Top 5 Best USENET Providers of 2019

Listed first are our top 5 best USENET providers for 2019 and below that we have some advice about choosing a USENET service provider.

Listed above are the top usenet service providers for 2019. This is our premium usenet provider list and we only mention the best of the best here so please read the reviews and make your choice based on among the top providers.

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Winner – Newshosting – Top USENET Provider 2019

Longtime Usenet access provider Newshosting meets all of our criteria for a top recommendation. The company provides access at a great price point, years of retention time, secure connections and servers in a variety of locations. To top it all off, they offer a two-week free trial, putting them at the top of our list.

Newshosting is fast. One of the first things we check with any Usenet provider is their speed and, with Newshosting, there’s no need to worry about subpar download speed. Even with their least-expensive plan, you get up to 30 connections to the Newshosting's server.

Other benefits include a free newsreader, no logs, SSL security and the option to connect to EU servers.

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2nd place - UsenetServer

UsenetServer also comes highly recommended, but doesn’t offer a newsreader with the subscription. This service offers excellent speed at an affordable price.

UsenetServer offers a lower number of connections—10—with its plans than do some other providers. They offer enough to exceed the minimum 8 connections we recommend, however, keeping them in our top five. For users who need a great many connections, they can be purchased at a cost of $3 per 10 additional connections.

Download amounts are not capped; all UsenetServer accounts offer unlimited access. The accounts are differentiated by subscription length: anywhere from three days to three months. If you want a free trial, sign up for one- or three-month access and you’ll get 10 days free. If you want SSL security, which we highly recommend, you’ll need to sign up for a month or for three-months.

With more than three years of retention and server farms in the US and Europe—plus blazing speed—we highly recommend considering this provider, particularly if you already have a newsreader and NZB downloader.

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3rd place - Eweka

There are definitely advantages to downloading binaries from the EU—the absence of DMCA takedown requests primary among them—and Eweka.nl is our most recommended EU provider. This company has been around for a long time, going online in 2001 and consistently offering top-notch Usenet access since then. They meet all our criteria for a leading Usenet access provider. They offer a seven-day free trial and affordable plans. The plans run for thirty days and are based on the download speed you want; either 50 or 300Mbps.

Eweka.nl offers 20 connections for each account, plenty for most users. The company also has high completion rates—>99%–and more than 3,000 days of retention. If you’re on a budget, take a look at their shared account. You’ll only get 8 connections with this account and 50Mbps speed but, for light Usenet users, it should suffice. The best overall deal with this provider, however, comes with a monthly subscription plan.

You’ll get the highest speeds and no worries about running out of downloads. Eweka.nl provides SSL security and, combined with the EU server location, it’s a great option for people who are most concerned with privacy. Their support, online control panel and other features, however, are more than enough to let this provider stand on its own against competitors.

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4th place - Easynews

EasyNews is another of our top Usenet companies. They provide two different ways to access the newsgroups they offer. EasyNews has both a web interface and NNTP access. There’s a discrepancy with download allotments between web and NNTP access. If you use the web interface, your data limit conforms to what’s advertised on your plan. If you use NNTP access, your data limit is doubled. While that might seem like a lot to figure out, it’s actually a nice bit of flexibility.

If you just need occasional access and aren’t worried about maxing out your usage, the web access option is a fine and easy-to-use offering. Bear in mind that EasyNews does offer data rollovers, so you can roll over up to 500GB of unused downloads. That’s with their most basic plan. If you go Big Gig, as the company terms their most generous plan, you get 150GB of web-downloaded data—double that if you use NNTP access—plus nearly 4,000GB of rollover.

Easynews offers SSL privacy protection, but they are located in the US. That means they are subject to DMCA takedowns. The big selling point with this provider is the web access. The data cap policies and rollovers might be a bit complicated, but the web access really will pay off if you’re not that familiar with Usenet. This company offers nearly seven years of retention. Their speed is good and, particularly for those who are just getting to know how Usenet works, the web access is a great deal.

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5th place - TweakNews

Tweaknews is another top choice, along with Eweka, for users who want servers located in the EU. Tweaknews is based in the Netherlands, so you immediately get rid of any DMCA problems you’re trying to avoid. Tweaknews has a variety of plans both monthly recurring and block accounts. Perhaps you have a slow Internet connection and/or you don’t use USENET often, if so Tweaknews can be an excellent choice. Prices vary greatly depending on speed and connections. All plans generously include free SSL. Also you can receive discounts for signing up for longer terms.

If you signup for a year you will get the best possible price. Perhaps best of all included with the USENET access there is also both a USENET newsreader and VPN software. Both the USENET newsreader called UsenetWire and the VPN connection are high quality. If you are not familiar with Tweaknews, you are in luck because they have a 10 day or 10 GB trial for first time users. We highly recommend Tweaknews, at the very least, you can do no wrong taking advantage of their free trial.

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10 Points to Consider when comparing USENET providers

We take into account several different factors when assessing a Usenet provider. While there are other criteria that could be used to rate providers, we believe what follows encompasses what really matters in a Usenet service.

1. Price: A good Usenet service is going to run you around $10 per month on average. Some of the providers that follow actually beat that, but we regard $10/month as a good starting price point.
2. Retention: Messages and binaries are only temporarily stored on Usenet servers. All of our top providers offer long retention times, with retention times in excess of three years being more or less the standard these days.
3. Free Trials: These Usenet providers offer free trials. We prefer providers that let you test out what they’ve got to offer before you pay for the service.
4. Connections: We recommend no fewer than 8 connections to your server. Adding more will increase your download speed somewhat, but even jumping from 8 connections to 30 might not shave much off your download times. Eight is a good minimum, as it provides enough connections to download headers and binaries at the same time.
5. Groups: Most providers offer somewhere around 100,000 groups, but the number of groups any given provider offers isn’t all that important. Binary downloads are mostly available in a small number of groups, so we don’t recommend choosing a provider based only on the number of groups they offer.
6. SSL: SSL provides you with protection against surveillance. We consider it a necessity and only recommend providers that offer it. If you’re in the US or Europe, it’s particularly important to connect to an SSL server. Providers that offer SSL sometimes offer unencrypted servers, as well, so check your provider’s setup information and make sure you’re connected to the encrypted server.
7. Server Location: For the highest speed, connect to a server geographically close to you. We included both US and EU servers in our recommendations.
8. DMCA Policy: How quickly will a USENET provider delete content from their servers. They all have to take down copyrighted content but some of the providers have automated and rapid systems for taking down content.  Slower and less automated is better for the end user.
9. Add On Services: Many USENET service companies also thrown in related services if you sign up for a year.  Typically this will be in the form of either a VPN service or cloud hosting for data backup.
10. Newsfeed Quality: Some USENET users refers to this as completeness, as in a post is 98% complete.

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UsenetReviewz Annual Signup Discounts

We normally recommend monthly pricing because Usenet providers are always changing, competing and offering new services. That said, if you are comfortable signing up for a year, then be sure to take advantage of these special discounts.

In the above list, we only list the best in the industry and we don’t bother with any Usenet services that we don’t feel are at least a decent quality. There are many Usenet service providers and in some cases there can be Usenet for free but we only bother with the top premium Usenet service providers.

To save the most money possible be sure to check out our UsenetReviewz Special Offers page page.

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All Usenet Providers Reviewed

Name	Price	Free Trial	Retention	Details
	$8.33/Mo	14 Days / 30 GB	3905 Days	Best Price, Free Newsreader, Free VPN Access
	€7,50/Mo	7 Days/Unlimited GB	3278 Days	Best EU Provider, Lifetime Discount, Fast
	$7.95/Mo	14 Days or 10 GB	3905 Days	NZB Search, Fast Speeds, Free VPN Access
	€7,50/Mo	10 Days / 10 GB	2500 Days	Free Newsreader, Free VPN, High Speeds
	$9.98/Mo	14 Days / 10 GB	3905 Days	Easy Web App, File Previews, Free Trial
	$11.99/Mo	No Free Trial	2357 Days	US Servers, No EU Servers, SSL Included Free
	€6.63/Mo	7 Days/Unlimited GB	2000 Days	Good EU Provider, Free SSL, iDeal Accepted
	$8.00/Mo	24 Hours	3885 Days	Free SSL, US and EU servers, Complete Headers
	€12.95/Mo	7 Days	1600 Days	Dutch Servers, SSL Included, Accepting
	€7.39/Mo	7 Days	900 Days	Fast Speeds, EU Servers, Accepting Bitcoin
	$9.99/Mo	7 Days or 15 GB	3905 Days	Block Account Options, Free VPN with some
	$8.99/Mo	No Free Trial	2993 Days	SSL Included, VPN Add On, Live Chat Support
	$11.95/Mo	10 Days or 25 GB	1100 Days	Dutch Servers, VPN Available, Yearly Discount
	€8.95/Mo	3 Days	1238 Days	Streaming Newsreader, SSL Included, Accepting
	$10.95/Mo	No Free Trial	2500 Days	Newsreader Included, SSL Included, US and EU
	$12.95/Mo	3 Days or 5 GB	2999 Days	US and EU Servers, VPN Add on Available,
	$10.99/Mo	14 Days or 10 GB	2367 Days	Fast Speeds, VPN add on, Good Retention
	$14.95/Mo	5 Days or 10 GB	2357 Days	Free SSL, OK Retention, US Servers
	$14.99/Mo	5 Days or 10 GB	2357 Days	Decent Speeds, Simple Pricing, No VPN Service
	$9.99/Mo	7 Days or 15 GB	2156 Days	US and EU Servers, Email Support, VPN
	$9.95/Mo	14 Days or 10 GBs	2000 Days	Good Newsreader Included, USENET Search
	$9.99/Mo	2 Days 20 GB	300 Days	Monthly Limits, Selling Email accounts,
	€8,20/Mo	No Free Trial	1100 Days	Netherlands Based, Unlimited Speeds, Block
	$9.16/Mo	No Free Trial	3000 Days	Newsreader Builtin, No NNTP Only Connections,
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	1000 Days	No logging, Speed limited plans, 3 Price
	$9.95/Mo	14 Days or 15 GB	3000 Days	Grabbit Newsreader Included, Fast Access,
	$14.95/Mo	No Free Trial	1000 Days	SSL Included, Bitcoin Accepted, No Logging
	€9,75/Mo	10 Days or 10 GB	1200 Days	Email Support, VPN Available, Since 2009
	$10.95/Mo	No Free Trial	600 Days	Email Support, SSL Available, Now Closed
	$12.00/Mo	No Free Trial	3000 Days	EU and US Servers, Cash Accepted, 50
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	3014 Days	Many Plans, Block Plans, Cryptocoins accepted
	$12.95/Mo	No Free Trial	1440 Days	Formerly called alt.binaries, US and EU
	€14.95/Mo	No Free Trial	1100 Days	Dutch Servers, SSL Included, 20 Price Plans
	€9.95/Mo	No Free Trial	1100 Days	Dutch Servers, SSL Included, Account Sharing
	€6.99/Mo	No Free Trial	1000 Days	Many Services, Many Services, VPN Service Add
	$6.00/Mo	No Free Trial	400 Days	Since 1995, Low Retention, Uncensored
	€7,95/Mo	10GB	1000 Days	Bitcoin Accepted, SSL Included, Dutch Servers
	€10,99/Mo	7 Days	950 Days	Dutch Service, SSL Included, Dutch Servers
	$12.95/Mo	No Free Trial	1600 Days	30 Connections, SSL Included, NewsRover
	€8.95/Mo	7 Days	1000 Days	Dutch Servers, SSL Included, 12 Connections
	€15.00/Mo	No Free Trial	1100 Days	Dutch Servers, VPN Add on Available, Selling
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	2000 Days	USENET Reseller, Since 1997, US and EU
	$11.79/Mo	No Free Trial	2000 Days	Block accounts only, SSL Included, US and EU
	$4.99/Mo	No Free Trial	300 Days	Low Retention, SSL Included, US and EU
	€8,99/Mo	No Free Trial	1000 Days	Newsreader Builtin, SSL Included, EU Servers
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	200 Days	No Frills Service, SSL Included, US and EU
	$14.95/Mo	No Free Trial	200 Days	Web Based Newsreader, SSL Included, Limited
	€5.99/Mo	No Free Trial	1000 Days	French service, Shutdown in 2016, EU Servers
	$14.99/Mo	1 Day	2000 Days	No Newsreader, SSL Included, US and EU
	€9,95/Mo	3 Days	1000 Days	Dutch Servers, SSL Included, 12 Connections
	$19.95/Mo	No Free Trial	200 Days	Low Retention, Limited Accounts, SSL Included
	$12.95/Mo	No Free Trial	500 Days	Web Based USENET, Easy to use, Limited Binary
	$14.95/Mo	No Free Trial	200 Days	Unlimited Downloads, 8 Connections, US
	€11,50/Mo	No Free Trial	420 Days	UK Usenet Provider, No Frills, High Price
	€19.99/Mo	30 Days or 10 GB	2000 Days	No Newsreader, Careful with Free Trial, 6
	€19.99/Mo	30 Days or 10 GB	2000 Days	No Newsreader, Careful with Free Trial, 6
	€19.99/Mo	30 Days or 600 GB	2000 Days	Built in Newsreader, Careful with Free Trial,
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	300 Days	Software Included, SSL Included, 8
	$14.95/Mo	No Free Trial	630 Days	Email Support, 7 Plans, Now Closed
	$12.95/Mo	7 days/3GB	550 Days	Three Metered plans, Free SSL, Now Closed
	$9.99/Mo	No Free Trial	800 Days	Shutdown in 2015, Built in Newsreader, 3 Year
	12.95	7 Days or 3 GB	550 Days	Shutdown in 2015, SSL Optional, Now Closed

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