VPN·CHECK

Tools that measure honestly

A small collection of free web tools built around one rule: nothing appears on screen that the tool cannot stand behind.

Why this exists

Most free utilities on the web are built to carry advertising. The tool is the bait, the page is the product, and accuracy is whatever survives the layout. That is why so many of them are slow, cluttered, and vague about what their numbers actually mean.

These are built the other way round. No ads, no accounts, no analytics that identify you, and no upsell. Each tool answers one question properly and then gets out of the way.

The standard

Every figure shown has to survive comparison with an independent reference. When the VPN checker's speed numbers disagreed with established speed tests, that was treated as a bug to find rather than a difference to explain away — and each time, there was a real cause underneath: a measurement running on one connection instead of several, a timer counting connection setup as transfer time, an upload measured from a send buffer rather than from delivery.

The same standard applies to what the tools say about results. If no VPN is detected, the speed panel says your line moved — it does not blame a tunnel that is not there. If a comparison was run backwards, the tool says so instead of grading it. If something could not be measured, it reports that rather than guessing. Unknown is stated as unknown.

How they are built

Static pages, no framework, no tracking scripts, and as little server involvement as the job allows. The VPN checker's leak tests run entirely in your browser. Speed is measured with Cloudflare's open-source engine, because measuring a connection honestly requires a server near you, and one small deployment cannot be near everybody.

What is here now

VPN check — measures your connection before and after you connect, so it can tell you what your VPN really hides, what leaks past it, and what it costs you in speed. More tools are planned, each following the same rules.

Try the VPN check

Contact

Corrections, bug reports and suggestions are welcome at funnriot@gmail.com. Reports that a number looks wrong are especially welcome — several real bugs have been found exactly that way.