Avira review: score, privacy and prices
1.84
out of 10#272 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:Germany, 14 Eyes
- Owner:Gen Digital Inc.
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
Red flag: Public security incident. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming4.2 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms4.2 vs 3.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 4.2
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 1.3
- Security and protocols2.5 vs 2.5
- Jurisdiction in the 14 Eyes alliance
- Trial needs a card
- Stores your connection IP
- Stores session times
- Auto-renewal on by default
- Public security incident
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.
Avirasegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.30.0
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 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 3.34.2
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 2.34.2
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 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
Avira pricing
Avira does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom VPN Pro (desktop+mobile) | 1 mo | 1 mo |
| Phantom VPN Pro (desktop+mobile) | 12 mo | 12 mo |
| Phantom VPN Pro Mobile (Android/iOS IAP) | 1 mo | 1 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 60 (annual) / 14 (monthly)
- Refund conditions
- monthly: full refund within 14 days; annual: within 60 days of payment; annual renewals pro-rated
- Free trial
- 30 days, site (monthly plan)
- Card needed for trial
- Yes
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Auto-renews; price subject to change; renewal may be higher than initial price
Everything Avira publishes
Every fact we collected about Avira, 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
- Not stated
- Registered in
- Germany (Avira, owned by Gen Digital, USA) (review)
- Parent company
- Gen Digital Inc.
- Related brands
- Avast
- AVG
- Norton
- Avira Prime
- Avira Secure Browser
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 14 (Germany) (review)
- Website languages
- EN
- DE
- FR
- ES
- IT
- PT
- RU
- NL
- TR
- JA
- ZH-CN
- ZH-TW
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- kr (via browser geo); geo-dependent
- Prices depend on country
- Yes
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free
- Pro monthly
- Pro annual
- Pro Mobile
- Billing terms
- 1; 12 months
- Cheapest price a month
- 46
- Monthly plan
- 75
- 1-year plan, total
- 560
- 1-year plan, a month
- 46.67
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Auto-renews
- price subject to change
- renewal may be higher than initial price
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- EUR: monthly €5.95/mo
- annual €47.95/yr (~€4.00/mo)
- mobile plan via IAP €3.95/mo or €47.95/yr
- 60-day MBG shown
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- Yes via Avira Prime bundle
- Password manager
- Yes via Avira Prime bundle
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Avira Prime suite (45% off shown)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- no % for VPN (Best deal annual); Prime 45%
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes Avira Affiliate Network
- Affiliate commission
- 25% per qualifying purchase
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- desktop plan: 1 user; mobile plan: any number of mobile devices
- Data limit
- free 500MB/mo; Pro unlimited
- Torrenting / P2P policy
- Yes P2P use described as allowed
- Country restrictions
- not available in India
- Features locked to higher plans
- unlimited data, kill switch (Windows), support in Pro
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- No 500 MB/month
- Free devices
- Windows, Mac, Android, iOS
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- no kill switch, no support
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes mobile in-app
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 60 (annual) / 14 (monthly)
- Refund conditions
- monthly: full refund within 14 days
- annual: within 60 days of payment
- annual renewals pro-rated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 30 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site (monthly plan)
- Trial limits
- payment method required; charged after 1 month
- Instead of a trial
- free 500MB/month tier
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes
Server locations
- Countries
- 36
- Servers
- 1,400
36 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 25
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Americas 5
Asia and Oceania 5
Middle East and Africa 1
- Server countries, as published
- Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Ireland; Japan; Mexico; Moldova; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Romania; Serbia; Singapore; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; USA
- Middle East and North Africa
- none in Gulf/North Africa; Israel only (Middle East)
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- 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
- OpenVPN(Windows, Mac, Android) (review)✓ Yes
- IKEv2(iOS) (review)✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- AES-256
- 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
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes Pro, Windows
- DNS leak protection
- Yes IPv4 and IPv6
- Split tunnelling
- No review
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Known incidents
- Yes withdrawn from India due to logging regulations
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes strict no-logs
- 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 IPIP address in product/security data✕ Yes
- Session timesinstall date✕ Yes
- Bandwidthtraffic volume measured; diagnostic data, can be disabled✕ Yes
- Device infodevice name/type, OS, language, device ID✕ Yes
- App analyticsproduct data for R&D✕ Yes
- Crash reportsdebugging/error data✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows10/11✓ 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 consoles✕ No
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
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 file sharing advertised
Support
- Live chat
- Yes (premium users) (review)
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- Yes complimentary telephone & email support with Pro
- Telegram
- No
- No
- 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
4.50 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.71; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.71 from 200.
The company replied to 0 of 10 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.58 of 5, smoothed
From 982 collected reviews (raw average 3.58; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.71 from 7.
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Google Play
4.58 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.67; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.65 from 312.
The company replied to 1 of 24 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.6 (31607 reviews); App Store (US) 4.26 (4666 ratings); Google Play 4.7 (735K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
40 Reddit and forum threads mention Avira (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★ · 01 Oct 2026 · GB
Not working well
App Store · 4★ · 26 Aug 2026 · US
Duplicate Pictures
App Store · 1★ · 14 Aug 2026 · GB
Restore purchase crashes app
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
Exceptionally good!
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
nice very nice
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
good antivirus
Trustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · DE
Eine hervorragende App
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · DE
top alles super
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · DE
Preis/Leistung ist ok
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Avira
Answers built from what Avira publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Avira safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 0.0/10 and security 2.5/10 (segment medians 1.3 and 2.5). Red flag: Public security incident. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Kill switch
- Stores connection IP
- Stores session times
- Public incident on record
- Jurisdiction in 14 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Germany, 14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Not stated
- No-logs policy
- Yes strict no-logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Known incidents
- withdrawn from India due to logging regulations
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes (yes (Pro, Windows))
- DNS leak protection
- Yes (yes (IPv4 and IPv6))
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Open-source apps
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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Avira not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Avira publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Avira lists OpenVPN, IKEv2.
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes (premium users) (review)
- Telegram
- No
- Yes
If it is blocked where you are
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Avira alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score
12 alternatives to Avira (1.84) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: HMA VPN (Hide My Ass) (3.29).
Alternatives to Avira
| # | Service | Score | Why it is here | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HMA VPN (Hide My Ass) | 3.29 | same owner | same owner | €2.57per month |
| 2 | McAfee VPN | 3.19 | similar features | similar features | €2.15per month |
| 3 | Norton VPN | 3.01 | same owner | same owner | €2.29per month |
| 4 | Avast SecureLine VPN | 2.88 | same owner | same owner | €3.43per month |
| 5 | AVG Secure VPN | 2.81 | same owner | same owner | €3.78per month |
| 6 | Avast Free VPN | 2.72 | same owner | same owner | €3.43per 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 | Avira Phantom VPN | 1.70 | similar features | similar features | — |
| 10 | F-Secure Freedome / F-Secure VPN | 1.60 | similar features | similar features | €3.75per month |
| 11 | F-Secure VPN (Freedome) | 1.57 | similar features | similar features | €3.75per month |
| 12 | G DATA VPN | 1.50 | similar features | similar features | €5.00per month |
Avira compared side by side
Avira refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Avira refund window: 60 (annual) / 14 (monthly). Conditions: monthly: full refund within 14 days; annual: within 60 days of payment; annual renewals pro-rated
Refund terms
- Refund on monthly plans
- Yes
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 30
Try before paying
Avira free trial: length, terms and payment details
Avira free trial: 30, site (monthly plan). Card needed: yes.
Trial terms
- Length
- 30
- Card needed
- Yes
- Limits
- payment method required; charged after 1 month
- Instead of a trial
- free 500MB/month tier
- Refund window
- 60 (annual) / 14 (monthly)
Trials elsewhere
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Avira coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
Avira 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
- no % for VPN (Best deal annual); Prime 45%
- Bonus months
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
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- VPN servers in New Zealand#29 of 40
- VPN with antivirus#30 of 45
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://avira.com
- Pages checked
- https://www.avira.com/en/free-vpn; https://www.avira.com/en/vpn-pro (webfetch + browser for prices); https://www.avira.com/en/privacy-policy/product; e-shop checkout (robots disallowed)
- Other sources used
- mena_locations/countries_list/phone/email_tickets/encryption/dns_leak_protection/torrenting_allowed/collects_bandwidth: https://www.avira.com/en/vpn-pro; affiliate_program/affiliate_commission: https://www.avira.com/en/partner-affiliate; openvpn/ikev2/split_tunneling/live_chat/registration_country/eyes_alliance: https://www.security.org/vpn/avira-phantom/
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 270 | 269 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 311 | 310 |