Proton VPN

Yes — and Proton VPN's free tier is the only one we actively recommend. There's no data cap, no ads and no activity logs, and it's funded by paying subscribers rather than by selling your data, which is the usual catch with 'free' VPNs. The trade-offs: the free plan covers a single device and a small handful of server countries, and it doesn't include UK servers — those need a paid plan. So it's genuinely good for basic, no-cost privacy, but for fast UK connections or streaming you'd move up to a paid tier (from about US$2.99/mo). For a trustworthy free VPN in Britain, though, it's the one to pick.

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Yes, fully. Paid plans include UK servers — London, Manchester and Edinburgh — for fast local connections and access to UK-specific content. The free tier also works from the UK, but it routes your traffic through free-tier server countries abroad, which is fine for everyday privacy though not for anything that needs a British IP address.

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The main ones sit on the free tier: a single device and a limited set of server locations. Even on paid plans, speeds trail NordVPN slightly on more distant servers, and it offers fewer streaming-optimised extras than ExpressVPN. Its strengths are more structural than flashy: Swiss jurisdiction with strong privacy law, fully open-source apps that have been independently audited, and a non-profit foundation behind the company rather than private-equity ownership.

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VPN Plus costs about US$2.99/mo on the 2-year plan, paid upfront for the term and renewing afterwards at around US$6.99/mo. On rolling monthly billing it's a fair bit more per month. For anyone already using Proton's other apps, the better-known deal is Proton Unlimited, which bundles the VPN together with Mail, Drive, Calendar and Pass for one price. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies, so you can try a paid tier and claim a refund if it isn't right.

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Open the Proton VPN app on your TV — it's available for Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV — and it will display a short pairing code on screen. Then, on your phone or computer, go to protonvpn.com/tv, sign in to your Proton account, and type in that code. The TV app links to your account and connects. It's the standard workaround for TV apps where typing a password is awkward.

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On paid plans, streaming works well — Plus servers handle Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ reliably, with the occasional per-server flag cleared by switching to another location. The free tier, however, isn't built for streaming and is often blocked, so don't rely on it for catch-up TV. If streaming is your main reason for subscribing, ExpressVPN and NordVPN remain the most consistent picks in this ranking, but paid Proton VPN is a capable all-rounder.

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