Anyone Protocol review: score, privacy and prices

3.38

out of 10#84 of 377 in the main ranking
Decentralised (dVPN) median 2.9

  • Decentralised (dVPN)
  • Jurisdiction:Cayman, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
  • Owner:The Foundation for Anyone
  • Data completeness67%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • No email to sign up
  • Free plan
  • Open-source apps

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Privacy and jurisdiction5.3 vs 2.7
  • Censorship bypass2.9 vs 2.4
  • Security and protocols2.9 vs 2.9

Weakest against its segment

  • Price and fair terms2.1 vs 2.8
  • Platforms and support3.0 vs 3.6
  • Network and streaming1.6 vs 1.9

Compare Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) side by side with other VPNs

How the score adds up

Six sub-scores, each against the median of Decentralised (dVPN) services in the main ranking (15 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.

Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR)segment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.75.3
    What earned points
    • No-logs policy +2
    • Independent no-logs audit +3
    • No-logs confirmed in court +1
    • Warrant canary +1
    • Transparency report +1
    • Sign-up without email +1.5
    • Account number sign-up +0.5
    • Stores connection IP (penalty) −3
    • Public incident (penalty) −2
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.92.9
    What earned points
    • Kill switch +2
    • DNS leak protection +1.5
    • RAM-only servers +1
    • Post-quantum encryption +1
    • Perfect forward secrecy +0.5
    • Security audit +2
    • Open-source clients +1.5
    • 2FA +1
    • Multi-hop +1
    • Bug bounty +1
    • Only PPTP / L2TP (penalty) −2
  • Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 2.82.1
    What earned points
    • Free plan +1.5
    • Free trial +1
    • Trial without a card +1
    • Crypto payments +1
    • Cash payments +0.5
  • Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 2.42.9
    What earned points
    • Stealth / obfuscation +2
    • VLESS / Reality +1.5
    • Trojan +1
    • Hysteria2 +1
    • Shadowsocks +1
    • AmneziaWG +1
    • obfs4 +0.5
    • TUIC +0.5
    • NaiveProxy +0.5
    • Mirrors or Telegram channel +0.5
    • VoIP in the UAE (claimed) +0.5
    • Manual configs +0.5
  • Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 1.91.6
    What earned points
    • 10 Gbps servers +1
    • Dedicated IP +0.5
    • Port forwarding +0.5
    • MENA locations +0.5
    • Torrenting allowed +1
  • Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 3.63.0
    What earned points
    • Routers +1
    • Browser extensions +0.5
    • Split tunneling +1
    • Ad / tracker blocker +1
    • 24/7 live chat +2
    • live chat +0.5
    • Support on Telegram +0.5
    • Status page +0.5

Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) pricing

Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes secure your devices for free; free proxy. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.

Refunds, trial and payment

Refund window
No
Refund conditions
no refunds for Protocol transactions on termination; router 6-month limited warranty
Free trial
Not stated
Auto-renewal
Not stated
Payment methods
crypto (ANYONE token via Uniswap)

Everything Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) publishes

Every fact we collected about Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR), as the provider and reviewers state it. Empty fields are left out; key fields we could not find say “Not stated”. “Partial”: only on some platforms, servers or plans.

Company

Legal entity
The Foundation for Anyone (hardware sold by Ampchampment / Nowak IT Solutions)
Registered in
Cayman Islands
Parent company
The Foundation for Anyone
Related brands
  • ATOR (former)
  • Anyone Router
  • ANYONE token
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
none
Website languages
EN
Right-to-left languages
No
Currencies on the site
none (ANYONE token)
Prices depend on country
No

Plans, prices and add-ons

Plans
Free; Paid Circuits
Cheapest price a month
0 (free)
Monthly plan
0 (Anyone VPN app free; Paid Circuits premium bandwidth model described only in a revenue report, no public price)
Lifetime plan
Not stated
Family plan
No
Dedicated IP add-on
No
Port forwarding add-on
No
Antivirus
No
Password manager
No
eSIM
No
Identity protection
No
Cloud storage
No
Other add-ons
Anyone Router hardware

Discounts and programmes

Discount shown
No
Sale running when checked
No
Student discount
Not stated
Bonus months
No
Referral programme
Yes referral rewards for relay operators
Affiliate programme
Yes referral incentives for relay operators (FAQ Referral Incentives)

Limits and restrictions

Devices at once
Not stated
Prohibited by the terms
terrorist financing, money laundering, illegal gambling, drugs, malicious hacking/ransomware, pyramid/MLM schemes, reverse engineering, spam, scraping; 18+

Free plan

Free plan
Yes secure your devices for free; free proxy
Free data
Not stated
Ads in the free plan
Not stated
Other free plan terms
paid/premium circuits exist

Payment and subscription

Payment methods
crypto (ANYONE token via Uniswap)
PayPal
No
Cryptocurrency
Yes ANYONE ERC-20
Coins accepted
ANYONE (Ethereum)
Cash
No
Gift cards
No
Mobile carrier billing
No
Local payment methods
No
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Email needed to sign up
No no PII collected claimed
Phone needed to sign up
No
Account-number login
Not stated
Identity check (KYC)
No
Money-back guarantee, days
No
Refund conditions
Yes refunds for Protocol transactions on termination; router 6-month limited warranty

Free trial terms

Trial length
Not stated
Instead of a trial
free
Card needed for the trial
Not stated

Server locations

Countries
Not stated
Servers
7,500+ active relays
Server countries
Not stated
Middle East and North Africa
Not stated
Virtual locations
No
Own servers
No community relays
Port speed
80+ GB/s total network bandwidth
P2P servers
Not stated
Obfuscated servers
Not stated

Network features

RAM-only servers
Not stated
IPv6
Not stated
Dedicated IP
Not stated
Static IP
Not stated
Residential IP
Not stated
Double VPN / multi-hop
Yes 3-hop onion routing
Tor over VPN
Not stated
SOCKS5 proxy
Yes proxy setup guides for browsers/apps
Smart DNS
Not stated

Protocols and encryption

  • WireGuard✕ No
  • OpenVPN✕ No
  • IKEv2✕ No
  • L2TP/IPsecNo
  • SSTPNo
  • SoftEther✕ No
  • Own protocolAnyone onion-routing protocol (3-hop)✓ Yes
  • VLESS / Reality✕ No
  • VMess✕ No
  • Trojan✕ No
  • Shadowsocks✕ No
  • Hysteria2✕ No
  • TUIC✕ No
  • NaiveProxy✕ No
  • obfs4Not stated
  • AmneziaWG✕ No
  • PPTP✓ No
Other protocols
SOCKS proxy; SDK
Encryption
multi-layer onion encryption
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Not stated
Manual configuration files
Yes proxy settings guides
Open-source apps
Yes https://github.com/anyone-protocol

Censorship and blocking

Obfuscation (stealth mode)
Yes claimed censorship circumvention via hidden multi-hop routing (no named obfuscation transport)
Countries it claims to work in
not claimed
Mirror sites or Telegram channel
Yes Telegram t.me/anyoneprotocol
Calls in the UAE
Not stated

Security

Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Split tunnelling
Not stated
Ad and malware blocker
Not stated
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated
Security audits
Not stated
Bug bounty
Not stated
Certifications
none

Privacy

No-logs policy
Yes no activity/connection logs, no PII stored
Independent no-logs audit
No
Data retention
minimal; but info kept >=7 years after suspended/terminated access (regulatory)
Transparency report
No
Warrant canary
No
Anonymous sign-up
Yes
Privacy policy updated
2025-06-15 (terms)

What the privacy policy says is collected

Yes: collected. No: not collected. Partial: kept briefly or only in part. Not stated: the policy does not say.

  • Emailclaimed✓ No
  • Connection IPclaimed✓ No
  • Session timesclaimed✓ No

Apps and devices

  • Windowssome sections say coming soon◐ Partial
  • macOSsome sections say coming soon◐ Partial
  • Linux✓ Yes
  • iOS✓ Yes
  • Androidsome sections say coming soon◐ Partial
  • Android TVNot stated
  • Fire TVNot stated
  • Apple TVNot stated
  • ChromebookNot stated
  • Smart TVNot stated
  • RoutersAnyone Router hardware, preorder✓ Yes
  • NASNot stated
  • Raspberry PiNot stated
  • Game consolesNot stated
Browser extensions
proxy setup guides for Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera

Speed, streaming and gaming

10 Gbps servers
Not stated
Netflix
Not stated
BBC iPlayer
Not stated
Disney+
Not stated
Prime Video
Not stated
Gaming features
Not stated
Torrenting
Not stated

Support

Live chat
No
Live chat 24/7
Not stated
Email / tickets
Yes support@anyone.io
Phone
No
Telegram
Yes
WhatsApp
No
Discord or forum
Discord
Support languages
EN (email support@anyone.io; Telegram/Discord community)
Help articles
Yes help centre, docs.anyone.io
Server status page
Yes network explorer (depinhub.io)

For teams and business

SSO / SAML
Not stated
Admin panel
Not stated
API
Yes SDK
Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
Not stated

What users say

Reviews never change our score. Ratings are smoothed: a source’s average across all VPNs counts as 50 extra reviews, so a few five-star reviews cannot outrank thousands.

  • App Store

    3.78 of 5, smoothed

    From 10 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.54).

  • Google Play

    4.11 of 5, smoothed

    From 12 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 4.

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.84 (25 ratings); Google Play 5.0 (39 ratings).

Reviews per month, last 12 months

  1. Apr ’264 reviews, average 5.0
  2. May ’263 reviews, average 5.0
  3. Jun ’261 reviews, average 5.0
  4. Sep ’264 reviews, average 5.0
Bar height: number of reviews collected that month. Full-colour bars: months with an average of 4 stars or more; pale bars: below 4.

35 Reddit and forum threads mention Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) (titles and search snippets only).

Latest reviews and related rankings

Latest reviews

Short excerpts with a link to the original. We do not reproduce reviews in full.

  • App Store · 5★ · 13 Jul 2025 · US

    Reliable

  • App Store · 5★ · 12 Jul 2025 · US

    Anyone for Every Need Browser

  • App Store · 5★ · 01 Jul 2025 · US

    Navigate Freely

  • Google Play · 5★ · 09 Sep 2026

    it just works gud

  • Google Play · 5★ · 09 Sep 2026

    amazing app, free vpn that works really well.

  • Google Play · 5★ · 02 Sep 2026

    Anyone Vpn>Now works well. Hope to be stable. thanks

Questions about Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR)

Answers built from what Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) publishes. Open a question to read the details.

Is Anyone Protocol safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction

Privacy and jurisdiction 5.3/10 and security 2.9/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.9). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.

In 10 seconds

  • Open-source apps

Privacy

Jurisdiction
Cayman, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
Legal entity
The Foundation for Anyone (hardware sold by Ampchampment / Nowak IT Solutions)
No-logs policy
Yes no activity/connection logs, no PII stored
Data retention
minimal; but info kept >=7 years after suspended/terminated access (regulatory)

Security

Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Encryption
multi-layer onion encryption
Open-source apps
https://github.com/anyone-protocol
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated

Anyone Protocol not working? Common causes and what to check

5 things to check, built from what Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.

What to check

Check the provider’s status page for an outage (network explorer (depinhub.io)).

If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (claimed censorship circumvention via hidden multi-hop routing (no named…).

Try a manual configuration (proxy settings guides).

Contact support: Telegram, email.

If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (Telegram t.me/anyoneprotocol).

Support when the VPN is blocked

Live chat
No
Telegram
Yes
Mirrors or channel
Telegram t.me/anyoneprotocol
Email
support@anyone.io
Status page
network explorer (depinhub.io)

Anyone Protocol alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score

6 alternatives to Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) (3.38) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: URnetwork (2.75).

Alternatives to Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR)

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Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) compared side by side

Anyone Protocol refund policy: how to ask for your money back

Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) refund window: no. Conditions: no refunds for Protocol transactions on termination; router 6-month limited warranty

Refund terms

Refund window
No
Refund on monthly plans
Not stated
Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
Not stated
Refund for unused time
Not stated

Who owns Anyone Protocol? Company, jurisdiction and related brands

Anyone Protocol (ex-ATOR) is run by The Foundation for Anyone (hardware sold by Ampchampment / Nowak IT Solutions), registered in Cayman Islands; parent company: The Foundation for Anyone.

Company

Related brands
ATOR (former); Anyone Router; ANYONE token

In our rankings

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Sources and changes

Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.

Website
https://anyone.io
Pages checked
https://anyone.io; https://anyone.io/faqs; https://anyone.io/terms
Other sources used
price_1m/plans: https://www.anyone.io/paid-circuits; stealth_mode: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.anyone.anyonevpn&hl=en; support_languages: https://www.anyone.io/paid-circuits (footer); affiliate_program: https://www.anyone.io/faqs; android open source: https://github.com/anyone-protocol/AnyoneVPN

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