Bitdefender VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.81
out of 10#136 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:Romania, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Owner:Bitdefender
- Data completeness93%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Trial without a card
- Free plan
Red flag: Stores connection IP addresses. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms6.5 vs 3.3
- Platforms and support7.0 vs 4.2
- Network and streaming3.6 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.7 vs 1.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Security and protocols2.9 vs 2.5
- Renewal price is 2.0× the first term
- Ads in the free plan
- Auto-renewal on by default
- Stores connection IP addresses
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.
Bitdefender VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.30.7
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 2.52.9
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 3.36.5
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 2.33.6
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 4.27.0
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
Bitdefender VPN pricing
From €2.51 a month, ×2.0 at renewal
- 3 plans published · market median €3.13 a month
Everything Bitdefender VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Bitdefender 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
- BITDEFENDER S.R.L.
- Registered in
- Romania
- Address
- 15A Sos. Orhideelor, Orhideea Towers, 6th District, Bucharest, Romania
- Parent company
- Bitdefender
- Related brands
- Bitdefender Premium Security
- Ultimate Security
- (VPN infrastructure: IPVanish)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- Not stated
- Currencies on the site
- USD (en-us)
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free
- Premium VPN
- Premium Security
- Ultimate Security
- Billing terms
- 1 year
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.92
- Monthly plan
- 6.99 (review)
- 1-year plan, total
- $34.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $2.92
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Offer price valid for first year
- renews at $69.99/yr (crossed-out)
- email before renewal
- VAT included
- No plus applicable tax
- Family plan
- No 10 devices protects your whole family
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD (en-us): Premium VPN $34.99 first year ($2.92/mo billed yearly, renews $69.99), plus tax; 30-day MBG; no monthly price shown on page — same as existing
- Antivirus
- Yes via Premium Security bundle
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- Ultimate Security: Digital Identity Protection
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- App Traffic Optimizer
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 50% (VPN), 38% (Premium Security)
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes
- Affiliate commission
- base 20% revenue share new customers (50% business); custom up to 100%
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10
- Data limit
- unlimited (paid); 500 MB/day (free)
- Country restrictions
- review: cannot work in Iran, Iraq, Oman, Russia, Turkey, UAE (comparitech 2023)
- Features locked to higher plans
- locations/traffic on free
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- No 500 MB/day
- Free locations
- 3 or fewer
- Free devices
- 1
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes ads and upsells
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Bitdefender Central or cancel@bitdefender.com
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- refunds@bitdefender.com within 30 days of purchase or renewal date
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 days
- Where the trial is offered
- all apps (7-day trial in user guide)
- Trial limits
- no credit card required
- Instead of a trial
- free version
- Card needed for the trial
- No
Server locations
- Countries
- 100+
- Servers
- 3000+
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- No IPVanish processes VPN service
- 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✓ Yes
- OpenVPNreview✕ No
- IKEv2IPsec (non-Windows) (review)✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocolHydra✓ Yes
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Yes
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- No
- 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 Windows, Android, iOS, macOS 10.15.4+
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes ad blocker, anti-tracker
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no traffic logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- IPVanish as VPN processor
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- may disclose on valid legal request
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- GDPR / data protection officer
- dpo@bitdefender.com
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-08-18 (v10.4)
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.
- Emailaccount✕ Yes
- Connection IPIP addresses to establish connection✕ Yes
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infohashed user/device IDs; device location for auto-connect✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVsmart TVs✓ Yes
- Fire TVFirestick✓ Yes
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TV✓ Yes
- Routers✕ No
- NAS✕ No
- Raspberry Pi✕ No
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- Blazing-fast servers
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Fastest protocol (claimed)
- WireGuard
- Netflix
- No specific claim (unblocks streaming sites)
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Yes App Traffic Optimizer
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Yes review
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes review
- Phone
- Yes 24/7 (review)
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes support center
- 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
4.28 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.43; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.43 from 200.
The company replied to 21 of 25 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.24 of 5, smoothed
From 298 collected reviews (raw average 3.18; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 4.
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Google Play
3.92 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 3.92; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.87 from 111.
The company replied to 90 of 94 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.3 (11963 reviews); App Store (US) 4.81 (13616 ratings); Google Play 4.7 (58.2K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
48 Reddit and forum threads mention Bitdefender VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about Bitdefender VPN
Answers built from what Bitdefender VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Bitdefender VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Bitdefender VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Bitdefender VPN lists WireGuard, IKEv2, Own protocol.
Contact support: live chat.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes review
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
Bitdefender VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
Bitdefender 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
- 50% (VPN), 38% (Premium Security)
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Bonus months
- No
- Crypto discount
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Official prices
| Plan | First payment | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Premium VPN (10 devices), 12 mo | €30.09 | €60.19 / 12 mo |
| Premium Security incl. VPN (5 devices), 12 mo | €68.79 | €111.79 / 12 mo |
In our rankings
Bitdefender VPN appears on 155 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Romania VPNs#4 of 5
- Antivirus with VPN#5 of 25
- Ad-blocking VPN trials, no card#5 of 15
- Free VPNs for Smart TV#7 of 13
- 24/7 chat VPN trials, no card#7 of 17
- 50+ country VPN trials, no card#9 of 19
- Non-14 Eyes VPN trials, no card#9 of 24
- Best value VPNs#10 of 73
- No-card trials with money-back#11 of 23
- Free VPNs, trial without a card#12 of 31
- Free VPNs for Firestick#12 of 20
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://bitdefender.com/solutions/vpn.html
- Pages checked
- https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/vpn.html; https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/consumer/vpn (browser); https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/site/view/legal-privacy-policy-for-home-users-solutions
- Other sources used
- kill_switch/stealth_mode/trial_where: https://www.bitdefender.com/content/dam/bitdefender/consumers/case-studies/vpn/EN.pdf; perfect_forward_secrecy: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/consumer/vpn; price_1m/openvpn/ikev2/live_chat/live_chat_247/phone/country_restrictions/mena_locations/nologs_audit: https://comparitech.com/vpn/reviews/bitdefender-vpn-review; affiliate_*: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/partners/affiliate-partners/
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