AVG Secure VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.81
out of 10#137 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded1991
- Owner:Gen Digital
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.7 vs 1.3
- Censorship bypass1.9 vs 0.0
- Network and streaming2.3 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 4.2
- Price and fair terms2.8 vs 3.3
- Security and protocols2.5 vs 2.5
- Renewal price is 2.1× the first term
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- 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.
AVG Secure VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.33.7
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 2.52.5
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 3.32.8
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 0.01.9
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
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Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 2.32.3
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 4.22.8
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
AVG Secure VPN pricing
From €3.78 a month, ×2.1 at renewal
- 3 plans published · market median €3.13 a month
Everything AVG Secure VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about AVG Secure 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
- Gen Digital Inc. (AVG)
- Registered in
- USA (Gen Digital)
- Parent company
- Gen Digital
- Related brands
- Avast
- Norton
- Avira
- AVG Internet Security
- AVG TuneUp
- Founded
- 1991
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- Not stated
- Currencies on the site
- USD (en-us)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes regional sites
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- AVG Secure VPN (Multi-Device)
- Billing terms
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.39
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- $53.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.49
- 2-year plan, total
- $105.36
- 2-year plan, a month
- $4.39
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Savings vs renewal price $109.99/year; renews automatically
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD (en-us): 1y $53.88 ($4.49/mo), 2y $105.36 ($4.39/mo), 3y $158.04 ($4.39/mo)
- renewal $109.99/yr
- 60-day trial ($0 at checkout)
- 30-day MBG — same as existing
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No separate products
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 51% (1y), 52% (2y/3y)
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price $109.99/year
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes Impact
- Affiliate commission
- up to 30%
- Affiliate network
- Impact
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 60 days
- Where the trial is offered
- PC
- Mac
- Android
- iOS
- Trial limits
- checkout with $0
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- ~700 (review, 2022)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Yes 8 data-center locations
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- No
- 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✓ Yes
- OpenVPNdefault in Automatic mode✓ Yes
- IKEv2(iOS/macOS) (review)✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocolMimic✓ Yes
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Encryption
- 256-bit (bank-grade)
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes Mimic protocol, for countries restricting VPN
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Partial (Android only) (review)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no websites, transferred data or originating IP logged
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- connection events 12 mo
- server/app data 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 settings; Do Not Sell
- Transparency report
- Yes review
- Warrant canary
- Yes review
- Law enforcement requests
- not addressed in VPN policy
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-10-06 (VPN policy)
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 + 2y✕ Yes
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session timesconnection events 12 mo✕ Yes
- Bandwidthcumulative MB, 18 mo✕ Yes
- Device infoextension: OS, browser, language✕ Yes
- App analyticsFirebase, AppsFlyer, Singular; opt-out✕ Yes
- Crash reportsuser-sent, 90 days✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routers✕ No
- NAS✕ No
- Raspberry Pi✕ No
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Chrome; Firefox
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- No specific claim
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Yes Prague, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, NYC, Miami, Seattle, London, Paris
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes support.avg.com
- 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
4.31 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.47; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.47 from 200.
The company replied to 0 of 20 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.14 of 5, smoothed
From 493 collected reviews (raw average 3.10; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.13 from 15.
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Google Play
3.94 of 5, smoothed
From 800 collected reviews (raw average 3.94; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.77 from 377.
The company replied to 159 of 167 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.5 (40925 reviews); App Store (US) 4.66 (13267 ratings); Google Play 4.3 (85.3K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
36 Reddit and forum threads mention AVG Secure VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about AVG Secure VPN
Answers built from what AVG Secure VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
AVG Secure VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
AVG Secure VPN publishes no promo code on its own site in what we read, so we list none. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Promo codes
- Not stated
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- 51% (1y), 52% (2y/3y)
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price $109.99/year
- Bonus months
- No
- Crypto discount
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Official prices
| Plan | First payment | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Secure VPN (10 devices), 12 mo | €46.34 | €94.59 / 12 mo |
| Secure VPN (10 devices), 24 mo | €90.61 | €94.59 / 12 mo |
| Secure VPN (10 devices), 36 mo | €135.91 | €94.59 / 12 mo |
In our rankings
AVG Secure VPN appears on 111 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Antivirus with VPN#6 of 25
- Firefox VPN extensions with a trial#16 of 23
- Transparency reports#17 of 21
- Warrant canary#18 of 22
- Chrome VPN extensions with a trial#22 of 37
- US-based VPNs#24 of 107
- Trial VPNs for torrenting#27 of 40
- WireGuard VPNs for torrenting#30 of 43
- Firefox VPN extensions with money back#31 of 35
- OpenVPN for torrenting#35 of 81
- Obfuscated VPNs for torrenting#35 of 43
- Proprietary protocols#37 of 110
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- Firefox extensions#39 of 54
- Chrome VPN extensions with money back#42 of 51
- Kill switch VPNs for torrenting#43 of 67
- Torrenting + money-back guarantee#45 of 52
- Obfuscated VPNs with a trial#48 of 61
- WireGuard VPNs with a trial#48 of 69
- IKEv2#51 of 133
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#52 of 100
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#52 of 90
- No-logs Chrome VPN extensions#53 of 79
- WireGuard + money-back guarantee#54 of 87
- Chrome extensions#58 of 92
- Mac VPNs for torrenting#58 of 92
- Trial VPNs with a kill switch#58 of 83
- Trial VPNs with money back#58 of 82
- Windows VPNs for torrenting#60 of 94
- Obfuscated + money-back guarantee#61 of 69
- Windows VPN trials#71 of 140
- VPNs for torrenting#71 of 107
- WireGuard + OpenVPN#71 of 125
- Mac VPN trials#74 of 144
- Android VPN free trials#77 of 160
- OpenVPN + obfuscated servers#78 of 104
- Kill switch VPNs with obfuscated servers#79 of 92
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#80 of 191
- 10+ devices#80 of 127
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#80 of 144
- No-logs VPNs with obfuscated servers#83 of 150
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#84 of 159
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#84 of 115
- Kill switch VPNs with WireGuard support#86 of 104
- VPN free trials#87 of 190
- Kill switch VPNs with OpenVPN support#87 of 133
- Obfuscated WireGuard VPNs#87 of 103
- OpenVPN#90 of 242
- Windows VPNs for China#94 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#94 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#94 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#94 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#94 of 140
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#95 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#95 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#95 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#95 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#95 of 142
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#95 of 144
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#99 of 137
- WireGuard VPNs#99 of 192
- Secure VPNs#100 of 142
- Obfuscated VPNs for Mac#102 of 148
- No IP logs#105 of 191
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#106 of 151
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#106 of 149
- iPhone VPNs for China#108 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#108 of 151
- Mac VPNs with refunds#108 of 149
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#108 of 147
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#109 of 190
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#109 of 158
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#110 of 164
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#110 of 198
- Windows VPNs with refunds#112 of 155
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#113 of 207
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#116 of 219
- Android VPNs for China#116 of 186
- Android VPNs for India#116 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#117 of 181
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#119 of 162
- 30-day money-back guarantee#121 of 174
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#121 of 159
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#122 of 167
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#122 of 161
- Kill switch#122 of 193
- Obfuscated VPNs#127 of 192
- VPNs for travel to China#127 of 209
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#127 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#127 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#127 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#127 of 196
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#128 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#128 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#128 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#128 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#128 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#128 of 204
- No-logs VPNs#131 of 389
- VPNs under €5#159 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#160 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#162 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#165 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#170 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#178 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#180 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#184 of 411
- VPNs for Android#189 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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Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://avg.com/secure-vpn
- Pages checked
- https://www.avg.com/secure-vpn; https://www.avg.com/en-us/secure-vpn (browser); https://www.avg.com/en-us/vpn-policy
- Other sources used
- wireguard/openvpn/proprietary_protocol/stealth_mode/kill_switch/encryption/torrenting_allowed/p2p_servers/collects_*: https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=avg-secure-vpn-faq; ikev2/split_tunneling/servers_count/mena_locations/nologs_audit/live_chat/transparency_report/warrant_canary: https://comparitech.com/vpn/reviews/avg-secure-vpn-review; affiliate_*/founded_year: https://www.avg.com/affiliate/en-ww/become-an-avg-affiliate
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