About TheBestVPN and how to reach us
TheBestVPN is an independent VPN review team based in Tallinn, Estonia, with writers and researchers working from around the world. We are real people, not a faceless review mill: we buy VPNs, test them properly, and tell you plainly which ones are worth your money and which ones are not.
Every recommendation on this site is backed by someone who has actually used the service. The people below set the standards, run the tests, and sign off on what gets published.
How we test
We pay for the VPNs ourselves (see the receipts) and put each one through the same checks. We measure real-world speed, confirm streaming on named services such as Netflix, run IP and DNS leak tests, and read the fine print on logging policies and jurisdiction. Nothing earns a spot on a “best” list until it has passed that process.
If you want the full breakdown of our methodology, read our VPN review process.
Meet the team
Rob Mardisalu
Rob’s expertise runs across hands-on VPN testing, provider research, and VPN pricing. He knows the market well enough to tell a genuine discount from a dressed-up one, and which providers actually deliver on what they advertise.
Sam Dawson
Sam is a VPN expert and freelance security writer whose work runs at Mozilla Foundation, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, ITPro, and CNET. His expertise covers VPNs, security audits and research, and data privacy, plus deep cross-platform know-how: how VPNs actually behave on Windows, Linux, games consoles, and streaming hardware.
Valdas Bertašavičius
Valdas is a Lithuania-based tech writer whose expertise is the technical side of VPNs: VPN routers, obfuscation, multi-hop setups like Double VPN and Onion over VPN, and VPN passthrough. His focus is how the technology actually works, and whether the features hold up once they are put under pressure.
Mark Gill
Mark has spent close to a decade reviewing VPNs and security software, with 600+ articles for Comparitech and VPN news and analysis for TechRadar. His expertise is hands-on testing across VPNs, antivirus, and password managers, cutting through marketing claims on speed, streaming access, and logging policies to find what genuinely holds up.
Karla Ruiz de Matos
Karla is a multilingual content editor and localisation specialist working across Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French. Her expertise is SEO content, translation, localisation, and editorial QA, making sure our guides read naturally for readers across the site’s international editions.
Get in touch
Have a question, spotted something we should correct, or got a VPN you want us to put through its paces? We read everything that comes in, and every message reaches a real person on the editorial team.