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Private Internet Access
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Where it stands
3.4 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 1 of 3 signals
- Website health3.7 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Private Internet Access yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Private Internet Access?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
Nothing is clearly stated yet.
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: VPN
Measured signals
3.7 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Private Internet Access's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 134 ms.
- Security3.5 / 52 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-frame-options).
- Privacy3 / 52 third-party tracking services found: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 1 classified comment from 1 thread. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“Given that it's named Private Internet Access, I would think many of their customers are also concerned about privacy. If a Raspberry Pi self-hosted VPN gets you what you need, great, but it doesn't do the same things as…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Private Internet Access Goes Open Source (2018, 105 comments)
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- An account is required to use the service. The page says: “Choose your plan, download the PIA VPN app, verify your account, and be protected in minutes.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Personal data is primarily stored in the United States. The page says: “We collect information globally, and we primarily store that information in the United States.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
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