Private Internet Access vs hide.me: where each one has servers
Both providers side by side, based on their official server lists: which countries they share, where only one of them has servers and how their features differ.
- Private Internet Access 113 countries 51 with physical servers
- hide.me 57 countries 0 with physical servers
- In both 57 countries 0 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Private Internet Access Only hide.me Both
A country counts even when the location is virtual. The lists further down show which ones are.
Which one to pick
This only uses the data on this page: locations and confirmed features. We don’t test speed or streaming.
Pick Private Internet Access if you want:
- more countries overall (113 vs 57)
- physical servers in more countries (51 vs 0)
- no device limit
- open-source apps
- a physical server in: Andorra, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, North Macedonia, Slovenia
Pick hide.me if you want:
- a free plan
Side by side
| Key facts | Private Internet Access | hide.me |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 113 | 57 |
| Countries with physical servers | 51 | 0 |
| Virtual locations | 62 | 0 |
| Locations not confirmed | 0 | 57 |
| Servers (as stated) | — | 2,600+ |
| Owner | Kape Technologies | independent |
| Headquarters | United States | Malaysia |
| Founded | 2010 | 2012 |
| Devices at once | unlimited | 10 |
| Free plan | no | no data cap, 8 locations, 1 device |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | yes | no |
| Servers run in RAM only | yes | not confirmed |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | not confirmed |
| Locations checked | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
Full profile: Private Internet Access · Full profile: hide.me
Server countries on the map
Only Private Internet Access (56)
- Algeria virtual
- Andorra
- Armenia virtual
- Azerbaijan virtual
- Bahamas virtual
- Belarus virtual
- Bermuda virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bolivia virtual
- Bosnia & Herzegovina virtual
- Brunei virtual
- Cayman Islands virtual
- China virtual
- Costa Rica virtual
- Cuba virtual
- Cyprus virtual
- Dominican Republic virtual
- Ecuador virtual
- Estonia
- Georgia virtual
- Ghana virtual
- Greenland virtual
- Guam virtual
- Guatemala virtual
- Honduras virtual
- India virtual
- Isle of Man virtual
- Israel
- Jamaica virtual
- Jersey virtual
- Kazakhstan virtual
- Kenya virtual
- Laos virtual
- Latvia
- Lebanon virtual
- Liechtenstein virtual
- Macau virtual
- Malta virtual
- Monaco virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Montenegro virtual
- Myanmar virtual
- Nepal virtual
- Nigeria virtual
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan virtual
- Panama virtual
- Puerto Rico virtual
- Qatar virtual
- Saudi Arabia virtual
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka virtual
- Trinidad & Tobago virtual
- Uruguay virtual
- Uzbekistan virtual
- Venezuela virtual
Only hide.me (0)
None. Every country on hide.me’s list is on the other list too.
Countries in both (57)
- Albania not confirmed: hide.me
- Argentina not confirmed: hide.me
- Australia not confirmed: hide.me
- Austria not confirmed: hide.me
- Bangladesh virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Belgium not confirmed: hide.me
- Brazil not confirmed: hide.me
- Bulgaria not confirmed: hide.me
- Cambodia virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Canada not confirmed: hide.me
- Chile not confirmed: hide.me
- Colombia not confirmed: hide.me
- Croatia not confirmed: hide.me
- Czechia not confirmed: hide.me
- Denmark not confirmed: hide.me
- Egypt virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Finland not confirmed: hide.me
- France not confirmed: hide.me
- Germany not confirmed: hide.me
- Greece not confirmed: hide.me
- Hong Kong virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Hungary not confirmed: hide.me
- Iceland not confirmed: hide.me
- Indonesia virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Ireland not confirmed: hide.me
- Italy not confirmed: hide.me
- Japan not confirmed: hide.me
- Lithuania not confirmed: hide.me
- Luxembourg not confirmed: hide.me
- Malaysia not confirmed: hide.me
- Mexico not confirmed: hide.me
- Moldova not confirmed: hide.me
- Morocco virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Netherlands not confirmed: hide.me
- New Zealand not confirmed: hide.me
- Norway not confirmed: hide.me
- Peru virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Philippines virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Poland not confirmed: hide.me
- Portugal not confirmed: hide.me
- Romania not confirmed: hide.me
- Serbia not confirmed: hide.me
- Singapore not confirmed: hide.me
- Slovakia not confirmed: hide.me
- South Africa not confirmed: hide.me
- South Korea not confirmed: hide.me
- Spain not confirmed: hide.me
- Sweden not confirmed: hide.me
- Switzerland not confirmed: hide.me
- Taiwan not confirmed: hide.me
- Thailand virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Türkiye virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- Ukraine virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me
- United Arab Emirates not confirmed: hide.me
- United Kingdom not confirmed: hide.me
- United States not confirmed: hide.me
- Vietnam virtual: Private Internet Access not confirmed: hide.me