Best VPNs for Fire TV Stick

We recommend Surfshark as the best virtual private network (VPN) for Fire TV Sticks based on our testing, research, and experience. Surfshark is easy to use, affordable (starting at $1.99/mo (billed every two years)), and didn’t give us any issues with unblocking popular streaming services.

Alternatively, we also recommend NordVPN (starting at $3.59/mo (billed every two years)) and ExpressVPN (starting at $6.67/mo (billed annually)). NordVPN's Fire TV app didn’t let us down for speed or streaming support, and ExpressVPN makes up for its high cost by providing multiple cybersecurity tools.

Let’s dig into the details of why these are the best Fire Stick VPNs and discuss which VPNs didn’t make the cut.

The best VPNs for Fire TV Stick 2024

• Surfshark: Best overall
• NordVPN: Fastest VPN for Fire TV Stick
• ExpressVPN: Best for multiple VPN apps

Top 3 VPN services for Fire TV Stick compared

VPN	Surfshark Best Overall	NordVPN	ExpressVPN
Starting price	Starts at $1.99/mo (billed every two years)	Starts at $3.59/mo (billed every two years)	Starts at $6.67/mo (billed annually)
Dedicated Fire Stick app
Kill switch
Split tunneling			Yes — not available for macOS 11 and above
Streaming support	Yes — Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more	Yes — Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more	Yes — Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more
Kodi support
Smart TV app
Learn more	Get Surfshark Read Our Surfshark Review	Get NordVPN Read Our NordVPN Review	Get ExpressVPN Read Our ExpressVPN Review

How we tested the best VPNs for Fire TV Stick

We selected the top three VPNs for Fire TV Stick by personally testing and comparing a variety of factors and security features between different VPN providers. These factors include:

• Price: Surfshark and NordVPN start at less than $5 per month, which we consider affordable. ExpressVPN is slightly more expensive, but we think the price could be worth it for how easy and reliable it is.
• Speed: We didn’t experience any issues with internet connection speeds, bandwidth, or buffering while using our top recommended VPNs.
• Streaming: We had little to no issues streaming content from popular services with Surfshark, NordVPN, and ExpressVPN.
• Privacy and security: Our top picks had no issues with DNS or WebRTC leaks during our tests. They also provide high-level encryption and haven’t had any major known breaches from hackers.
• Ease of use: All three Fire TV apps were easy to use, though we preferred the Surfshark and ExpressVPN interfaces over NordVPN.

Surfshark: Best overall

Who it’s best for

Surfshark makes sense for anyone who wants an affordable VPN that’s a breeze to set up and use on a Fire TV Stick. It also makes sense if you have a lot of devices to use on a VPN because Surfshark provides unlimited simultaneous connections.

What we liked

Surfshark pricing starts at $1.99/mo (billed every two years), easily below both Nord ($3.59/mo (billed every two years)) and ExpressVPN ($6.67/mo (billed annually)). And while you might think this makes Surfshark cheap in terms of quality, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

We found the Surfshark Fire TV app to be one of the best for user-friendliness and streaming support. It was easy for us to watch Netflix with Surfshark and unblock other popular streaming platforms, including Disney+.

We thought it was especially helpful that you can log in to the Surfshark Fire TV app without the slog of manually using the Fire TV Stick remote to input your username and password. Instead, simply get a code from a Surfshark app on another device (we used the iOS app on an iPhone) and spend just a few seconds logging in.

The server selection screen was also more intuitive than many other VPN apps we tested. We had no issues setting up favorite servers for quick access, navigating the server list, or searching for specific servers.

What we didn’t like

We had no glaring issues with Surfshark while testing its Fire TV app, but we could see why you might prefer NordVPN or ExpressVPN over Surfshark. After all, Surfshark is quite the new face on the VPN scene, having launched in 2018. By comparison, NordVPN was founded in 2012 and ExpressVPN was founded in 2009.

And there’s something to be said about experienced companies providing top marks for reliability, as Nord and ExpressVPN have proven themselves time and again (including in our own testing).

Perhaps a sign of Surfshark’s youthfulness is that it just recently had an independent audit of its no-logs policy in 2023, five years after launching its service. ExpressVPN has had multiple audits over the years, including its no-logs policy in 2022. NordVPN recently (in 2022) had a third independent audit of its no-logs policy.

Surfshark specs

Price range	$1.99–$17.95/mo
Free version	No
Dedicated Fire TV stick app	Yes
Works with	Kodi, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more
Number of servers	3,200+ servers servers in 100 countries
Number of connected devices	Unlimited
VPN protocol	WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2
No-logs policy	No logs
Torrenting support	Yes
Learn more	Get Surfshark Read Our Surfshark Review

NordVPN: Fastest VPN for Fire TV Stick

Who it’s best for

NordVPN makes sense if you want a trusted and reliable VPN that works year after year. It also makes sense if you want to keep your monthly price below $5, as Nord starts at $3.59/mo (billed every two years).

What we liked

Similar to Surfshark, Nord makes it easy to log in to its app using a Fire TV Stick. This includes using a QR code or PC/mobile verification. We did the mobile verification on our phone, which was a piece of cake.

Once we were in, we had no issues testing different streaming apps. Everything was fast and smooth, with no errors or slow streaming speeds. In fact, in our latest round of testing, NordVPN topped the charts and actually increased our download speeds while we connected to servers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia.

Granted, we do expect at least a small amount of slowdown in internet speeds when connecting to a VPN. This is because your internet connection has to go through an additional server — which may be located across the world — to encrypt your data. Even so, we were impressed by NordVPN's speed test results.

	No VPN connection	US to US	US to UK	US to AU
Download speed	297.64 Mbps	430.75 Mbps (44.72% faster)	391.30 Mbps (31.47% faster)	333.99 Mbps (12.21% faster)
Upload speed	585.75 Mbps	530.56 Mbps (9.42% slower)	22.86 Mbps (96.1% slower)	436.05 Mbps (25.56% slower)
Latency (ping)	7 ms	7 ms (no difference)	210 ms (2,900% more latency)	370 ms (5,185.71% more latency)

In general, we like how NordVPN encrypts your connection and maintains high levels of privacy. We think Nord has done an excellent job over the years to prove it’s a trustworthy company that backs up its claims with fast speeds and reliable service.

What we didn’t like

The NordVPN Fire TV app wasn’t as streamlined as the Surfshark or ExpressVPN apps. We found the layout much less inviting, especially since the home screen is just a bunch of big blocks that represent the different servers you can connect to.

This interface wasn’t quite as useful as Surfshark, with its list of servers you can easily scroll through, or as aesthetically pleasing as ExpressVPN, with its minimalistic style.

NordVPN specs

Price range	$2.99–$17.99/mo
Free version	No
Dedicated Fire TV stick app	Yes
Works with	Kodi, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more
Number of servers	6,800+ servers in 111 countries
Number of connected devices	10
VPN protocol	NordLynx, OpenVPN, IKEv2/IPsec
No-logs policy	No logs
Torrenting support	Yes
Learn more	Get NordVPN Read Our NordVPN Review

ExpressVPN: Best for multiple VPN apps

Who it’s best for

ExpressVPN makes sense if you want a Fire TV app that’s straightforward and easy to use for both VPN beginners and veterans alike. ExpressVPN is also known for its high levels of privacy and security, as well as support for popular streaming services.

What we liked

ExpressVPN is an excellent choice if you want to learn how to use a VPN on a Fire TV Stick. The interface is super simple to understand, and you can connect to servers worldwide within seconds of logging in.

We think paying a bit of a premium for this VPN makes sense if you don’t want to deal with clunky interfaces and want a simple solution for streaming from your Fire TV Stick. Overall, we had no issues using ExpressVPN to unblock regional content from Disney+ and Netflix.

What we didn’t like

This is more of a minor inconvenience, but you have to manually type your username and password to log in. It honestly doesn’t take more than a minute if you’re quick with your Fire TV Stick remote and don’t have the most complicated password ever, but it’s still annoying.

Other than that, we found the ExpressVPN Fire TV app was very easy to install and use, and we had no speed or buffering issues while streaming.

ExpressVPN specs

Price range	$4.99–$12.95/mo
Free version	No
Dedicated Fire TV stick app	Yes
Works with	Kodi, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and more
Number of servers	Unlisted in 105 countries
Number of connected devices	8
VPN protocol	Lightway, OpenVPN, IKEv2
No-logs policy	No logs
Torrenting support	Yes
Learn more	Get ExpressVPN Read Our ExpressVPN Review

Honorable mentions

We tested many different VPNs for this list and some didn’t quite hit the mark to be considered part of our top recommended VPNs for Fire TV Sticks. In particular, CyberGhost and IPVanish didn’t reach the same levels as Surfshark, NordVPN, and ExpressVPN.

CyberGhost

We like that CyberGhost starts at $2.03/mo (billed every two years), making it super affordable. We’ve also had good results when testing its speed, privacy, and security. But our experience using it with the Fire TV Stick left a bit to be desired. We typically want to use VPNs to stream content on Fire TV Sticks, but we ran into multiple issues trying to use CyberGhost with Netflix and Disney+.

This included not being able to load Disney+ at all because of an error message (as we were connected to a CyberGhost U.K. server).

Keep in mind that CyberGhost has streaming-optimized servers, which means you’re supposed to pick a specific server depending on which streaming service you want to use and the regional library you want to access.

For example, you can choose a U.K. server that’s optimized for using Netflix with Fire TV Sticks. That’s what we chose and it didn’t work with Disney+, which is something we wanted to test. But it also didn’t work very well with Netflix: We had issues loading the Netflix menus and it didn’t appear to load U.K.-specific content.

You don’t really have these streaming issues with our top VPN choices, and you don’t have to worry about choosing a specific server for each streaming service you use. Just about any server will do with Surfshark, NordVPN, or ExpressVPN, making the whole streaming experience a lot easier than with CyberGhost.

IPVanish

We generally don’t view IPVanish as the most trustworthy VPN around because of an incident in its company history when it was formerly known as Highwinds Network Group. It had advertised a strict no-logs policy, but the company released private user information to the U.S. government in 2016.

Why did it have this information if it supposedly had a no-logs policy? We’re not sure, but it’s a red flag. And that doesn’t mean things haven’t changed over the years, but it’s not a good look.

We also weren’t impressed with the IPVanish Fire TV app. We had to manually type in our login information, which is a hassle using the Fire TV Stick.

And we immediately had issues trying to load Disney+ while connected to a U.K. server. Note that this was the same error we had when using CyberGhost.

We also had long loading times when trying to use Netflix while connected to a U.K. server, so our overall experience with IPVanish was below average.

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Bottom line: The best VPNs for Fire TV Stick

Surfshark is the best VPN service for Fire TV Stick according to our testing, research, and experience. The Surfshark Fire TV app is extremely user-friendly and unblocks popular streaming services. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s super affordable, starting at $1.99/mo (billed every two years).

NordVPN and ExpressVPN are our runners-up, providing excellent alternative options. Nord makes sense if you want an ever-reliable service, while ExpressVPN makes sense if you want an app that’s easy to use and seems tailor-made for Fire TV Sticks.

3 best VPNs for Fire TV Stick 2024

	Starting price	Best for	Learn more
Surfshark	Starts at $1.99/mo (billed every two years)	Best overall for Fire TV Stick	Get Surfshark Read Surfshark Review
NordVPN	Starts at $3.59/mo (billed every two years)	Fastest VPN for Fire TV Stick	Get NordVPN Read NordVPN Review
ExpressVPN	Starts at $6.67/mo (billed annually)	Best for multiple VPN apps	Get ExpressVPN Read ExpressVPN Review