Best VPNs for Hulu

Just because Hulu is not as popular as Netflix worldwide, it doesn’t mean that it’s more benevolent when it comes to proxy users. In fact, it’s quite the contrary, being that Hulu’s firewall is more advanced than that of Netflix, and therefore, if you are outside the U.S., you are going to have a hard time accessing it, even while using a VPN provider.

Although Hulu does not specifically mention VPNs or proxies in its terms of service, it does state that using any workaround to bypass geo-restrictions will result in a notification from Hulu’s side and access blockage to the service. However, it does not mention anything about account termination or suspension, which leads us to believe that these severe penalties don’t exist. This is further proven by the fact that there have been no reports so far about a user being punished for using a VPN service besides getting the usual error that blocks the video player while using an anonymous proxy tool.

Nevertheless, since Hulu is only available in the U.S., it takes more than just using a reliable VPN provider to start watching your favorite shows. The problems start from the moment you want to create an account because you need a U.S. credit card to subscribe to Hulu. To bypass this obstacle, you will need to set up a prepaid virtual credit card and use it to pay for the subscription, or to set up a U.S. based PayPal account. From there, you can pay for every month through Hulu gift cards which you can easily get from Amazon. After you have your account, you ‘just’ need to access the service while the VPN is running in the background.

VPNs and streaming services have been fighting the ‘access’ battle for a long time and Hulu is sure to pull out the best weapons it has. Therefore, Hulu is regularly discovering and banning IP locations accessed from VPN services, which means that the server you are using today may not work tomorrow. When this happens, your best bet is to get in touch with your VPN’s customer service to find out which new server works with Hulu, and if the answer is that there is no server, change your VPN provider to a better one.

However, there’s more. Even if the server is working correctly and is able to access Hulu, you can still get an error due to IPv6 leaks, which are common. To solve this problem, you will have to disable IPv6 from your system. If other issues appear, contact your VPN’s customer support – that’s what they’re there for.

Like other streaming services, Hulu is available on a massive number of devices, from computers to consoles, smartphones, and smart TVs, among others. If you want to watch Hulu on any device without having to install it on every single one, your best bet is to install the VPN directly on your router which will connect the VPN configurations to all devices linked to it.

There are two main aspects to bear in mind while choosing a VPN to stream Hulu with. First, it has to bypass Hulu’s firewall, which means, the VPN provider actively changes its servers the moment they are banned from the service. Second, it has to provide excellent connection speeds so that you can stream HD videos.