NordVPN vs Private Internet Access in Australia

NordVPN and Private Internet Access (PIA) are two long-running names, and both bill in Australian dollars. We retested NordVPN in October 2026; our PIA results date from late 2021. PIA's site does not allow our price checker, so we check its price by hand each week, with the date shown.

On our latest figures, NordVPN lists servers in more countries and was tested by us more recently; Private Internet Access is cheaper per month and covers unlimited devices.

NordVPN costs from A$4.79 a month on its cheapest plan, and Private Internet Access from A$2.79. That makes Private Internet Access about A$2.00 a month cheaper on current prices. Both offer a 30-day money-back period. NordVPN covers 10 devices at once and Private Internet Access unlimited devices. NordVPN lists servers in 150 countries and Private Internet Access in 113. On a local server in our own tests, NordVPN kept 88% of our download speed (October 2026) and Private Internet Access 44% (late 2021). Those results come from different test rounds on different connections, so compare them with care. Tested on an account NordVPN gave us free of charge (14–25 Oct 2026). In our current calculated comparison, NordVPN is number 2; Private Internet Access is not ranked, as we have no price for it.