Proton VPN vs Windscribe: 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 physical (per provider)
- Windscribe 71 countries 71 physical (per provider)
- In both 71 countries 59 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN Only Windscribe 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 71)
- a physical server in: Ghana, Malta, Oman, Palestine, Tanzania
Pick Windscribe if you want:
- physical servers in more countries (71 vs 64)
- a physical server in every country on its list (virtual-only countries at the other one: 85)
- no device limit
- RAM-only servers
Side by side
| Key facts | Proton VPN | Windscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 149 | 71 |
| Countries with physical servers (per provider) | 64 | 71 |
| Virtual locations | 85 | 0 |
| Servers (as stated) | 20,839 | — |
| Owner | Proton AG (Proton Foundation) | independent |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Canada |
| Launched | 2017 | 2016 |
| Devices at once | 10 | unlimited |
| Free plan | no data cap, 1 device, no country choice (10 countries) | 10 GB a month, about 10 countries |
| 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 5, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Proton VPN (78)
- Afghanistan virtual
- Algeria virtual
- Andorra virtual
- Angola virtual
- Armenia virtual
- Azerbaijan virtual
- Bahrain virtual
- Bangladesh virtual
- Belarus virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bolivia virtual
- Brunei virtual
- Cambodia virtual
- Cameroon virtual
- Chad virtual
- China virtual
- Comoros virtual
- Costa Rica virtual
- Côte d’Ivoire virtual
- Cuba virtual
- Dominican Republic virtual
- DR Congo virtual
- Egypt virtual
- Eritrea virtual
- Ethiopia virtual
- Gabon virtual
- Ghana
- Greenland virtual
- Guinea virtual
- Haiti virtual
- Honduras virtual
- Iraq virtual
- Jamaica virtual
- Jordan virtual
- Kazakhstan virtual
- Kosovo virtual
- Kuwait virtual
- Kyrgyzstan virtual
- Laos virtual
- Lebanon virtual
- Libya virtual
- Liechtenstein virtual
- Macau virtual
- Malta
- Mauritania virtual
- Mauritius virtual
- Monaco virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Montenegro virtual
- Morocco virtual
- Mozambique virtual
- Myanmar virtual
- Nepal virtual
- Nicaragua virtual
- Oman
- Pakistan virtual
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea virtual
- Puerto Rico virtual
- Qatar 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
- Uzbekistan virtual
- Venezuela virtual
- Yemen virtual
- Zimbabwe virtual
Only Windscribe (0)
None. Every country on Windscribe’s list is on the other list too.
Countries in both (71)
- Albania
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Ecuador virtual: Proton VPN
- El Salvador virtual: Proton VPN
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia virtual: Proton VPN
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India virtual: Proton VPN
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya virtual: Proton VPN
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Panama virtual: Proton VPN
- Paraguay virtual: Proton VPN
- Peru
- Philippines virtual: Proton VPN
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia virtual: Proton VPN
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand virtual: Proton VPN
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay virtual: Proton VPN
- Vietnam virtual: Proton VPN