like China, UAE, or Turkey that block VPN access.
or read our full ExpressVPN Review.
From $2.75 per month
CyberGhost is a great VPN for streaming, but it doesn’t always perform as well on Firestick. It does offer really smooth speeds on same-country connections though, it also offers a really strong user experience. Over a three-year subscription it’s also one of the cheapest VPNs on Firestick.
| Cheapest Price | $2.75/mo over 3 years See all plans |
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| Countries | 90 |
| Data Leaks | No |
| IP Addresses | Not Disclosed |
| Top Download Speedi Based on a 100Mbps test connection | 87Mbps |
| US Netflix | Yes |
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CyberGhost’s custom VPN app for Fire TV Stick is very easy to set up and use. It’s well laid out for the Firestick remote, and all the advanced features are quick to find and toggle on/off.
Connecting to the VPN itself takes less than a second, leading to a really smooth user experience.
We like CyberGhost’s privacy-friendly no-logs policy, too, giving you peace of mind that all of your personal information stays protected.
CyberGhost is based in Romania – one of the strongest privacy jurisdictions in Europe.
We’ve not had too much luck connecting CyberGhost to US Netflix. Some days it works and other days it doesn’t.
We also haven’t been able to connect the BBC iPlayer with the app. Overall, CyberGhost isn’t the best choice for streaming on Firestick right now.
CyberGhost includes a kill switch, which isn’t that common on Firestick. This is a great privacy-focused addition which will prevent your Firestick from connecting to the internet if the VPN connection is interrupted.
Some other advanced features we’d really like to see are missing, though. There’s no LAN exemption, which means you can’t connect your Firestick to other devices on your local network while the VPN is active. There also isn’t any obfuscation available on the device.
or read our full CyberGhost Review.
You need to use a VPN on your Amazon Fire TV Stick if:
We apply the same scientific methodology to every VPN we review for Firestick. We do this to make sure our reviews are as objective as possible and offer a fair, clean slate to every VPN provider featured in this round-up.
This is our 10 step review process for Amazon Fire TV:
Adding a VPN to your Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Cube is very simple. There are four ways to do it (although method #1 is easiest):
Once the VPN app is installed on your Fire TV:
There are very few free VPNs available for Amazon Fire TV Stick, let alone good free VPNs. After testing every free VPN we could find on Firestick, we found only three which are worth downloading:
You can read our full overview of free VPNs on Firestick here.
The best free VPN we’ve tested for Firestick is without doubt Windscribe Free. It has the same, easy to use app as the paid version, including split tunneling and LAN exemption. Best of all, it works to unblock 10 Netflix libraries and other region restricted streaming services like BBC iPlayer. It does come with a 10GB per month data cap, though.
Kodi runs as a media player on your device, not totally unlike Netflix or other streaming platforms. Before loading Kodi you simply connect to your VPN – just like you would on PC or a mobile device.
Once connected you can enjoy all the benefits of a VPN from Kodi, including protecting your true IP address and unblocking geo-locked content.
Thankfully, you don’t need to install the VPN in Kodi itself, as this can be a very tricky task. All you need to do is install the VPN on your Fire TV Stick and then separately install Kodi on the device.
You can’t install Kodi directly from the Amazon App Store, but it can be sideloaded onto your device:
We recommend always running a VPN before opening Kodi.
There are other ways to unblock geo-restricted content on your Fire TV Stick without using a VPN service. However, some of these methods are not as effective as using a VPN.
In any case, here are other methods to bypass video content geo-blocks:
While some (or all) of these methods may work, your online privacy will be compromised without a reliable VPN service, so we really recommend you use one of the five VPN recommendations above with your Fire TV.
Changing the country on your Amazon account is really easy and could allow you to access content that wouldn’t otherwise be available to you. All you have to do is:
Although this isn’t as effective as using a VPN to change your IP address, it can help you stream content from another location when the VPN alone is not enough.
Modifying the DNS settings on your Amazon Fire TV Stick will make sure that all of its DNS requests are routed through the secure VPN tunnel.
In order to configure your Fire TV Stick’s DNS settings correctly, you’ll need to have a DNS address to hand. Either contact your chosen VPN provider or visit OpenNIC to find a suitable DNS address.
You’ll also need the IP address of your router before you start. If you don’t already know your router’s IP address you can follow these steps on PC:
Once you have your router’s IP address:
Your DNS is now re-configured.
No. Unfortunately it is not possible to put a VPN directly onto a 1st generation firestick.
The alternative available is to install the VPN on your router. This requires buying a special router though, so it might be cost effective to just upgrade to a newer model of firestick.
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