Egypt edges out everyone else, narrowly. ExpressVPN’s 12-month plan costs EGP 3,949.99 / $78.38 in Egypt against $99.99 in the United States, verified Aug 29, 2026. But here is the honest part: that 22% gap is just about the only real discount ExpressVPN offers anywhere. Unlike ChatGPT or Netflix, this is a company that charges nearly everyone roughly the same. The bigger saving isn’t your store country. It’s which plan and term you buy. Full board with every dated country: ExpressVPN prices by country.
Which country is cheapest for ExpressVPN?
Flagship 12-month only. Lowest verified USD first. Local currency is the source figure. USD uses the dated FX on the methodology page.
| Country | Local | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | EGP 3,949.99 | $78.38 |
| Philippines | ₱5,290 | $85.57 |
| Pakistan | Rs 24,900 | $89.89 |
| Turkey | ₺4,499.99 | $93.88 |
| Japan | ¥15,000 | $94.29 |
| Indonesia | Rp1,699,000 | $95.28 |
| Vietnam | ₫2,499,000 | $96.31 |
| Thailand | ฿3,200 | $96.78 |
| Canada | CA$134.99 | $97.31 |
| New Zealand | NZ$169.99 | $99.95 |
| United States | $99.99 | $99.99 |
Look at how tight that middle of the table is. Nine countries sit inside eight dollars of the US price. And at the other end it gets worse, not better: the eurozone pays €99.99, about $116, and Czechia pays $134 — a third more than Americans. If you live in Europe, there is no discount to chase. You are already on the expensive side.
12-month is the flagship on this rank. Other plan names are other invoices.
Why the country game barely works for ExpressVPN
Most subscription arbitrage stories rely on a company charging emerging markets deliberately low prices while leaving a USD meter running elsewhere. ExpressVPN moved the other way. In 2026 it rolled out fixed local-currency pricing — pounds, euros, and reais first, with Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong following (ExpressVPN blog, checked Aug 2026) — alongside a new three-tier plan structure: Basic, Advanced, and Pro.
Fixed local prices kill the classic trick. There is no cheap-country loophole hiding in an exchange rate, because the price no longer floats. What is left is exactly what our table shows: a handful of storefronts — Egypt, the Philippines, Pakistan — where Apple’s local pricing happens to undercut the US, and a long tail of countries that pay the same or more. Anyone telling you there is a magic cheap country for ExpressVPN hasn’t checked the numbers lately.
The discount that actually matters: buy direct
Here is what changes your bill far more than your Apple ID country. ExpressVPN’s own website sells plans on long promotional terms that undercut every 12-month row above for the first period. As of Aug 2026, the US order page lists Basic at $2.99/month on a 2-years-plus-4-months term — $83.72 billed once for 28 months (expressvpn.com/pricing). That works out to roughly $36 a year of coverage, versus $78 even in Egypt. Advanced runs $125.72 for the same term and Pro $209.72.
Two warnings before you click buy:
- Renewal resets. When the promo term ends, each tier auto-renews annually near full list — $99.95, $119.95, and $199.95 respectively on the same page. Mark your calendar; the jump is steep. We track this pattern in does ExpressVPN price go up after renewal.
- The tiers are different products now. Basic is the VPN alone. Advanced adds threat protection, a password manager, and identity tools; Pro adds a dedicated IP. Don’t pay Pro money for Basic intent.
So the realistic playbook for most readers: skip the region-hopping entirely, buy the longest Basic term direct, and set a reminder before renewal.
Will a VPN alone get you the cheaper price?
No. A VPN changes which server you browse through, not which country your Apple ID bills in. The App Store price follows the account’s registered storefront and its payment method, so connecting through Cairo while your Apple ID sits in Berlin buys you the German price with extra latency. The only lever is genuinely registering a store account in the cheaper country — which brings its own risks below.
How do I actually pay?
Two completely different checkouts exist, and they accept different things.
If you buy direct from expressvpn.com (the cheaper path above), the vendor documents these methods on its payments page (accessed Aug 2026):
| Method | Direct checkout (expressvpn.com) |
|---|---|
| Credit/debit cards | Yes — Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club, Delta, OneCard, Hipercard |
| PayPal | Yes |
| Apple Pay / Google Pay | Yes |
| Cryptocurrency | No — removed; see below |
That cryptocurrency line deserves its own sentence. ExpressVPN accepted Bitcoin via BitPay for a decade, then quietly dropped it: the company’s renewal support page states it “no longer supports cryptocurrencies (including via BitPay)” and that legacy crypto subscriptions will not auto-renew (accessed Aug 2026). An older marketing page promoting Bitcoin payment was still live when we checked — a stale leftover.
If you buy through the iPhone app (the rows in our table), Apple is the merchant of record instead:
| Method | App Store route |
|---|---|
| Local card | Yes, on the country’s own storefront |
| Apple gift card / Apple ID credit | Yes, in the matching storefront |
| Apple Pay | Yes |
| PayPal, Google Pay | No — those belong to the web checkout |
Payment hub: how to pay.
Will your account get banned?
It is usually a terms issue, not a crime. Providers can close accounts that appear to hop regions purely for pricing. Two practical notes specific to ExpressVPN: subscriptions bought through Apple renew through Apple, so a cheap Egyptian App Store purchase keeps billing that storefront until you cancel it there; and since crypto is gone, every remaining payment method is tied to a real identity — there is no anonymous lane left. Do not buy gray-market logins from resellers. If you still switch countries, use an account you can afford to lose, and confirm the currency on the billing screen before you confirm anything.
How we decide a cell is real: methodology.
Bottom line
Egypt is technically the cheapest country for ExpressVPN at $78.38 for 12 months, verified Aug 29, 2026 — about $21.61 under the US. But treat that as trivia, not strategy. ExpressVPN is one of the flattest-priced major subscriptions we track: fixed local currencies, a thin spread around the US price, and some of the highest markups sitting on European storefronts. The genuine saving is structural — buy the long-term Basic plan direct from ExpressVPN, know that crypto is no longer accepted, and diarize the renewal date before the promo clock runs out.