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Score average of 10
  • No-logs & security 5.6
  • Anonymity 4.0
  • Trust 5.9
  • Costs 8.8

How it is made up ↓Methodology →

To PrivateVPN

PrivateVPN is a paid VPN service that accepts Bitcoin alongside card, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. There is no free plan and no free trial; instead, purchases carry a 30-day money-back guarantee (first purchase only; renewals, upgrades, App Store purchases and small amounts are excluded under the terms).

Price: the month-to-month plan costs 10.39 EUR per month; the longest plan works out to 2.08 EUR per month, billed upfront.

Service: up to 10 simultaneous connections and 200+ server locations according to the provider. Own apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, plus router and TV/Kodi setups. Protocols: WireGuard, OpenVPN and IKEv2. Features include a kill switch, Stealth VPN obfuscation, port forwarding, P2P support, IPv6 leak protection and dedicated IP addresses on selected locations. The provider notes that firewalls in some countries, such as China, block some ways to access the service.

Privacy: the privacy policy states: "we do not collect or store logs of your activity, including no logging of browsing history, traffic destination, connection time stamps, DNS queries, IP addresses (neither allocated IP nor connected IP), data content or bandwidth." Sign-up requires an email address and password. No independent no-logs audit has been published, the claim has not been tested in a public case, servers are not stated to be RAM-only, and the apps are not open source. Payment data may be kept for tax and accounting purposes.

Support: live chat and email.

Basicsprivatevpn

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, routers, TV privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Own apps
own apps privatevpn.com checked 2 Nov 2026
Protocols
WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2 privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Devices at once
10 privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Free plan
No privatevpn.com checked 1 Nov 2026
Free trial
No privatevpn.com checked 1 Nov 2026
Money-back guarantee (days)
30 privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Refund policy
30-day money-back guarantee on first purchase; excluded for App Store/iTunes in-app purchases, amounts below SEK 400 / USD 45, renewals and modified purchases (upgrades or added licenses). Refund is returned via the original payment method within 14 days of the request. privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Fees

AttributeValue
Price per month 10.39 EUR privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Price per year 75.00 EUR privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Lowest monthly price (long-term plan) 2.08 EUR privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Dedicated IP per month unknown

Amounts in your display currency are approximations (hover or tap for the original and the rate) · exchange rate of

Availability

AttributeValue
Customer countries unknown
Use in censoring countries No statement that it reliably works in censoring states; the server-locations page notes: "there are restrictions in some countries, such as China, as their firewall blocks some ways to access our service". Features page advertises Stealth VPN technology that disguises VPN traffic for restrictive networks; help center recommends AnyConnect setup in China and the Middle East. privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Key countries

  • United States unknown
  • Germany unknown
  • United Kingdom unknown

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

Server countries

61 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

Point at or tap a country.

Server countries (61) not listed

Network

AttributeValue
Server countries 61 countries and regions privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Servers 200 privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Features kill switch, obfuscation, port forwarding privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Leak protection & DNS IPv6 leak protection privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
P2P / torrenting allowed Yes privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Dedicated IP Yes help.privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Server ownership unknown

Privacy

AttributeValue
Sign-up needs an e-mail address privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Logging policy no logs privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Data stored per user account e-mail, payment details privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Connection data kept not stored privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Login data kept not published privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Payment data kept more than 30 days privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Independent no-log audit No privatevpn.com checked 2 Nov 2026
No-logs proven in a real case No privatevpn.com checked 2 Nov 2026
App telemetry not published privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Tor onion site unknown
RAM-only servers No privatevpn.com checked 2 Nov 2026
Open-source apps No privatevpn.com checked 2 Nov 2026
Warrant canary unknown

Payment

AttributeValue
Pay with BTC privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Payment chains Bitcoin privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Other payment methods card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay help.privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Promotions

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

Referral bonus

  • You (referrer)

    Points per referred friend's payment, redeemable for free days of VPN service

    Conditions:
    Points are credited for each referred friend's plan purchase (100 points per 1 month, 250 per 3 months, 1,000 per year); points are redeemed for free days of service in the control panel.
    How:
    in the app, invite link
    privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Partner programme: yes Details help.privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Trust

AttributeValue
Support channels email, live chat privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Company

Headquarters Sweden privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Registered name PrivateVPN Global AB privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Register number 559282-2182 privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026
Registered address Box 2128, SE-442 02 Ytterby, Sweden privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Security

Protection of customer funds Does not hold customer funds privatevpn.com checked 31 Oct 2026

Transparency

Transparency 80 %

0 of 13 key values not published

  • Imprint / company details: yes
  • Public fee schedule: yes
  • Terms and conditions: no
  • Terms with version or date: unknown

Sources last checked 2026-11-02

Official channels

Accounts of PrivateVPN on social platforms, as linked on its official website: follow announcements, promotions and outages at the source. privatevpn.com 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

  • + Apps2 authors in 90 days
  • + Availability2 authors in 90 days
  • + Support2 authors in 90 days
  • + Fees1 author in 90 days
  • + Connection stability1 author in 90 days

Criticised

  • − Availability1 author in 90 days
  • − Connection stability1 author in 90 days
  • − Support1 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.

  • Country blocks: 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 6 experience reports

How the score is made up

6.1 of 10 · average

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.

Methodology and weights
  1. No-logs & securityWeight 30 %
    5.6/10
    1.7 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 %
    4.0/10
    0.8 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 %
    5.9/10
    0.9 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 % not scored
    • Service on the market (up to 3 years)Weight 10 % not scored
    • Brand age (up to 3 years)Weight 15 % not scored
    • Domain historyWeight 10 % not scored
    • OwnershipWeight 10 % not scored
    • Security evidenceWeight 15 % not scored
    • TransparencyWeight 10 % 8.0
  4. CostsWeight 10 %
    8.8/10
    0.9 of 1.0 points

    monthly or yearly plan, whichever is cheaper for one year

  5. FeaturesWeight 10 %
    8.1/10
    0.8 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 %
    7.6/10
    0.4 of 0.5 points

    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 %
    4.2/10
    0.2 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: 60.5 After: 61.43

  • Score

    Before: 61.67 After: 64.67

  • New: Partner programme · Publishers.

  • New: Referral bonus · You (referrer).

  • Score

    Before: 65.64 After: 61.67

  • Score

    Before: 65.36 After: 65.64

  • New logo.

  • Score

    Before: 63.47 After: 62.36

  • Headquarters: Sweden.

  • Score

    Before: 63.88 After: 63.47

  • Score

    Before: 63.44 After: 63.88

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