Proton VPN vs Private Internet Access: 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
- Private Internet Access 113 countries 51 with physical servers
- In both 106 countries 50 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN Only Private Internet Access 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 113)
- physical servers in more countries (64 vs 51)
- a free plan
- a physical server in: Oman, Palestine, Tanzania
Pick Private Internet Access if you want:
- no device limit
- RAM-only servers
Side by side
| Key facts | Proton VPN | Private Internet Access |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 149 | 113 |
| Countries with physical servers | 64 | 51 |
| Virtual locations | 85 | 62 |
| Servers (as stated) | 20,839 | — |
| Owner | Proton AG (Proton Foundation) | Kape Technologies |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | United States |
| Founded | 2017 | 2010 |
| Devices at once | 10 | unlimited |
| Free plan | no data cap, 1 device, no country choice (10 countries) | no |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | yes | yes |
| Servers run in RAM only | no | yes |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | yes |
| Locations checked | Oct 15, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Full profile: Proton VPN · Full profile: Private Internet Access
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN (43)
- Afghanistan virtual
- Angola virtual
- Bahrain virtual
- Cameroon virtual
- Chad virtual
- Comoros virtual
- Côte d’Ivoire virtual
- DR Congo virtual
- El Salvador virtual
- Eritrea virtual
- Ethiopia virtual
- Gabon virtual
- Guinea virtual
- Haiti virtual
- Iraq virtual
- Jordan virtual
- Kosovo virtual
- Kuwait virtual
- Kyrgyzstan virtual
- Libya virtual
- Mauritania virtual
- Mauritius virtual
- Mozambique virtual
- Nicaragua virtual
- Oman
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea virtual
- Paraguay virtual
- Russia virtual
- Rwanda virtual
- Senegal virtual
- Somalia virtual
- South Sudan virtual
- Sudan virtual
- Syria virtual
- Tajikistan virtual
- Tanzania
- Togo virtual
- Tunisia virtual
- Turkmenistan virtual
- Uganda virtual
- Yemen virtual
- Zimbabwe virtual
Only Private Internet Access (7)
- Bahamas virtual
- Bermuda virtual
- Cayman Islands virtual
- Guam virtual
- Isle of Man virtual
- Jersey virtual
- Trinidad & Tobago virtual
Countries in both (106)
- Albania
- Algeria virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Andorra virtual: Proton VPN
- Argentina
- Armenia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Bangladesh virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Belarus virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Belgium
- Bhutan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Bolivia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Bosnia & Herzegovina virtual: Private Internet Access
- Brazil
- Brunei virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Canada
- Chile
- China virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Colombia
- Costa Rica virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Croatia
- Cuba virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Cyprus virtual: Private Internet Access
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Ecuador virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Egypt virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Germany
- Ghana virtual: Private Internet Access
- Greece
- Greenland virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Guatemala virtual: Private Internet Access
- Honduras virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Hong Kong virtual: Private Internet Access
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Indonesia virtual: Private Internet Access
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Japan
- Kazakhstan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Kenya virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Laos virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Latvia
- Lebanon virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Liechtenstein virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Malaysia
- Malta virtual: Private Internet Access
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Mongolia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Montenegro virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Morocco virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Myanmar virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Nepal virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria virtual: Private Internet Access
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Panama virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Peru virtual: Private Internet Access
- Philippines virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Qatar virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Türkiye virtual: Private Internet Access
- Ukraine virtual: Private Internet Access
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Uzbekistan virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Venezuela virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access
- Vietnam virtual: Proton VPN virtual: Private Internet Access