Proton VPN vs HMA: 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.
- Proton VPN 149 countries 64 with physical servers
- HMA 65 countries 0 with physical servers
- In both 65 countries 0 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN Only HMA 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 Proton VPN if you want:
- more countries overall (149 vs 65)
- physical servers in more countries (64 vs 0)
- more devices at once (10 vs 5)
- a free plan
- open-source apps
- a physical server in: Ghana, Guatemala, Malta, North Macedonia, Oman, Palestine and 2 more
Side by side
| Key facts | Proton VPN | HMA |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 149 | 65 |
| Countries with physical servers | 64 | 0 |
| Virtual locations | 85 | 0 |
| Locations not confirmed | 0 | 65 |
| Servers (as stated) | 20,839 | 3,400+ |
| Owner | Proton AG (Proton Foundation) | Gen Digital |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Czechia |
| Founded | 2017 | 2005 |
| Devices at once | 10 | 5 |
| Free plan | no data cap, 1 device, no country choice (10 countries) | no |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | yes | no |
| Servers run in RAM only | no | not confirmed |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | not confirmed |
| Locations checked | Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN (84)
- Afghanistan virtual
- Algeria virtual
- Andorra virtual
- Angola virtual
- Armenia virtual
- Bahrain virtual
- Bangladesh virtual
- Belarus virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bolivia virtual
- Brunei virtual
- Cambodia virtual
- Cameroon virtual
- Chad virtual
- China virtual
- Comoros virtual
- Côte d’Ivoire virtual
- Cuba virtual
- Dominican Republic virtual
- DR Congo virtual
- Egypt virtual
- El Salvador virtual
- Eritrea virtual
- Ethiopia virtual
- Gabon virtual
- Georgia virtual
- Ghana
- Greenland virtual
- Guatemala
- Guinea virtual
- Haiti virtual
- Honduras virtual
- India virtual
- Iraq virtual
- Jamaica virtual
- Jordan virtual
- Kazakhstan virtual
- Kenya virtual
- Kosovo virtual
- Kuwait virtual
- Kyrgyzstan virtual
- Laos virtual
- Lebanon virtual
- Liechtenstein virtual
- Macau virtual
- Malta
- Mauritania virtual
- Mauritius virtual
- Monaco virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Montenegro virtual
- Mozambique virtual
- Myanmar virtual
- Nepal virtual
- Nicaragua virtual
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan virtual
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea virtual
- Paraguay virtual
- Puerto Rico virtual
- Qatar virtual
- Russia virtual
- Rwanda virtual
- Saudi Arabia virtual
- Senegal virtual
- Somalia virtual
- South Sudan virtual
- Sri Lanka virtual
- Sudan virtual
- Syria virtual
- Tajikistan virtual
- Tanzania
- Togo virtual
- Tunisia virtual
- Turkmenistan virtual
- Uganda virtual
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay virtual
- Uzbekistan virtual
- Venezuela virtual
- Yemen virtual
- Zimbabwe virtual
Only HMA (0)
None. Every country on HMA’s list is on the other list too.
Countries in both (65)
- Albania not confirmed: HMA
- Argentina not confirmed: HMA
- Australia not confirmed: HMA
- Austria not confirmed: HMA
- Azerbaijan virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Belgium not confirmed: HMA
- Bosnia & Herzegovina not confirmed: HMA
- Brazil not confirmed: HMA
- Bulgaria not confirmed: HMA
- Canada not confirmed: HMA
- Chile not confirmed: HMA
- Colombia not confirmed: HMA
- Costa Rica virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Croatia not confirmed: HMA
- Cyprus not confirmed: HMA
- Czechia not confirmed: HMA
- Denmark not confirmed: HMA
- Ecuador virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Estonia not confirmed: HMA
- Finland not confirmed: HMA
- France not confirmed: HMA
- Germany not confirmed: HMA
- Greece not confirmed: HMA
- Hong Kong not confirmed: HMA
- Hungary not confirmed: HMA
- Iceland not confirmed: HMA
- Indonesia not confirmed: HMA
- Ireland not confirmed: HMA
- Israel not confirmed: HMA
- Italy not confirmed: HMA
- Japan not confirmed: HMA
- Latvia not confirmed: HMA
- Libya virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Lithuania not confirmed: HMA
- Luxembourg not confirmed: HMA
- Malaysia not confirmed: HMA
- Mexico not confirmed: HMA
- Moldova not confirmed: HMA
- Morocco virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Netherlands not confirmed: HMA
- New Zealand not confirmed: HMA
- Nigeria not confirmed: HMA
- Norway not confirmed: HMA
- Panama virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Peru not confirmed: HMA
- Philippines virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Poland not confirmed: HMA
- Portugal not confirmed: HMA
- Romania not confirmed: HMA
- Serbia not confirmed: HMA
- Singapore not confirmed: HMA
- Slovakia not confirmed: HMA
- Slovenia not confirmed: HMA
- South Africa not confirmed: HMA
- South Korea not confirmed: HMA
- Spain not confirmed: HMA
- Sweden not confirmed: HMA
- Switzerland not confirmed: HMA
- Taiwan not confirmed: HMA
- Thailand virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA
- Türkiye not confirmed: HMA
- Ukraine not confirmed: HMA
- United Kingdom not confirmed: HMA
- United States not confirmed: HMA
- Vietnam virtual: Proton VPN not confirmed: HMA