ExpressVPN vs TunnelBear Comparison
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| Rating | 8.2 | 7.4 |
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| Established | 2009 | 2011 |
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| No-logs audit | KPMG LLP 2025Show audit detailsHide audit details23rd published third-party audit report overall; this one specifically examined the TrustedServer (RAM-only) system and no-logs claims under ISAE (UK) 3000 Type 1. KPMG found no identified issues with technical safeguards against activity logging. Accessing the full report requires accepting KPMG's terms and conditions - not a fully open download. Most recent audit of any kind per ExpressVPN's Trust Center is a Cure53 review of ExpressMailGuard, published May 2026. | Cure53 2025Show audit detailsHide audit details8th consecutive annual independent security audit, a white-box review (full source code, configuration, and backend access) conducted over 44 working days by 8 senior Cure53 auditors, blog post announcing completion published November 24, 2025. This round found 10 vulnerabilities of medium severity or higher plus 3 low-severity issues, all acknowledged and addressed or mitigated per TunnelBear. The prior (7th) audit, published February 2024, found 7 issues of medium risk or higher (5 medium, 2 high) out of 13 total. Unlike several other frequently-audited providers reviewed on this site, TunnelBear's audits consistently surface real, non-trivial findings each year rather than clean reports — presented here as a distinct trust profile (transparent about real issues, not a spotless record) rather than smoothed over. |
| Jurisdiction | British Virgin Islands | United StatesShow detailsHide detailsOperating entity TunnelBear LLC (Delaware). Data storage and operations remain under Canadian law, per TunnelBear's own privacy policy. |
| Anonymous accounts | No | No |
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| Servers | 113 countriesShow detailsHide detailsExact server count not published as a specific figure. | 47 countriesShow detailsHide detailsPer TunnelBear's own homepage; exact total server count not published on the pages checked for this review. |
| Protocols | LightwayWireGuardOpenVPN | WireGuardOpenVPNIKEv2 |
| Devices | 14Show detailsHide details14 devices is the Express Pro tier only; the cheapest Basic tier allows 10, the mid-tier Advanced 12. | Unlimited |
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| Kill switch | Yes | Yes |
| Split tunneling | Yes | Yes |
| Torrenting allowed | Yes | Yes |
| Double VPN | Not specified | Not specified |
| Rotating IP | Not specified | Not specified |
| Streaming unblock | NetflixBBC iPlayer | Not specified |