Standard Notes vs NordVPN
Based on our analysis, Standard Notes is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Standard Notes | NordVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | C+ · 62/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (90) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (84) | Mixed (58) |
| What you can do | Mixed (72) | Mixed (68) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Mixed (60) |
Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that genuinely cannot read your notes; analytics are self-hosted via Plausible with no IP retention, apps collect zero usage data or location, and the subprocessor list is short and transparent — the main weaknesses are US jurisdiction and AWS hosting, the absence of published security audit reports, a thin policy that lacks GDPR rights language, and email marketing enabled by default.
View full analysis →NordVPN genuinely doesn't log your VPN activity — that part of the privacy pitch holds up — but outside the tunnel it runs a large advertising and analytics infrastructure full of US-based trackers, shares data within a broad corporate group, markets to you for a year after you cancel, and retains billing records for a decade.
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