ZenMate Review 2022
ZenMate provider has servers in many countries around the world. We propose herein the test results and provide you with the information on:
- How quick ZenMate download and upload speed?
- What’s about ping?
- How well does it work on streaming platforms, i.e. Netflix?
- How good is it for torrenting?
- What are the diffirence in these options for different regions?
Our key finding about ZenMate
Country of Incorporation | Germany | |
Number of Countries | 80 | |
Number of Server Location | 31 | |
Number of Servers | 4100 | |
Price | USD 10.99 | |
Download Speed | avg. 16.5 Mbps | |
Upload Speed | avg. 21.36 Mbps | |
Dedicated IP | Yes | |
Multiple Devices | 7 | |
Netflix | Yes (Japan only) | |
Torrenting | Yes | |
Operation System | Android, iOS, macOS, Windows | |
Browser extension | Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge | |
Does it work in China | Yes | |
Free Trial | Yes, trial for 7 days | |
Live Chat Support | email only |
Servers and Locations
ZenMate offers 4100 servers located in 80+ states. It’s a really great result that exceeds the industry average data. Besides, servers are located, mainly in Europe, there are only 4 servers in the Americas and 5 in the Asia Pacific. The company also has 1 server in Vietnam, 1 server in China, but there are no servers in Turkey.
Header Label | ZenMate | Industry average |
Number of Countries | 80 | 60 |
Number of Server Locations | 31 | 120 |
Number of Servers | 4100 | 1000 |
This great number of servers means bigger download/upload speeds for regions with many servers (Europe).
Speed Test
In general, any VPN decreases download or upload speed, but a bigger number of uniformly located servers eliminates a significant decrease in speed. But only Europe can take advantage of this advantage since the maximum number of servers is located here.
Download speed
We tested 82 downloads with different countries worldwide.
Header Label | Americas | Europe | Asia Pacific |
Number of tested countries | 11 | 42 | 31 |
Number of states without test data | 9 | 6 | 21 |
Average Upload speed | 15.32 Mbps | 13.91 Mbps | 20.61 Mbps |
Min Upload speed | 1.84 Mbps (USA) | 1.04 Mbps (Bulgaria) |
2.48 Mbps (Kazakhstan) |
Max Upload speed | 43.14 Mbps (Bahamas) |
72.03 Mbps (Austria) |
115.89 Mbps (Australia) |
No VPN | 157.43 Mbps | 157.43 Mbps | 157.43 Mbps |
You see the essential variation of test data. In particular, max speed was observed for Australia at 115.89 Mbps and the min speed was observed for Bulgaria at 1.04 Mbps. The difference is 63+ times.
The average speeds were close: for the Americas, it was 15.32 Mbps, for Europe – 13.91 Mbps, and for Asia Pacific – 20.61 Mbps. The minimal download speed for the Americas was 1.84 (the USA), for Europe – 1.04 (Bulgaria), and for the Asia Pacific – 2.48 Mbps (Kazakhstan). Contrary to the min speed, the max speeds are scattered. They are 43.14 Mbps (Bahamas) for the Americas, 72.03 Mbps (Austria) for Europe, and 115.89 Mbps (Australia) for the Asia Pacific.
The average download speed for all tested countries was 16.5 Mbps.
ZenMate Download speed compares to no VPN (for regions)*
Header Label | ZenMate | No VPN avg | Difference |
Quickest | 115.89 Mbps | 157.43 Mbps | 1.36 times less |
Slowest | 1.04 Mbps | 157.43 Mbps | 151.4 times less |
Average (all countries) | 16.5 Mbps | 157.43 Mbps | 9.54 times less |
*Note: We’ve tested, reviewed, and ranked dozens of top VPNs and selected the top ten that are worth your money. To do this, we carefully studied their features, feedback, and prices.
Upload Speed
We tested 82 uploads with different countries worldwide.
Header Label | Americas | Europe | Asia Pacific |
Number of tested countries | 11 | 42 | 31 |
Number of states without test data | 9 | 6 | 21 |
Average Upload speed | 15.88 Mbps | 20.78 Mbps | 20.61 Mbps |
Min Upnload speed | 3.98 Mbps (Argentina) | 0.87 Mbps (Croatia) |
1.9 Mbps (Kazakhstan) |
Max Upload speed | 38.63 Mbps (Panama) |
39.22 Mbps (Slovakia) |
37.43 Mbps (Sri Lanka) |
No VPN | 35.18 Mbps | 35.19 Mbps | 35.19 Mbps |
You see the essential variation of test data. This variation is the same as the tendency observed for the download speed. Unexpectedly, in some cases, the maximum upload speed exceeded the no-VPN speed. So, the max speed was 39.22 Mbps for Slovakia (Europe). But max upload speeds for the Americas and the Asia Pacific were close – 38.63 Mbps (Panama) and 37.43 Mbps (Sri Lanka) accordingly.
the values of minimal speeds were not so impressive. The min speed for the Americas was 3.98 Mbps (Argentina), for Europe was 0.87 Mbps (Croatia), and for the Asia Pacific was 1.9 Mbps (Kazakhstan).
As far as low upload speeds prevailed for all countries, the average speeds are not big. In general, the average speeds were close: for the Americas, it was 15.32 Mbps, for Europe – 13.91 Mbps, and for Asia Pacific – 20.61 Mbps. The average download speed for all tested countries was 21.36Mbps.
ZenMate Upload speed compares to no VPN (for regions)*
Header Label | ZenMate | No VPN avg | Difference |
Quickest | 39.22 Mbps | 35.19 Mbps | 1.14 times more |
Slowest | 0.87 Mbps | 35.19 Mbps | 40.45 times less |
Average (all countries) | 21.36 Mbps | 35.19 Mbps | 1.65 times less |
*Note: We’ve tested, reviewed, and ranked dozens of top VPNs and selected the top ten that are worth your money. To do this, we carefully studied their features, feedback, and prices.
Ping time out
Choosing a VPN provider for gaming is very difficult. Since in everyday use of a VPN service, you do not need to have dedicated features. However, for online games, you must be extremely careful. This is exactly the case where your expectations from a VPN service should not only meet, but also exceed it.
ZenMate ping speed, ms
Header Label | Americas | Europe | Asia Pacific |
Quickest | 222 (Canada) | 17 (Poland) | 16 (Hong Kong) |
Slowest | 340 (Brazil) | 407 (Albania) | 497 (Iran) |
Average | 274.67 | 219.89 | 181.28 |
No VPN connection | 20 | 20 | 20 |
ZenMate speed compared to other VPNs
Header label | Country | Ping |
Quickest | Poland | 17 ms |
Slowest | Iran | 497 ms |
Overall | All countries | 212.05 ms |
No VPN connection | All countries | 20 |
ZenMate ping speed compared to the industry average
Header Label | ZenMate | Other VPN avg | Difference |
Quickest | 17 ms (Poland) |
65.83 ms | 3.87 times less |
Slowest | 497 ms (Iran) |
65.83 ms | 7.55 times more |
Overall | 212.05 | 65.83 ms | 3.22 times more |
Despite the fact, that there are contries with quick ping (i.e. Poland),ZenMate is an outsider. It outperforms the other VPNs in ping speed 3.22 times.
DNS Leak Test
Hacking attempts have gotten smarter given the increased use of dial-up Internet connections. The presence of a public Wi-Fi connection has also led to serious vulnerabilities in the connections offered by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Moreover, with the growing number of cyber attacks and ransomware attacks on personal computers and corporate networks, the privacy and security of data stored in cyberspace is being questioned.
Now hackers and cyberattacks don’t need access to your system; all they have to do is hack into your internet network and redirect you to malicious websites to infect your system and all your browsing activity. One such attack is DNS penetration, also known as DNS leak.
No VPN connected | VPN connected (ZenMate) | DNS leak test |
172.217.43.203 (Taipei, Taiwan) |
185.93.180.130 (M247 Ltd, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
Good |
172.253.237.4 ( Hong Kong) |
191.96.106.3 (Digital Energy Technologies Chile SpA, Los Angeles, United States) |
Good |
172.253.5.1 (Hong Kong) |
– | |
74.125.179.132 (Hong Kong) |
– | |
74.125.179.133 (Hong Kong) |
– | |
74.125.186.195 (Taipei, Taiwan) |
– |
Our DNS leak test was successful with ZenMate for Germany and the USA. NO DNS leaks were detected.
Streaming
We tested ZenMate for work in the USA, UK, Japan, and South Korea. But, this VPN works only in Japan. There were the following test results – speed was 1080 p. It’s enough to watch Ultra HD (4K).
Netflix
ZenMate unblocked the USA library. Other libraries ( UK, Japan, and South Korea) were not unblocked. For the stream buffer (for the USA only), it took a lot – 32 seconds to start a video with a quality of 720 p HD.
Header label | ZenMate–Library | ZenMate– Streaming buffer | ZenMate– Streaming quality |
Americas | |||
United States | NO | – | – |
Europe | |||
United Kingdom | NO | – | – |
Asia Pacific | |||
Japan | yes | 4 | 1080 p. |
South Korea | NO |
Torrenting
Torrents are a unique solution found by the millennial generation and scaled to almost all ages. This turned out to be convenient, because you get both completely fresh books, films, music or software, and materials that were published decades ago, which can no longer be found either in a digital or in a regular store.
But, having become everyday, albeit with some legal reservations, torrents have not ceased to be fraught with several not entirely obvious dangers. The first piece of advice given by cybersecurity experts is to make sure you protect yourself when torrenting with a VPN.
BitTorrent with ZenMate
Here we present data for BitTorrent. To test ZenMate’s torrenting performance, we used BitTorrent to download the movie of 3.5 GB. Here we observed the download speed of 549.7 kB/s with only 0.402 seeders.
Header Label | File size | Seeders | Download Speed | Time |
ZenMate | 3.5 GB | 0.402 | 549.7 kB/s | 2h 2 min |
Other VPNs | 1.85 GB | 0.878 | 2.1 Mbps | 11 min |
As you can see, the 3.5 GB file was completely downloaded within 2h 2 min. We think this time too big.
uTorrent with ZenMate
We have tested ZenMate for work with uTorrent. The tested performance options are file size, number of seeders, download speed, complete time. The file size was 3.5 GB. We managed to download it for 1h 45 min, so the download speed was 646 kB/s with only 0.706 seeders.
uTorrent with ZenMate
Header Label | File size | Seeders | Download Speed | Time |
ZenMate | 3.5 GB | 0.706 | 646 kb/s | 1 h 45 min |
Other VPNs | 1.85 GB | 0.219 | 2.1 Mbps | 22 min |
You see, this time essentially exceeds the average industry time.
Router
Best Routers for ZenMate
The official site specifies the following routers to be the best ZenMate:
- VPN Router TP-Link AC1750 Flashed & Pre Configured Plug And Play VPN Router;
- ZenMate VPN Router Linksys WRT3200ACM Flashed DD-WRT Router.
ZenMate Router App
The ZenMate VPN app is previously configured on the aforementioned routers.
Best Routers for ZenMate
TP-Link | Linksys |
AC1750 Flashed & Pre Configured Plug And Play VPN Router | WRT3200ACM Flashed DD-WRT Router |
Router Manually setup
ZenMate are best for DD-WRT compatible routers.
Browser extension
ZenMate VPN has a browser extension for Chrome, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox.
TV
Smart TV = TV + Internet + Applications.
ZenMate is compatible with the following smart TVs:
- Netflix US
- Netflix FR
- Netflix DE
- Netflix UK
- YouTube
- HBO Now
- BBC iPlayer
- Amazon Prime
- 7TV
- 0RF
- Globo
- Yle
- Globo Sportiv
- ZDF
- ARD
- Fox Sport (Brazil)
- Comedy Central DE
- Zattoo DE
Devices and Operating Systems
The following OS can be used with ZenMate VPN
- PC & Windows
- MacBook
- iOS & iPad
- Android devices
OpenVPN support allows you to install the service application on game consoles, smart TVs and Raspberry Pi mini computers, as well as on Ubuntu.
Price
ZenMate offers 3 different subscription plans.
- Subscription for 1 month – $10.99 (30 days of money back);
- Subscription for 12 months – $53.88, which is $4.99 per month (30 days of money back);
- Subscription for 36 months – $59 which is $1.51 per month (30 days of money back).
Plan | ZenMate | Industry Avg | Difference |
1 month | US$10.99 | US$9.00 | +22% |
12 months | US$4.99 | US$8.00 | -163% |
36 months | US$1.51 | – |
Discount
No discount is offered.
Free Trial
ZenMate offers a free trial for 7 days.
Customer support
There is only email customer support. And this is the main disappointment of this VPN usage.
Header label | ZenMate | Industry AVG | Difference |
Connect to an agency | email only | 10 second | – |
Reply speed | email only | 15 second | – |
Quality of the answer | email only | Good |