IPVanish Review

US-based VPN that owns its server infrastructure, 2,200+ servers across 75 countries, and unlimited simultaneous connections.

IPVanish is a US-based VPN built around two pitches: unlimited device coverage and self-owned infrastructure. One subscription connects every phone, laptop, router and console in a household, which most rivals still cap at five to ten devices. The company runs its own servers rather than renting capacity, with more than 3,200 nodes across 90 countries and 40,000+ shared IPs in the pool.

Speeds are competitive on the modern protocols. TechRadar's 2025 tests recorded WireGuard throughput up to 770 Mbps and OpenVPN averaging 230 Mbps, in the same band as NordVPN and ExpressVPN. Reviewers unblocked Netflix libraries in the US, UK, Australia and Japan, plus BBC iPlayer and Disney+, and every server is configured for P2P.

Long-term pricing falls to $2.19 a month on the two-year Essential plan, and quarterly transparency reports publish counts of law-enforcement, DMCA and national-security requests. The privacy posture has improved but carries history. Two independent no-logs audits back the current policy: Leviathan Security Group in 2022 and Schellman Compliance in February 2025.

The catch is jurisdiction. IPVanish operates from the United States, a Five Eyes member subject to National Security Letters and gag orders that no audit can fully neutralise. A 2016 court filing showed the then-operator handed user logs to the FBI despite no-logs marketing.

The company has since changed ownership twice, through StackPath and now Ziff Davis, and re-audited the policy, but the incident is part of the record. The apps show their age in places. VPN Mentor calls the dashboard needlessly busy and overwhelming, and we agree the layout is dense for a casual user.

The iOS app cannot run every feature simultaneously, and the kill switch is all-or-nothing: enable it and the internet is blocked entirely on disconnect. Tom's Hardware notes server gaps in Russia, Turkey, Indonesia, Argentina, Thailand and China, which matters if you route through those regions. Refunds apply only to yearly and two-year plans, not monthly, and there is no cryptocurrency payment option.

We recommend IPVanish for households and small teams who want unlimited device coverage on owned infrastructure, are comfortable with US jurisdiction, and value raw bandwidth. Anyone who needs cryptocurrency payments, treats the 2016 logging incident as disqualifying, or wants a polished mobile-first app should look at Mullvad, Proton VPN or NordVPN instead.