IVPN is a small VPN run from Gibraltar. No referral leaderboard, no countdown timers, payment by card, cash, or Monero. The apps include a firewall that blocks traffic if the tunnel drops, and they offer anti-tracking DNS. Independent audits of the no-logs claim are published.
The server list is short on purpose. You are not buying a hundred countries you will never use. The monthly price is higher than the perpetual-discount brands, which is how they skip the affiliate machine. Gibraltar is not Switzerland. Read their transparency report rather than the adjective “ethical” on a review site.
Use it when you want a quiet paid VPN and you will not miss port-forwarding theater. ivpn.net
IVPN’s multi-hop and firewall are the settings worth turning on, not the country list. Pay in a way that matches how anonymous you actually need to be. A card in your own name plus a no-logs VPN still links the subscription to you. Cash and Monero exist for that reason. The lean server list means a location you need might not be there. Check before you pay a year.