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Score very good #2 of 41 VPNs of 10
  • No-logs & security 8.2
  • Anonymity 8.0
  • Trust 8.0
  • Costs 10.0

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To IVPN

IVPN is a VPN service that accepts Bitcoin (including Lightning) and Monero, next to credit card, PayPal and cash. Sign-up asks for no personal information such as an email address or name; the account can be paid for anonymously.

Plans. IVPN sells three tiers – Standard, Plus and Pro Suite – each billed per week, month or year. Standard and Plus cover the same number of devices; Pro Suite covers more. There is no free trial; IVPN points to its paid one-week plan for testing instead. A refund window of 30 days applies once per account and customer; cash and voucher payments are not refundable, and Bitcoin or Monero refunds go to a wallet address.

Logging. The privacy policy states: "We do not log any data relating to a user's VPN activity (while connected or connecting to the VPN)" – no traffic, connection timestamps, DNS requests, bandwidth or customer IP addresses. Payment references (e.g. a PayPal or BTCPay transaction ID) can be linked to the account; after an account ends, its data is deleted after 90 days and the remaining accounting data is no longer linked to an account ID. The mobile apps collect anonymised crash data by default. IVPN publishes a transparency report on legal requests and a warrant canary, and has commissioned annual security audits from Cure53.

Technology. WireGuard, OpenVPN and IPSec/IKEv2; open-source apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, plus router support. Features include a kill switch, split tunnelling, multi-hop, a DNS-based AntiTracker, DNS and IPv6 leak protection and V2Ray/obfs4 obfuscation for networks that block VPNs (no connectivity guarantee). P2P is allowed, though IVPN asks users to avoid US servers for it. Servers are rented bare-metal machines; RAM-only operation runs only on a few pilot gateways. Dedicated IP addresses are not offered.

Support is by email.

Basicsivpn

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, routers ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Own apps
own apps ivpn.net checked 2 Nov 2026
Protocols
WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Devices at once
unknown
Free plan
unknown
Free trial
No ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Money-back guarantee (days)
30 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Refund policy
30-day full refund, once per account and customer, requested by email. Bitcoin and Monero payments are refunded to a wallet address; cash and voucher payments and IVPN Light purchases are non-refundable; no prorated refunds. App Store purchases are refunded by Apple. ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Fees and variants

Attribute IVPN Standard core VPN for 5 devices IVPN Plus VPN with modDNS and Mailx, 5 devices IVPN Pro Suite full network stack for 10 devices
VPN
Devices at once 5 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 5 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 10 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Fees
Price per month 6.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 8.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 10.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Price per year 60.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 80.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026 100.00 USD ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Lowest monthly price (long-term plan) unknown
Dedicated IP per month not applicable ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

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Availability

AttributeValue
Customer countries unknown
Use in censoring countries V2Ray obfuscation (VMess over QUIC or TCP) on all platforms, plus obfs4 for OpenVPN on desktop, for networks that block VPNs (China, Iran, Russia); no connectivity guarantee. See also https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/troubleshooting/i-cannot-connect-from-china-or-vietnam-or-iran-or-russia-etc-what-can-i-do/ ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Key countries

  • United States unknown
  • Germany unknown
  • United Kingdom unknown

✓ available · ✗ not available · ? not known from the sources

Network

AttributeValue
Server countries unknown
Servers unknown
Features kill switch, split tunneling, multihop, obfuscation, ad and tracker blocker ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Leak protection & DNS DNS leak protection, IPv6 leak protection ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
P2P / torrenting allowed Yes ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Dedicated IP No ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Server ownership rented servers ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Privacy

AttributeValue
Sign-up needs no e-mail or phone number ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Logging policy no logs ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Data stored per user account e-mail, payment details ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Connection data kept not stored ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Login data kept only during the connection ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Payment data kept more than 30 days ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Independent no-log audit Yes ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
No-logs proven in a real case Yes ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
App telemetry telemetry on by default ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Tor onion site unknown
RAM-only servers No ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Open-source apps Yes ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Warrant canary Yes ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Payment

AttributeValue
Pay with BTC, XMR ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Payment chains Bitcoin, Lightning ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Other payment methods card, PayPal, cash ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Promotions

What IVPN offers itself: referral bonus, welcome bonus, running promotions and partner programme. Values of the provider, with source; no affiliate link in it.

No partner programme (documented).

Trust

AttributeValue
Support channels email ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Company founded 2009 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
VPN since 2009 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Company

Founded 2009 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Headquarters Gibraltar ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Legal form Limited ivpn.net checked 2 Nov 2026
Registered name IVPN Limited ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Ownership

Ownership Independent ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026
Ultimate owner Nicholas Pestell ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Size

Management Nicholas Pestell (CEO) ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Security

Audits and certifications Other, Cure53 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

VPN history

VPN launched 2009 ivpn.net checked 31 Oct 2026

Transparency

Transparency 100 %

0 of 12 key values not published

  • Imprint / company details: yes
  • Public fee schedule: yes
  • Terms and conditions: yes
  • Terms with version or date: yes

Sources last checked 2026-11-01

Official channels

Accounts of IVPN on social platforms, as linked on its official website: follow announcements, promotions and outages at the source. ivpn.net checked 1 Nov 2026

We list the accounts the official website links to; we do not rate their content. Logos are trademarks of their owners and only identify the platform.

What users report

All reviews

Ratings on platforms are not representative and sometimes manipulated; they never count as evidence for facts. People mostly write when something goes wrong: hardly anyone posts “KYC was easy and worked right away”, but ten users with verification problems do, often because a step was missed. So we never weigh criticism on its own, only against other offers in the same category. Only the average ratings on App Store, Google Play and Trustpilot count towards our score, damped and compared within the category. Single reports and community posts do not, so the score cannot be swayed by bought reviews.

Praised

  • + Apps1 author in 90 days
  • + Connection stability1 author in 90 days
  • + Speed1 author in 90 days

Criticised

  • − Connection stability3 authors in 90 days
  • − Apps2 authors in 90 days
  • − Billing1 author in 90 days
  • − Unblocking & censorship1 author in 90 days

Distinct authors in 90 days. Happy users mostly praise in general terms, unhappy ones name details, so single topics collect more criticism.

  • Billing issue: 1 author in 90 days

Experience reports

Quotes from original reviews, chosen by rule: short reviews in full, longer ones shortened (… marks cuts). Positive and negative in the ratio of the platform stars, without names; the full review is behind the link.

See all 7 experience reports

How the score is made up

8.3 of 10 · very good

Weighted sum of the criteria, each 0 to 10 from proven values. A criterion without data is not scored and counts with the category median, not as 0.

The score uses the entry variant IVPN Standard; sorting stays with it. With another variant: IVPN Plus 8.2 · IVPN Pro Suite 8.1

Methodology and weights
  1. No-logs & securityWeight 30 %
    8.2/10
    2.5 of 3.0 points

    logging policy, which data is stored per user (browsing and DNS data weigh most), how long connection and login data are kept, independent audit, no-logs proven in a real case, RAM-only servers and open-source apps (each counts only with proof), telemetry, post-quantum encryption

  2. AnonymityWeight 20 %
    8.0/10
    1.6 of 2.0 points

    what sign-up asks for (account number only, e-mail, phone), payment with Monero, how long payment data is kept

  3. TrustWeight 15 %
    8.0/10
    1.2 of 1.5 points

    company seat, incidents, company and service age, ownership, security audits, transparency

    Trust in detail
    • Incidents (12 months)Weight 10 % not scored
    • Company age (up to 5 years)Weight 10 % 10.0
    • Service on the market (up to 3 years)Weight 10 % 10.0
    • Brand age (up to 3 years)Weight 15 % not scored
    • Domain historyWeight 10 % not scored
    • OwnershipWeight 10 % 4.0
    • Security evidenceWeight 15 % 10.0
    • TransparencyWeight 10 % 10.0
  4. CostsWeight 10 %
    10.0/10
    1.0 of 1.0 points

    monthly or yearly plan, whichever is cheaper for one year

  5. FeaturesWeight 10 %
    8.5/10
    0.9 of 1.0 points

    own apps (weigh most), WireGuard and OpenVPN, kill switch, split tunneling, multihop, port forwarding, leak protection and own DNS, P2P, devices at once

  6. NetworkWeight 5 %
    –
    not scored counts with the median (0.4)

    server countries, number of servers

  7. CensorshipWeight 5 %
    10.0/10
    0.5 of 0.5 points

    obfuscated (stealth) connections that get through VPN blocks, e.g. in China, Iran or Russia

  8. CommunityWeight 5 %
    5.5/10
    0.3 of 0.5 points

    average ratings on App Store, Google Play and Trustpilot, damped, neutral with too little data

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Changelog

  • Score

    Before: 82.1 After: 82.77

  • Score

    Before: 78.37 After: 77.38

  • Score

    Before: 77.71 After: 77.92

  • Score

    Before: 75.02 After: 77.71

  • Score

    Before: 75.05 After: 75.02

  • New logo.

  • Score

    Before: 79.47 After: 75.05

  • Score

    Before: 79.05 After: 79.47

  • Score

    Before: 76.8 After: 79.05

  • Market launch: January 1, 2009.

  • Headquarters: Gibraltar.

  • Score

    Before: 74.64 After: 76.8

  • Score

    Before: 72.14 After: 74.64

  • Score

    Before: 75.64 After: 72.14

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