Avast Free VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.72
out of 10#150 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:Czechia, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Owner:Gen Digital Inc.
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Security and protocols3.6 vs 2.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 1.3
- Network and streaming3.1 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Platforms and support4.2 vs 4.2
- Price and fair terms3.8 vs 3.3
- Renewal price is 1.7× the first term
- Trial needs a card
- Stores session times
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of VPN in a security suite services in the main ranking (23 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Avast Free VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.32.3
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
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.53.6
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 3.33.8
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 0.00.0
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 2.33.1
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 4.24.2
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
Avast Free VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.43 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Avast Free VPN renews at its standard price: 1.7× more per month than the first term. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Premium VPN plan
€4.29/mo for 12 months
then €7.17/mo
€5€10
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Avast Free VPN running: the first term, then renewals at the published renewal price. Where no renewal price is published, plans shorter than a year are counted as repeat payments at the current price; longer plans show a dash after their term. Converted to euros at the rates used in our data (1 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium VPN, 12 mo | €51.50 | €85.99 / 12 mo | €51.50 | €137.49 | €223.48 |
| Premium VPN, 24 mo | €82.35 | — | €82.35 | €82.35 | — |
| Premium VPN, 36 mo | €123.53 | — | €123.53 | €123.53 | €123.53 |
Compare Avast Free VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium VPN | 12 mo | $59.88 | $4.99 | €4.29 | $99.99 | 12 mo |
| Premium VPN | 24 mo | $95.76 | $3.99 | €3.43 | — | — |
| Premium VPN | 36 mo | $143.64 | $3.99 | €3.43 | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- Request within 30 days of initial purchase or renewal anniversary
- Free trial
- 60 days, site/all
- Card needed for trial
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Avast Account linked to purchase email
- Payment methods
- card; PayPal
- Renewal note
- Renews at $99.99/yr; may increase; charged up to 35 days before anniversary at then-current price
Everything Avast Free VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Avast Free 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
- Avast Software s.r.o. (Gen Digital Inc.)
- Registered in
- Czech Republic (parent Gen Digital, USA)
- Address
- Pikrtova 1737/1A, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic
- Parent company
- Gen Digital Inc.
- Related brands
- AVG
- Norton
- Avira
- CCleaner
- BreachGuard
- NortonLifeLock
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- 60 region/language versions incl. EN
- ES
- PT-BR
- FR
- DE
- CS
- DA
- IT
- HU
- NL
- NO
- PL
- PT
- RO
- SK
- FI
- SV
- TR
- EL
- HE
- KK
- RU
- UK
- AR
- HI
- ID
- MS
- VI
- JA
- KO
- ZH-CN
- ZH-TW
- TH
- Currencies on the site
- USD (local stores per region)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes per country stores
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Premium VPN (SecureLine)
- Premium Security
- Ultimate (incl. VPN)
- Billing terms
- 12
- 24
- 36 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.99
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- $59.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.99
- 2-year plan, total
- $95.76
- 2-year plan, a month
- $3.99
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Renews at $99.99/yr
- may increase
- charged up to 35 days before anniversary at then-current price
- Family plan
- No
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- Yes in Ultimate bundle
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- BreachGuard (in bundles)
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Ultimate: $49.08 1st yr (1 PC+1 mobile) / $69.48 (10 devices)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 40% (1y); 51% (2y/3y)
- Discount compared with
- vs $99.99/yr renewal price
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Bonus months
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10
- Data limit
- No
- Torrenting / P2P policy
- Yes P2P-capable locations marked in app
Free plan
- Free plan
- No free VPN shown on site (60-day trial only)
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- Free Antivirus (Avast One) offered, VPN not mentioned in free
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- card; PayPal
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes app stores (presumed via mobile)
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Avast Account linked to purchase email
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- Request within 30 days of initial purchase or renewal anniversary
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 60 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site/all
- Trial limits
- payment details required, charged after trial
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes
Server locations
- Countries
- 74 (VPN page list); 100+ server locations
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- 74 countries (list on VPN page)
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Yes marked
- Streaming servers
- Yes streaming supported
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- No
- Static IP
- No
- Residential IP
- No
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- No
- Tor over VPN
- No
- SOCKS5 proxy
- No
- Smart DNS
- No
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNUDP✓ Yes
- IKEv2IPsec (iOS/macOS)✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocolunnamed✓ Yes
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- IPsec
- Encryption
- bank-grade encryption
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- 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
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Yes own secure DNS
- Own DNS servers
- Yes
- Split tunnelling
- Yes apps
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Certifications
- AV-Test, SE Labs, AV-Comparatives awards (antivirus)
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Partial doesn't log activity traceable to you; VPN policy keeps server/usage metadata
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- server metadata 18 mo
- connection events 12 mo
- app events 18 mo
- crash 90 days
- account lifetime+2y
- Shared with third parties
- Google Firebase
- Crashlytics
- Singular
- AppsFlyer
- payment providers
- Trackers on the website
- Yes cookie notice; Do not sell my info
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- No
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- GDPR / data protection officer
- privacy request form (OneTrust); UK rep NortonLifeLock UK Ltd
- Privacy policy updated
- VPN policy 2026-05-07
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.
- Emaillifetime of product + 2 years✕ Yes
- Connection IPoriginating IP not sent✓ No
- Session timesconnection events (12 months)✕ Yes
- Bandwidthcumulative MB; 18 months✕ Yes
- Device info✕ Yes
- App analyticsFirebase, AppsFlyer, Singular; opt-out✕ Yes
- Crash reportsCrashlytics; 90 days✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows7-11✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android10+✓ Yes
- Android TVGoogle TV/Android TV 10+✓ Yes
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVGoogle TV✓ Yes
- Routers✕ No
- NAS✕ No
- Raspberry Pi✕ No
- Game consoles✕ No
- Browser extensions
- Yes VPN browser extension mentioned in policy
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
- Yes P2P locations
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support center
- Phone
- Yes 855-745-3255
- Telegram
- No
- No
- Discord or forum
- forum.avast.com
- Help articles
- Yes
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- 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.
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Trustpilot
3.82 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 3.87; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 3.87 from 200.
The company replied to 0 of 48 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.35 of 5, smoothed
From 1456 collected reviews (raw average 3.34; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 2.46 from 28.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.3 (41604 reviews); App Store (US) 4.66 (23777 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
27 Reddit and forum threads mention Avast Free VPN (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 · 3★ · 04 Oct 2026 · FR
Complexe à installer
App Store · 1★ · 03 Oct 2026 · GB
Sick of avast and their total incompetence
App Store · 1★ · 02 Oct 2026 · US
Key no use
Trustpilot · 1★ · 15 Oct 2026 · AT
Nichts Positives
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 15 Oct 2026 · US
Adding a advistisement of sorts at the bottom of my sent emails.
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · BR
Ótimo anti vírus.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Avast Free VPN
Answers built from what Avast Free VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Avast Free VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 3.6/10 (segment medians 1.3 and 2.5). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- Kill switch
- Stores session times
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Czechia, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Avast Software s.r.o. (Gen Digital Inc.)
- No-logs policy
- Partial doesn't log activity traceable to you; VPN policy keeps server/usage metadata
- Data retention
- server metadata 18 mo; connection events 12 mo; app events 18 mo; crash 90 days; account lifetime+2y
- Shared with third parties
- Google Firebase; Crashlytics; Singular; AppsFlyer; payment providers
- Trackers on the website
- Yes cookie notice; Do not sell my info
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Yes (yes (own secure DNS))
- Encryption
- bank-grade encryption
- Open-source apps
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
Avast Free VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Avast Free VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Avast Free VPN lists OpenVPN, IKEv2, Own protocol.
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Telegram
- No
- Mirrors or channel
- No
- Yes support center
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
Avast Free VPN alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score
9 alternatives to Avast Free VPN (2.72) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Malwarebytes Privacy VPN (3.97).
Alternatives to Avast Free VPN
| # | Service | Score | Why it is here | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malwarebytes Privacy VPN | 3.97 | higher score, same price | higher score, same price | €3.33per month |
| 2 | HMA VPN (Hide My Ass) | 3.29 | same owner | same owner | €2.57per month |
| 3 | McAfee VPN | 3.19 | similar features | similar features | €2.15per month |
| 4 | Norton VPN | 3.01 | similar features | similar features | €2.29per month |
| 5 | Avast SecureLine VPN | 2.88 | similar features | similar features | €3.43per month |
| 6 | AVG Secure VPN | 2.81 | similar features | similar features | €3.78per month |
| 7 | Avast Secure Browser | 2.43 | same owner | same owner | €2.00per month |
| 8 | Webroot WiFi Security | 2.31 | similar features | similar features | €2.58per month |
| 9 | TotalVPN (Total AV) | 1.79 | similar features | similar features | €7.10per month |
Avast Free VPN compared side by side
Alternatives of similar VPNs
Avast Free VPN is listed as an alternative to
Avast Free VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Avast Free VPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: Request within 30 days of initial purchase or renewal anniversary
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 60
Try before paying
Refund policies of similar VPNs
How to cancel Avast Free VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How Avast Free VPN says you cancel: Avast Account linked to purchase email. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Renews at $99.99/yr; may increase; charged up to 35 days before anniversary at then-current price
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Avast Free VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Avast Free VPN free trial: 60, site/all. Card needed: yes.
Trial terms
- Length
- 60
- Card needed
- Yes
- Limits
- payment details required, charged after trial
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- no free VPN shown on site (60-day trial only)
Trials elsewhere
Free trials of similar VPNs
Who owns Avast Free VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Avast Free VPN is run by Avast Software s.r.o. (Gen Digital Inc.), registered in Czech Republic (parent Gen Digital, USA); parent company: Gen Digital Inc..
Company
- Address
- Pikrtova 1737/1A, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic
- Related brands
- AVG; Norton; Avira; CCleaner; BreachGuard; NortonLifeLock
- Group
- Gen Digital VPN brands
Other brands of the same group
- Norton VPN3.01
- Avast SecureLine VPN2.88
- AVG Secure VPN2.81
- Avira Phantom VPN1.70
- HMA VPN (Hide My Ass)3.29
- Avast Secure Browser2.43
- Avira1.84
In our rankings
Avast Free VPN appears on 90 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Antivirus with VPN#7 of 25
- Smart TV VPN free trials#16 of 24
- VPNs with phone support#21 of 67
- VPNs in Italian#22 of 43
- VPN with antivirus#22 of 45
- OpenVPN VPNs for Smart TV#23 of 27
- Trial VPNs for torrenting#23 of 40
- Android TV VPNs for torrenting#24 of 28
- VPNs in Dutch#24 of 40
- VPNs in Korean#24 of 39
- VPNs in Polish#24 of 37
- Android TV VPN free trials#26 of 35
Show all 90
- Smart TV VPNs with a kill switch#27 of 30
- VPNs in Turkish#28 of 51
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes for torrenting#28 of 42
- Smart TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#29 of 35
- VPNs for Smart TV#31 of 47
- Torrenting, 50+ countries#32 of 33
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#33 of 70
- VPNs in Japanese#33 of 54
- VPNs in Portuguese#33 of 61
- VPNs in Arabic#34 of 59
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android TV#35 of 43
- Kill switch VPNs for torrenting#38 of 67
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with a money-back guarantee#38 of 55
- Android TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#39 of 41
- VPNs in Chinese#39 of 84
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with 50+ countries#39 of 58
- Torrenting + money-back guarantee#42 of 52
- Trial VPNs in 50+ countries#42 of 62
- Split tunneling VPNs for Android TV#43 of 48
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#43 of 90
- Android TV VPNs with a kill switch#44 of 49
- VPNs in French#47 of 87
- Mac VPNs for torrenting#48 of 92
- VPNs in German#48 of 87
- VPNs in Spanish#48 of 87
- Windows VPNs for torrenting#50 of 94
- OpenVPN for torrenting#51 of 81
- Trial VPNs with a kill switch#51 of 83
- Trial VPNs with money back#51 of 82
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with a kill switch#53 of 71
- VPNs for Android TV#54 of 73
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with OpenVPN support#56 of 101
- Money-back VPNs, 50+ countries#58 of 75
- OpenVPN, 50+ countries#59 of 78
- Proprietary protocols#59 of 110
- Windows VPN trials#61 of 140
- Mac VPN trials#62 of 144
- DNS leak protection#63 of 124
- Kill switch, 50+ countries#64 of 88
- Android VPN free trials#66 of 160
- VPNs for torrenting#66 of 107
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#67 of 100
- 10+ devices#67 of 127
- VPN free trials#72 of 190
- IKEv2#73 of 133
- Kill switch VPNs with OpenVPN support#74 of 133
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#74 of 115
- Split tunneling#78 of 154
- Mac VPNs with split tunneling#82 of 113
- Windows VPNs with split tunneling#85 of 111
- Outside 14 Eyes#86 of 204
- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#89 of 125
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#90 of 198
- Pay with PayPal#90 of 211
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#92 of 190
- VPNs in 50+ countries#93 of 132
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#94 of 207
- Mac VPNs with refunds#97 of 149
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#98 of 219
- Outside 5 Eyes#98 of 237
- Windows VPNs with refunds#101 of 155
- Kill switch#102 of 193
- 30-day money-back guarantee#103 of 174
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#107 of 162
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#107 of 159
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#111 of 167
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#111 of 161
- OpenVPN#127 of 242
- No IP logs#127 of 191
- VPNs under €5#132 of 280
- VPNs for Mac#145 of 361
- VPNs for Windows#146 of 357
- VPNs for iPhone#152 of 411
- VPNs for Android#157 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://avast.com
- Pages checked
- https://www.avast.com/; https://www.avast.com/secureline-vpn; https://www.avast.com/free-vpn (fetch error); https://www.avast.com/privacy-policy; https://www.avast.com/vpn-policy
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