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TorGuard • 7/8/2025

I understand this 4 out of 5 star rating will set off some alarms given TorGuard's negative perception here in the community, but I decided to make this review just to offer a bit of perspective and a little bit of a reminder that even poorly received services such as this may still have their use cases if the price is right. For TorGuard it's very specific and circumstantial and it also involves some tricks to get around some of my pain points with this VPN provider. I'll open up my review by highlighting its strengths that I think other VPNs cannot beat at the moment. Value (5 out of 5) TorGuard has by far the best value and I am making this claim because I actually want someone else to point me to a better deal. The catch is that my use case is extremely specific. I need a VPN that offers a dedicated IP address because I access some sites that require me to whitelist a VPN IP address and having this dedicated IP makes things far less complicated as I can stay connected to my VPN and not worry about accessing sites that might be a bit moody towards some shared IPs. I also noticed that dedicated IPs are generally more reliable and faster than the usual servers. I live in the Philippines and have a dedicated IP in California and barely notice any speed penalty on my 80mbps connection which is behind a CGNAT. Going back to the value, I availed of the Streaming Bundle which is technically not a dedicated IP, but it very much functions as one. The Streaming Bundle is necessary if you want to use TorGuard for streaming Netflix in other countries. If streaming is your main use case, perhaps there are better valued VPNs out there, but if you really need that fixed IP address, the Streaming Bundle fits the bill perfectly, at least for me. Again, the overall VPN performance and reliability is just far better than the ordinary IP addresses. So one might suggest that I use a different VPN service with a dedicated IP. But which one and how much does it cost? Because TorGuard's Streaming Bundle costs $61.98 for 6 months which sounds like a lot, but back in 2023, I availed of a Black Friday promo that dropped the price to just $24.79 which is a cool 60% off. The best part? The discount is recurring meaning I am still paying this price this year. That is just crazy, unbeatable value especially for a 6-month plan. To me, going 6 months is the sweet spot because who knows what will happen to these services especially when it comes to TorGuard given their reportedly unprofessional treatment towards Tom and possibly other affiliates. Nobody knows if TorGuard will just suddenly shut down like WeVPN and having easy $24.79 payments every 6 months means a sudden crash won't hit as hard compared to risking a triple digit amount on a 36-month plan that may not see things through. So to sum things up. Two fixed IPs of your choosing that you can use for streaming and have better reliability for just $24.79 every 6 months. If someone can point me to a service that offers a better deal even if it's 12 months, I'm all open ears. The downside is that you cannot torrent using these IPs, but not a problem for me since I subscribe to a seedbox. Secondly, I'm not sure if TorGuard still offers any 60% off recurring deals or if they will offer again this Black Friday. Support (5 out of 5) From November 2023 to early July 2025, I had no serious issues with my Streaming IPs. There were some occasions where I couldn't connect, but after a few minutes of downtime, I can connect. But a few days ago, my US Streaming IP just suddenly stopped working and the problem never fixed itself leading me to contact support. I filled up their contact form, shared my concern and set the Priority to High. Surprisingly, support responded in just 2 hours and just offered me to replace the IP with another. They did not explain what happened to my IP but I'm glad they offered a change as I understand changing your fixed IP requires a one-time payment. Support even gave some extra details on these IPs like one was an "RCN IP" and another was a "Windstream IP". When I replied via email, I didn't get a response after a few days. But when I used the Ticket URL and responded there, support also replied within the day and gave me my new IP address. That quick response was enough for me to score them 5 out of 5 for support. Application (0 out of 5) The TorGuard desktop and mobile applications are flat out bad. The interface feels sluggish and dated and haven't received any updates over the past year. Connecting to a VPN takes a bit of time and there's no split tunneling support on desktop. I find them so bad, I don't even use them, and that's why the application is not a dealbreaker for me. Fortunately, TorGuard has a Config Generator tool that lets you generate a WireGuard configuration file for each of your fixed/Streaming IPs. I use this config file with a WireGuard client called WireSock Secure Connect which is far superior to the WireGuard app simply because it supports Split Tunneling. WireSock lets me blacklist or whitelist any executable files or allow or disallow IP blocks. I do not have to use the cumbersome WireGuard AllowedIPs Calculator to disallow IPs. Also connecting to a server works lightning fast and it even has an Windows ARM64 version. The downside is that there are no Mac, Linux, or Mobile versions. For my mobile devices. I just downloaded the OpenVPN file and load it on to my ASUS router. I don't have much else to say on the other aspects simply because I don't mind. I still recommend taking other reviews into consideration. I didn't write this review to invalidate other reviews; I wrote it to offer a different perspective. But for my specific needs, TorGuard still has the best value and I wish other services would compete in this area. If that 60% recurring discount returns, I think the 6-month Streaming IP package is the sweet spot.