Review · 2026
PureVPN review
IndependentBritish Virgin Islands
Has invested heavily in audits and now offers a broad feature set including port forwarding. But history matters in this category: PureVPN handed user logs to the FBI in 2017, and that episode still weighs on its trust score despite genuine reform since.
76
Overall / 100
Owner
GZ Systems
Jurisdiction
British Virgin Islands
Servers
6,000
Countries
65
Logging
No-logs now; note documented 2017 log-handover incident.
Audit
Now runs an always-on audit programme (KPMG/Altius) — a direct response to its 2017 history.
Protocols
WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2
Port forwarding
Yes
Dedicated IP
Yes
Kill switch
Yes
Price from
~£2/mo
Money-back
31 days
On jurisdiction: No data-retention laws now; a 2017 case saw it hand logs to the FBI, which reshaped its later policy.
Scorecard
Five weighted categories, same rubric as every other provider. How this is calculated →
Privacy & Trust66
Speed80
Streaming82
Torrenting78
Ease of use80
Strengths
- Always-on audit programme; broad feature set
- Port forwarding and dedicated IP available
- Cheap on longer plans
Trade-offs
- 2017 FBI log-handover still colours its record
- Speeds are mid-tier
- Trust rebuild is ongoing