NordVPN

What to know about shopping at NordVPN

NordVPN sells VPN subscriptions rather than physical products, and this listing covers its United States and Canada program. That changes what you are actually shopping for: there is no cart to build, just a small set of plans that differ by how long you commit for and by how much is bundled alongside the VPN itself. The company describes its tiers as adding further consumer security tools at the higher levels, and states a money-back guarantee on its plans; both are its own descriptions of the product rather than anything we have tested.

The pricing structure is the thing worth understanding before you buy. Longer terms carry a much lower monthly equivalent than a rolling monthly plan, but they are billed in full up front, so the advertised monthly figure is not what leaves your account on day one. Comparing a two-year headline rate against a monthly rate is comparing two different commitments, and the renewal price after an introductory term is routinely higher than the rate that brought you in.

On timing, subscription software of this kind discounts on a fairly predictable cycle, with the deepest promotions clustered around Black Friday and Cyber Monday and again in the new year.

Two practical tips. Check what the price renews at rather than only what the first term costs, since that is where the real long-run figure sits and it is rarely the headline. And note that the offer here is applied by arriving through the link rather than by entering a code at checkout, so there is nothing to copy and paste and nothing to go wrong at checkout.

— MoneySaverCodes Team