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Title: ExpressVPN switches to multi-tiered pricing with more feature options

Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:16 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/vpn/ex...

ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered
pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of
service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra
features. Each one of those levels ΓÇö Basic, Advanced and Pro ΓÇö can be
purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations.

In total, you've now got nine different options for subscribing to
ExpressVPN. The company also says legacy plans will remain active "for now,"
and current customers won't be downgraded. The change is similar to the
approach already used by rivals like NordVPN and Surfshark.

Previously, ExpressVPN locked feature offerings to the duration of the plan,
so the only way to get the full suite of features was to subscribe for 24
months. Now, while longer-term subscriptions will still offer discounts,
features depend on your level of subscription instead of how long it lasts.

The new tiers roll in some features that were previously part of ExpressVPN's
Identity Defender suite, including identity monitoring, credit reports and
data removal services. New types of plans will also bump the number of
allowed simultaneous connections to as high as 14. Here's what you'll get
with each tier.

ExpressVPN

The Basic plan comes with "core VPN functionality" including the Lightway
protocol. Basic users will no longer have access to the ad blocker, tracker
blocker or parental controls. It can be used on 10 devices at once and will
cost $12.99 for a month, $74.85 for a year and $97.72 for two years.

The Advanced plan raises the device limit to 12 and adds the blockers and
parental controls, plus the ExpressVPN Keys password manager. It also gives
you three days of eSIM service and adds the Identity Defender features ΓÇö
leak alerts, $1 million of identity theft insurance, data removal and credit
monitoring. As was already the case, those ID protection features are
available only to users in the United States.

An Advanced plan will cost $13.99 for a month, $89.85 for a year and $125.72
for two years. The one-year and two-year plans are both cheaper than the same
duration used to cost. Advanced subscribers also get five days of eSIM
service and a discount coupon for between 25 and 50 percent off an ExpressVPN
Aircove router (it's not currently clear how the exact discount will be
determined).

Although Basic and Advanced users can pay extra (between $3.99 and $8.99) for
a dedicated IP address, it comes standard on a Pro subscription. Pro users
additionally get monthly credit reports and data removal, 14 simultaneous
connections and an Aircove discount between 50 and 75 percent. A Pro plan
costs $19.99 for a month, $134.95 for a year and $209.72 for two years.

What ExpressVPN tiered pricing means for VPN shoppers

Ultimately, I don't think this new approach will change much about the
experience of using ExpressVPN. It's not introducing any new features; I
already touched on everything here in my recent ExpressVPN review, so the
only difference is how much you'll pay to access the perks.

The best news for consumers is that ExpressVPN is now available for
significantly cheaper than before. A two-year Basic plan costs about 30
percent less than a two-year subscription used to ΓÇö though a one-year basic
plan is still more expensive than a comparable subscription to Proton VPN or
Surfshark. All that said, I can't enthusiastically recommend a Basic
subscription until I know that it includes the Network Lock kill switch and
split tunneling on supported platforms (we're reaching out to ExpressVPN to
confirm this).

We're in the process of overhauling our ranking of best VPNs, including the
new information from ExpressVPN ΓÇö check in soon to see the results.

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