I’ve found a $30 VPN that’s faster than NordVPN, Surfshark, and ExpressVPN, can unblock your favorite streaming services, and has the best built-in ad blocker of any VPN I’ve tested — here’s how to get yourself protected

We run regular tests of the streaming service unblocking abilitiy of each VPN and we’ll tell you for free that PrivadoVPN is not the very best that there is.

That accolade belongs to NordVPN right now but NordVPN is expensive and PrivadoVPN is super-duper cheap, and, more importantly, PrivadoVPN is absolutely perfect if the only streaming service you need to unblock is Netflix.

We test VPN unblocking across six different regions: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. We open up the VPN app, choose to connect to a server in one of those countries, then head to Netflix and see if we’re able to stream shows that are only available in those regions. You can take a look at the kinds of shows we’re talking about here.

We tested PrivadoVPN in May 2026. It successfully unblocked all of those regional Netflix libraries on the first attempt, every time. So, if you’re traveling the world and you want to be able to watch your Netflix TV shows as usual, PrivadoVPN is actually a very good choice.

It’s particularly good because it only costs $30 for 27 months of use. Compare that to NordVPN, the one we rate as the best streaming VPN and best VPN overall, and you’re looking at more like $90! That’s three times the price for features that you might not even need.

So, if Netflix streaming and some browsing privacy is all you need from your VPN, save yourself some money.

But, before you do, there is a little hack to make sure you’re getting the best PrivadoVPN price.

PrivadoVPN charges in either GBP, USD or Euros, and when you get to the checkout page to buy, you’ll see in the very bottom right corner that you can select which currency you pay in.

Now, whichever you choose, it’s 30 of that currency. A quick look at the exchange rates will show you that USD is the lowest value of those three, so that’s definitely the one to pay in. $30 is approximately £22 at the time of writing, for example.

If you can’t see dollars as an option in the bottom corner, then here’s the hack: download PrivadoVPN Free first. You’ll find ‘Free Plan’ as a grey button slightly higher up the page on the right. It almost looks like you can’t press it, but you can.

The free plan isn’t much good for streaming because you only get a limited choice of server locations and a small amount of data to use. However, you can set yourself to appear to be in the US.

Then install PrivadoVPN free, choose the US server to connect to, reload the checkout page (you might need an Incognito Window) and, hey presto, you should find that the price is now available in USD. Win.

Now get out there and get Netflix streaming, and have fun on your travels, wherever you go.