IPVanish

About IPVanish

IPVanish is a US-based VPN provider that carries a Scout Score of 84, with a privacy sub-score of 82 and a jurisdiction rating of Tier 4. That jurisdiction figure is the first thing worth being honest about: the provider operates out of the United States, a founding member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. There's no way to dress that up — for users whose threat model includes state-level data requests, a US home base is a documented reality, not a marketing footnote.

What sets IPVanish apart in our records is infrastructure. It owns and operates its own server hardware, which remains rare across the industry, where leased or rented servers are the norm. On the policy side, the documentation supports a no-logs policy that has been independently audited, and the service ships with a kill switch. Unlimited simultaneous connections are documented, and the US-based plans are noted as solid for torrenting. A 30-day money-back window is on record.

On pricing, the verified official plans are as follows. The 2-Year (Essential) plan runs $2.19/mo as an intro rate, billed at $52.56, and renews at $7.50/mo. The 1-Year (Essential) plan is $3.33/mo intro, billed $39.99, renewing at $7.50/mo. The 1-Month (Essential) plan is $12.99/mo, billed monthly, with no intro discount. As always, the intro rate is a first-term hook; the renewal number is the one to budget around.

A plain limit on our authority: we do not run a lab, so there are no Scout speed benchmarks or throughput measurements in this profile. Where you see the 84 score, that reflects our documented-evidence methodology — official policies, the independent audit and verified plan data — not in-house performance testing.

IPVanish fits users who value self-owned hardware, want unlimited devices under one account, and are comfortable with a US jurisdiction for torrenting and everyday privacy. It's one to skip if a Five Eyes home base is a dealbreaker for your threat model — that concern is legitimate and well-documented here.

Profile by Tomas, Scout VPN Team — built from documented evidence.