Review · 2026
ExpressVPN review
Kape-ownedBritish Virgin Islands
Polished, fast and excellent for streaming, with the friendliest apps here. The caveats are ownership (Kape, now taken private and less transparent) and past controversy around a former CTO — worth weighing if provenance matters to you.
84
Overall / 100
Owner
Kape Technologies
Jurisdiction
British Virgin Islands
Servers
3,000
Countries
105
Logging
No-logs; TrustedServer RAM-only.
Audit
Multiple audits incl. KPMG (Feb 2025) covering TrustedServer; extensive audit history.
Protocols
Lightway, OpenVPN, IKEv2
Port forwarding
No
Dedicated IP
No
Kill switch
Yes
Price from
~£5/mo
Money-back
30 days
On jurisdiction: No data-retention laws; parent is now private and less transparent.
Scorecard
Five weighted categories, same rubric as every other provider. How this is calculated →
Privacy & Trust76
Speed90
Streaming92
Torrenting75
Ease of use93
Strengths
- Extremely easy to use across every platform
- Strong streaming and consistent speeds
- Long, well-documented audit history
Trade-offs
- Owned by Kape; parent recently delisted and more opaque
- No port forwarding or dedicated IPs
- Premium pricing