What is the best cheap VPN?
Surfshark offers the best value for money: around $2.50 a month on a two-year plan with unlimited devices (guide price, June 2026). If you are chasing the absolute lowest price, Private Internet Access and CyberGhost at around $2 a month are excellent too.
Cheap does not have to mean stripped-down, as long as you stick to long-term plans from serious providers. Surfshark is the showcase: for around $2.50 a month you get a service that barely trails the most expensive names in our comparison, including unlimited devices and solid streaming performance.
One step cheaper sit Private Internet Access (around $2 on a three-year plan, open source apps, unlimited devices), CyberGhost (similar pricing on two years, with a 45-day money-back guarantee), and PureVPN (with a standing no-logs audit arrangement with KPMG). All three are solid services where you mostly give up small things: slightly lower top speeds or less polished apps.
The classic trap is the monthly price: the same services cost $10 to $16 on rolling monthly plans. The entire discount lives in the commitment, and always check what the renewal rate will be after the first term.