Recommended VPN Provider | (Renewal Coming up)

[Izanami]

So, I've yet to begin my OPNsense journey as I'm waiting for the last bit of hardware to arrive; however, I'm continuing with the preparation/planning phase in the interim.

ISP Internet Plan | AT&T 500 Fiber Plan

My SurfShark VPN Subscription ends on 3/2024 & I'm looking to identify if I should stay or go to a different provider based on the following scenarios.

1. My Setup will closely be modeled following: https://schnerring.net/blog/opnsense-baseline-guide-with-vpn-guest-and-vlan-support/

1b. For the VPN side (wireguard) , also will reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/OPNsenseFirewall/comments/vljmq5/opnsense_selective_routing_over_nordvpn/ & https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/wireguard-selective-routing.html

2. I will always have devices like my unraid/jellyfish NAS in the VPN Network VLAN group and the VM in the proxmox server used to acquire/download the media.

For streaming/torrenting, is SurfShark still an acceptable choice for this use case? ( I Realize port forwarding for torrenting is super important from a speed perspective)

**Looks like Nord & PIA have good documentation however Mullvad seems to be a favorite from a privacy and price perspective.

[Izanami]

So, I've yet to begin my OPNsense journey as I'm waiting for the last bit of hardware to arrive; however, I'm continuing with the preparation/planning phase in the interim.

ISP Internet Plan | AT&T 500 Fiber Plan

My SurfShark VPN Subscription ends on 3/2024 & I'm looking to identify if I should stay or go to a different provider based on the following scenarios.

1. My Setup will closely be modeled following: https://schnerring.net/blog/opnsense-baseline-guide-with-vpn-guest-and-vlan-support/

1b. For the VPN side (wireguard) , also will reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/OPNsenseFirewall/comments/vljmq5/opnsense_selective_routing_over_nordvpn/ & https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/wireguard-selective-routing.html

2. I will always have devices like my unraid/jellyfish NAS in the VPN Network VLAN group and the VM in the proxmox server used to acquire/download the media.

For streaming/torrenting, is SurfShark still an acceptable choice for this use case? ( I Realize port forwarding for torrenting is super important from a speed perspective)

**Looks like Nord, PIA & Mullvad have good documentation however Mullvad seems to be a favorite from a privacy and price perspective.