ExpressVPN Review 2022: Features, Pros, Cons, Pricing, Speed Test

ExpressVPN is one of the most trusted VPN providers on the market.

Whether you’re looking for a VPN to access streaming sites from anywhere, secure Internet connection, or to unblock censored content, ExpressVPN is just what you need.

Join me as I take deep dive into everything ExpressVPN has to offer you.

I tested ExpressVPN across multiple platforms focusing on the VPN’s streaming, torrenting, gaming, and speed capabilities, I also take a look at their security and privacy claims. The results are quite 😳surprising…

Features Review & Testing

Streaming & Unblocking Capabilities Testing

ExpressVPN is the best🤗 service unblocked(sneaky guy). So, you can watch anything you want on Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, and BBC iPlayer without any problems. It doesn’t end here to check which streaming services can be unblocked by ExpressVPN.

Netflix	Hulu	Amazon Prime	HBO Max	Crunchyroll	BBC iPlayer
Peacock	DStv	PlutoTV	IPTV	Crackle	SkyTV
ESPN+	ProSieben	Discovery+	AT&T tv	Zattoo	AppleTV
Paramount	6Play	Locast	Now TV	Channel4	Youtube
RaiPlay	CBC Gem	Rakuten Viki	ITV	SlingTV	UKTV
Globoplay	Vudu	Crackle	Hotstar	Kodi	Crave

ExpressVPN with Netflix

ExpressVPN unblocks every Netflix region like a piece of 🍰cake. We tested almost all the region servers, during my test I can unblock 22+ different Netflix libraries.

Speeds are crazy fast to watch the stream in Ultra HD quality, our Netflix tricks will take your streaming to next level. Know how to quickly change your Netflix library with ExpressVPN. Here I unblocked Netflix US for your reference.

ExpressVPN with Disney+

While some content like Marvel Hit Monkey is very specific to the US. Don’t worry ExpressVPN seamlessly unblock Disney+ to watch every title of its library.

Global Disney+ includes Hulu, ESPN & Hotstar content in it. Also, you can try it for free (using their trial program). Enjoy 🥳watching your favorite shows & movies along with exclusive Disney+ originals.

ExpressVPN with BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer is very specific to the UK region, outsiders cant’ access the service. But with ExpressVPN you can watch anything on BBC iPlayer connecting to UK Server.

Keep the protocol in Lightway for the best experience, you can connect to any server available in the UK (all are working).

ExpressVPN with Amazon Prime:

Amazon Prime is a tough guy who blocks most of the VPNs. But ExpressVPN is the smartest VPN among all others. Here you can see how quickly I unblocked amazon prime.

With this tool, you can enjoy watching Amazon prime from anywhere in the world. During my test, I managed to unblock the US, Canada, and Germany. But it gave me a little trouble unblocking the UK region. When I try reaching customer support they told: “Amazon Prime will use your billing address“.

ExpressVPN with Hulu:

I was able to quickly unblock Hulu (top Hulu VPN) and watch shows in HD quality without any buffering. While other VPNs barely unblock Hulu. Here I used the US-New York server for my test.

The page loaded instantly, and titles started playing preview videos after 2 seconds. Every US server worked great (you can choose a specific server or connect to the fastest server in the US)

ExpressVPN with HBO Max:

I feel 🤗happy when ExpressVPN unblocked HBO Max (great premium collection). Since it is available in certain US terrains.

Everything loaded immediately and titles started floating, here I used the “Washington DC” server. But I tried testing with other servers like New York, Los Angels, New Jersey (everything worked great).

Other Platforms:

ExpressVPN also unblocks Crunchyroll, ESPN, YouTube, Apple TV, Vudu, and many other streaming services mentioned above. Though some platforms take time to load (depending upon your internet speed).

ExpressVPN with Kodi

If you don’t own any of the above streaming service subscriptions, moving on with Kodi is the 😁best choice. ExpressVPN has a Kodi Add-on, I was able to watch anime series, Tv-Shows, Series through Dramacol, GogoAnime Add-ons. There are tons of add-ons available to watch everything (Kodi is an open-source P2P streaming tool).

Using their smart location feature which helps you to choose a server depending on your 📌location, ⚡speed, latency will massively improve your server speeds. If you have slow internet speed. It’s simply an awesome feature to have, useful when you are in VPN restricted country.

👉Check out our test. If you still 🤔doubt Does ExpressVPN work with Netflix?

MediaStreamer-SmartDNS

ExpressVPN has its DNS (Smart DNS) that helps you to unblock geoblocked or regionally blocked content without VPN encryption or masking your IP. So, you will get your 🔥full internet speed. Also, this is useful to stream on a device that doesn’t have native app support.

To avail of this feature, you need to register your IP Address on their site so that ExpressVPN will recognize your IP & help to stream. Visit the setup page and get Mediastreamer IP, now you need to set up Mediastream on your device.

📝Note:- Use this feature only when your VPN speeds are low for streaming.

No Logs Policy & VPN Background

ExpressVPN is based on the British Virgin Island (purely No-logs) & non a surveillance group. So, the government will not interfere with the VPN owners seeking users’ data. Also, it went through several security audits by third parties.

Nothing was spotted in their report, VPN made its entire code base Open Source. So anyone can 🐱‍💻test it this is one of the 🥇best No-Log VPN. ExpressVPN never had a history of sharing users’ details or privacy with anyone (Governments, FBI, Investigations, etc).

Number of Servers

ExpressVPN maintains a decent server network of 3000+ servers across the world. You might think many other VPNs like NordVPN, PIA has >5000 serves. Well, it’s not about which VPN (Virtual Private Network) has more servers. You need to think about, Are all servers working well?

ExpressVPN excels here’s maintaining healthy servers for user needs. So, you can simply unblock anything that comes your way. Also, it maintains servers (virtual servers) in hard-to-reach areas like Hong Kong, Venezuela, and Turkey (Most other competitors won’t).

While you can enjoy ExpressVPN servers in 160 locations & 94 countries, you will be provided with city-level servers (16 countries) to 🔥boost your internet speeds (avoiding network congestion). Even if you are confused to choose the fastest server, the Smart Location feature comes in handy 😇.

Diskless RAM Server

Do you know😄? All ExpressVPN Servers are RAM-Only to ensure privacy (known as Trusted Server Technology). By its nature, RAM will not store any kind of data once it’s restarted. This technology ensures

• No Data Storage
• Shorter Data Span (Deleted After every session)
• Consistent software across the servers.

This technology ensures your privacy is protected🤗 even when any of the VPN servers are seized or compromised. But most VPN providers are still using Hard Disk Servers (Which leads to 😢security issues).

ExpressVPN thoroughly reboots its servers every 1-2 weeks, ensuring that all the VPN servers are working without any VPN blocks. While some other VPN Service providers offer dedicated IP to access some specific IP accepted services (like banks, etc). ExpressVPN does not offer any dedicated or static IPs.

📝Note: All the ExpressVPN Server IPs will be changed frequently, so you will never get blocked anywhere.

Speeds

ExpressVPN does have its own custom-built Lightway (WireGuard based) protocol like NordLynx for NordVPN delivering ⚡premium VPN Speeds. While most of the servers have excellent response time (high 🔥speeds) if you connect to some distant servers (you might see slow speed 🤷‍♂️very usual).

To test the potential of the servers, we ran some speed tests. Results just shocked 😲me, take a look once.

You can see the speed of the US & UK servers for yourself, quite impressive for smooth streaming or torrenting. There will be no buffering or loading while 🌐surfing the internet. Thanks to its new Lightway protocol for this massive improvement.

Even when you look at the other servers like Singapore, Europe, etc. Speeds are not were less than 100Mbps which is more than sufficient for Ultra HD quality. The impressive part is that ExpressVPN does maintain 🏋️sequal upload speeds.

So, you will never regret even uploading files or content online. There are different protocols available like Lightway TCP, OpenVPN, UDP, IKEv2, L2TP/IPSec, VPN speed will vary on the protocol you choose. By default it will be in recommended mode, you can switch to Lightway for better speeds.

While someone says 👉OpenVPN and some others say WireGuard👈. Don’t get confused pick the right one for your usage through OpenVPN vs WireGuard comparison.

ExpressVPN is great VPN for gaming to ensure that your VPN connection is stable, so you can enjoy a smooth gaming experience with very low PING. But on distant servers, you will 😐face ping problems. It is decent for gaming (load games on time) & zero lag.

📝Note:- All the speed tests are done with a base internet speed of 200Mbps (May vary depending on your speed).

Built in Speed Test

While people often get 🤔confused about which server to connect to? ExpressVPN checkmate user’s problem with its built-in speed test tool. So, you can quickly know which server gives the 💪best speeds. Though it will take a while (around 20 seconds), worth spending to know your Speed Index, Latency, and Download Speed.

Also, you can choose the specific location of your test. If you want to unblock region-specific geoblocks, this will tell you the best servers available in that region.

Torrenting

Torrenting lovers💓 find this VPN very handy, completely supports P2P torrenting (file sharing). There won’t be any bandwidth limitation on any server you connect making this a great choice for torrenting. But, there is no separate section specifying P2P torrenting servers for your convenience.

Every regular server in the VPN works as a P2P server. This VPN works with most torrent clients like uTorrent, BitTorrent, Transmission, Vuze, Deluge, and other torrenting applications. While there is no port forwarding feature for all devices except for the router. All the VPN protocols & security will keep you anonymous while torrenting. Speeds are impressive while torrenting.

Movies	Games	Anime	eBooks	Sports	Best
17 Best Torrent Sites	21 Best Torrent Sites	27 best Torrent Site	19 Best Torrent Sites	9 Best Torrent Sites	21 Best Torrent Sites

🎯Tip: Before you start torrenting, connect to a country where torrenting is legal.

Security & Encryption

ExpressVPN is a tough guy well known for security and encryption (military-grade AES 256 bit). This level of security is usually used by governments. ExpressVPN completely protects you from surveillance groups, not like other VPNs that claim no log and reveal your identity.

Our IP & DNS leak tests show that this VPN is purely built for 🔐security at its core. Though it doesn’t have any built-in ⛔ad-blocker or malware blocker. But there are a lot of convenient features. ExpressVPN encryption technology outperforms almost all no-log VPNs with its 256-bit AES encryption combined with RSA-4096 and SHA 512 authentication. The same security is offered by the government & banks.

Even a world’s powerful computer will take millions of years to crack ExpressVPN encryption. It also follows ⏩forward secrecy to 🛡️change your encryption every time you log on. Even if someone found the key (it’s not valid). While each protocol will change your security.

Not all protocols will be available to all of your device platforms. But, ExpressVPN bridge its powerful balanced Lightway protocol is available for every device). Also, all your request will be handled by its DNS ensures that all your browser activities will not be stored at ISP.

Not only security, but ExpressVPN also manages to perform an independent audit (Cure53 & PwC) to protect their user’s privacy, releasing the audit report regularly (PDF report).

• Cure53 is a cybersecurity team to check the vunnerabilities allowing hackers to streal user’s data when visited malicious websites. Since then ExpressVPN has been pushing it’s limits with new updates.
• PwC is a leading audit (reviewd VPNs privacy policies throughout a month) and clearly stated this VPN privacy policies are completely safe, you can check audit results (Open to everyone).

ExpressVPN Essential Feature

Network Lock

Kill Switch has been a standard for all VPNs to block internet traffic (in case of connection drops). This will ensure that you are always protected, ExpressVPN calls it “Network Lock“. It’s working seamlessly during my test, unfortunately not😢 available for iOS.

Auto Connect

It’s quite opposite to Network Lock, you will get auto-connected to the server. If your VPN connection drops. ExpressVPN offers this feature that will ensure you are connected to a VPN on startup or connect to another when joining network is not listed as trusted.

Split Tunneling

This feature comes in handy to deviate some traffic from the VPN tunnel. If you have any local connection for banking or streaming (this feature comes in handy). Also, you can use this to print or save bandwidth during downloading.

This feature can be enabled for specific apps (it’s quite simple to add or remove app). Make sure that you are disconnected from the VPN while adding exceptions. You will find three options under this feature.

• Allow all apps to use this
• Do not allow selected apps
• Allow only selected apps

ExpressVPN is also compatible with Tor (The Onion Router). A special browser to encrypt all the traffic within its network (anonymize data). Since it’s the only hub for the dark web, but also allows activist to share their personal information.

This VPN has its .onion website very useful to access blocked websites (even if you forget to download VPN) you can access the app using Tor. As it is highly encrypted you will get a slower speed.

Threat Manager

Many online websites you visit will keep track of your online activities including legit, scam, and malware sites. Threat manager prevents all this tracking and keeps your activities private all the time. By default, this feature will be disabled, follow the steps to enable this feature.

Device Compatibility

ExpressVPN supports every platform (operating system). It has native app support for iOS. Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and router. All the setup files are available on the official website or your respective device download centers.

You can enjoy all the essential features and desktop-level experience on every platform. Some features might not be available on some platforms. Here is a quick overview of features on every device platform.

Feature	iOS	Android	Windows	macOS	Linux	Router
GUI	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Network Lock	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lightway	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Split Tunneling	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

You can also enjoy ExpressVPN services through its browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. You can also install this VPN for your Oculus Quest (Metaverse). For a quick installation, follow the below steps

Quick Installation & Setup

1. Visit their official website (ExpressVPN) and take any subscription.
2. Copy the activation code once you have taken the subscription.
3. Choose the platform you want to install the VPN and begin download.
4. Install the app and enter the activation code and enjoy browsing safely.

👉Check out our detailed guides for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS installation.

Simultaneous connections- 5 Devices

ExpressVPN tries to compensate with your other platform subscriptions. At most, you can enjoy sharing these services with your friends of 4. It’s the same as other streaming platforms, some VPNs like Surfshark might tempt you with claiming unlimited device connections.

Think once, about how slow their VPN speeds & congested their network. Therefore, it’s not about quantity (Quality matters). With ExpressVPN you can enjoy the same features & speeds across your 5 devices at the same time. We have lively tested this out by setting this up on Laptop, Andoird, PC, iPhone, and one of my consoles.

All the devices work well. Nothing to worry about the VPN’s performance on using simultaneous devices.

🎯Unlimited Connection’s Tip: Install ExpressVPN on your router & connect as many devices to your router.

Customer Support

ExpressVPN believes in maintaining services is as important as providing them, so it has 24/7 customer 📞support (Live Chat support), FAQs database and tutorials, and troubleshooting guides to help you out if you face any issue regarding the services. Also, you can ask your doubts (I 👍like their quick response).

All the customer agents are well knowledged to answer your question immediately, it’s ok to refer to FAQs & tutorials for DIY solutions. You are always welcome to send your queries as 📧emails to their team.

Finally! Pricing

ExpressVPN is available in three different subscription plans. So, you can own it for how long you want it.

• 1 Month: $12.95
• 6 Months: $59.94 ($9.99/Month)
• 15 Months: $80.04 ($6.67/Month)

You can quickly notice the price is quite lower in long run. So better you opt for a 1-year plan, they accept your payment through 💳credit cards/ debit cards, PayPal. If you prefer to stay anonymous pay through 🪙BitCoin You can save a lot of money if you take an annual subscription.

Irrespective of the plan you opt for, there is a 30-days hassle-free 🧧money-back guarantee program to get your refund back if you are not satisfied with their service.

But if you take the subscription through other means like Apple Store, ExpressVPN won’t process your refund (you need to contact App Store help), I strictly recommend taking a subscription from the website.

📝Note: iPhone users will get 7 days free trial program.

Is ExpressVPN value for money?

In simple words, ExpressVPN is the best working service working 24/7. This is what you are paying for, most of its users never raised complaints or issues to their customer service. So, think about the quality of the service. Even it’s a tough competitor like NordVPN 😖struggle to unblock some Netflix libraries, while ExpressVPN doesn’t.

The company purely focuses on security & services, so there won’t be any additional ad-on features like malware blocker, ad-blocker, dedicated IPs (to ensure security). But, ExpressVPN manages to provide split-tunneling to allow some portion (desired)of your traffic routed outside the servers, which will be useful while gaming or streaming local media.

Get ExpressVPN free

Another exciting offer from ExpressVPN is when you refer a friend and he/she purchases ExpressVPN. Then you both can enjoy the services for 30 days extending your existing. 😍Great? right.

🎯Pro-Tip:- Take their trial program, refer a friend (takes trial program). Both can enjoy the service free for 60 days.

Conclusion

🤗No doubt..! ExpressVPN is a nut 🔩shell in every aspect (except in pricing). In simple words, it’s the best VPN I have ever used delivering superior VPN ⚡speeds without buffering. Every single server is working perfectly and all their IPs will be refreshed every week.

ExpressVPN built for 🛡️secuirty & privacy (rest assured about it) powered with military-grade AES-256 bit encryption. Also, its headquarters is on British Virgin Island (privacy friendly). it has its SmartDNS (streaming services unblocker), torrenting support, what not? their quality of services making it worthy. You will say the 👨‍💻same when you try it.

Overall it’s the 🥇best VPN service & recommended by Reddit users (we’ll recommend ExpressVPN over all other VPN services). But you won’t have an ad-blocker as in many other VPN services.

🎯Tip: Try it free (Taste the service yourself) for 30 days with their money-back guarantee program.

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