BearVPN review: score, privacy and prices
3.62
out of 10#60 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass2.4 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support6.1 vs 4.3
- Price and fair terms5.2 vs 3.5
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols1.4 vs 2.1
- Network and streaming2.9 vs 3.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction4.3 vs 2.7
- Ads in the free plan
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Consumer VPN services in the main ranking (233 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
BearVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.74.3
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 2.11.4
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 3.55.2
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 0.52.4
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 3.12.9
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 4.36.1
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
BearVPN pricing
From €1.43 a month
- Monthly plan: €8.59
- 3 plans published · market median €3.13 a month
Everything BearVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about BearVPN, 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
- Not stated
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free; Premium
- Billing terms
- 1
- 12
- 24 months (refund policy also mentions 1-day, 1-week, 3, 6 months)
- Cheapest price a month
- $1.67
- Monthly plan
- $9.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $29.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $2.50
- 2-year plan, total
- $39.99
- 2-year plan, a month
- $1.67
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Yes renewal fine print on pricing page
- Family plan
- No
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- none
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 83% (24m); ~75% implied (12m)
- Discount compared with
- vs $9.99 monthly
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10 (Premium)
- Data limit
- unlimited
- Speed limit
- free standard speeds
- Country restrictions
- FAQ notes VPN restrictions in RU, TR, IR, AE
- Features locked to higher plans
- server choice, desktop apps, 10 devices, ad-free, priority support
- Prohibited by the terms
- spam
- port scanning
- attacks
- hacking/fraud/phishing
- viruses
- unfair usage (bots, excessive bandwidth)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes Android, iOS
- Free data
- Yes unlimited
- Free speed
- standard speeds
- Free locations
- random/auto-selected server only
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes Premium is ad-free
- Other free plan terms
- no sign-up or card needed
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- PayPal
- app stores
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes app stores (in-app)
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Coins accepted
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Local payment methods
- none
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No optional email; device identifier
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Yes device ID based
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30 (marketing)
- policy: 1m 7 days, 3-6m 15 days, 1-2y 30 days
- 1-day/1-week none
- Refund conditions
- direct purchases only
- processing fees deducted
- app stores per store policy
- abuse may be denied
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- Instead of a trial
- free mobile version
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 50+ locations
- Servers
- 2000+
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- No physical, not virtual servers
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Yes traffic obfuscation (claim)
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
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNNot stated
- IKEv2Not stated
- 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
- Other protocols
- modern protocols (unnamed)
- 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)
- Yes obfuscation claim
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Yes Telegram channel
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- No
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Certifications
- none
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no IPs, timestamps, session duration, browsing, DNS
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- No-logs proven in practice
- No
- Data retention
- traffic info cleared after session; account data unspecified
- Shared with third parties
- no sale without consent; PayPal for some payments
- Transparency report
- No
- Warrant canary
- No
- Law enforcement requests
- cannot provide data it does not possess
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes free, no signup
- GDPR / data protection officer
- No
- Privacy policy updated
- 2024-06-10
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.
- Emailoptional✕ Yes
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session times✓ No
- Device infodevice identification code✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsPremium✓ Yes
- macOSPremium✓ 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
- No
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- fast & stable
- 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
- Yes Crisp help/chat
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes 24/7 support claim
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- No
- Telegram
- Yes
- No
- Discord or forum
- Discord
- Help articles
- Yes bearvpn.crisp.help
- Video guides
- YouTube; TikTok
- Server status page
- No
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
3.64 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 3.00; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
2.90 of 5, smoothed
From 161 collected reviews (raw average 2.70; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.3 (2 reviews); App Store (US) 4.77 (10943 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
34 Reddit and forum threads mention BearVPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about BearVPN
Answers built from what BearVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
In our rankings
BearVPN appears on 137 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Unlimited free VPNs#5 of 68
- No-email VPNs with Telegram support#9 of 38
- Account-number login#10 of 29
- No-email VPNs with 24/7 live chat#10 of 26
- Free VPNs without email#11 of 142
- Free VPNs with Telegram support#11 of 47
- Money-back VPNs with Telegram support#11 of 24
- No-email VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#11 of 37
- Cheap VPNs with no email#13 of 42
- Cheap VPNs, Telegram support#13 of 33
- No-email VPNs with money-back#14 of 36
- Telegram support, 50+ countries#14 of 23
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- No-logs VPNs with Telegram support#15 of 63
- 24/7 live chat + Telegram support#15 of 25
- VPNs under €2#15 of 68
- Free VPNs with 24/7 chat#16 of 52
- Free VPNs in 50+ countries#18 of 69
- Free VPNs for Mac#18 of 141
- Free VPNs for Android#19 of 225
- Free VPNs for iPhone#19 of 178
- Mac VPNs without email#19 of 93
- Free VPNs for Windows#19 of 131
- Cheap VPNs with 24/7 chat#20 of 61
- Free obfuscated VPNs#20 of 111
- Android VPNs without email#20 of 143
- iPhone VPNs without email#20 of 115
- Windows VPNs without email#20 of 79
- Money-back guarantee + 24/7 chat#20 of 76
- Free VPNs with money back#21 of 64
- Obfuscated VPNs, no email#21 of 81
- Kill switch VPNs, no email#21 of 47
- VPNs with Telegram support#21 of 84
- Free VPNs with cheap upgrades#22 of 74
- Money-back VPNs, 50+ countries#22 of 75
- Obfuscated + Telegram support#23 of 55
- Kill switch VPNs with Telegram support#23 of 27
- Cheap VPNs in 50+ countries#24 of 59
- Cheap obfuscated VPNs#25 of 68
- No sign-up VPNs#25 of 179
- No-logs VPNs, no email#25 of 132
- No-logs VPNs with 24/7 live chat#26 of 99
- 24/7 live chat, 50+ countries#26 of 60
- Free VPNs with a kill switch#27 of 82
- Obfuscated + 24/7 live chat#27 of 59
- 10+ devices#27 of 127
- Cheap VPNs with money-back#29 of 83
- Free VPNs#29 of 282
- Free no-logs VPNs#29 of 203
- Obfuscated, 50+ countries#29 of 57
- No-logs VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#30 of 116
- Cheap kill switch VPNs#33 of 84
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#34 of 149
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#34 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#34 of 136
- Pay with PayPal#34 of 211
- Obfuscated + money-back guarantee#35 of 69
- Free VPNs for Bahrain#35 of 115
- Free VPNs for China#35 of 114
- Free VPNs for Egypt#35 of 111
- Free VPNs for India#35 of 111
- Free VPNs for Kuwait#35 of 115
- Free VPNs for Oman#35 of 115
- Free VPNs for Pakistan#35 of 111
- Free VPNs for Qatar#35 of 115
- Free VPNs for Saudi Arabia#35 of 115
- Free VPNs for Turkey#35 of 113
- Free VPNs for the UAE#35 of 118
- Cheap VPNs under €3#37 of 167
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#37 of 137
- No-logs VPNs with obfuscated servers#37 of 150
- Mac VPNs with split tunneling#37 of 113
- 30-day money-back guarantee#37 of 174
- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#38 of 125
- Obfuscated VPNs for Mac#38 of 148
- Windows VPNs with split tunneling#38 of 111
- VPNs with live chat#39 of 120
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#39 of 151
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#39 of 137
- VPNs for travel#42 of 57
- Mac VPNs with refunds#42 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#43 of 155
- No IP logs#44 of 191
- VPNs under €5#45 of 280
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#46 of 142
- Windows VPNs for China#46 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#46 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#46 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#46 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#46 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#46 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#46 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#46 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#46 of 140
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#46 of 144
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#47 of 162
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#48 of 167
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#48 of 161
- Kill switch VPNs with 24/7 live chat#50 of 77
- No-logs VPNs#53 of 389
- VPNs for Mac#53 of 361
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#53 of 280
- VPNs for Android#54 of 451
- No-logs VPNs for Android#54 of 328
- VPNs for iPhone#54 of 411
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#54 of 314
- VPNs for Windows#54 of 357
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#54 of 267
- iPhone VPNs for China#55 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#55 of 151
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#55 of 158
- Android VPNs for China#58 of 186
- Android VPNs for India#58 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#58 of 181
- Kill switch, 50+ countries#58 of 88
- Best value VPNs#61 of 73
- Obfuscated VPNs#63 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#63 of 200
- VPNs for travel to China#63 of 209
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#63 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#63 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#63 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#63 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#63 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#63 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#63 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#63 of 196
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#63 of 204
- VPNs in 50+ countries#64 of 132
- Kill switch VPNs with obfuscated servers#66 of 92
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#69 of 115
- Split tunneling#72 of 154
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#74 of 159
- Kill switch#95 of 193
- 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://bearvpn.com
- Pages checked
- https://bearvpn.com/; https://bearvpn.com/pricing/; https://bearvpn.com/privacy-policy/; https://bearvpn.com/terms-of-service/; https://bearvpn.com/refund-policy/
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