Record set · Pricing
The price table nobody
else prints.
Advertised rate, upfront total, monthly rate, renewal rate. Where a provider does not publish a number, the cell says so — we do not estimate on their behalf.
| Provider | Plan recorded | Advertised /mo | Billed upfront | Monthly plan | Renewal /mo | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NordVPN | Basic · 2-year | $3.49 | $94.23 /27mo | $14.99 | $11.59 | ▲ 232% | Read → |
| ExpressVPN | Basic · 2-year | $2.99 | — | $12.95 | Not published | — | Tracking |
| Surfshark | Starter · 2-year | $2.49 | — | $15.45 | Not published | — | Tracking |
| Proton VPN | Plus · 2-year | $2.99 | — | $9.99 | Not published | — | Tracking |
| CyberGhost | Standard · 2-year | $2.03 | — | — | Not published | — | Tracking |
| PIA | 2-year | $2.19 | — | — | Not published | — | Tracking |
| IPVanish | Essential · 2-year | $2.19 | — | — | Not published | — | Tracking |
Why half this table is blank
Every comparison site will hand you a clean grid with a number in every cell. Almost none of them tell you where the numbers came from. We would rather show you a hole than fill it with a plausible guess.
There are three reasons a cell is empty. First, the provider genuinely does not publish a renewal rate — it surfaces only at the payment step, after you have created an account. Second, the upfront total depends on currency, tax region and promotional stacking, so a single figure would be misleading. Third, we simply have not confirmed it yet, and a record without a date is not a record.
That is the whole editorial policy, and it is why the table fills in slowly. Each quarter we re-read seven checkout pages and update the cells that changed.
Across every provider we track, the advertised price is a first-term price. The renewal rate is the real price — and it is the number the sales page keeps off the screen.
The underlying data is published as open JSON at /assets/data/prices.json — the same file this table is rendered from. If you want to check our work, start there.
Related records
Where the numbers come from.
NordVPN:
the 232% renewal
A line-by-line walk through one subscription, from the advertised $3.49 to the $139.08 annual renewal.
Same product,
five prices
How the identical plan is priced in the US, UK, Germany, Korea and Hong Kong.
The free trial
that isn't one
What NordVPN actually offers, on which platforms, and why the refund window is doing the work.
Current price · verified 05 Nov 2026
NordVPN Basic — $3.49 per month
Two-year term, $94.23 upfront · renews at $11.59/mo · affiliate link
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