The Best Free VPN for Firestick

Best of all, Windscribe’s free VPN works with 5 Netflix regions and it beats BBC iPlayer’s geo-blocks. No other (safe) free VPN can do this on Firestick.

The VPN service also supports P2P traffic on all its free servers. This means you can use Windscribe with P2P-based streaming apps, too.

Importantly, Windscribe uses AES-256 encryption to secure your internet connection. The app doesn’t log user activity, and it doesn’t leak your real IP or DNS data.

The only real downside to using Windscribe Free is its 10GB monthly data cap.

While it’s a generous allowance compared to free VPNs like TunnelBear and Avira, 10GB limits the amount of streaming you can do. Make sure you stream in Standard Definition to make the most of your monthly bandwidth or you could run out in the middle of a movie or TV show.

Overall, Windscribe’s free VPN app is ideal for Fire TV users who are not prepared to buy a paid VPN.

What sets Proton VPN apart is that it doesn’t have any data limits in place. Once installed, you can use the VPN as much as you want.

This unlimited bandwidth policy is the reason why we picked the VPN as the best alternative to Windscribe for Firestick.

In addition to the limitless data allowance, Proton VPN also delivered faster speeds than any other free VPN for Fire TV Stick.

Connecting to nearby server locations, our internet speed only dropped by 2% compared to Windscribe’s 10%.

Proton VPN comes with AES-256 encryption and built-in IP and DNS leak protection, which kept our true IP and DNS information hidden during testing.

Also, the VPN’s servers don’t log any personal session or web usage data. This has been verified by an independent no-logs security audit.

Sadly, Proton VPN doesn’t unblock any major streaming app including US Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and BBC iPlayer.

The VPN service also doesn’t allow peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic on its free servers. This is likely to cause problems with P2P-based Kodi add-ons.

It also no longer allows users to choose server location. Instead, Proton VPN automatically connects you to the nearest available server, significantly restricting access to streaming sites.

In short, Proton VPN is good for users in need of a free VPN with unlimited data. Just remember that it won’t unblock geo-restricted video apps, and it’ll block P2P activity.

IPVanish’s user-friendly Fire TV Stick app has clearly been designed with Fire TV’s interface in mind. It’s one of very few VPNs that does this well.

Finding the closest VPN server location was simple, taking us mere seconds to successfully connect to our chosen server.

We also found the apps advanced features like split tunneling, LAN exemption, and obfuscation easy to find and use within the app. They’re great additions for more advanced users, but beginners don’t need to worry about these.

The only nuisance we experienced using IPVanish’s Fire TV app was activating the VPN kill switch to prevent abrupt IP address leaks.

For some reason, the company created a separate kill switch app rather than build it into the actual VPN. For greater protection you’ll have to launch two apps rather than one.

That said, this is still preferable to many other VPNs that don’t offer a kill switch for Fire TV at all. Even IPVanish does not provide a kill switch for its Android TV VPN app.

IPVanish has clearly been built with anonymous streamers in mind. The VPN’s network of 2,400 no-logs servers always hid our IP address in our security tests.

None of these VPN servers track or store your streaming activity, meaning you can access movie and TV show Kodi add-ons privately and securely.

Using Wireshark, we also verified that internet activity via IPVanish’s connections was always fully encrypted.

IPVanish encrypted the data packets leaving our device.

For these reasons, IPVanish is our most highly-rated VPN for Kodi and IPTV streaming.

Expect fast speeds when you’re connected to a nearby IPVanish server. In our recent speed tests, we recorded a download speed drop of under 5% on short-distance connections.

Minimal speed losses in relation to your standard internet connection are ideal for buffer-free streaming on your Firestick.

IPVanish’s long-distance speeds weren’t as fast, though. For instance, we experienced a 14% speed loss connecting from the US into Asia (Japan).

Although these international speeds are fast enough for streaming, we recommend connecting to a local IPVanish server for 4K video quality.

ExpressVPN’s Firestick app is the very best at bypassing streaming geo-blocks.

The app unblocks 18 Netflix regions – working particularly well with the American library.

Moreover, most of its US VPN servers unblocked apps like HBO Max, Hulu, and even Peacock TV to watch watch Premier League 3pm kick-offs from the UK.

Outside the UK, we accessed BBC iPlayer and ITVX on its UK servers without issue.

Speeds are consistently high across ExpressVPN’s huge network of 160 VPN server locations and 3,000 servers.

Connecting from Europe to the East Coast of the US, we experienced only 17% speed loss.

Similarly, connecting into Singapore the speed loss was just 20%.

Our speed tests prove how much faster ExpressVPN’s international speeds are compared to IPVanish’s.

ExpressVPN’s logging policy guarantees the provider won’t keep any record of personal internet activity or connection to its service.

The VPN is also headquartered in the British Virgin Islands – a strong privacy-friendly jurisdiction for a VPN company.

Another privacy bonus is the kill switch, which not all VPNs have on Firestick. The kill switch automatically interrupts internet access if your VPN connection fails, ensuring your real IP address isn’t exposed.