The best VPNs for Firestick in 2026

Surfshark's Fire TV app comes from the Amazon Appstore. You search for Surfshark on the Fire TV home screen, install it, sign in and pick a server. Surfshark lists the 3rd-gen, 4K, 4K Max and HD Fire TV Sticks, the Fire TV Cube and Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and says the app needs Fire OS 5 or later. Its FAQ adds that the app also runs on Vega OS, the Linux-based system Amazon has started putting on newer sticks. That matters if you are buying a stick this year, because several VPNs here only talk about Fire OS.

One account has no device limit, so the stick in the living room, the one in the bedroom and everyone's phones can all connect at the same time. Surfshark has 4,500+ servers in 100 countries. To keep the speed loss down, its Fire TV page suggests a nearby server, the WireGuard protocol, or split tunneling so that only some apps use the VPN.

Surfshark doesn't name any streaming services on its main pages, so it makes no promise about which catalogs will load.

The 2-year plan costs $67.23 for the first 27 months, about $2.49 a month, and then $79 a year. The 1-year and 2-year plans include a 7-day free trial that needs a card, PayPal or Apple Pay, and a 30-day refund period starts once the trial ends.

ExpressVPN publishes the most detailed Fire TV support list of the VPNs we checked. It names the Fire TV Stick HD in both its Fire OS and Vega OS versions, the Fire TV Stick 4K, 4K Plus and 4K Max, the 3rd-gen stick and the Lite, the Fire TV Cube, Fire TV smart TVs and Fire tablets. It lists the Fire TV Stick 4K Select as a Vega OS device and has a separate app for Vega OS sticks, downloaded from a different link than the Fire OS app. If you aren't sure which system your stick runs, that list saves some guesswork.

Setup takes a few minutes with the remote: search for ExpressVPN on the home screen, install it from the Amazon Appstore, sign in and connect. ExpressVPN says its Lightway protocol stays connected when the device goes into standby. For a whole house, it also sells its own router, the Fortify, which comes with a year of the Advanced plan.

The plans differ in how many devices they cover: Basic 10, Advanced 12 and Pro 14 at once. Servers are in 113 countries. Basic costs $83.72 for the first 28 months, about $2.99 a month, then $99.95 a year, or $14.99 billed monthly.

The 3-day free trial runs only through the iPhone and Android apps and needs a payment method on your app store account. Purchases on ExpressVPN's website come with a 30-day money-back guarantee for first-time customers.

Proton VPN is the only pick here with a free plan that runs on Fire TV. The free plan has no data cap and no ads, but it covers one device and leaves out streaming. Use it to check that the app installs and connects on your stick before you pay. Proton's Fire TV guide splits devices by system: older Fire OS sticks use its Android app, and newer Vega OS sticks have their own Vega OS app.

Once you pay, Proton tells you where streaming is supposed to work. Of the VPNs we checked, it is the only one that publishes a country list for each service: 26 countries for Netflix, 22 for Prime Video and Disney+, 21 for HBO Max, the UK for BBC iPlayer and the US for Hulu. It warns that Secure Core servers don't always support streaming, so pick a standard server on the TV, and it asks you to use a legal account with the streaming service.

VPN Plus covers 10 devices. It costs $83.76 for the first 2 years, about $3.49 a month, then $83.88 a year. Proton's pricing page didn't show its monthly or 1-year US prices when we checked. Every plan can be refunded within 30 days.

CyberGhost's Fire TV app also comes from the Amazon Appstore: search for it on the home screen, install it, then let it set up the VPN connection and confirm your account. CyberGhost supports Fire TV devices on Fire OS 4.6 or later, the Fire Stick from the 2nd generation on, and Fire tablets on Fire OS 6 or later. It doesn't mention Vega OS, so ask its support team before you buy if your stick is a new 4K Select.

The app connects to servers CyberGhost labels as streaming-optimized, and its streaming page names a long list of services, from Netflix and Prime Video to Peacock, DAZN and Crunchyroll. The same page says that using CyberGhost to reach another country's library breaks its terms of service, so don't buy it to switch catalogs.

One plan covers 7 devices, and CyberGhost has servers in 100 countries. The 28-month plan costs $61.32 up front, about $2.19 a month, and renews at $61.32 a year. The 6-month plan is $6.99 a month and the monthly plan $12.99. The 6-month and 28-month plans come with a 45-day money-back guarantee, the longest in this guide; the monthly plan gets 14 days.

IPVanish adds a separate app to its Fire TV setup: the IPVanish VPN Kill Switch, from the Amazon Appstore. With it switched on, the stick blocks all network traffic if the VPN connection drops, until the connection comes back. IPVanish has also brought its Threat Protection feature to Fire TV, which blocks ads, tracking and known malicious sites. The app supports WireGuard, OpenVPN and IKEv2 and lists Android 5 or later as the requirement, which covers Fire OS sticks. IPVanish doesn't mention Vega OS.

IPVanish says it keeps no record of your activity or traffic, that an independent audit checked this, and that its servers run from RAM so data is wiped on every reset. It has 3,650+ servers in 150+ locations, and every plan allows unlimited devices. Its Fire TV page names no streaming services.

Essential, the VPN-only plan, costs $52.56 for the first 2 years, about $2.19 a month. It is $46.68 for the first year, or $14.99 billed monthly. The 30-day refund applies only to the yearly and 2-year plans.

Private Internet Access (PIA) costs $81.20 for its first 3 years and 4 months, which works out at $2.03 a month and is the lowest long-term price in this guide. It renews at the same $81.20 every 3 years, while most picks here charge more after the first term. The yearly plan is $47.88 and monthly billing is $11.95.

PIA has native apps for Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV, and one subscription covers unlimited devices at the same time. For screens that can't run an app, PIA describes a router setup that covers consoles and other gadgets.

The weak spot for Firestick buyers is detail. The PIA pages we checked don't say which Fire TV models or systems the app supports, so we can't tell you whether it runs on a Vega OS stick. PIA also makes no claims about particular streaming services. New subscribers who buy direct get a 30-day money-back guarantee; app store purchases follow the store's refund rules.

NordVPN has a native app for Amazon Fire devices. If you'd rather not install anything on the stick, its help center also covers a VPN router or sharing a VPN connection from a Windows PC. SmartPlay, its streaming feature, is switched on in every NordVPN app and needs no setup. It works inside the VPN connection by changing your DNS servers along with your location.

One account covers 10 devices at once, and a router running NordVPN counts as one of them. NordVPN offers a 7-day free trial on its 1-year and 2-year plans to new users in 15 countries, paid by card or PayPal, and first-time customers can ask for a refund within 30 days.

We couldn't confirm NordVPN's prices, because its website blocked our checks on November 4, 2026, so it sits last here until we can. Its help pages also don't say whether the Fire TV app runs on Vega OS.