Founded in 2009, ExpressVPN is operated by Express VPN International Ltd. The company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), and outside the 14 Eyes surveillance alliance. ExpressVPN currently operates 3,000 VPN servers across 160 cities in 94 countries.

It’s one of the largest VPN server networks available. With a vast network of servers ExpressVPN is less likely they’ll suffer from traffic congestion and slower speeds.

All their apps use AES-256 bit encryption with the OpenVPN protocol, a 4096-bit RSA key and SHA-512 HMAC authentication. This is the level of encryption is recommended by most governments and banks worldwide.

ExpressVPN runs its own private, zero-knowledge DNS servers, meaning ExpressVPN handles and encrypts your DNS requests (the websites you visit), not a third party. The VPN also comes with TrustedServer, that ensures your web data is never written to a server’s hard drive. It wipes all data with every reboot, minimizes data risk as servers never write to the hard drive, entire software stack is reinstalled on every server at startup and allows ExpressVPN to know consistently what’s running on every server.

The VPN apps automatically choose the best VPN protocol for you, but you can also choose one manually as per your preference. Highly recommended is OpenVPN, or ExpressVPN’s proprietary protocol named Lightway. Lightway performs well and uses less battery than other VPN protocols, as it has fewer lines of code.

ExpressVPN is a virtually zero-logs VPN service. The VPN doesn’t collect any personal activity logs. It only keeps some connection data, including the date of the connection and your choice of server, but it doesn’t store your full IP address or web activity. It is a trustworthy company that goes to great lengths to protect user privacy.