ZoneBlade vs PureVPN

The short answer

ZoneBlade is the better choice for a country in every tab, and it's free. PureVPN's IP Per Tab is a separate, paid proxy add-on that covers the US and the UK, and despite the name it works per website: the same site always gets the same country, and tabs share cookies. ZoneBlade gives each tab group its own country and its own cookies, in 6 countries free or 180 on Premium.

Checked against PureVPN's own website and store listing on . Every claim about PureVPN links to its source.

Side by side

ZoneBlade and PureVPN, row by row.

Numbers link to their sources at the bottom of the page.

FeatureZoneBladePureVPN logoPureVPN
Free planYesNo17-day trial for $0.99
Works without an accountYesNo1
Free dataUnlimitedNo free plan1
Countries on the free plan6No free plan1
No ads on the free planYesNo free plan1
Doesn't sell your data or share your connectionYesYes2
A different country in each tabYesPartly3Per site, not per tab: a paid US and UK add-on
The same site in two countries at onceYesEach country keeps its own cookiesNo4One site, one country; tabs share cookies
Countries18065+5
Apps for your whole deviceNoChrome and Edge onlyYes6
Price, month to month$5.99Premium, monthly$12.957
Lowest price a month$4.00Premium, $47.99 a year$2.157First 27 months, introductory
PureVPN: who runs it
GZ Systems Limited, British Virgin Islands [2]
PureVPN: IP Per Tab
A separate Chrome extension for its paid residential proxy plans, US and UK only; one site, one country, with shared cookies [3]
PureVPN: trial
7 days for $0.99, then a 12-month plan [8]
PureVPN: Chrome Web Store
2.0 stars from 4,000 ratings, 300,000 users [1]
PureVPN: history
In 2017 it gave the FBI data linking a customer to his home and work IP addresses [9]

Per tab, or per site?

PureVPN launched IP Per Tab in 2026, a Chrome extension separate from its VPN that needs its own residential proxy plan, paid by the gigabyte. It covers two countries, the US and the UK. Its own blog says a cookie set in one tab is visible in another, and it routes by website, so the same site can't be in two countries at once.

ZoneBlade's Each tab mode is built into the extension: name a Chrome tab group after a country and every tab in it browses from there, each country with its own cookies. One tab can show a shop in Germany while the next shows it in Japan.

Free against paid

PureVPN has no free plan; its trial is 7 days for $0.99. ZoneBlade Free costs nothing, with unlimited data in 6 countries and no account. Prices are in the table above.

Privacy

PureVPN says it keeps no logs, backed by a 2023 assessment, but in 2017 it gave the FBI data that linked a customer to his IP addresses. ZoneBlade, run by a UK company, keeps no record of the sites you visit and counts only data used per device and country.

When PureVPN is the better pick

Choose PureVPN if you want a paid VPN for every app on up to 10 devices, with extras such as a dedicated IP address or port forwarding.

The verdict

For different countries in different tabs, ZoneBlade wins outright: it's built in, free to start, works in 6 countries free or 180 on Premium, and keeps each country's cookies apart. PureVPN's add-on costs extra, covers two countries and works per site.

Questions

Does PureVPN have a VPN per tab?

It has IP Per Tab, a separate paid proxy extension for the US and the UK. It routes by website, so the same site always gets the same country, and tabs share cookies. ZoneBlade gives each tab group its own country and cookies.

Is PureVPN free?

No. Its trial is 7 days for $0.99. ZoneBlade is free for good.

Sources

  1. 1https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bfidboloedlamgdmenmlbipfnccokknp
  2. 2https://www.purevpn.com/privacy-policy
  3. 3https://www.purevpn.com/residential-proxy/ip-per-tab
  4. 4https://www.purevpn.com/blog/browser-profiles-vs-per-tab-proxy/
  5. 5https://www.purevpn.com/
  6. 6https://www.purevpn.com/download
  7. 7https://www.purevpn.com/order
  8. 8https://www.purevpn.com/free-trial
  9. 9https://www.csoonline.com/article/563143/feds-nab-tech-savvy-cyberstalker-with-help-from-vpn-provider.html

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