Considering the fact that Betternet is often labeled as the ripoff of Hotspot Shield and uses the same technologies, protocols and servers, the inconsistencies in speed are a bit unexpected and disappointing. Overall, it can’t really be said that Betternet VPN offers the best, or even better speeds than any of it’s rivals on the market. However, after a quick confirmation, we concluded that this is simply the result of previously mentioned poor implementation and inconsistencies.

Hydra, which should’ve had better speed, was, in fact, performing worse than expected. You get the idea - a low ping is the best ping.īaseline: 1ms ping, 300mbps download/300mbps uploadĪt one moment of speed testing, there was some confusion if Betternet got their protocols mislabeled.

And the worse the delay, the worse the communication with your colleagues and friends over calls, the worse the online gaming experience, etc. Anything higher than 100ms, the delay gets bad. 50ms to 100ms is average ping, and anything below 20 is exceptionally low ping. Ping is important for internet calls, live streaming, gaming and anything that requires the smallest amount of delay. To get around this issue, we measured speeds in various different locations and compared them to the baseline speed, thus determining the overall rough speed of a VPN provider. However, VPN speed is a difficult feature to review and any measurement results are very dependent on the location, user’s internet connection and a number of other factors. The impression that we got about Betternet’s speed is that it’s incredibly inconsistent and the protocols are poorly implemented. No kill switch on Android, MacOS and iOS.