The company, more than a decade old now, launched Proton VPN as an add-on to its wildly popular Proton Mail privacy-focused email client. That has less to do with how Proton VPN has changed and more to do with how it has stayed the same. Instead of chasing full security suites, mergers and acquisitions, and features that have little to do with an average internet denizen, Proton VPN has doubled down on what makes a great VPN great in the first place. A Generous Free OfferingPhotograph: Jacob RoachProton VPN made a name for itself with its free plan, and it remains one of the only two free VPNs I recommend (alongside Windscribe). Proton doesn’t limit your bandwidth at all, and the privacy protections available to Plus subscribers are available to free users.