
NordVPN accepts payment with Amazon Pay, all major credit cards, and cryptocurrencies via CoinGate, Google Pay, PayPal, and Plaid. These renew at their respective annual rates on a per-year basis. NordVPN also offers two-year subscriptions for $99.63, $126.63, and $161.73 for the Standard, Plus, and Complete tiers. The Complete tier ($14.29 per month or $101.85 for the first year and then $198.84 per year) throws in 1TB of encrypted cloud storage with NordLocker. The Plus tier ($12.99 per month or $82.35 for the first year and then $126.96 per year) adds the NordPass password manager and data breach scanning à la HaveIBeenPwned. The Standard plan ($11.99 per month or $67.35 for the first year and $99.48 for each year after (Opens in a new window)) includes just VPN protection. Like many VPN companies, NordVPN has expanded beyond VPN protection and now offers the NordPass password manager and NordLocker encrypted file storage separately as well as bundled with the core VPN product. There are many Editors' Choices in this crowded category, but two of particular note are Mullvad VPN, which goes to great lengths to protect your privacy, and Proton VPN, a five-star service that is more affordable and straightforward than NordVPN. For all that it offers, NordVPN is an Editors' Choice award winner. A unique feature called Meshnet lets you optionally route your web traffic securely through your own trusted devices and helps justify the service's high cost.

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