Windscribe VPN
Shares rank 12 of 15 VPN services by recommenders
Recommended for VPN endpoints seen as genuinely located and for working behind China's firewall. Most common caveat: a paid subscription is required outside the UK.
Recommended for VPN endpoints seen as genuinely located and for working behind China's firewall. Most common caveat: a paid subscription is required outside the UK.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Recommended alongside other privacy tools
“I ended up with Fastmail, 1Password, and Windscribe”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an Almost All-EU Stack (and Saved 500€/Year)” “Windscribe is also recommended by Kagi Specials”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying” Rated among top VPNs
“Windscribe and iVPN up there with Mullvad in TFA.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits” “seem to have the most real vs fake VPN endpoints”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Back to Kagi”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Paid subscription required outside UK
“$4/mo Windscribe subscription required if you live outside the UK”
Comment from 4 May 2026 in “Southwest Headquarters Tour”
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 | — | — |
| Windscribe VPNThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Switched to Windscribe at the time, quite cheap.”
“seem to have the most real vs fake VPN endpoints”
“made a desktop GUI framework of their own for no good reason, and now they can't fix accessibility without a whole lot of work”
“Windscribe is also recommended by Kagi Specials”
“Checking out Windscribe pricing just now, I get a Cloudflare captcha.”
“$4/mo Windscribe subscription required if you live outside the UK”
“I ended up with Fastmail, 1Password, and Windscribe”
“all worked when I was in China behind GFW”
“Windscribe and iVPN up there with Mullvad in TFA.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.