AirVPN
Ranked 10 of 15 VPN services by recommenders
People recommend AirVPN as a VPN provider they trust, with long-term users saying they are satisfied with it. Critics say its home page doesn't inspire confidence and its Linux client is poor.
People recommend AirVPN as a VPN provider they trust, with long-term users saying they are satisfied with it. Critics say its home page doesn't inspire confidence and its Linux client is poor.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Trusted privacy-focused VPN provider
“There are only a few vpn providers that I genuinely trust. (Mullvad, airvpn, etc)”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer” “more reputable activist providers like Mullvad or AirVPN”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Pornhub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data” “I have heard some good things about AirVPN”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State” Long-term users satisfied with it
“AirVPN does. Happily using it for ~3 years now.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Manifestos, Fear, and 'Loser Thinking': Inside Proton's AI Reckoning” “I've been quite satisfied with AirVPN”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the far-right Swedish Örebro party” “I'm pretty happy with it.”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What has been your favorite VPN provider?”
Other VPN services people recommend
The four most recommended other VPN services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullvad VPN | 255 | 146 | 64% | 12 | 4.5 yrs4 owners | — |
| Proton VPN | 63 | 35 | 64% | 13 | 3 yrs4 owners | — |
| iCloud Private Relay | 26 | 20 | 57% | 11 | — | — |
| Cloudflare WARP | 18 | 10 | 64% | 7 | — | — |
| AirVPNThis page | 9 | 3 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm pretty happy with it.”
“their home page doesn't inspire a ton of confidence”
“AirVPN does. Happily using it for ~3 years now.”
“They are amongst the handful of companies which successfully resisted the war on torrenting”
“I've been quite satisfied with AirVPN”
“There are only a few vpn providers that I genuinely trust. (Mullvad, airvpn, etc)”
“I have heard some good things about AirVPN”
“it's technologically good too, supports all the payment methods, good prices, lots of exit points, no nonsense”
“Wireguard support on Linux too”
“their eddie client is atrocious on linux”
“more reputable activist providers like Mullvad or AirVPN”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.