With more services and freebies being geographically restricted, there is a frequent need to change our IP address to a specific country so that we are able to bypass the country or region restriction. There are two common ways of changing our IP address which is either through open proxy or VPN. Basically when connecting to a proxy or VPN, the internet traffic from our computer is encrypted and sent to the VPN/proxy servers to be decrypted and they will relay it to the destination. The below image would give you a better idea on how a VPN or proxy works.
Open proxies are mostly unstable, slow, don’t last for a long time and require manual configuration of the specific software to use the proxy. VPN would be a better choice because it is stable, fast and would automatically redirect all of your connections from your computer to the VPN without changing any settings. However, most of the VPNs out there are paid services that are commonly being used to protect the users data from being intercepted or hijacked at public WiFi hotspots through encryption. They too offer money back guarantee which means you will have make payment first via Paypal or credit/debit card and inform them within the guarantee period that you’re unhappy with their services.
The good news is, we have searched for VPN companies that offer free VPN trial accounts without making an upfront payment and briefly tested them to make sure that it is working. Most of the time you will just need to sign up for a free account, verify it by clicking on the activation link from your email and follow the given instructions to connect to their VPN for free. If you’re only using the VPN for a short period it’s best to use a temporary email address. Hopefully this will be a great resource for people who want to quickly use a VPN to change their IP address without wasting time in searching and testing.
The VPN accounts list has been split into 2 categories; those that have a time limit and expire after xx hours or days (listed below), and those which don’t (listed on page 2) but may have some other restrictions such as bandwidth limit/expiry or upload/download speed limits etc.
VPN Accounts with a Time/Date Expiry Limit
1. CactusVPN
Protocol: OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, Proxy
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 24 hours after account creation
VPN Server Location: US, UK, Netherlands
Steps: Register account, download software, install and connect.
Restrictions: None
2. ibVPN
Protocol: OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, SSTP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 6 hours after account creation
VPN Server Location: US, UK, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Luxembourg
Steps: Register account, download software, install and connect.
Restrictions: None
3. HideIPVPN
Protocol: OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 3 hours after account creation
VPN Server Location: US, UK, Netherlands, Germany
Steps: Create account from website, download software and check email for login information
Restrictions: NONE
4. vpnjack
Protocol: PPTP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 24 hours after account creation OR after 10 minutes of usage, limited to 1 Mbps.
VPN Server Location: US
Steps: Click a button to generate and display account information
Restrictions: Unable to load any websites for the first few minutes after connection.
5. GlobalVPN
Protocol: PPTP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: After 30 minutes of usage
VPN Server Location: Netherlands
Steps: Create account from website, check email to activate account
Restrictions: Speed limited to 9KBps. During testing, I was unable to connect to VPN.
6. inCloak
Protocol: OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 24 hours after account creation
VPN Server Location: US, UK, Russia, Korea, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Ukraine, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Latvia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Czech Republic, Indonesia, New Zealand, Finland
Steps: Enter email, check email to get code and enter code in VPN page to get the configurations.
Restrictions: NONE
7. VPN Solution
Protocol: PPTP
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 48 hours after account creation
VPN Server Location: US
Steps: Fill up form and redirected to a page with instructions
Restrictions: Auto disconnect every 2 minutes
8. PRIVATE WiFi
Protocol: OpenVPN
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 3 days after account creation
VPN Server Location: US, UK, Netherlands, Singapore
Steps: Enter email, download software and install
Restrictions: NONE
9. Mullvad
Protocol: OpenVPN
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 3 hours after installation
VPN Server Location: Netherlands, Sweden
Steps: Download software, install and connect.
Restrictions: NONE
10. TsunamiVPN
Protocol: OpenVPN
Expiry/Bandwidth Limit: 30 days after trial activation
VPN Server Location: US
Steps: Register, verify account from email, download and install software, connect to VPN.
Restrictions: 200MB bandwidth daily, hourly disconnection
On Page 2 we list the VPN accounts which don’t expire time wise but may have other restrictions such a bandwidth limits etc.
Thanks a lot for this list, very helpful! :)
Thanks for all the hard work testing and reporting on these VPNs
Thank you very much, Raymond…
Hi Raymond! I am devoted follower of your blog and not a day passes without my reading your blog.
The list of VPN’s are great and very useful.
Thanks Ray, useful as usual. :-)
i tried spotflux, it works. it also seems to be easiest to use and the most hassle-free. no signup, no expiration. what else can i ask for?
hey ray
thanks a lot lot lot lot ….
wow, just what i was looking for. i am sick and tired of paying for vpn. thanks ray.
yeh nice list ray thanks
I have been researching and testing VPNs (5 or 6 so far) and this article is just what I was looking for. It really meets a need in this community.
thanks
thanks very useful article.
Thanks alot for sharing this list
Thanks