StrongVPN Review

We found latency to be less impressive, coming in at 10ms even on same-country connections. Considering some of our top-tier providers boast ping times of less than 1ms, keen gamers may want to look elsewhere.

Upload speeds are even better than downloads, coming in at an impressive 94Mbps in the UK. Performance isn’t as good across long-distance connections, however this is to be expected and won’t be a problem for the majority.

An excellent choice as long as you’re not expecting blazing-fast peak speeds.

To read about our speed testing methodologies, please read How We Review VPNs.

StrongVPN does however maintain an very high number of individual IP addresses – almost 60,000, meaning it’s far easier for you to get ‘lost in the crowd’.

We were pleasantly surprised to see a choice of 12 US cities, putting StrongVPN up there with some of the top providers for coverage in that country. There’s also city-level choice in the UK, Brazil, Canada and Germany.

Asia has a few options such as Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia, but South America is served by just Brazil. There aren’t any servers in Africa.

You can find the complete list of StrongVPN server locations by country and city on their website below.

You can purchase a plug and play VPN router with it pre-installed, or StrongVPN also offers step-by-step instructions on how to manually configure your existing router.

Access to BBC iPlayer has been very inconsistent recently, working some days and not others. If watching shows on the British streaming service is a priority check out our dedicated roundup of the best VPNs for BBC iPlayer.

Torrenters will love that P2P activity is permitted on all servers worldwide, and a strict zero-logs policy means all your online activity remains anonymous.

The VPN kill switch was a welcome addition in the last update, as it prevents your true IP address from being exposed. StrongVPN also operates its own DNS servers, meaning there’s no chance of your web traffic being routed through less-secure third-party servers.

We were pleased to see no DNS or IP leaks in our tests, too.

The broad choice of protocols is really helpful, as even if one is blocked there are several others you can try The additional obfuscation tool is another great feature, as it means your web traffic is far less likely to be detected as a VPN connection.

This also makes StrongVPN a solid choice for people in other high-censorship countries such as Iran, Turkey and the UAE.

Because it collects absolutely no customer data, there is no way any of your browsing activity can be traced back to you as an individual, which is great news.

StrongVPN states that it will comply with valid subpoena requests, but it can’t provide information that it does not have.

A limited range of settings can be found behind the cog icon along the top of the app, however these are very basic.

The mobile apps are also very good; simple and effective with a big button in the middle of the screen, but lack some security features, such as a kill switch.

Once you’ve done this, all that’s left to do is enter your username and password and you’re ready to start using the service.

This was a little disappointing, but whenever they couldn’t solve our problems they’d forward our details to the tech team, who were always quick to respond.

The website offers a great range of setup manuals for loads of different devices, including video tutorials and screenshots. For basic instructions the FAQ section should do the job, but for anything beyond this you’ll have to contact the support team.

Additional obfuscation tools mean it works well in China and other high-censorship countries, and a VPN kill switch and first-party DNS servers are great bonus features.

We love the redesigned custom apps, now offering a far more user-friendly experience. Those looking for sheer speed will be disappointed but if you’re looking for a simple, click-and-forget VPN that works with Netflix, StrongVPN is an excellent choice.