12 Devices · 250 GB SugarSync Storage
| Company | StrongVPN / Ziff Davis, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Jurisdiction | USA - 5 Eyes |
| Founded | 2005 |
| No-logs | Yes (unaudited) |
| Audit | Not published |
| Monthly | $10.99 |
| Annual plan | $3.97 / month |
| Free plan | None |
| Refund | 30 days |
| Devices | 12 simultaneous |
| Protocols | WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, SSTP, L2TP |
| Encryption | AES-256 |
| Obfuscation | Scramble (XOR) |
| Servers | 950+ in 46 countries |
| Kill switch | Windows, macOS only |
| DNS leak | Protected |
StrongVPN is owned by Ziff Davis (formerly J2 Global), a US media and internet company. The practical differentiators are the 250 GB SugarSync cloud storage bundled with every plan and the 12-device simultaneous connection limit - the highest fixed-number allowance in this comparison (Surfshark and Planet VPN offer unlimited, but carry jurisdiction trade-offs). The SugarSync storage is a genuine inclusion at no extra cost.
The US jurisdiction is the most significant objection. The United States is a Five Eyes founding member with FISA courts capable of issuing gag-ordered data requests that compel disclosure without the provider being able to notify the user. Without a published independent audit, there is no external verification of the no-logs policy. The combination of US registration and no audit represents the highest legal-exposure profile in this comparison.
For users inside the US primarily concerned with ISP tracking or public Wi-Fi protection, the practical risk is lower than the technical exposure suggests. For users with elevated threat models - journalists, activists, users in adversarial jurisdictions - the US registration and missing audit are constraints worth treating seriously.