Atlas VPN review vs. Hide My IP review

1. Privacy

I’ll start with a comparison of the most important aspect of any VPN - privacy. During review I will consider whether VPN logs anything (IP address, traffic, DNS logs, bandwidth, or any type of timestamps) and the jurisdiction of VPN’s country of origin.

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
IP address		Yes
DNS		Yes
Traffic		Yes
Bandwidth		Yes
Timestamps		Yes

AtlasVPN is located in United States which is part of 5 9 14 eyes countries and is part of enemies of the internet countries while Hide My IP is located in United States which is part of 5 9 14 eyes countries and is part of enemies of the internet countries.

It’s important to note that If you are like me and you will be using VPN only to unblock GEO-restricted content, privacy will not be that important factor but it’s still essential for any VPN.

2. Features

The next category I want to compare are features of AtlasVPN and Hide My IP such as kill-switch, unblocking of streaming, support of P2P traffic (torrenting). I am a heavy user of various streaming platforms so for me it’s important whether VPN unblocks major streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO or BBC. I don’t do much torrenting but it’s always good to use a VPN while doing so. If this is an important factor for you, definitely look for a VPN which supports P2P traffic.

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
Kill-switch		No
Streaming (Netflix)		Yes
P2P traffic - torrents		Yes

As you can see from the comparison table above, AtlasVPN has kill-switch, supports streaming services, and supports torrenting. On the flipside Hide My IP doesn't have kill-switch, supports streaming services, and supports torrenting.

3. Speed

Being hidden behind VPN shouldn’t limit the speed of your connection. I’ve measured the speed of each VPN against a 100mbps connection - which should be sufficient for any activities including heavy streaming in 4K or downloading large files.

In my test AtlasVPN was more on the side while Hide My IP had average speed. If there were no limits in speed on a 100mbps connection, I consider VPN a “fast” one. If the speed is limited somehow but still achieving decent values, I categorize it as “average”. The “slow” is usually used for VPNs which limit your bandwidth significantly.

4. Security

I will start by comparing the type of encryption AtlasVPN and Hide My IP use, what tunnelling protocols are available, and finally we’ll test whether it leaks the IP address or DNS.

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
Encryption		Unknown
Tunneling protocols		OpenVPN, SSTP and L2TP
IP leaks		Yes
DNS leaks		Yes

The most important factor of a VPN service is a strong encryption of the traffic which is forwarded through the VPN servers. The most common encryption types in cryptography are SHA encryption or AES encryption which are not really comparable against each other. There might be different lengths of encryptions (eg. 128-bit, 256-bit, 2048-bit) and while usually the higher is the better, for most use cases you will be fine with any encryption. Watch-out if there is no encryption at all. AtlasVPN uses and protocol and Hide My IP uses Unknown and es and OpenVPN, SSTP and L2TP protocols. I’ve tested both VPNs also for IP and DNS leaks and AtlasVPN had IP leaks and DNS leaks while Hide My IP had No IP leaks and No DNS leaks. 

5. Price

Probably one of the most important decision factor for the majority of users will be price. Shocking? Not really. We all love to compare things and I am not different. It’s always good to get the best value for your hard-earned money, isn’t it? So let’s see whether AtlasVPN or Hide My IP is cheaper.

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
Price	$2.50	$2.91
Trial version		Yes

6. Compatibility

AtlasVPN supports connections at the same time while it works fine on all the platforms below. You can use Hide My IP on 5 devices at the same time with support of all these platforms:

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
Windows		Yes
MacOS		Yes
Linux
Android		Yes
iOS		Yes

7. Support

Should you have any problems with AtlasVPN or Hide My IP you can reach out to their support via:

Name	AtlasVPN	Hide My IP
Livechat		No
Email		Yes
Phone		Yes

Summary

AtlasVPN ranked in our list on 101. position while Hide My IP. is on 82 position. If you are looking for a better choice, see our rankings here.