Cybersecurity · head to head
Private Internet Access vs Secure Privacy
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Private Internet Access
Cybersecurity
Long-standing VPN service with a large server network and flexible multi-year plans
- From
- $11.99/month
- Rated
- -
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Secure Privacy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Private Internet Access monthly plan is priced noticeably higher than the discounted multi-year commitments, penalizing short-term users.; Secure Privacy consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- They diverge on capability: Private Internet Access covers Split tunneling, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Private Internet Access and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | Private Internet Access | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11.99/month | Free |
| Pricing model | subscription | Per domain per month by consent volume |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | windows, mac, linux, ios, android | Web |
| Category | Cybersecurity | Legal |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Private Internet Access
- Split tunneling
- Kill switch
- Ad and tracker blocking
- Dedicated IP add-on
- Bundled antivirus add-on
Only in Secure Privacy
- Cookie scanning
- Automatic cookie blocking
- Legal templates
- Data subject access requests
- IAB TCF 2.3
- Cross-domain consent
- Scan behind login
- Audit logs and SSO
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Private Internet Access
- Encrypting traffic on public Wi-Fi with a kill switchnot Secure Privacy
- Blocking ads and trackers network-wide via MACEnot Secure Privacy
- Maintaining a consistent connection identity with a dedicated IP add-onnot Secure Privacy
- Committing to a long-term plan for a lower effective monthly ratenot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot Private Internet Access
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot Private Internet Access
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot Private Internet Access
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot Private Internet Access
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Private Internet Access
- Monthly plan is priced noticeably higher than the discounted multi-year commitments, penalizing short-term users.
- Dedicated IP and antivirus are paid add-ons rather than included features.
- Headquartered in a jurisdiction whose privacy reputation some competitors market against, despite audited no-logs claims.
- App interface is less streamlined than some higher-priced premium VPN competitors.
Secure Privacy
- Consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- Billing is per domain, which makes multi-brand organisations and agencies pay linearly with domain count even when the configuration is identical across all of them.
- There is no data discovery or records of processing at enterprise depth, so it documents website consent rather than a privacy programme, and organisations facing a regulator will still need something more.
- Automatic cookie blocking is not available on the free tier, so the free plan cannot deliver the compliance behaviour that is the reason to install a consent tool in the first place.
- Single sign-on and audit logs appear only on the 249 dollar Advanced tier, which puts basic enterprise access control behind a per-domain price that is punishing for anyone with more than a couple of sites.
Pricing, plan by plan
Private Internet Access
$11.99/month- Monthly$11.99/month
- Billed month to month
- Full server network access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- 1-Year$3.1/month
- Billed annually at $37.19
- Full server network access
- 2-Year$2.19/month
- Lowest advertised rate, billed every 2 years
- Full server network access
Secure Privacy
Free- FreeFree
- Up to 10 domains
- 500 consents per month
- 1 legal template
- Small$15/month
- Per domain
- Unlimited domains
- 5,000 consents per month
- Business$59/month
- Per domain
- 50,000 consents per month
- Over 40 legal templates
- Advanced$249/month
- Per domain
- 5 million consents per month
- Audit logs
Which should you pick?
Choose Private Internet Access if
- You need split tunneling.
- You work on windows, mac, linux, ios, android.
- You also want kill switch.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is Private Internet Access or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Private Internet Access starts at $11.99/month and Secure Privacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Private Internet Access or Secure Privacy?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $11.99/month for Private Internet Access and Free for Secure Privacy.
- Does Private Internet Access or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- Private Internet Access runs on windows, mac, linux, ios, android. Secure Privacy runs on Web.
- Can I use Secure Privacy for free?
- Yes. Secure Privacy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Private Internet Access starts at $11.99/month.
- What is Private Internet Access best used for?
- Private Internet Access is most often used for encrypting traffic on public wi-fi with a kill switch, blocking ads and trackers network-wide via mace, maintaining a consistent connection identity with a dedicated ip add-on, committing to a long-term plan for a lower effective monthly rate. Of those, encrypting traffic on public wi-fi with a kill switch and blocking ads and trackers network-wide via mace are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can Private Internet Access do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- Private Internet Access covers Split tunneling, Kill switch, Ad and tracker blocking, Dedicated IP add-on. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Secure Privacy: What is a consent, for billing purposes?
A recorded consent decision from a visitor. Because returning visitors can re-consent, consent counts do not map cleanly to unique visitors, and this is the most common source of unexpected tier upgrades.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
Secure Privacy: Does it handle data subject requests?
Yes, from the Business tier at 59 US dollars per domain per month. The Small tier does not include it.
Secure Privacy: Can it replace OneTrust?
For website consent and simple request handling, yes. For data discovery, records of processing and vendor risk, no.
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