# Trust is Earned

This page addresses how DEVPN approaches a specific user need/challenge, as written [in this section](https://devpn.gitbook.io/devpn/users/vpn-user-needs/price-vs.-protection).

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**Understanding user needs**

In an ideal world, DEVPN would love for every consumer to read our thorough GitBook to fully understand the basic principles of VPN services. We believe that even a bit of knowledge can significantly help consumers make better-informed decisions.

That said, we encourage consumers to carefully read our [Price vs. Protection](https://devpn.gitbook.io/devpn/users/vpn-user-needs/price-vs.-protection) section to gain a better understanding of common selection criteria that can help them choose a VPN provider that fits their needs, even if it leads them to select a service other than DEVPN.

This page aims to demonstrate how we address tough questions and earn your trust, acknowledging that trust must be earned through transparency and reliability rather than marketing and wild claims.

**DEVPN and pricing**

Naturally, DEVPN recognizes the importance of competitive pricing in the VPN market.&#x20;

We have carefully crafted our packages to offer value to customers, ensuring that both our default and premium options provide highly accessible top-tier quality services and can include family benefits.

DEVPN maintains superior services that compete at the highest level, both among centralized and decentralized offerings. As a commercial service, we have profit and growth objectives that involve reinvesting significantly into expanding our ecosystem and enhancing our services.&#x20;

Like any VPN provider, DEVPN faces operational costs; however, ours are considerably higher than others, especially since several areas of our network are scaled beyond standard capacity to ensure additional user safety. This is an aspect where we refuse to cut corners, unlike some competitors.

DEVPN is a high-quality VPN provider and competes at the highest technical standards in the market. We do not consider low-cost solutions as our competitors, as they operate at a quality level that we advise consumers to avoid, even if their budget allows for no other alternative.

Despite this, DEVPN is committed to pricing its services competitively. Our hybrid organizational structure allows us to offer pricing that is equal to or lower than top-market competitors while still providing superior quality and reliability, ensuring that users receive exceptional value for their money.

[Detailed information on our services can be found here.](https://devpn.gitbook.io/devpn/privacy-services)\
[Detailed information on our pricing and payments can be found here.](https://devpn.gitbook.io/devpn/users/user-pricing-and-payments)

**Why choose DEVPN**

To effectively explain why consumers should consider DEVPN as their VPN provider, we will address the same topics that we have advised consumers to critically evaluate when defining their VPN needs.

Each point below highlights **only** the **additional features** we deliver beyond those we already match in the top segment of VPN market standards. This provides a clear, thorough overview of how DEVPN truly offers a superior solution, challenging competing VPN providers to meet a higher standard.

**Privacy enhancement**

* DEVPN explicitly does not sell, nor work with third-party solutions that sell/share data to brokers.
* DEVPN is the only high-end provider offering decentralized (dVPN) connection in their network.
* DEVPN customers can switch between centralized and decentralized networks seamlessly.
* DEVPN is the only high-end non-corporate VPN provider, and upholds a DAO governance model.
* DEVPN provides a commercial dVPN model, able to grow commercially in micro geo-regions.
* DEVPN is highly resilient to governmental influence.
* DEVPN provides honesty and common sense on log policies rather than marketing phrasing.
* DEVPN offers One Home and One Travel devices dedicated to all-round ISP privacy protection.
* DEVPN One Home and One Travel devices add privacy protection to non-VPN enabled devices.
* DEVPN offers access to Privacy Storage offering decentralized privacy on centralized hardware.

**Ensuring anonymity**

* DEVPN is the only high-end VPN provider offering 100% fully anonymous user registration.
* DEVPN provides the world first higher anonymity standard for commercial dVPN operators.
* DEVPN provides participation opportunities across anonymous Decentralize Financing.
* DEVPN provides anonymous and traditional payment options pending user preference.&#x20;
* DEVPN provides access to anonymous support departments and user messaging.
* DEVPN provides public and user access to Privacy Mail.

**Protection and security**

* DEVPN utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) across a large section of user security services.
* DEVPN utilizes proven Decentralized Finance (DeFi) authentication.
* DEVPN provides security services designed to block external data-brokerage activities.
* DEVPN is committed to work alongside non-profit organizations to increase security awareness.
* DEVPN is committed to uphold transparent security protocols in coordination with our DAO.
* DEVPN is DAO committed to fully inform our community about potential technical challenges.
* DEVPN maintains an AI monitored anomaly protection for its users and ecosystem.
* DEVPN offers all customers optional credential abuse alerting.

**Access to content**

* DEVPN has structured its core centralized network design across USA and EU.
* DEVPN's dVPN network is a demand based IP network, capable of endless IP supply.
* DEVPN has structured its core decentralized network to scale anywhere in the world.
* DEVPN operates with a lease-node buffer to account for geographic deviating demand peaks.

**Speed of connections**

* DEVPN maintains high-quality, top location data-center networks across USA and EU.
* DEVPN introduces the world’s fastest decentralized VPN (dVPN) network.
* DEVPN utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize both networks to a higher market standard.&#x20;
* DEVPN upholds strict third-party quality control with oversight from our DAO.
* DEVPN does not utilize consumer-grade hardware and connections for its dVPN network.
* DEVPN One Home and One Travel devices are dedicated devices optimized for speed.
