Brook review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Mesh / self-hosted median 2.5
- Mesh / self-hosted
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness53%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support4.8 vs 3.9
- Security and protocols2.1 vs 1.8
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms1.3 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.3
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Mesh / self-hosted services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Brooksegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.0
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 1.82.1
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 3.41.3
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 0.50.5
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 2.80.0
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 3.94.8
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
Brook pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.51 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Brook renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Brook 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 | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Plus (personal), 12 mo | €42.14 | €42.14 | — | — |
| Brook Business (100 userAPI servers), 1 mo | €86.00 | €1032.00at the current price | €2064.00at the current price | €3096.00at the current price |
| Brook Business Plus (500 userAPI servers), 1 mo | €430.00 | €5160.00at the current price | €10320.00at the current price | €15480.00at the current price |
Compare Brook’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Plus (personal) | 12 mo | $49.00 | $4.08 | €3.51 | 12 mo |
| Brook Business (100 userAPI servers) | 1 mo | $100.00 | $100.00 | €86.00 | 1 mo |
| Brook Business Plus (500 userAPI servers) | 1 mo | $500.00 | $500.00 | €430.00 | 1 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Plus is a subscription (unsubscribe before deleting account); not bound to app version
Everything Brook publishes
Every fact we collected about Brook, 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
- Related brands
- Shiliew (sponsor, txthinking.com); nami
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Plus
- Business
- Business Plus
- Cheapest price a month
- $0.00
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, a month
- 4.08 (Plus $49/yr)
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- Plus is a subscription (unsubscribe before deleting account); not bound to app version
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- Plus $49/year
- Business $100/mo
- Business Plus $500/mo (USD)
- Other add-ons
- Business custom-branded client: $300/OS one-time (Android/Windows/Linux)
- Business Plus client $700/OS
- iOS/macOS contact
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Plus: GUI 1 iOS + 1 Android + 1 macOS + 1 Windows + 1 Linux; CLI 1 OpenWrt + 1 ipio + 3 brook --script
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes open-source, self-hosted
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- No
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes for Brook Plus account (email verification code); no for self-hosted CLI
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- 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
- Yes
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolBrook protocol (brook server / wsserver / quicserver)✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- Brook stream/packet, WebSocket, QUIC, DoH/DNS server, SOCKS5
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes self-hosted server + client links
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/txthinking/brook (GPL-3.0)
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- Countries it claims to work in
- No claim on page
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes client scripts: direct connect for certain destinations/apps; per-app allow/block on desktop
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account; self-hosted
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 IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✓ Yes
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersOpenWrt✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- 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
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- GitHub issues
- Help articles
- Yes txthinking.com/brook.html
- 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
4.02 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.11; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 3.71 from 7.
The company replied to 17 of 41 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.86 of 5, smoothed
From 55 collected reviews (raw average 4.15; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.51 of 5, smoothed
From 36 collected reviews (raw average 2.97; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.00 from 2.
The company replied to 4 of 17 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.8 (218 reviews); App Store (US) 4.34 (177 ratings); Google Play 3.6 (66 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
36 Reddit and forum threads mention Brook (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 · 5★ · 26 Feb 2026 · US
最好的代理
App Store · 5★ · 26 Feb 2026 · US
这么低调
App Store · 5★ · 10 Dec 2025 · US
perfect udp support
Google Play · 2★ · 11 Sep 2026
before signing up had sales calls from sales/product reps making it appear to be coming from my personal doctor office #. Worst food log data base I've ever…
Google Play · 4★ · 10 Sep 2026
I absolutely love this app! When my normal routine is off due to vacation or something this app helps keep me on track. Especially with my medication. I…
Google Play · 5★ · 23 May 2026
very friendly and helpful and keeps in touch even by phone.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 07 Oct 2026 · GB
Customer service is awful
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 29 Sep 2026 · GB
I am very pleased with this mattress…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 09 Sep 2026 · GB
Another customer caught out with this con company
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Brook
Answers built from what Brook publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Brook alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score
6 alternatives to Brook (1.48) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Anywherelan (2.01).
Alternatives to Brook
| # | Service | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anywherelan | 2.01 |
| 2 | WireGuard | 1.82 |
| 3 | Octelium | 1.65 |
| 4 | n2n (ntop) | 1.46 |
| 5 | Headscale | 1.40 |
| 6 | Yggdrasil Network | 1.37 |
Brook is listed as an alternative to
In our rankings
Brook appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
Similar VPNs
- Anywherelan2.01
- WireGuard1.82
- Headscale1.40
- Octelium1.65
- n2n (ntop)1.46
Also similar to Brook
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://github.com/txthinking/brook
- Other sources used
- plans/plan_names/price_*/currency/simultaneous_devices/addons_other/business_price_per_user: https://www.txthinking.com/brook/price.html; renewal_note/signup_email_required: https://www.txthinking.com/brook/faq.html; split_tunneling: https://www.txthinking.com/brook.html; live_chat_247: existing live_chat=no
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