July 2011 – You'll notice a lot of links that aren't working here on the site. It seems that in recent weeks, The Great Firewall has had some serious updates, and many of the VPNs featured/reviewed are blocked (at least the sites are). This may not be for the entire country, but at least here in Fujian, many have been blocked.
Securitales is a Web Based Service that is not blocked. A web based service is different from a VPN, but can also unblock sites in China. The advantage of a Web based service over a VPN is that you don't have to download anything onto your computer. It works on iPhone, iPad and other smart phones as well as laptop and desktop operating systems like Mac, Windows, and Linux.
The most important thing right now is that it's NOT BLOCKED.
Check out Securitales at www.securitales.com.
***Strongvpn has many choices, too many to list here. 1/6/12 month packages (for OpenVpn) divided into lite/standard/deluxe and premium. The also charge you for a swithcing servers. The price is
+$5/$10/$15 for 10/20/30 switches per month
- Lite 1 / 6 / 12 months….. $10 / $60 / $90 three locations 101 servers in 1 country
- Standard 1 / 6 / 12 months….. $15 / $90 / $155 9 locations. 114 servers in 1 country
- Delux 1 / 6 / 12 months….. $20 / $120 / $210 29 locations. 169 servers in 14 countries
Visit Strongvpn's official site to find out more.
12vpn – The vpn I actually use (most of the time). US, UK, and European servers with free switching. The best customer support, and a really simple site to navigate. Also super easy to get started. (great for newbies or pepole who hate technology)
- $119.00 / 12 months – World VPN
- $79.00 / 12 months – US VPN
There's a lite service avaialable as well, but it doens't include the SSL that users in China need. This is a sleek, professional vpn. Installation is a bit difficult, but manageable. No restrictions, and it's very reliable.
- 1 month $19.99
Pure Vpn – A relatively unknown company, but they survived The Block, so they must be doing something right. I talked to one of their representatives who told me their Platinum package only works for Windows 7 and Vista (SSTP), but their advertisement says that they have SSL which should work for Mac. I'll update as soon as they email me back.
- $10.00/mo.
Switch VPN – Cheap, but lots of restrictions. There are also some grammar mistakes on their site which makes me wary, but for a lite version of a vpn, they could be a good choice at only six buck a month.
- 1 Month ( lite/standard) $5.95 / $13.95
- 3 Months ( lite/standard ) $15.00 / $35.85
- 12 Months ( lite/standard ) $47.4 / $119.4