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Trying to work out whether NordVPN, CyberGhost, or ExpressVPN has the best VPN deal?
There's a very clear winner between these rival brands.
While it once had a reputation as a pricier option, ExpressVPN's decision to overhaul its prices for the first time in 16 years means it now offers three subscription tiers at dramatically different price points. If you'd like access to its award-winning VPN subscription, it costs just £1.74 per month —that's cheaper than NordVPN and CyberGhost.
For that, you'll be able to use ExpressVPN across 10x devices with no limits on bandwidth or download speeds. You'll also get access to the new MailGuard feature, which creates single-use email addresses that redirect to your Gmail, iCloud, or Yahoo inbox. It means you can sign-up for online accounts or give out your email without worrying about your email address leaking on the Dark Web. You can cancel these privacy-focused emails at any time – cutting off anyone with the MailGuard-generate address from being able to contact you.
The 82% discount available from ExpressVPN at the moment means you're paying under 6p a day for military-grade encryption for your web browsing – hiding your internet history from advertisers, cybercriminals, and even your internet provider – and the inbox safeguarding MailGuard feature.
To unlock the maximum price cut on offer, you'll need to subscribe to a two-year plan with ExpressVPN. That multi-year contract comes with an extra four months at no extra cost, so you won't see another charge from the award-winning VPN brand until July 2028. That certainly makes the £48.80 charge at checkout today for the two-year plan, where you'll find the biggest savings, seem pretty reasonable.
But what about the competition? NordVPN is running its own sale, with up to £50 Amazon.co.uk Gift Card available when you subscribe to certain price plans. It's paired this giveaway with up to 70% off monthly bills.
Unfortunately, the entry-level NordVPN Basic plan doesn't qualify for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card at all. With the 70% discount, NordVPN Basic drops to £2.59 per month. That's a decent saving, but still comfortably above the £1.74 plan for ExpressVPN.
Better than Black Friday! Get ExpressVPN at its lowest-EVER price
Protect your personal information and encrypt everything you do online for just £1.74 with the latest ExpressVPN deal. That equates to under 6p per day, trouncing NordVPN, its biggest competitor
ExpressVPN adds military-grade encryption across up to 10x devices, including iPhone, Android, Linux, Windows, Mac, Fire TV, and dozens more, to secure your internet traffic from prying eyes, advertisers, and governments. We praised its fast connection speeds in our in-depth ExpressVPN review.
The security brand also offers its new MailGuard feature to safeguard your email address at no extra cost. You'll benefit from an extra 4 months free with a two-year plan, dropping the effective cost
Get 82% off ExpressVPN Basic
$9.99
$1.74
...beating this discount from NordVPN
NordVPN is the main competitor to ExpressVPN. Both brands have a substantial collection of awards for fast performance and advanced features. While NordVPN has sometimes had the edge when it comes to subscription price, that changes with the limited-time sale on ExpressVPN
Get 70% off NordVPN Basic
$8.89
$2.59
...and cheaper than this 84% price cut to CyberGhost
CyberGhost has cut its monthly subscription by 84%. If you sign up for a 24-month plan, you'll be gifted with 2 months of access to the award-winning VPN service for free. CyberGhost has one of the longest money-back guarantee period with a generous 45 days to decide if you want to stick with your new VPN subscription
Gte 82% off CyberGhost
$10.89
$1.92
And CyberGhost? This affordable VPN service has slashed prices from £10.89 down to £1.92 per month on a two-year plan. CyberGhost will bundle 2 months extra for free, so you'll unlock access to its rival service for 26-months across 7x different devices, including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and Fire TV Stick, to name a few.
As noted in our in-depth ExpressVPN review, if your priorities are speed and reliability, there's no better choice than ExpressVPN Basic. And at £1.74 per month for this award-winning VPN service, this really is a no-brainer.
ExpressVPN supports Klarna and other payment options if you want to split the cost of the subscription.
Not sure whether you need a VPN? These secure apps are designed to keep your activity online secure from prying eyes, thanks to the military-grade encryption applied to everything you do. Not only that, but you'll unlock the ability to stream sports fixtures, movies, and TV shows that you wouldn't otherwise be able to access.
ExpressVPN on up to 10 devices, including iPhone, Android, Mac, iPad, Linux computers, Windows 10, Windows 11, Fire TV Stick, and even your Wi-Fi router, to name a few. Running a Virtual Private Network (VPN) on any of these gadgets will apply military-grade encryption to everything you do online, keeping your browsing history under lock-and-key from governments and advertisers.
Even your broadband provider won't be able to keep tabs on the websites you're checking — or how often you're visiting them. Not only that, but ExpressVPN will bundle its Lite Protection package, which blocks adverts and malicious websites on your devices to keep your browsing speedy and safe.
With the latest discount, ExpressVPN costs just £1.74 a month.
Unsure about whether you'll get enough use from a VPN? ExpressVPN includes a quibble-free 30-day guarantee on all of its subscriptions.
With 24/7 customer support, you'll be able to talk to someone from any time zone to get a full refund if you're unhappy with the experience on your devices. Yes, ExpressVPN is that confident.
It comes days after ExpressVPN has started to overhaul its desktop apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Some of these apps are in beta testing, while others are available to download today.
Linux users have been treated to the new features before their counterparts on Mac and Windows | KAPE TECHNOLOGIES To unlock this ludicrous 82% discount, you'll need to subscribe to a two-year plan.
That might sound intimidating, especially if you haven't subscribed to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) before, but ExpressVPN offers a no-quibbles 30 day moneyback guarantee so you can try out every feature on every device before deciding whether to move ahead with the full 24-month contract.
Even better, ExpressVPN will bundle four months of extra access at no cost — so you'll be able to encrypt and secure your connection for 28 months without paying any more than a two-year plan. ExpressVPN uses military-grade AES-256 encryption, the same standard trusted by the US government to guard classified information.
ExpressVPN unveiled the biggest shake-up to its subscriptions in 16 years earlier this summer. It ditched its one-size-fits-all approach, in favour of three price plans: Basic, Advanced, and Pro.
The decision to offer different plans enables this award-winning VPN to be more competitive.
Virtual Private Networks, like ExpressVPN, mask your real location by routing traffic through servers in different countries, tricking services into thinking you're elsewhere
| EXPRESSVPN PRESS OFFICEThe name of this bundle undersells it slightly. Granted, it misses out on the ExpressVPN Keys secure password manager to store, manage, and generate ultra-secure passwords for all your logins, eSIM data when travelling abroad, and exclusive discount on Aircove Wi-Fi router that you'll find with other price plans... but Basic still offers access to the VPN service that earned ExpressVPN its reputation.
For example, Basic subscribers spending under 6 pence a day to access ExpressVPN will still benefit from its core VPN features. That includes the fast Lightway protocols and your choice of over 3,000 servers worldwide, including a dedicated location in every US state.
There's also its top-tier post-quantum encryption — a feature that sets ExpressVPN apart from its competitors.
For those who don't know, as quantum computers become more powerful, these machines will eventually be able to crack encryption algorithms that are currently deemed secure.
Experts estimate that it'd take a current-generation computer around 300 trillion years to break a standard RSA-2048 bit encryption key, while a quantum computer with enough qubits could crack it in a matter of days. That could flip encryption on its head, with systems used by banks and password managers at the moment suddenly penetrable to anyone with a powerful quantum computer in under a week.
By default, ExpressVPN now relies on a supercharged form of encryption that will not be susceptible to these advances. It's part of an update rolled-out to its Lightway encryption system.
Elsewhere, the £1.74 ExpressVPN Basic plan offers protection for 10 devices simultaneously, and there's still the same 30-day money-back guarantee. The company has confirmed DNS-based ad-blocking is coming soon to Basic plans too.
So, what's missing from this most affordable ExpressVPN plan?
You won't enjoy benefits like ExpressVPN Keys password manager, threat protection features, or the Identity Defender suite. The latter boasts four essential products — ID Alerts, ID Theft Insurance, Data Removal, and Credit Scanner — designed to help you block criminals from stealing your identity.
In the United States, ExpressVPN offers a Wi-Fi router that automatically secures every device connected to its network with its end-to-end encryption, which is guaranteed to protect against quantum computers too | EXPRESSVPN PRESS OFFICE In the latest Black Friday sale, ExpressVPN's Advanced subscription costs £2.44 per month. For that, you'll benefit from its Keys password manager, plus three days of unlimited mobile data to use anywhere on the planet via an eSIM plan courtesy of Holiday.com.
The device limit increases to 12 simultaneous connections, plus you'll gain access to identity monitoring with fraud alerts and restoration services – though these ID features only work if you're in the US.
There are also built-in features to block adverts, trackers, malicious sites, and more.
It could be the sweet spot if you want more than ExpressVPN Basic, but don't need all the premium features. If you're already subscribed to a password manager like LastPass, 1Password, or Dashlane, it could be cheaper to just subscribe to ExpressVPN for its VPN and ability to suggest (and autofill) secure passwords.
Lastly, ExpressVPN Pro is the most expensive — and feature-packed — subscription tier.
Priced at £3.84 per month, this is the only subscription that includes one of ExpressVPN's most requested features – a dedicated IP address that's exclusive to you. You won't have to share it with other VPN users, and it's so private that even ExpressVPN can’t trace it back to you.
This was previously an optional add-on for ExpressVPN subscribers, so it's interesting to see the much-loved feature included as part of a monthly subscription... even if it happens to be the priciest one.
You'll get everything included with the more affordable tiers, plus 5 days of eSIM data, monthly credit reports, and data removal services for US users.
The device limit increases to 14, and you'll receive up to 75% off Aircove routers, which run ExpressVPN software so that every device connected to Wi-Fi is secured via VPN.
It's worth noting that if you're outside the US, you won't benefit from these Identity Defender features, making this tier less appealing for international users.
Whether you're looking for a cheaper ExpressVPN plan, or you're currently paying an additional fee for access to a dedicated IP address and can now fold it into your subscription, this shake-up will impact users on every price plan.
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