PIA vs IPVanish

PIA is a quality VPN service for an affordable price. How does it compare to IPVanish? Read our comparison chart below.

PIA is a cheap VPN service, with a large network of servers. With more than 3000+ servers in over 28 countries, PIA packs a lot of features for an affordable price.

While IPVanish is a quality VPN provider, with over 40,000+ shared IPs and 1000+ VPN servers in 60+ countries.

Compare PIA with IPVanish, side-by-side. Read on for an in-depth look, including ratings, reviews, pros and cons.

		IPVanishNordVPN
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	PIA	IPVanish
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	Benefits and Features
Live Chat Support	No	Yes
Price
Subscription	$6.95/month $3.33/month (12-month subscription) $2.91/month (24-month subscription)	$10.99/month $9.99/month (3-month subscription) $7.49/month (12-month subscription)
Payment Methods	Recurrent submissions: Paypal, Credit Card, Amazon, Google Play (through Android app only) and OKPay Non-recurrent submissions: Bitcoin, Ripple, CashU, iOS In-App purchase (through iOS app only) and Paygarden supported Gift Cards Users in certain regions can also use PaymentWall compatible payment options (mint, ecoPayz, Neosurf, Ticket Surf, etc.)	Credit card, Paypal
Free Trial	N/A	30-day money back guarantee
Money Back Guarantee	7-day money back guarantee.	30-day money back guarantee.
Windows	Yes	Yes
iPhone App	Yes	Yes
macOS	Yes	Yes
Android App	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	"Best support" - not guaranteed
Cancellation	Credit Card, Paypal, Google, and Amazon users can cancel their subscription from their PIA account. OKPay users will need to login to their OKPay account and cancel from there.	Paypal and credit card users can cancel via their IPVanish account. You can also cancel recurring subscriptions on the Apple store and Google Play.
Speed
Jurisdiction	United States	United States
Number of Servers	3000+ servers	1400+ servers
Countries Served	30 countries	60+ countries
Security Protocols	PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN	OpenVPN (with TCP/UDP), IKEv2/IPSec, PPTP, L2TP/IPSec
Encryption	AES-256	AES-256
Works in China	Yes, but must connect manually	No
Devices per license	5 devices	Unlimited devices
Routers	Yes	Yes
Anonymous	Allows user to stay anonymous. Accepts payment in Bitcoin and other methods. Registration only requires e-mail address.*	Not anonymous. You'll have to provide payment details for your subscription.
Keep Logs	Keeps no logs.	Keeps no logs, except user's e-mail address, username, and payment data.
Allows P2P	Yes	Yes, on all servers
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Price
Speed
Number of Servers
Countries Served
Devices per license
Pros & Cons	Pros: Allow anonymous subscription High server count Cheap subscription Cons: No live chat support No free trial	Pros: Strong security Unlimited devices Secure cloud storage Cons: More expensive pricing Can't stream Netflix
Bottom Line	Quality VPN service for an affordable price... Read full review	Good security features with no limit on number of devices... Read full review
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