Windscriber test and opinion: Is this VPN really quality?

Si vous vous renseignez sur les VPN mais que vous êtes un peu perdu face à l’immensité de l’offre disponible sur Internet, cet avis 2022 sur Windscribe est fait pour vous. En effet, nous allons nous intéresser à ce VPN en détail afin que vous puissiez vous rendre compte par vous-même de ce qu’il vaut vraiment, et s’il peut répondre à vos attentes.

From its operation to the rates offered, including the prices charged and the security parameters put in place, nothing will be left to chance.We are not going to make you wait more and let's start this WRESSCIBE VPN test with a brief presentation of this software.

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Presentation of Windscribe and its operation

First of all, we will quickly talk about Windscriber, and the operation of this kind of software.What you need to know is that Windscriber is a company based in Canada.This country is part of an alliance called "Five Eyes", which aims to collect the digital data of people on behalf of the intelligence services.

We will therefore be attentive to the processing of your data with this VPN.Apart from this parameter, Windscribe offers a large number of services: its VPN, but also other tools dedicated to digital security, such as office applications or browser extensions.

Since it is the WRESCRIBE VPN that interests us particularly in this Windscribe opinion, we will quickly explain how this tool works.It turns out that VPNs act on two levels.First, they quantify your navigation data, that is to say all the information that remains after your visit to the Internet.

In this way, this information becomes illegible and therefore cannot be used for fraudulent or advertising purposes.Second, a virtual private network will hide your IP address in order to protect the information that the latter contains, as your identity or your precise location, for example.

Thus, you will be safe from the risk of usurpation and can navigate anonymously.To go further than your simple safety, VPNs can also allow you to unlock inaccessible content in your region or even help you in your file downloads in P2P.

We will now be able to get to the heart of the subject of our WRESSCIBE VPN test and see what is worth in each of the areas that interest you.

The price offer at Windscribe

So that you know right away what to stick to, we will present you the Windscribe pricing offer.However, be aware that our test will only relate to the free offer offered by VPN.Indeed, this offer is by far the most used, and the paid offers seem less interesting to us, in particular due to a too high cost.If you are looking for a free VPN, you can consult our dedicated page.

For our Windscriber opinion to be complete, we still want to briefly present the two main offers:

The Windscriber application is compatible with macOS, iOS, Windows, Android and Linux.Also, you can connect an infinite number of devices, which is a good point.However, no refund guarantee is offered, which is the case with the best VPNs in 2022, such as ExpressVPN or Cyberghost.

Since we are going to look at the free Windscriber offer, know that the latter, although full, is limited to 10 GB of data exchange per month, which can brake some.

Our general opinion about the Windscriber's tariff offer is therefore quite mixed.Indeed, its free offer is a very good point.However, it is limited.In addition, paid offers are more expensive than what is observed globally on the VPN market.

Handling and characteristics

Starting with Windscribe is quite simple.In this part of our Windscribe opinion dedicated to this software, we will explain how to make and present to you the main characteristics that it presents.

Install and use the Windscribe VPN

To start, you just have to go to the official supplier page.You will then find, in the center of your screen, a “Download Windscribe” button.When you click on it, all you have to do is choose which operating system you want to download the application, and download starts automatically on your device.

Once the operation is finished, simply click on Windscriber in your download bar, to install the VPN.This process only takes a few seconds, you can then open the VPN and create an account for free.If you want to go to a paid version, just click on “Upgrade” from your Windscribe space.

As soon as Wandscibe is open, you will realize that its interface is quite clear and intuitive, which is a good point.To activate or deactivate the VPN, simply click on the “On/Off” button.

In the same way, to choose your location, you only have to click on that of your choice, in the lower half of the VPN window.The more advanced parameters of the VPN and your account are accessible by clicking on the three lines at the top left of this same window.

As you can see, the handling of Windscriber is very simply and quickly, which is worth this software a positive opinion from us.

R.O.B.E.R.T.

Among the additional options offered by Windscriber, there is a tool called R.O.B.E.R.T.The latter aims to block advertisements and malware in a completely personalized way.It also goes further by allowing you to adapt the content you want to block or not in a fairly advanced way.

You can for example block all sexually explicit content that is very widespread on the net, in order to protect your children.This personalization reduces the risk of being infected with viruses, but will also allow you faster navigation.

If this option is an interesting element, we regret that it is only available in a paid manner.Our opinion on this subject is therefore to be qualified.

Static IP addresses

Another WindScibe feature should be noted.This is the possibility of having static IP addresses.Indeed, the IP addresses attributed by VPNs are changing, and being able to have a static IP address can help you regularly access certain services or content.

These IP addresses can take the form of an IP address from a data center (such as those that emanate from the VPN), or the form of a residential IP address (such as that allocated by your Internet access provider).

However, even if this option is interesting, it should not be confused with the possibility of having dedicated IP addresses.Indeed, dedicated IP addresses are clean to you, when static IPs are shared.

Windscriber does not offer dedicated IP addresses, which lowers our opinion on it, since this option is in great demand.It is also good to note that static IP addresses are paid.

Port redirection

Windscribe offers you a port redirection option that can be advantageous.This feature allows you to access your computer services remotely, via your VPN.This includes several advantages: your connection will be protected, your IP address will not be exposed and you can access your services from any place.

However, this access is via a specific IP address and you need to take advantage of it buy a static IP address from Windscriber (which we have just speaks previously in this Windscribe review).This option is therefore paying, which slightly lower our esteem about it.

Split Tunneling

There is a last Windscribe feature that we want to present to you in this opinion: The Split Tunneling.This option is to choose which applications should go through the VPN and which should not.Thus, you can browse several applications (or websites) simultaneously, passing for some by the VPN tunnel, and for others.

If this function is highly appreciated, it is currently only available for the Android application of Windscribe.This therefore excludes a large number of users and possibilities, which is very unfortunate.Our opinion on this subject is negative since Windscriber communicates on this functionality when it is actually very little available.

Connection speed test with Windscribe

For the rest of our WRESSCIBE VPN test, we will focus on the flows (Download and Upload) which it can benefit from you.This element is very important in the choice of a VPN, it is therefore necessary to examine it with care.

Speed test with a nearly server

To have a first idea of what Windscribes can offer you in terms of navigation speed, we have first tested this parameter on a near and most optimal server as possible.This test took place in two stages.

First of all, we tested our connection without VPN, in order to know the basic characteristics of the latter to compare them to future results.Then we started Windscriber by connecting to the server qualified as “best location”.It is supposed to provide optimal results.

The results obtained at these two tests are as follows;left without the VPN, right with.

As you can see, some connection settings have changed, others not.The ascending speed has for example remained the same, with a score of 0.7 Mbps.However, the ping, which is the loading latency of the pages, has gone from 17 ms to 38 ms, which is not a significant difference.

Regarding downward speed (your downloads) on the other hand, the result went from 7.2 Mbps to 3.3 Mbps.This decrease decreases your flow by more than 50%, which necessarily induces an alteration of your connection speed.Our opinion about the connection speed with Windscriber is currently quite mixed.

Speed test with a remote server

After the results obtained on a nearly server, we wanted to test the connection offered by Windscriber on a more distant server.We therefore carried out the same test, but this time connecting to an American server.

The results obtained were arranged next to our initial results for a easier comparison.You will find them in the image below.

In view of these results, several observations are available to us.First of all, the ping which had been little changed during the first test, was this time more impacted, going from 17 ms to 169 ms.The ascending speed, which had not changed during the first test, fell slightly (0.7 Mbps against 0.6 Mbps), although this does not seem significant.

Finally, the downward flow, which had already been negatively impacted during the first test, was more here.It actually went from 7.2 Mbps to 2.8 Mbps, which induces a drop in performance of more than 60%.Our fairly average opinion on the connection speed offered by Windscriber is therefore confirmed.

Streaming with Windscribe

One of the main uses of VPNs, apart from the safety they bring, consists in unlocking geo-limited content on streaming platforms.If you too are looking for a VPN to unlock foreign catalogs from Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu, let's see if Windscriber can allow you.

To test this feature we have made a simple experience.We first connected Windscriber to an American server, then we then opened Netflix and tried to access content strictly reserved for American users.

The good news is that we had access to these programs without problem.Windscriber allows you to get around the geo-blockages of streaming services, which is a good point.To judge the best of its quality in the field, we then launched the reading of a series on Netflix Us.

We were then disappointed to note that the loading time was quite long.In the same way, the image does not manage to load in HD 100% of the time, which is a little frustrating.Our opinion about streaming with Windscribe is therefore to be nuanced.

If the VPN allows you to get around geo-restrictions, the streaming experience is not completely satisfactory.

Windscriber and Torrents download

Since we are talking about digital content, we want to approach with you the download of torrents with Windscribe.This is indeed one of the main reasons why people seek to equip themselves with a VPN.

So, is Windscriber competent in this area?This is what we will see in this part of our opinion dedicated to this software.First of all, what we can tell you is that all the servers offered by Windscribe do not support P2P traffic, which is quite a shame.

Indeed, you will be limited in your downloads.In the same way, the flows that we have been able to note do not seem optimal to make torrents downloads.If you want a good VPN to download, you can consult our page on VPNs for Utorrent here.

Finally, a final parameter remains to be explored to judge the efficiency of Windscribe for download: the masking of your IP address.The latter must be flawless so that you cannot be unmasked when you download.Because we all know, download sites are not always 100% legal.

This parameter will therefore be explored in the rest of our opinion on Windscriber.In the meantime, we are not really convinced of the quality of this software for downloading torrents.

Security with Windscriber

To continue our test and full opinion on the WRESSCIBE VPN for the year 2022, we will now look at an essential aspect: the security it sets up.

Security and anonymity

As we said at the beginning of this notice on Windscriber, the security offered by a VPN is based on two aspects: encryption of your navigation data and the masking of your IP address.So how does Windscriber manage these parameters?

Regarding the encryption of your navigation information, know that what is practiced in this VPN is quite satisfactory.Windscribs is encryption according to the advanced AES 256 -bit standard, which is among the most effective that exist at present.

When you know that your navigation data may contain information such as your bank details, this is rather reassuring.In terms of camouflage your IP address, we wanted to check its efficiency by testing.

To do this, we tested our IP address without activating the VPN, then by activating the VPN (on a server in Germany), in order to ensure that no information escapes between the two.The result of the test without the VPN is as follows:

As we can easily see, our location is quite precise, it corresponds to reality, and our DNS addresses detected are also all geographically plausible.

Let us now look at the result obtained with Windscriber activated on a German server:

As you can see, our location has indeed been changed to appear this time in Germany.In the same way, our perceived DNS address is also located on German soil, which attests that no DNS escape seems to be present.

Our opinion on security at Windscriber is good since the two basic parameters show satisfactory results.

Privacy Policy

To go further in the Windscribe security settings, we wanted to know what its privacy policy contained.As we explained at the start of this opinion, this VPN is based in Canada.As a reminder, it is a country in which the collection of digital user information is almost systematic.

So how does this VPN process your data?Privacy policy is quite clear, which is a good point.However, this VPN does not seem really no-log (that is to say which does not keep any data on your subject).

Indeed, if it is said that Windscribe does not keep any log as your browsing history or your IP address, some parameters indicate that other data/logs are kept.Among the data related to your use of the software and the Internet more generally, Windscribe keeps times of your connections, the volume of data exchanged or the VPN protocols used.

In Windscriber's privacy policy, it is said that this data is deleted after your disconnection, but this practice remains a little annoying.Our opinion on this subject is therefore quite average.

If you want to ensure your rear and be sure that your VPN does not keep any log, even temporarily, you can trust the leader Expressvpn or NordVPN, both 100% no-log.

Windscriber country network and servers

In this part of our opinion on Windscriber, we will quickly talk about its infrastructure.Namely: the number of servers that this company has and the number of locations it covers.What we can already tell you is that we have been generally disappointed with what we discovered during this test.

Indeed, know that the free offer of Windscriber will only give you access to ten locations, which is clearly very little.Even if you opt for a paid formula, the VPN has only about 600 servers (for 60 countries), which is well compared to the competition.

À l’heure où tous les meilleurs VPN du marché dépassent les 3000 servers, ces chiffres sont très décevants.These data tell us in a fairly formal way that the quality of the service will necessarily be less compared to greater services.

Our opinion on the network of countries and Windscriber servers is therefore quite negative, due to the smallness of the infrastructure available at this VPN, in particular for the free offer.

Censored countries: Windscriber test

There remains a fairly sought -after feature of VPNs that we have not explored in this opinion on Windscribe.This is the bypass of censorship.Indeed, a certain number of countries, such as Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and China practice this kind of censorship.

It is therefore not uncommon for Internet users to seek VPNs to go to these countries without being restricted to their navigation.Among the prohibited content, we can notably cite YouTube, Facebook, Instagram or Google for the case of China.

So, does Windscriber manage to get this censorship to you?If it is said on the official page of this software that it is optimal in this area, it does not always seem to be verified in reality.

Indeed, although many testimonies attest to the proper functioning of Windscribe in a certain number of censored countries, many say the opposite.This is particularly the case for users in China and the United Arab Emirates who report that the VPN is struggling to function in these countries.

Some sites remain inaccessible and above all the connection speed is so low that fluid navigation is impossible.Clearly, even if Windscriber happens as best they can work in censored countries, it is far from being the best in this field.Our opinion on this subject is once again more than mixed.

Customer support

To complete our opinion on Windscriber, there remains a subject to be tackled: customer support of this software.This service is very important since it will be responsible for helping you out in the event of a problem.Note that Windscriber customer support is accessible by three main means:

These three options are unfortunately only accessible in English, which can be a problem for a large number of users.In the same way, it is a shame not to be able to chat live with a real advisor, which would provide much more relevant answers to your questions.

Finally, the VPN does not undertake to give a response time for the requests sent by email, which does not bode well for your urgent requests.We therefore make a fairly nuanced opinion about its customer support because it is clear that improvements must be made.

Conclusion: Our opinion for 2022 on Windscriber

That's it, you arrived at the end of our test and full opinion on the WRESSCIBE VPN.As you have noticed, your general impression on this software is not the best.

Indeed, although Windscribe offers a free offer, which is a good point, the latter is quite limited.In the same way, even if the main security parameters proposed by the VPN are satisfactory, its privacy policy has some shortcomings.

We have also noted that the Windscribe application is easy to use.However, the large number of faults that we have noted would make us almost forget this positive point.Among these faults, we can remember that Windscriber was very slow in terms of flows (ascendant and descending), compromising your streaming and download experience.

Also, the number of servers is insufficient and the bypass of censorship is not optimal.Finally, customer support is not really satisfactory and the prices of premium offers are too high.

Clearly, this VPN is not really up to our expectations in 2022.If you are looking for quality software, we can however advise you ExpressVPN, which is by far the best service at present.

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