Proton VPN vs Norton VPN: 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
- Norton VPN 103 countries 64 with physical servers
- In both 100 countries 55 physical in both
Server countries on the map
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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 103)
- a free plan
- open-source apps
- a physical server in: Guatemala, North Macedonia, Oman, Palestine
Pick Norton VPN if you want:
- a smaller share of virtual locations (38% vs 57%)
Side by side
| Key facts | Proton VPN | Norton VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 149 | 103 |
| Countries with physical servers | 64 | 64 |
| Virtual locations | 85 | 39 |
| Servers (as stated) | 20,839 | — |
| Owner | Proton AG (Proton Foundation) | Gen Digital |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | United States |
| Founded | 2017 | 2016 |
| Devices at once | 10 | 10 |
| 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 | yes |
| Locations checked | Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN (49)
- Afghanistan virtual
- Angola virtual
- Bahrain virtual
- Belarus virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bolivia virtual
- Cameroon virtual
- Chad virtual
- China virtual
- Comoros virtual
- Cuba virtual
- Dominican Republic virtual
- DR Congo virtual
- El Salvador virtual
- Eritrea virtual
- Gabon virtual
- Greenland virtual
- Guatemala
- Guinea virtual
- Haiti virtual
- Honduras virtual
- Iraq virtual
- Kosovo virtual
- Kyrgyzstan virtual
- Macau virtual
- Mauritania virtual
- Mauritius virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Mozambique virtual
- Nicaragua virtual
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea virtual
- Paraguay virtual
- Russia virtual
- Rwanda virtual
- Somalia virtual
- South Sudan virtual
- Sudan virtual
- Syria virtual
- Tajikistan virtual
- Togo virtual
- Turkmenistan virtual
- Uganda virtual
- Uruguay virtual
- Venezuela virtual
- Yemen virtual
- Zimbabwe virtual
Only Norton VPN (3)
Countries in both (100)
- Albania
- Algeria virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Andorra virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Argentina
- Armenia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Bangladesh virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica virtual: Proton VPN
- Côte d’Ivoire virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Ecuador virtual: Proton VPN
- Egypt virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Estonia
- Ethiopia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Finland
- France
- Georgia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Germany
- Ghana virtual: Norton VPN
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland virtual: Norton VPN
- India virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Japan
- Jordan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Kazakhstan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Kenya virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Kuwait virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Laos virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Latvia
- Lebanon virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Libya virtual: Proton VPN
- Liechtenstein virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta virtual: Norton VPN
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Montenegro virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Morocco virtual: Proton VPN
- Myanmar virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Nepal virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Panama virtual: Proton VPN
- Peru
- Philippines virtual: Proton VPN
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Qatar virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Senegal virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania virtual: Norton VPN
- Thailand virtual: Proton VPN
- Tunisia virtual: Proton VPN
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates virtual: Norton VPN
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Norton VPN
- Vietnam virtual: Proton VPN