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Best Black Friday VPN Deals 2026: Real Prices & Renewals

Compare Black Friday VPN offers using dated upfront prices and renewals. Includes Proton, Surfshark, NordVPN and lower-cost alternatives.

This video uses dated US/USD captures from October 27 and 28, 2026, before applicable tax. Earlier comparisons have their own dates. Follow the current comparison for today’s offers and renewals.

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For a VPN-only plan, I'd start by comparing Proton VPN Plus: fifty-nine dollars seventy-six for two years. For a bundle, I'd look at Surfshark One. And PrivadoVPN had the biggest advertised discount in our ten headline offers: ninety percent, with thirty dollars paid upfront for twenty-seven months. Here's how those discount badges compare with the prices we recorded.

Surfshark One advertises eighty-eight percent off. Its reference price is five hundred thirty-eight dollars sixty-five. But our October twelfth capture was seventy-five dollars thirty-three. The Black Friday payment was sixty-seven dollars twenty-three. Against that earlier offer, you save eight dollars ten, or ten point eight percent. Both percentages use the same sale price. They start from different prices. We also recorded sixty-seven dollars twenty-three in August, so this offer returns to a price we'd seen before.

Proton VPN Plus is worth comparing if you want the VPN without a larger bundle. We recorded seventy-one dollars seventy-six on October twenty-sixth, then fifty-nine dollars seventy-six the next day. Both covered twenty-four months. That's twelve dollars less, or sixteen point seven percent below the earlier offer. The advertised seventy-five percent discount uses the provider's reference price.

Proton Unlimited is another offer I'd put near the top of the comparison if you want the broader bundle. It came to seventy-seven dollars eighty-eight for twelve months. The earlier standard annual offer we saved was one hundred nineteen dollars eighty-eight. That's forty-two dollars less, a thirty-five percent difference. If you only need the VPN, Plus has the smaller first payment. Choose the products you'll use, then check their renewals.

I'd compare Surfshark One with Starter before buying either. Both came to sixty-seven dollars twenty-three for twenty-seven months in our capture. One had fallen eight dollars ten from the earlier offer, while Starter stayed unchanged. If you'll use One's extra tools, you get them for the same first payment. Check what each plan renews at as well. Their matching introductory payments don't promise matching bills later.

NordVPN Complete went from one hundred twenty-one dollars twenty-three to one hundred seven dollars seventy-three for twenty-seven months. You save thirteen dollars fifty compared with the earlier offer. Basic stayed at ninety-four dollars twenty-three. Complete ended up thirteen dollars fifty above Basic for the whole first term. I'd pay the difference if I wanted the extra tools. For the VPN alone, Basic costs less.

IPVanish Essential came to fifty-two dollars fifty-six for twenty-four months, down four dollars eighty. If that's still more than you want to pay upfront, our data also includes PrivadoVPN at thirty dollars for twenty-seven months. We haven't compared that Privado price with an earlier matching offer here, so we can't say it fell for Black Friday. It does have the smaller first bill in this comparison. You'll still need to try the VPN on your own connection.

Among our matching plan comparisons, Mysterium Plus had the biggest percentage reduction. It went from seventy-one dollars seventy-six to fifty-four dollars ninety-four for twenty-four months, a twenty-three point four percent drop. Proton VPN Plus followed at sixteen point seven percent. Mysterium's residential IP option serves a particular need. The larger price cut alone wouldn't make it my default recommendation for everyone.

PureVPN advertises one sixty-nine a month, but you pay one hundred one dollars fifty-five for five years. We found that five-year offer in our saved pages without an earlier matching price to compare it with. Its shorter Standard offer still cost fifty-eight dollars twenty for twenty-seven months. Five years is a long time to pay for upfront. Work out how long you expect to use it before choosing the term.

IPVanish shows why I'd check the renewal before paying. Our saved checkout listed ninety-nine dollars ninety-nine every twelve months once the first twenty-four months ended. So the next bill buys one year, even though you started with a two-year deal. Write down the amount and how often you're billed, then set a reminder before renewal. Check the refund rules for the plan and the site you're buying through as well.

For a VPN-only plan, I'd compare Proton VPN Plus with IPVanish Essential. For a bundle, I'd look at Surfshark One and NordVPN Complete. Proton Unlimited is also worth considering if you want its other products. PrivadoVPN had the lower first payment among these long plans. A free plan may be enough for occasional use. Open DoVPN's live comparison below, choose the time you need, and check the renewal before paying. These are dated US dollar captures from October twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth. We may earn a commission through purchase links. We don't know whether November will bring a better offer.

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