First, it has a true and real zero-logs policy, meaning that it will not record and log any user activity, including metadata.
IPVanish is a mixed bag when it comes to privacy. This also means that IPVanish is perfect for Netflix and other streaming services because the risk of IP addresses being blocked by Netflix is extremely low to almost non-existent. This way, it will be extremely hard for anyone (like governments, Netflix, other streaming services, etc.) to conclude that an IP belongs to a VPN. If a VPN network has a huge number of IPs, then users can be spread across the existing IPs, resulting in a few people using the same IP addresses simultaneously. Usually, an IP is “detected” to belong to a VPN when a very large number of people are found to use that IP. This also massively decreases the risk of an IP address being detected as belonging to a VPN. This is extremely useful because, with so many IPs, you will rarely experience any server congestion. It does make sense, considering this VPN network’s name is IPVanish. I think that the VPN with the second highest number of IPs has around half the number of IPs IPVanish has. I believe no other VPN on the market has this many IP addresses. The huge advantage of IPVanish over other VPNs is that it has over 40,000+ individual IP addresses. It has more than 1,000 individual servers, much higher than the industry average but still a bit lower than other top-tier VPN networks offer. IPVanish has servers in 61 countries around the same as other premium VPN networks offer. Most other VPNs do not focus on upload speeds that much. This is great if you want to use peer-to-peer applications such as torrenting apps. A big strength of IPVanish is upload speeds reaching up to 200 and 300 Mbps. IPVanish is an industry leader when it comes to upload speeds. I have not experienced any connection drops while using this VPN. IPVanish connects at around 10 seconds which is normal. This is why we can’t give maximal scores to IPVanish in this category. Now, mind that these are also more than enough to stream HD and 4k clips, but some other VPN networks offer much better speeds in these countries. Smaller countries are a bit problematic, where speeds usually reach only around 20-30 Mbps. This is more than enough to stream HD and 4k movies effortlessly.
Its fastest servers are located in key countries such as the UK, Canada, and the US, where download speeds can reach up to 200 Mbps. You can watch HD and 4k movies without any buffering issues or loss of quality. It’s a bit below what other premium VPN networks offer, but this difference is negligible. IPVanish offers above-average download and upload speeds.