All About Us, Our VPN Reviews & Our Data Studies

VPNTesting.com started the way most useful tools do – out of frustration. We went looking for a straightforward way to check whether a VPN was actually working, and what we found instead was a landscape of review sites where the “best VPN” always happened to be whichever provider paid the highest commission. Leak test tools existed, but they showed raw technical data with no context about what the results meant or what to do about them. So we built something better.

What We Do

VPNTesting.com provides two things:

1. Free browser-based VPN testing tools. Our leak tests check for IP address leaks (IPv4 and IPv6), DNS leaks across multiple resolvers, and WebRTC leaks – the three most common ways a VPN connection can fail without you knowing. No software to install, no account required. Open the page, run the test, get clear results with plain-language explanations.
2. Independent VPN reviews backed by real test data. Every VPN we review goes through a documented testing process. We do not summarize press releases or rewrite the provider’s marketing copy. We test the product and report what we find. Our full testing process is documented on our methodology page.

Why This Site Exists

The VPN review industry has a credibility problem, and it is not a secret. The majority of “top VPN” lists are determined by affiliate commission rates, not by testing. A provider offers 60% commission instead of 40%, and suddenly it climbs from fifth place to first. The rankings change, but the product has not.

This creates a real problem for users. Millions of people pay for VPN subscriptions believing their traffic is private, their IP address is hidden, and their DNS queries are secure. But they have no way to verify any of this. The VPN client says “Connected” and a green icon appears – that is the extent of the feedback most users get.

Meanwhile, the tools that do exist for checking VPN connections – and there are some good ones – tend to serve a technical audience. They display IP addresses, ASN numbers, and DNS resolver lists without explaining what a normal result looks like versus a leak. If you already understand networking, they are useful. If you are a regular person who bought a VPN to protect your privacy, they tell you very little.

We wanted to close that gap. One place where you can test your VPN, understand the results in plain language, and – if you are shopping for a provider – read reviews written by people who actually tested the product rather than people who ranked it by payout.

Our Editorial Principles

We hold ourselves to a set of commitments that we believe any honest review site should follow. These are not aspirations – they are rules we operate by today.

1. Test results are automated and objective. Our leak detection tools are code, not opinion. A VPN either leaks your IP address or it does not. Either your DNS queries go through the VPN tunnel or they escape to your ISP. There is no editorial judgement involved in a pass or fail result.
2. Affiliate relationships never influence results. We earn revenue through affiliate links – this is explained in detail below. Those relationships do not change test results, review scores, or rankings. A VPN that pays us a commission and a VPN that pays us nothing are tested the same way and held to the same standard.
3. We re-test regularly. VPN providers update their software, change their server infrastructure, and modify their policies. A review from six months ago may not reflect today’s product. We re-test on a regular schedule and update our reviews accordingly. Scores can go up. Scores can also go down.
4. We publish our methodology. Exactly what we test, how we test it, and what tools we use is documented on our methodology page. We do this because testing claims should be verifiable. If you think our approach is flawed or incomplete, we genuinely want to hear about it.
5. We admit limitations. No browser-based leak test can detect every possible failure mode. Our tools check for the most common and impactful leak types, but they cannot catch intermittent failures, OS-level leaks, or issues that only appear under specific network conditions. We state these limitations clearly rather than implying our tests are comprehensive when they are not.
6. We recommend VPNs we do not earn from. If a provider delivers a genuinely good product but does not offer an affiliate program, we recommend them anyway. The point of this site is to help people find VPNs that actually work – not to funnel traffic toward the highest-paying partner.

How We Make Money

We believe you deserve to know exactly how this site is funded, because funding models shape incentives, and incentives shape content.

VPNTesting.com earns revenue through affiliate commissions. When you click a link to a VPN provider on our site and purchase a subscription, we may receive a referral fee from that provider. This costs you nothing extra – the price you pay is the same whether you arrive through our link or go directly to the provider’s website.

This is our only revenue source. We do not accept sponsored content. No VPN provider can pay to appear on this site, rank higher, or receive a more favorable review. We do not run display advertising. Our affiliate disclosure names every VPN provider we earn commissions from – and every provider we recommend but do not earn from.

No display ads. No sponsored content. No VPN provider can buy a position, a ranking, or a review. We earn affiliate commissions only when you choose to buy – after we have published our independent assessment.

We understand the obvious concern: if you earn commissions from VPN providers, how can your reviews be unbiased? The honest answer is that the structure of the site is designed to keep editorial and commercial separate. The testing tools produce objective results regardless of who is being tested. Review scoring follows a documented methodology that is applied consistently. And we publicly commit to recommending providers we do not earn from if they deserve it – a commitment that would be pointless to make if we did not intend to keep it.

Our Independence

VPNTesting.com is owned and operated by a company registered in the State of Delaware, United States. We are not owned by, invested in by, or contractually obligated to any VPN provider. We are not a subsidiary of a VPN company. We are not part of a media network that operates VPN brands.

VPN providers cannot pay for reviews. They cannot preview or approve our content before publication. They cannot request changes to a published review, and if they ask us to remove or alter unfavourable findings, we will note the request publicly rather than comply.

This independence is not a marketing claim – it is a structural requirement. If we lose the ability to publish honest assessments, the site stops being useful, and if the site stops being useful, there is no reason for anyone to visit it.

What Makes Us Different

The VPN review industry is dominated by sites that look independent but operate on models where affiliate revenue directly shapes editorial output. Here is how VPNTesting.com compares:

We are not claiming perfection. We are claiming transparency. Every claim on this page can be verified by visiting our methodology, reading our editorial policy, or running our testing tools yourself.

Our Team

We are a small, independent team – not a venture-backed startup or a subsidiary of a VPN company. Learn more about who we are, what tools we use to run the site, and why we operate the way we do on our team page.

Get in Touch

Have a question, spotted an error, or want to suggest a VPN for us to test? We would like to hear from you. Reach us through our contact page.