OVPN Review 2020: the fastest VPN provider!

Wireguard with OVPN

OVPN also offers Wireguard access to its servers in Sweden. Wireguard is a much simpler but no less secure VPN protocol that allows stable connections even through very restrictive networks and is also much faster than OpenVPN in comparison. Therefore, it would be exciting when the service offers this technology in other locations!

3. Prices and tariffs for OVPN

OVPN is certainly not a cheap provider, but that’s not what we expected when we saw all the technical effort behind the service. In general, the service is in the league of higher-priced VPNs, with the difference that the focus was not on the mass market but to ensure maximum security and performance for individual customers.

Compared to ExpressVPN, which has about the same price, OVPN certainly offers much more powerful hardware, even if there are fewer locations.

Secure payment:

You can pay with PayPal, credit cards, Bitcoin or with CASH (no email is needed to set an account!)

4. OVPN Applications

The service offers separate applications for macOS, Windows and Linux. The remaining devices are connected via the free OpenVPN application. There are extensive instructions on how to do this and they are certainly easy to use even for laymen.

Own application for Windows, macOS + Linux.

The only applications that OVPN itself provides are the applications for Windows, macOS and Linux devices. These were developed by OVPN itself. All the instructions can be found on ovpn website.

Browser extensions + VPN

Browser extensions are available for Google Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi and Opera.

NEW: OVPN Wireguard application for Android (beta)

By converting and using Wireguard, OVPN can now also use native support for this protocol directly in Android.

The result of it is a new Android app that is, unlike the apps of the competitors, really based on Wireguard and can also be connected automatically. So OVPN continues to use the “Wireguard standard” and is therefore 100% Wireguard compatible with every Wireguard client, and has found a solution with their own app to leave this standard intact and at the same timeto use the protocol.

With other new Wireguard providers such as “NordVPN it Nordlynx” or “VyprVPN with Wireguard”, Wireguard login procedure has been changed in the way that it can only be used with their own applications. So if you want to use a router with Wireguard from these providers, you cannot use this modified Wireguard protocol for this. With OVPN it is possible.

5. Speed tested with OVPN

OVPN is the fastest VPN service we have ever tested! To be fair, we were connected via a Wireguard connection instead of OpenVPN or IEKV2. With OpenVPN, the values are still impressively fast but hardly reach more than 400MBit/s.

Fastest VPN connection ever measured over the Internet! (>800mbit/s)

6. Privacy with OVPN

OVPN focuses on security and privacy on several levels:

1. All servers are real Bare Metal Servers owned by the company and are located in separate lockable racks
2. The servers are protected by various encryption methods
3. The apps comply with the standards and have additional checking functions to make it possible to check the activated security features independently
4. Browser extensions warn the user when the connection changes, besides, tracking links can also be blocked in the browser. The browser extension also checks the secure connection
5. OVPN acts transparently in all activities.
6. You don’t need an email address to create an account
7. You can pay with CASH
8. OVPN has taken out insurance to protect the company against legal claims from abroad. This insurance also covers the costs that are necessary to conduct legal disputes so that the data of its own users can remain anonymous

Features

VPN cascades are clearly one of the most important special functions offered by OVPN. Besides, however, it also has its own Server-Hardware, the renunciation of hard disks for the entire operation, and also its own firewall, and switches hardware at the server locations. Additionally, it has professional equipment, in direct comparison with other services like NordVPN, which rent only virtual servers.

Multi-Hop VPN

A cascaded VPN connection from Malmö to Stockholm can also be used to conceal your own identity from targeted surveillance on the Internet. This technique is used by VPN providers for the special anonymization of users. However, there are VPN services that allow users to determine their own Routers. OVPN only provides a Router over two locations and this can be chosen optionally, which increases the total price.

OVPN does not store log files, and most users even use cascades to further obscure the origin and connections. The servers do not have any hard drives and work in RAM disk mode. This means that the entire operating system, whichever is processing the local activity, is only found in the temporary memory. As soon as the server is switched off, all data would be lost.

Therefore, nobody would have been able to extract or access data from the servers.  This additionally protects against any seizure of the servers and also against hacker attacks. Through the combination of different locations and the technical design, users are protected to an extraordinary degree from surveillance and prosecution.

VPN Connection

VPN Cascaded Connection (Multi-Hop)

7. Streaming with OVPN

Streaming with a service that doesn’t have thousands of servers is not usually predestined to allow worldwide streaming, but that shouldn’t be a limitation for most users. OVPN has servers in Germany, the USA and some other countries, and these locations are also very good for accessing limited local content.

8. Download & Torrent with OVPN

One of the most popular topics for OVPN is certainly torrent usage and downloads. Due to the extremely fast servers that can create and handle thousands of connections at the same time, the service is perfectly suited for this. Also, naturally, a Swedish service is practically in the centre of all Torrent users in Europe, so of course, many of the other partners in Torrent will be connected directly through the same service and therefore a significant speed advantage is achieved. We haven’t found a service where Torrent usage was so fast, although it is difficult to evaluate or compare due to different data, sources and times.

9. OVPN on the Router

The great strength of the OVPN application is that the operator has even developed its own VPN Router (Vilfo Router) and also markets it. With this Router, data can be transmitted faster than with any other Router we know. In our tests, the Vilfo Router with the highest OpenVPN encryption achieved more than 450,000 kbit/s, which actually is an exception even in the professional sector. However, the Vilfo Router is not exactly a cheap device, costing more than 400 Euro.

OVPN can be used on any type of OpenVPN client Router, and therefore also on the much cheaper ASUS or Gl-iNet Routers. Even with the cascades there are no problems.

10. OVPN for Online Gaming

11. OVPN for travelling

OVPN can be used on mobile devices with free apps, which means that the service does not offer Android or iOS apps but recommends using free apps for it. The setup is a bit more complicated for the layman, but in daily use, this circumstance is quickly compensated.

OVPN can be used over different ports and with OpenVPN over TCP + UDP most of the local locks can be bypassed, but Wireguard is even more outstanding. This new technology used by OVPN also promises smooth connections in China, Turkey or Dubai.

12. OVPN Customer Service

13. Overview of OVPN functions

Static Port Forwarding IP Addresses

If you want to connect to a router or a connected device via a static IP address, you can reserve real static IP forwarding ports for €3 per month with OVPN. This is the most suitable way to get a static IP address on almost any device that is also accessible across the Internet. Other providers have only limited port forwarders and therefore are not suitable for accessing various devices such as NAS, cameras, or web servers, etc.