VPN.Asia Review 2024: Before You Buy, Is It Worth It?

Is VPN.Asia Fast? It’s Decent — If Your Network Is Already Fast

VPN.Asia’s speeds were sufficient for streaming, gaming, and even torrenting during my tests. But that’s because my network speed without a VPN connection is pretty fast already. If your network speeds are on the slower end of the scale, connecting to VPN.Asia may cause a more noticeable slowdown and affect your ability to stream or play online games.

Speed Test Results

VPN.Asia consistently cut my network speeds by half, regardless of the server I tested. Without a VPN connection, my home network averaged about 140Mbps. After connecting to VPN.Asia’s servers in Tokyo, Phoenix, London, and Amsterdam, I noticed my speeds ranged between 47Mbps and 79Mbps. That’s about a 50% reduction in speed — no big deal if you’re on a fast network, but possibly disruptive if your speed is lower than 50Mbps before you connect to VPN.Asia.

During my tests, I was able to stream videos, play games, and torrent on all the servers I tested. Usually, faraway locations have the slowest speeds, so I was surprised that VPN.Asia’s servers in Tokyo and London had roughly the same results despite being thousands of kilometers away from me. The server in Amsterdam was a bit slower, but not enough to cause noticeable slowdowns.

Server Network — Limited Options With Some Privacy-Friendly Locations

VPN.Asia has 40+ servers in over 30 countries — a relatively small network, but with servers in VPN-friendly nations like Switzerland and Spain. These nations have strict privacy laws that protect your data even when it passes through servers located on their territory.

On the downside, small server networks are more likely to include IP addresses that get identified as VPN servers and blocked by websites, corporate, and government firewalls. This was the likely reason why VPN.Asia couldn’t unblock most streaming sites I tested.

Unfortunately, VPN.Asia doesn’t have a “favorite servers” option, so you can’t save your best-performing servers and instead have to search for them manually every time. In contrast, premium VPNs like Private Internet Access (PIA) offer a simple way to tag and later find your top servers. PIA also has over 35,000 servers in 91+ countries — a large enough network that you won’t have to worry about overcrowding or servers getting blacklisted by your favorite streaming sites. You can try using PIA and its massive server selection completely risk-free for 30 days with its money-back guarantee.

Editor's Note: Transparency is one of our core values at WizCase, so you should know we are in the same ownership group as Private Internet Access. However, this does not affect our review process, as we adhere to a strict testing methodology.

Security — No Extra Features, but VPN.Asia Passed My DNS Leak Test

VPN.Asia provides military-grade encryption with the AES-256-bit cipher and SHA-256 hash algorithm — the industry standard for reputable VPNs. This level of encryption hides your data under a wall of protection that’s nearly unbreakable. However, I couldn’t find any evidence of VPN.Asia using Perfect Forward Secrecy — a process that safeguards your privacy by changing encryption keys after every session.

For a small-name provider, VPN.Asia also keeps up with top-tier providers by letting you choose from various tunneling protocols, like OpenVPN UDP/TCP, L2TP/IPsec, and PPTP. I was also impressed that VPN.Asia’s “Stealth” protocol option, which uses OpenVPN over TSL/SSL, allows you to get around tough firewalls by hiding all traces of the VPN from your network traffic. All these options let you balance speed, security, and device compatibility.

I decided to put the VPN’s encryption technology to the test with a DNS leak test after connecting to a server in Los Angeles, USA. The test finished and showed only VPN.Asia’s VPN servers in the results. Multiple tests resulted in the same outcome — VPN.Asia kept my data from leaking 100% of the time.

I was happy to find a working kill switch in VPN.Asia’s settings menu. The feature is on by default, ready to activate the moment you lose your connection. This ensures none of your data leaks during a VPN crash or any other technical problem that may cause the VPN to disconnect. Conveniently, I could disable the kill switch using the toggle in the settings menu.

I was also impressed that VPN.Asia let me retain control over my LAN devices — such as my printer — even when the kill switch cut me off from the internet. That said, I didn’t find a split tunneling function — a standard VPN feature that lets you select websites and apps that can bypass the VPN connection and access local content.

Privacy — No-Logs Policy Has Yet to Be Verified by an Audit

As a privacy-minded VPN user, I wouldn’t trust VPN.Asia to keep me anonymous online. According to its privacy policy, VPN.Asia doesn’t log anything you do online while connected to its servers. However, VPN.Asia hasn’t had an independent third party verify this claim, so you’ll just have to take its word for it.

I grew even more worried that VPN.Asia collects data to facilitate payments, shares data with Google analytics, and retains bits of personal information for “record-keeping” and marketing. While this data is anonymous, this involvement from third parties like Google makes me feel uncomfortable with using VPN.Asia’s service.

The company’s jurisdiction is a bit vague, too. VPN.Asia claims to be subject to the laws of the British Virgin Islands, but its parent company, SpiderSilk Ltd, is based in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong national security law — passed by the Chinese central government — allows local law enforcement to intercept communications without a warrant. Essentially, this means that Chinese authorities can bypass Hong Kong courts to obtain user data from companies like SpiderSilk and their subsidiaries, like VPN.Asia.

If you value online anonymity, I’d recommend a VPN that doesn’t collect any data at all and is based entirely in a country that respects online privacy. ExpressVPN has a zero-logs policy that’s been verified by a third-party audit, and it’s headquartered in the British Virgin Islands — a country known for strong privacy laws.

Editor's Note: Transparency is one of our core values at WizCase, so you should know we are in the same ownership group as ExpressVPN. However, this does not affect our review process, as we adhere to a strict testing methodology.

Torrenting — Allowed, But I Don’t Recommend It

VPN.Asia is not ideal for torrenting because its no-logs policy has no independent verification, so no one knows for sure whether the company collects logs. Since even accidental downloads of copyrighted material can get you in legal trouble in certain countries, the last thing you want is for your VPN to keep record of what you’re doing online. To avoid civil and criminal penalties while torrenting, it’s best to download only unprotected files, and use a reputable VPN to mask your identity in case you inadvertently download something copyrighted.

Does VPN.Asia Work in China? It Claims to, But I Wouldn’t Trust It

I don’t live in China, so I asked customer support if VPN.Asia works in China, and the agent assured me that it does. Sadly, I have no way of verifying this info myself. However, I wouldn’t recommend using this VPN while traveling to mainland China anyway as VPN.Asia’s parent company is subject to Chinese security laws.

If you need safe and anonymous access to the open web in China, Saudi Arabia, and other countries with web surveillance, I recommend using ExpressVPN. It’s got a proven no-logs policy that’s been confirmed during a real-world police investigation. Turkish law enforcement seized ExpressVPN’s server in the aftermath of a Russian ambassador’s assassination, only to discover that there are no logs of user data.

Keep in mind that using a VPN that’s not authorized by the government is a crime in China, and a VPN’s protection doesn’t give you the license to commit illegal acts. That said, there haven’t been any reports of Chinese police apprehending tourists for using unapproved VPNs. Instead, Chinese authorities there rely on advanced firewalls to detect and block VPN connections.

VPN.Asia’s support is effective, but I found that it’s not “live”, and definitely not “24/7” as the company claims. 

The options include a chat window, a ticket submission form, email, and an online knowledge base. Seeing the live chat option was a pleasant surprise for me since most small VPN vendors don’t have one, but I was quickly disappointed when VPN.Asia didn’t have enough agents to give answers in real time. Some of my queries got answers within minutes, while others got no reply at all. When I asked whether VPN.Asia keeps logs, I heard back within a few minutes, and the agent promptly answered my questions with a link to more information. On the other hand, I never heard back when I asked whether the VPN offers a full split tunneling feature, which I couldn’t find in the app.

The online help ticket form was easy to use, but reply times were just as unpredictable as with VPN.Asia’s chat. My first support ticket took about 6 hours to get a reply, but my second one got no response whatsoever. VPN.Asia’s “knowledge base” was also nothing more than a few setup guides for different device types. I couldn’t find answers to basic questions, such as, “What if a server doesn’t connect,” or “Does VPN.Asia work in China?”

The customer support at VPN.Asia has a long way to go before it can compete with top VPNs on the market. Its limited knowledge base makes it hard to find answers, especially when support agents can take so long to respond. If I am paying for a VPN, I expect it to have a 24/7 live chat with quick answers to get me help as soon as I need it. For a provider with a reliable support team, you can use CyberGhost and take advantage of its 24/7 live chat support. You’ll find that CyberGhost also has an extensive online knowledge base that can give you answers to nearly every common question.