Protocol library
VPN protocol benchmark pages
Measured protocol performance backed by the same benchmark telemetry used by the heatmap and analytics suite.
Protocol
Lightway UDP
6,225 samples · median retention 58.8%
Protocol
NordLynx
2,868 samples · median retention 62.7%
Protocol
OpenVPN UDP
2,841 samples · median retention 50.9%
Protocol
OpenVPN TCP
2,794 samples · median retention 33.4%