Best VPN for Torrenting

NordVPN is a smart choice for torrenting if your budget doesn’t stretch to all-rounder ExpressVPN or P2P specialist IPVanish. On a two-year plan, just $3.99 monthly will get you a VPN that does the basics of speed and privacy very well.

Download speeds peak at 332Mbps down on local connections in major cities while uploads average at an unrivalled 80Mbps globally. It’s also a strict zero-logs VPN based in a friendly jurisdiction.

Apps are user-friendly, although avoid using the browser extensions for anything sensitive as they’re proxies rather than VPN. Reliable access to Netflix and iPlayer is a nice added bonus but we’d like to see better support for more devices. Manual protocol switching and lack of city-level servers are other complaints.

Customer support is good, if a little slow. Don’t let that put you off though from this fast and highly effective VPN for torrenting that’s unbeatable value on the longest plans.

If torrenting in private is your top priority then IPVanish is hard to beat, and for Kodi too, thanks to superb speeds both up and down, zero logging and extensive privacy tools.

Consistently ultra-fast, low-latency, local connections typically topping 117Mbps are ideal for P2P activity. Less consistent international connections won’t matter too much for heavy P2P users. Similarly, the volume of servers and IP addresses (at the expense of variety of locations) favors high bandwidth activities like torrenting.

Desktop apps aren’t the most user-friendly but make up for it with powerful privacy features, including IPv6 leak protection and killswitch. Netflix is currently working on most servers but fans of BBC iPlayer should look elsewhere. The Amazon Fire TV native app is a big plus. Customer support is improving with live chat now available.

It’s not cheap but you chop the monthly fee by 46% to $6.49 on a 12-month plan. If you are a keen torrenter, IPVanish really should be on your radar.

CyberGhost may be our cheapest pick but it’s a solid torrenting VPN due to strong privacy features and very good speeds on local connections. Do beware that P2P traffic isn’t permitted on US servers and speeds are much less consistent on international servers.

Local download speeds typically topped a 92Mbps (peaking at an incredible 174Mbps in London) with local uploads almost as fast. While not as fast as our top picks, this is perfectly adequate for torrenting. A strict zero logs policy and first-party DNS servers mean no data even exists to identify you, while privacy features like the killswitch are ideal for torrenting.

As a bonus, access to Netflix, BBC iPlayer is rock solid thanks to dedicated streaming servers. The apps are innovative but there are easier-to-use alternatives available. Customer support is friendly and helpful with fast live chat and email responses. At $2.75 on an 18-month plan though, it’s incredible value and easy to overlook the shortcomings.

PrivateVPN is smart pick for heavy torrenters on a budget who can live without quick access to support. It’s very strong on privacy while offering some of the fastest speeds in the market, including reliably fast uploads needed for effective P2P activity, including Kodi.

Low latency will also appeal to online gamers. The high bandwidth also lends itself to HD streaming, especially as access to Netflix and iPlayer is currently reliable.

A strict zero logs policy and first-party DNS servers means no data exists to identify you even despite a base in privacy-unfriendly Sweden. Desktop apps are great but lack options on mobile.

We’ll be watching to see if it can maintain this excellent performance with not even basic usage stats on its small network as its user base grows but for now, it’s well worth a look as an alternative to more well-established services for torrenting, especially at $3.60 on 17-month plan.