Best USENET Providers of 2024

#	Name	Price	Rating	Retention	Details	Visit
1		$10.00/mo	Read Review	5733 Days	Best price Free newsreader VPN Add-on	Visit Provider
2		€7.50/mo	Read Review	5730 Days	Best EU provider Unlimited Download Fast Speed	Visit Provider
3		€7,50	Read Review	4200 Days	High Speeds VPN Options Free Newsreader	Visit Provider
4		$9.98/mo	Read Review	5733 Days	Web App File Previews 99% Completion	Visit Provider
5		€7.49/Mo	Read Review	4100 Days	Fast Speeds 24/7 Service Separate upload server	Visit Provider

The Best USENET Providers of 2024

Usenetreviews.org provides comprehensive and objective reviews of every USENET provider out there. For you, that means that you have a trustworthy source of information to turn to before you decide where to spend your money. While we count plenty of experienced USENET aficionados among our readership, we know that USENET is pretty new to some of our readers and, to better serve those readers, we thought it would be useful to break down our main review criteria, and explain why those criteria matter to you as a USENET subscriber.

Check below our listings of the best USENET providers of 2024 to learn about the criteria we use to rate USENET companies. If you just want to know who the best of the best is, listings start below!

Newshosting

Newshosting is currently our top provider for several reasons. Newshosting offers a free newsreader with their service, which gets you up and running in short order. They also offer a free VPN service, and this package effectively reduces the price of both USENET access and VPN security. VPNs, if you haven’t heard of them before, encrypt all of the connections from your computer, giving you a huge security advantage. Newshosting’s prices are excellent: $8.33 per month for this great package of services.

Eweka

Eweka is headquartered in the Netherlands, making it an ideal choice for our EU readers. It’s not just location that makes Eweka a great service, however. They offer excellent retention figures and very fast download speeds. All this only costs €7,50 per month, making Eweka a great deal all around.

Tweaknews

Tweaknews enters our top five list with some great features, including a free newsreader and a free VPN service. They’re also priced right: €7,50 per month gets you all the downloads you want and, with 2,500 days of retention time, you’re not likely to run out of content to download. This company is headquartered in the Netherlands like Eweka, so they’re a great option for our EU visitors.

Easynews

Long a favorite of enthusiastic USENET customers, Easynews offers a great package for a low price. For $9.99 per month, you’ll get access to their web app, which offers one of the easiest interfaces for browsing USENET, particularly for beginners. Don’t fret if you’re particularly attached to your newsreader; you can use NNTP access, as well. Easy news has great retention, which also gives them a boost in our estimation. Check it out for yourself; they offer a free trial, on top of all their other benefits.

UsenetServer

UsenetServer, also known as UNS, is a fine company that offers a customized NZB search, a free VPN, and excellent speed, all for $7.95 per month. Add to that their retention times, over 3,500 days, and you can see why this company made our list! Like all of our top pics, UsenetServer is a well-established company with a great reputation.

What We Consider in Our USENET Reviews

USENET has its own terminology, but stick with us and you’ll find that it’s really very easy to understand and, more over, you’ll understand what makes our review criteria so important to making the right choice for your USENET subscription.

In addition to the criteria listed below, we also take the time to compare services based upon the value they offer for the dollar. Our best providers go above and beyond in this regard; all of them offer something to make their service more valuable to their subscribers.

We consider customer support, as well. We’re always glad to get new people interested in USENET, so we want to make sure that, in addition to the experienced hands that rely upon our reviews, those readers who are newer to USENET can get help setting up the service if they need it. USENET isn’t difficult to use at all, but it’s always good when providers offer top-notch customer support, and we definitely factor that into our reviews!

• Retention: Retention describes how long a USENET provider keeps uploaded files available on their servers. Many providers have different retention times for text and binary files; we feature the figure for binaries in our reviews. “Binaries” is USENET terminology for any file that’s something other than text: video, audio, etc. Where retention is considered, the longer the better, and our top providers all keep their content available for download for years.

• Number of Connections: USENET providers heavily advertise the number of connections they make available, but keep in mind that this is a case where more is not necessarily better. There will be a maximum number that’s best for you–generally more than eight is fine–based on your Internet connection speed, your ISP’s policies, and the power of the computer you’re using to download content.

• Security: We always give security great emphasis at usenetreviews.org. Most providers offer 128-bit encryption, which is good, but more and more providers are offering 256-bit encryption, which we prefer. We never recommend unencrypted connections.

• Servers: Where servers are concerned, the number of servers available and how close they are to you geographically speaking are both vital criteria for assessing the quality of a USENET provider. You’ll find most companies have servers in the US, Canada, and the EU. An increasing number of providers are offering servers in other nations, as well. The closer you are to a server, the faster the connection will be.

• Cost: This is what most of our readers are worried about, and we have good news on this front: fierce competition among USENET providers has driven costs down over the years. This means that USENET is less expensive, and better, than ever!

• Inclusions: Most USENET providers have extra features that come with their service, and we make sure to include these in our reviews. Some examples of the features that USENET providers offer include online storage, specialized searches, web access to files, and USENET browsers.

All Usenet Providers

Provider	Price	Ret (Days)	Free Trial Info	Conn #	US Servers	EU Servers	Payment Methods
	$10.00/mo	4492	14 Days/ 30 GB	60			Credit Cards & PayPal
	€7.50/mo	4535	7 Days	50			Multiple Payment Options
	€7,50	4200	10 Days	60			Credit Card, iDeal & PayPal
	$9.98/mo	4539	14 days/ 50GB	60			Credit Cards & PayPal
	€7.49/Mo	4100	none	12			Mastercard, Visa, Sofort, iDeal, Bitcoin & Paysafe
	$7.95/mo	4538	14 Days/ 10GB	20			Credit Cards, Money Order & PayPal
	€5.97/mo	4100	7 Days	20			Credit Cards, iDeal, Bitcoin, etc.
	$10.00/mo	3000	15 Days	50			Credit Cards, PayPal & Bitcoin
	€7,95/mo	3000	10GB	50			Multiple Payment Options
	$14.95/Mo	1000	None	20			Credit Cards and Bitcoin
	$15.00/mo	4000	1 hour	30			Multiple Payment Options
	$20/mo	140	true	20			Credit Cards
	$10.00/mo	1100	none	50			Credit Cards & PayPal
	€7.75/mo	1200	25GB	70			Multiple Payment Options
	$11,99/mo	1250	1GB	50			PayPal Only
	$4.99/mo	3000	None	100			Credit Cards, PayPal & Cryptocurrency
	$10.49/mo	4460	None	50			Multiple Payment Options
	$11.99/mo	3+ years	3 Days/ 10GB	30			Credit Cards only
	$14.99/mo	3+ years	5 days/ 10GB	30			Credit Cards
	$18.99/mo	200	None	8			Credit Cards
	€7.50	2100	15GB	50			Credit Cards & PayPal
	$8.50/Mo	4000	24 hour refund	50			Credit Cards & Bitpay
	$12.95/mo	4 years	none	50			Visa, Mastercard & Discover
	$7.99/mo	1100	Free Usenet Access option	50			Credit Cards & Bitpay
	$9.99/mo	3+ years	5 days/ 10GB	30			Credit Cards
	$9.99/mo	3+ years	14-day/ 10GB	100			Credit Cards & Paypal
	$9.49/mo	2850	14 days/ 14GB	30			Credit Cards & PayPal
	$10.00/mo	3500	15 days/ 15GB	100			Credit Cards, PayPal & Bitpay
	€7,50/mo	1900	14 days	30			Credit Cards only
	$10.00/mo	1300	14 Days	32			Credit Cards only
	$9.16/mo	4530	none	30			Credit Cards, Paypal & Bitcoin
	$12.95/mo	1600	none	30			Credit Cards or Money order
	$9.99/mo	1000 + days	None	50			Credit Cards & PayPal
	$7.99/mo	4532	None	50			Credit Cards, Cash & Bitcoin
	$6.95/mo	4562	14 Days or 15GB	50			Credit Cards & PayPal
	€9,75/mo	1800	7 days or 40GB	48			Credit Cards, iDeal & Bitcoin
	$9.99/mo	4489+	7 days/ 2GB	50			Credit Cards, PayPal & Cryptocoins
	$10.99/mo	3000	3 days/ 5GB	60			Credit Cards & Amazon
	€12.955/mo	1600	7 days/ 20GB	25			Multiple Payment Options
	€15.00/mo	1100	None	45			Multiple Payment Options
	$17.00/mo	1500+	None	20			Multiple Payment Options
	€6.23/mo	4100	7 Days	40			Credit Cards, iDeal, PayPal & Bitcoin
	€9.95/mo	1500	3 Days	8			Multiple Payment Options
	$8.99/mo	2100	3 Days	30			Credit Cards, PayPal & Bitcoin
	€9.99/mo	1200+	None	20			Credit Cards, iDeal & PayPal
	$8.99/mo	4563+	3 days	50			Credit Cards, WorldPay & PayPal
	$3.00/mo	4564	None	50			Credit Cards, PayPal & WorldPay
	$14.75/mo	4563	1 month / 20GB	30			Credit Cards
	$29.95/mo	21	None	8			Credit Cards
	$8.99/mo	360	None	20			Credit Cards
	$10.00/mo	3000	30 Day Money back	150			Credit Cards, PayPal & Bitcoin
	$5.83/mo	4562	7-Day Money back	50			Credit Cards
	€7.95/mo	1900+	5 Days	40			Multiple Payment Options
	$7.95/mo	2300 days	14 days	30			Credit Cards & Paypal
	€8.33/mo	3400	14 Days	none mentioned			Credit Cards & Paypal
	$8.25/mo	3800	14 days trial	16 connections			Credit Cards & Paypal
	$9.99/mo	1100	0	50 connections			Credit Cards
	€7.50/mo	1900	14 Days or 150GB	50			Credit Cards & PayPal
	€9.99/mo	1200	14 days	no information			Credit Cards, Direct Debit & Mobile
	$6.25/mo	2100	2 Days	no information			Credit Cards, PayPal, Bitpay & Bank Transfer
	$19.99/mo	3000	none	50			Credit Cards, PayPal and Cryptocurrency
	€15.00/mo	1800	None	30			Credit Cards & Paysafecard
	$9.99/mo	3000	24 hour refund	up to 50 connections			Credit Cards & Bitpay
	€7.95/mo	5698	14-day trial period	None mentioned			Credit Cards, SEPA, and Klarna
	€12.90/mo	1,900	0	18			Credit Cards
	$9.99/Mo	2000	None	50			Credit Cards only
	$20/Mo	300	None	2			Credit Cards Only
	$29/Mo	over 10 years	None	12			Credit Cards Only
	$12.95/Mo	900	None	32			Credit Cards Only
	$25/Mo	1500	None	30			Credit Cards Only
	€8.33/Mo	almost 10 years	None	8			Credit Cards and Paypal
	$13/Mo	1000	None	8			Credit Cards Only
	$13/Mo	1000	None	8			Credit Cards Only
	$29/Mo	1200	None	8			Credit Cards Only
	$24.95//Mo	370	None	6			Credit Cards Only
	donation	90	None	2			Paypal Only
	$10/Mo	1102	2 weeks	4			ClickandBuy and PayPal
	$12.99/Mo	1000	None	9			Credit Cards Only