Arelion Smart IP-VPN review: score, privacy and prices
0.42
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5
- Business VPN / ZTNA
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness20%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming3.2 vs 2.8
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.8
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms0.0 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support1.0 vs 3.9
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Business VPN / ZTNA services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Arelion Smart IP-VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.0
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
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.80.0
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
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.40.0
What earned points
- Free plan +1.5
- Free trial +1
- Trial without a card +1
- Crypto payments +1
- Cash payments +0.5
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Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.50.0
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
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Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 2.83.2
What earned points
- 10 Gbps servers +1
- Dedicated IP +0.5
- Port forwarding +0.5
- MENA locations +0.5
- Torrenting allowed +1
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Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 3.91.0
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
Arelion Smart IP-VPN pricing
Arelion Smart IP-VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: No. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- contract
- Payment methods
- contract/invoice
Everything Arelion Smart IP-VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Arelion Smart IP-VPN, 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
- Arelion
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Related brands
- AS1299 (Twelve99)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Smart IP-VPN (quote-based)
- Billing terms
- contract
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Other add-ons
- DIA on same CPE/local tail
- extra VPNs/VRFs
- DDoS mitigation (separate product)
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- contracted bandwidth
- Speed limit
- contracted bandwidth (scalable)
- Country restrictions
- outside footprint after feasibility check
- Prohibited by the terms
- acceptable use policy (not read)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- contract/invoice
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- contract
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- Yes business contract
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 129 (customers served)
- Servers
- 350+ PoPs (network)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- Yes own backbone AS1299
- 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
- Not stated
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- MPLS IP-VPN (VRFs)
- Encryption
- extra encryption layer
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- No
- 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
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- No
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- WindowsNot stated
- macOSNot stated
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSNot stated
- AndroidNot stated
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routersmanaged CPE✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- fewer hops, lower latency (AS1299)
- 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
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes customer support page
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- No
- No
- Discord or forum
- No
- Response time (claimed)
- experts available 24/7
- Help articles
- guides (e.g. What is MPLS)
- Server status page
- Not stated
- Uptime guarantee (SLA)
- guaranteed quality (no figures)
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Yes My Arelion portal / Arelion On-Prem
- Dedicated gateway
- Yes dedicated fixed connections/CPE
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- No MPLS VPN
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.
No reviews collected for this service.
2 Reddit and forum threads mention Arelion Smart IP-VPN (titles and search snippets only).
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Questions about Arelion Smart IP-VPN
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Arelion Smart IP-VPN alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score
6 alternatives to Arelion Smart IP-VPN (0.42) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Viprinet (0.47).
Alternatives to Arelion Smart IP-VPN
| # | Service | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viprinet | 0.47 |
| 2 | Siemens SINEMA Remote Connect | 0.42 |
| 3 | Oracle Cloud VPN | 0.40 |
| 4 | AT&T VPN | 0.33 |
| 5 | Barracuda CloudGen Firewall/SecureEdge | 0.32 |
| 6 | Endian | 0.26 |
Arelion Smart IP-VPN compared side by side
Arelion Smart IP-VPN is listed as an alternative to
In our rankings
Arelion Smart IP-VPN appears on 2 topic pages. Its place on each:
Similar VPNs
- AT&T VPN0.33
- Endian0.26
- Viprinet0.47
- Oracle Cloud VPN0.40
Arelion Smart IP-VPN compared
Closed services Arelion Smart IP-VPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://arelion.com
- Pages checked
- https://arelion.com; https://www.arelion.com/products-and-services/network-connectivity/smart-ip-vpn
- Pricing page: none (quote)
- Privacy policy
- Terms of service
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