Recently home theater and movie night enthusiasts have grown fond of Smart TVs. Being able to stream all your favorite TV shows and movies online through your TV while enjoying munching down popcorn on your comfy couch was the dream. Shortly after entered Kodi (formally XBMC since it was originally developed by Microsoft XBOX) and it took that dream to a whole new level.
Kodi is a software or application used to enhance the media streaming experience on your TV greatly. Not only smart TVs, but normal TVs connected to a TV box, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, etc..
Basically Kodi is a very advanced free streamer with lots and lots of available, also free, add-ons to further enhance your use of it. The most common ones are Kodi Movie add-ons and Kodi Live TV add-ons.
Now imagine all that plus no restrictions, what so ever, to any media content online. Here is where using a VPN for Kodi will be of great help. Before we go into that, it’s worth mentioning that some of the add-ons for Kodi are or allow access to legally questionable contents in the sense of copyrights and such. Kind of like torrents. This is why a good VPN will come in handy.
These VPNs can be divided into 2 categories; the general use VPNs and the VPNs with add-ons for OpenELEC (embedded Kodi operating system). Nevertheless, Kodi by itself is compatible with practically every single operating system out there (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Linux, and even Raspberry iP).
Surely there are some VPNs that are better than others, however in this case we need to focus on the most suitable VPN for Kodi. Now let’s take a look at our top winners.
IPVanish
Yup, we are as surprised as you that IPVanish is in the lead when it comes to Kodi, since Express VPN was always the dominating one in all the previouys rankings. However, when it comes to a compatible VPN for Kodi, these guys definitely brought their A-game. The following few points are the simple reasons why IPVansih is the best VPN for Kodi:
- IPVanish is one of the very few that works with all Kodi add-ons.
- Great performance over a large number of servers (over 750 servers spread across over 60 countries worldwide) which means you can stream all those geo-restricted media from anywhere in the world.
- Their website has an entire section on VPN for Kodi and a full guide on how to setup IPVanish VPN with Kodi.
- Extremely easy to setup and use (user-friendly)
- Built into the app is DNS protection and a kill switch to ensure complete safety.
- When subscribing with IPVanish, you get a 7-day money back guarantee which means no regrets before diving too deep into the app.
Of course there are countless more features and benefits in this particular VPN, but these are the most Kodi related ones. Even though the service can be, to some users, a little costly but rest assured its worth every penny spent on it.
Express VPN
Again this beautiful piece of technology makes our lists and ranks as one of the best VPN for Kodi. Even though, in this list it came in second, yet still it is considered a win. Now here are some of the reasons that make it a great VPN for Kodi:
- Supports a very wide range of devices and platforms so you can stream your Kodi app safely on any device you have.
- Offers Express VPN router so you can stream freely with Kodi from any device in the house (Laptop, TV, mobile etc.).
- Extremely high levels of encryption (OpenVPN, L2TP-IPsec, SSTP, and PPTP protocols) to stream any content on Kodi without worrying about being monitored.
- Massive network of servers to ensure that you can stream Kodi media from anywhere in the world (145 servers spread over 94 countries around the world).
So far Express VPN has proved to be a 5-star service when it comes to all uses of a VPN and here we add to that an outstanding VPN for Kodi.
PureVPN
Even though we don’t mention this VPN brand a lot, however it is one of the best VPNs in the market today. It is packed with loads of features and benefits and is considered one of the greatest VPN for Kodi. It’s like its built for it. Let’s take a look at the most related features to using it as a VPN for Kodi.
- A giant network of servers made up of over 750 servers covering 141 countries around the world. In other words, if Tom Hanks in Cast Away had his phone, he would have definitely found a PureVPN server on that island.
- It’s compatible with over 20 devices which includes all the devices that use Kodi, hence it is completely compatible with Kodi.
- You can connect up to 5 devices simultaneously which means more devices at your home accessing limitless contents off Kodi.
- It performs perfectly with all operating systems and platforms including those supporting Kodi.
- Despite that it came third in this race, yet it is one of the top names worth mentioning when it comes to considering a VPN for Kodi.
Conclusion
Kodi definitely improved our online media streaming experience and by adding to that a VPN for Kodi, we have reached perfection in home entertainment.
