You will have to be a lot more specific than "wasn't as good as", to get a response that is helpful to you. What are you looking for in a VPN provider?

Mullvad, Proton, IVPN and sometimes Windscribe are generally considered the most trusted

Depends on what you mean by "good".

Fast/low latency is to some extent diagrammatically opposed to high quality privacy. The fastest route is always you to source. The more hops/mixers/proxies/things you add the worse the experience gets

That's actually interesting. My yearly Proton subscription ended several months ago and I tried both NordVPN and ExpressVPN before switching back to Proton. The other two options had limited server locations and I wasn't a fan of the software/setup. There's also a weird shady vibe with how they do their advertising compared to Proton, can't quite put my finger on it though. Proton's software also seems to be more intuitive (although a bit clunky).