I found a lifetime VPN deal for $30 – and it's actually worth it

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A lifetime VPN deal – sounds too good to be true, right? As VPN Editor at Tom's Guide, I'm the one who tells you to avoid lesser-known, untrusted services, and to stick with the reputable best VPNs we've tested and reviewed year after year to verify their safety.

The thing is, though, FastestVPN is a reputable brand. We've been hands-on with it, and in our FastestVPN review, we gave it 3.5/5 stars. It's not perfect, but it's quick, protects your data with strong encryption, supports torrenting, and can even unblock most streaming services.

For most people, this deal costs $35 – still hardly a king's ransom – but Tom's Guide readers can knock that down to $30 with our exclusive code: FUTUREBF2025.

FastestVPN | Lifetime plan | $30 with code: FUTUREBF2025Save 93%:

FastestVPN | Lifetime plan | $30 with code: FUTUREBF2025
Save 93%: Most VPNs require a large payment every year or so – but FastestVPN sets you up for life. This is arguably the best VPN deal we'll see all Black Friday, and we're still a month away!

What you get:

🚀 Speeds of 730+ Mbps
📱 Simple apps for all common devices
🔐 Audited no-logs policy
📺 Torrenting + streaming support

Use our exclusive code FUTUREBF2025 to claim an extra $5 off, dropping the price to $30 all-in. There's also a 31-day money-back guarantee so you can try before you commit.

Is FastestVPN any good?

When you see a deal like this crop up, it's natural to wonder whether what you're buying is worth the money – regardless of how cheap it may be.

Thankfully, when it comes to the basics, FastestVPN has everything nailed. When I tested it out, it encrypted my data as it should, and there's also a fully audited no-logs policy. This means that it never stores your data, so that if the authorities come calling, there will be nothing to hand over.

The apps are remarkably pleasant to use – many cheap VPNs cut corners here – and connection speeds are reliably quick. Unfortunately, it's not quite the fastest VPN we've tested – despite the name – but FastestVPN is no slouch, delivering good mid-table speeds that won't slow you down.

There are, of course, some drawbacks.

FastestVPN operates around 800 servers in 49 countries. The number of individual servers isn't a huge issue, but rivals like NordVPN, Proton VPN, and ExpressVPN all offer servers in well over 100 different countries. FastestVPN offers all the "big" countries, but lesser-used locations may be missing.

Customer support could be improved, too. When we reviewed FastestVPN, our reviewer found the support site difficult to use, and while the live chat agents were available quickly and were helpful, the quality of advice given wasn't up there with the leading VPNs.

However, when it comes down to it, big names like NordVPN and ExpressVPN cost almost $100 for two years of service. FastestVPN is $30 for a lifetime. If you can make a couple of concessions, it's well worth the money.

Sign up to FastestVPN for $30 by using our exclusive code FUTUREBF2025.

Disclaimer

We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.

Mo Harber-Lamond
VPN Editor

Mo has been rigorously testing, reviewing, and analyzing VPN services at Tom’s Guide for more than five years. He heads up the three-person Tom's Guide VPN team, and is passionate about accessibility: he believes that online privacy should be an option that’s available to everyone. NordVPN and ExpressVPN are the products he uses most on a daily basis, but he experiments weekly with all the top services, evaluating their privacy features, connection speeds across various protocols, and server reliability – among other things – so that he can make confident VPN recommendations that are backed by data. To see his latest advice, head over to Tom’s Guide’s best VPN and best free VPN guides.

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