VPN pricing across 16 tracked products: entry-tier median $2.49, top-tier median $11. Cheapest: PrivadoVPN. Most premium: Bitdefender VPN. Updated October 2026.
VPN pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; quote-only products are listed but left out of the medians.
Entry-tier median is $2.49, top-tier median $11 (products with published prices only).
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrill VPN | $15 | $30 | $30 | month |
| Bitdefender VPN | $6.99 | $35 | $35 | month |
| CyberGhost VPN | $2.19 | $6.00 | $13 | month |
| ExpressVPN | $2.49 | $5.49 | $23 | month |
| IPVanish | $2.39 | $2.99 | $3.59 | month |
| IVPN | $6.00 | $8.00 | $10 | month |
| Mullvad VPN | $5.50 | $5.50 | $5.50 | month |
| NordVPN | $3.49 | $5.49 | $7.49 | month |
| PrivadoVPN | $0 | $5.50 | $11 | month |
| Private Internet Access | $1.59 | $6.77 | $12 | month |
| Proton VPN | $0 | $4.99 | $13 | month |
| PureVPN | $13 | $16 | $20 | month |
| Surfshark | $2.49 | $12 | $21 | month |
| TunnelBear | $0 | $2.88 | $5.75 | month |
| VyprVPN | $3.00 | $6.50 | $10 | month |
| Windscribe | $0 | $4.50 | $9.00 | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier. Custom means the vendor publishes no list price (quote only); those rows are left out of the medians.
Across 16 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $2.49 and the top-tier median is $11. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
PrivadoVPN has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
Bitdefender VPN has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.