VPNInfobasePrivate Internet Access (PIA) is a Denver, Colorado company that says all its apps are open source and its servers RAM-only, and it has had three Deloitte audits. Its one-year price renews at the same amount, so the headline is the real cost. Its link to Kape is worded loosely on its own pages.
Ownership and jurisdiction
PIA’s about page puts PIA Private Internet Access, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Its privacy policy refers to Kape Technologies but makes no explicit ownership statement in the wording we read. Kape’s own stock-exchange announcement of 16 December 2019, headed “Completion of Private Internet Access Acquisition”, confirms completion of its acquisition of LTMI Holdings, and PIA’s policy still names Kape. So we say “acquired by Kape in 2019, per Kape’s announcement” and go no further than the pages do about today’s ownership. The ownership table shows it beside Kape’s Romanian and British Virgin Islands services. PIA’s no-logs page says the only personal information it keeps is the sign-up email, payment details and a ZIP code required for US tax purposes.
Open source and audits
PIA says all its apps and clients are open source on GitHub, across desktop, mobile, browser extensions and smart TV, and the page does not state a licence. That is a claim about client code, not servers. PIA’s third Deloitte audit page, updated 24 February 2026, says Deloitte Audit Romania examined VPN configuration, operational processes, the token-based dedicated IP system and incident response under ISAE 3000 (Revised), following audits in 2022 and 2024. The report is downloadable from PIA’s Deloitte page. As with CyberGhost, this is assurance on the no-logs claim, not a penetration test of the apps; see the audit tracker.
Price: same at renewal
On 29 September PIA showed USD 11.95 monthly, USD 47.88 a year (USD 3.99 a month) renewing at USD 47.88, and a three-years-plus-three-months plan at USD 79 (USD 2.03 a month). The page says renewals match those rates, so the renewal price table lists the one-year plan as flat. Refund: 30 days for new subscribers, not renewals.
Who it fits, going by the register fields
- Pick it if you want a price that does not change after the first term, open-source clients and a downloadable Deloitte report, and can accept a US-based operator.
- Look at others if you want a non-US operator, a published individual owner or more than one kind of audit. Mullvad and Proton VPN differ on each.
This is our reading of vendor pages, not a measured result.
Alternatives
- CyberGhost: same Deloitte scope, Romania, 45-day window
- Mullvad: flat EUR 5, Sweden
- Proton VPN: open source, Switzerland, annual audits