BTGuard review: score, privacy and prices

3.41

out of 10#78 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6

  • Consumer VPN
  • Jurisdiction:Canada, alliance not disclosed
  • Founded2008 (claim)
  • Data completeness93%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • VLESS / Reality

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Censorship bypass4.8 vs 0.5
  • Network and streaming4.1 vs 3.1
  • Price and fair terms4.1 vs 3.5

Weakest against its segment

  • Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
  • Security and protocols2.5 vs 2.1
  • Platforms and support4.8 vs 4.3

Compare BTGuard side by side with other VPNs

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.

BTGuardsegment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.3
    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
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.12.5
    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
  • Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.54.1
    What earned points
    • Free plan +1.5
    • Free trial +1
    • Trial without a card +1
    • Crypto payments +1
    • Cash payments +0.5
  • Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.54.8
    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
  • Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 3.14.1
    What earned points
    • 10 Gbps servers +1
    • Dedicated IP +0.5
    • Port forwarding +0.5
    • MENA locations +0.5
    • Torrenting allowed +1
  • Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 4.34.8
    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

BTGuard pricing

The cheapest way in is €3.58 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, BTGuard renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.

All plans as published

PlanPer month€ / month
BitTorrent Proxy (from)$4.16€3.58
VPN + Proxy (from)$5.83€5.01

Refunds, trial and payment

Refund window
30 days
Refund conditions
30-day money-back guarantee (conditions not read)
Free trial
0 (no free trial)
Auto-renewal
Not stated
How to cancel
non-recurring plans expire; PayPal subscription cancel in PayPal; card subscriptions via support
Payment methods
card; PayPal; crypto

Everything BTGuard publishes

Every fact we collected about BTGuard, 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
Netcrawled LLC (review, 2023)
Registered in
Canada (review, 2023)
Founded
2008 (claim)
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
BitTorrent Proxy; VPN + Proxy
Cheapest price a month
4.16 (proxy); 5.83 (VPN+proxy)
Monthly plan
Not stated
Lifetime plan
No
Family plan
Not stated
Prices seen from other countries
BitTorrent Proxy from €3.68/mo; VPN + Proxy from €5.27/mo
Port forwarding add-on
Yes included

Discounts and programmes

Discount shown
up to 40% on longer plans
Student discount
Not stated
Affiliate programme
Yes https://btguard.com/affiliate/

Limits and restrictions

Devices at once
20 (VPN plans)
Data limit
unlimited
Torrenting / P2P policy
Yes P2P/torrenting is core use case

Free plan

Free plan
No
Free data
Not stated
Ads in the free plan
Not stated

Payment and subscription

Payment methods
  • card
  • PayPal
  • crypto
Bank card
Yes
PayPal
Yes
Apple Pay / Google Pay
Yes Google Pay (shown on home)
Cryptocurrency
Yes
Cash
Not stated
Gift cards
Not stated
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
How to cancel
  • non-recurring plans expire
  • PayPal subscription cancel in PayPal
  • card subscriptions via support
Email needed to sign up
Not stated
Account-number login
Not stated
Money-back guarantee, days
30
Refund conditions
30-day money-back guarantee (conditions not read)

Free trial terms

Trial length
0 (no free trial)
Instead of a trial
30-day refund; cancel anytime
Card needed for the trial
Not stated

Server locations

Countries
33 locations (NA, EU, Asia)
Servers
Not stated
Server countries
Not stated
Middle East and North Africa
Not stated
Virtual locations
Not stated
Port speed
10 Gbps backbone
P2P servers
Yes all (torrent focus)
Obfuscated servers
Yes Stealth configurator, all locations

Network features

RAM-only servers
Not stated
IPv6
Not stated
Dedicated IP
Not stated
Static IP
Yes Save IP option in iOS app
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✓ Yes
  • OpenVPN✓ Yes
  • IKEv2✓ Yes
  • L2TP/IPsecNot stated
  • SSTPNot stated
  • SoftEtherNot stated
  • Own protocol✕ No
  • VLESS / RealityREALITY✓ Yes
  • VMessstealth uses REALITY and Hysteria2 only✕ No
  • Trojanstealth uses REALITY and Hysteria2 only✕ No
  • Shadowsocksstealth uses REALITY and Hysteria2 only✕ No
  • Hysteria2✓ Yes
  • TUICNot stated
  • NaiveProxyNot stated
  • obfs4Not stated
  • AmneziaWGNot stated
  • PPTP✕ Yes
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Not stated
Manual configuration files
Yes WireGuard / OpenVPN / IKEv2 / Stealth (REALITY & Hysteria2 links + QR) / PPTP configurators
Open-source apps
Not stated

Censorship and blocking

Obfuscation (stealth mode)
Yes Stealth: REALITY TCP 443 + Hysteria2 UDP 8443 via Hiddify/v2rayN/NekoBox/Streisand/sing-box
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
Yes
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 traffic logs, no connection logs, no activity records - since 2008
Independent no-logs audit
No
Data retention
account data while active or as needed for legal/accounting, then deleted
Shared with third parties
only payment processors; disclosure only under valid legal order
Trackers on the website
none claimed ('no third-party analytics, no tracking pixels')
Transparency report
Not stated
Warrant canary
Not stated
Anonymous sign-up
Not stated

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 email✕ Yes
  • Connection IPclaimed✓ No
  • Session timesNot stated

Apps and devices

  • Windows✓ Yes
  • macOS✓ Yes
  • Linux✓ Yes
  • iOSBTGuard VPN app on App Store: WireGuard/OpenVPN, kill switch, port forwarding✓ Yes
  • Android✓ Yes
  • Android TVBTGuard VPN app✓ Yes
  • Fire TVNot stated
  • Apple TVNot stated
  • ChromebookNot stated
  • Smart TVNot stated
  • RoutersNot stated
  • NASNot stated
  • Raspberry PiNot stated
  • Game consolesNot stated
Browser extensions
Yes browser setup guides

Speed, streaming and gaming

10 Gbps servers
Yes 10 Gbps backbone claim
Netflix
Not stated
BBC iPlayer
Not stated
Disney+
Not stated
Prime Video
Not stated
Gaming features
Not stated
Torrenting
Yes

Support

Live chat
No (knowledge base + tickets) (review, 2023)
Live chat 24/7
No review, 2023
Email / tickets
Yes support center for logged-in users; contact sales form
Phone
Not stated
Telegram
Not stated
WhatsApp
Not stated
Help articles
Yes setup guides
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.

  • Trustpilot

    3.58 of 5, smoothed

    From 2 collected reviews (raw average 1.50; all VPNs 3.66).

    The company replied to 0 of 2 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

  • Google Play

    4.01 of 5, smoothed

    From 6 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 1.

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.2 (2 reviews); Google Play 4.5.

Reviews per month, last 12 months

  1. May ’265 reviews, average 5.0
  2. Sep ’261 reviews, average 5.0
Bar height: number of reviews collected that month. Full-colour bars: months with an average of 4 stars or more; pale bars: below 4.

38 Reddit and forum threads mention BTGuard (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.

  • Google Play · 5★ · 02 Sep 2026

    fantastic app. I love it

  • Google Play · 5★ · 25 May 2026

    fantastic app, does exactly what I hoped.

  • Google Play · 5★ · 12 May 2026

    Really happy with this service!

  • Trustpilot · 2★ · 07 Aug 2018 · US

    They never logged me. I think.

    Original review
  • Trustpilot · 1★ · 06 Nov 2011 · LT

    BTGuard Service/Speed/Anonymity

    Original review

Questions about BTGuard

Answers built from what BTGuard publishes. Open a question to read the details.

Is BTGuard safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction

Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 2.5/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.

In 10 seconds

  • Kill switch

Privacy

Jurisdiction
Canada, alliance not disclosed
Legal entity
Netcrawled LLC (review, 2023)
No-logs policy
Yes No traffic logs, no connection logs, no activity records - since 2008
Data retention
account data while active or as needed for legal/accounting, then deleted
Shared with third parties
only payment processors; disclosure only under valid legal order
Trackers on the website
none claimed (no third-party analytics, no tracking pixels)

Security

Kill switch
Yes
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated

BTGuard not working? Common causes and what to check

4 things to check, built from what BTGuard publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.

What to check

Switch protocol in the app: BTGuard lists WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, VLESS / Reality, Hysteria2.

If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (Stealth: REALITY TCP 443 + Hysteria2 UDP 8443 via…).

Try a manual configuration (WireGuard / OpenVPN / IKEv2 / Stealth (REALITY & Hysteria2 links + QR) / PPTP…).

Contact support: email.

Support when the VPN is blocked

Live chat
No (knowledge base + tickets) (review, 2023)
Live chat 24/7
No review, 2023
Email
Yes support center for logged-in users; contact sales form

BTGuard alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score

14 alternatives to BTGuard (3.41) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Proton VPN (6.12).

Alternatives to BTGuard

14 alternatives
#ServiceScoreWhy it is hereFrom
1Proton VPN
Consumer VPN · Switzerland Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes Free plan
6.12higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.00per month
2NordVPN
Consumer VPN · Panama Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
5.58higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.00per month
3PureVPN
Consumer VPN · BVI Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
5.30similar featuressimilar features€1.85per month
4ExpressVPN
Consumer VPN · BVI Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
4.77similar featuressimilar features€2.57per month
5CactusVPN
Consumer VPN · jurisdiction not stated Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes Free plan
4.17similar featuressimilar features€3.41per month
6Hide.me
Consumer VPN · Malaysia Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes Free plan
3.97similar featuressimilar features€2.69per month
7AtmosVPN
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3.83higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€2.92per month
8StelsVPN
Consumer VPN · Cyprus Free plan
3.81higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.99per month
9TunnelBear
Consumer VPN · Canada Free plan
3.59similar featuressimilar features€2.86per month
10VPN Unlimited (KeepSolid)
Consumer VPN · USA
3.59higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.87per month
11CopVPN
Consumer VPN · USA
3.47cheaper, same featurescheaper, same features€1.28per month
12VPNBaron
Consumer VPN · jurisdiction not stated
3.29similar featuressimilar features€4.99per month
13Namecheap FastVPN
Consumer VPN · USA
3.19cheaper, same featurescheaper, same features€0.86per month
14FastVPN (Namecheap)
Consumer VPN · USA
3.13cheaper, same featurescheaper, same features€0.86per month

BTGuard refund policy: how to ask for your money back

BTGuard refund window: 30 days. Conditions: 30-day money-back guarantee (conditions not read)

Refund terms

Refund window
30
Refund on monthly plans
Not stated
Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
Not stated
Refund for unused time
Not stated
Free trial
0 (no free trial)

How to cancel BTGuard and turn off auto-renewal

How BTGuard says you cancel: non-recurring plans expire; PayPal subscription cancel in PayPal; card subscriptions via support.

Cancellation and renewal

Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Reminder before renewal
Not stated
Bought in App Store or Google Play
cancel in the store’s subscription settings

Without auto-renewal or price hikes

BTGuard coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms

BTGuard 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
up to 40% on longer plans
Checked
2026-10-15

Who owns BTGuard? Company, jurisdiction and related brands

BTGuard is run by Netcrawled LLC (review, 2023), registered in Canada (review, 2023).

Company

Registered in
Canada (review, 2023)
Founded
2008 (claim)

Jurisdiction

In our rankings

BTGuard appears on 166 topic pages. Its place on each:

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Owner and jurisdiction

Sources and changes

Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.

Website
https://btguard.com
Pages checked
https://btguard.com; https://btguard.com/whats-included; https://btguard.com/privacy; https://btguard.com/network; https://btguard.com/join?service=vpn
Other sources used
trial_*/card_required_for_trial/trial_alternative/cancel_method: https://btguard.com/support/ (FAQ Do you offer a free trial? No) + https://btguard.com/; stealth_mode/obfuscated_servers/vmess/trojan/shadowsocks: https://btguard.com/install/view/stealth-setup/; ios/static_ip: https://btguard.com/install/view/btguardvpn-ios/; android_tv/manual_config: https://btguard.com/install/vpn/; apple_google_pay: https://btguard.com/; collects_email/site_trackers/data_retention/third_party_sharing: https://btguard.com/privacy; email_tickets: https://btguard.com/support/; legal_entity/registration_country/live_chat/live_chat_247/nologs_audit: https://vpnpro.com/vpn-reviews/btguard-review/ (updated 2023-01-02)

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