What is ZenMate?

Nowadays, your privacy is always threatened by a lot of factors online. First, the websites that you visit regularly check on your IP address which it may then share to third-parties such as advertisers who will use this to check on your preferences to target ads towards you. Some internet service providers even keep track of their own customers. Finally, some hackers may also breach your privacy and can even steal your identity to commit fraud and other crimes using your name. Because of the dangers of browsing the internet with security, users are advised to purchase a VPN service.

ZenMate is a VPN service created by Kape Technology which is also known as the owner of another VPN service, CyberGhost. Their application is known for its good security protocols and features for protecting the user. The service has access to servers all around the world available in more than 30 countries. With them, users can get access to traditional tools such as streaming service unblocking, IP address protection, and more. They also have good pricing plans that are flexible depending on your budget and security needs.

Checking the quality of a VPN should always start with the speeds that they offer. After all, the service will naturally decrease some of your download and upload speed mainly because of the need to encrypt your data, send it to a server of your choice, and then send it to the website that you are visiting.

To test, we first tested the service with a server that is the closest to us. With this, we experienced only about 5% reduction in speeds which makes it very good for simply hiding your IP address.

For those who plan to access foreign content and connect to a server far away, expect lower speeds. When we connected to Asian servers while we were based in the USA, our fastest speeds were only 50% of our original. This shows that it can be slower the further that you move away which is just expected. So far, it is good enough for streaming and downloading. However, gamers and those who watch 4K videos may experience lags and slower speeds.

One of the best features of the service is that it can unblock the geo-restrictions of several known streaming services such as Netflix and BBC iPlayer. Through this, you can watch shows that are typically blocked in your country because of copyright reasons. We also had reliable speed for this which allowed continuous streaming for the shows.

Next, the application also allows torrenting through the service using specific servers. This allows better speeds for users while securing them at the same time. This is a good feature to have as some VPNs simply remove this functionality from their service.

The service also comes with a 7-day free trial where users can try some of their servers to see if their security is adequate and to see if they are compatible with their service.

The service also uses military grade encryption to ensure that the IP address and the data of the user will not be leaked. We really though that Zenmate scored well in our reviews.

ZenMate is a reliable VPN service that contains all of the basics along with more. The service come with features such as geo-unblocking, torrenting, and a money back guarantee. The service also comes with a 7-day free trial. We rank the service as mid-tier compared to its other competitors such as ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and CyberGhost VPN.