Cryptostorm review: score, privacy and prices

4.05

out of 10#33 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6

  • Consumer VPN
  • Jurisdiction:USA, alliance not disclosed
  • Data completeness87%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • No email to sign up
  • Monero payments
  • Open-source apps

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Security and protocols6.1 vs 2.1
  • Censorship bypass3.3 vs 0.5
  • Privacy and jurisdiction3.7 vs 2.7

Weakest against its segment

  • Price and fair terms2.3 vs 3.5
  • Network and streaming3.7 vs 3.1
  • Platforms and support5.2 vs 4.3
  • Stores session times
  • Auto-renewal on by default

Compare Cryptostorm 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.

Cryptostormsegment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.73.7
    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
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.16.1
    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
  • Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.52.3
    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 0.53.3
    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 3.13.7
    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 4.35.2
    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

Cryptostorm pricing

The cheapest way in is €3.37 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Cryptostorm renews at its standard price, the same per month as the first term. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.

Price per month over 3 years, yearly (4 devices) plan

€3.73/mo for 12 months then €3.73/mo €5

first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →

Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years

What you pay to keep Cryptostorm 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 termFirst paymentThen1 year2 years3 years
weekly (recurring), 0.25 mo €1.60 €1.60 / 0.25 mo€76.78€153.56€230.34
monthly (1 device), 1 mo €5.16 €5.16 / 1 mo€61.92€123.84€185.76
quarterly (2 devices), 3 mo €13.76 €13.76 / 3 mo€55.04€110.08€165.12
semiannual (3 devices), 6 mo €24.08 €24.08 / 6 mo€48.16€96.32€144.48
yearly (4 devices), 12 mo €44.72 €44.72 / 12 mo€44.72€89.44€134.16
two years (5 devices, single order), 24 mo €80.84 —€80.84€80.84—

Compare Cryptostorm’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices

All plans as published

PlanTermPrice for termPer month€ / monthRenewal priceRenewal term
weekly (recurring)0.25 mo$1.86$7.44€6.40$1.860.25 mo
monthly (1 device)1 mo$6.00$6.00€5.16$6.001 mo
quarterly (2 devices)3 mo$16.00$5.33€4.58$16.003 mo
semiannual (3 devices)6 mo$28.00$4.67€4.02$28.006 mo
yearly (4 devices)12 mo$52.00$4.33€3.72$52.0012 mo
two years (5 devices, single order)24 mo$94.00$3.92€3.37no renewal (one-time)—

Refunds, trial and payment

Refund window
conditional (refund if ≤50% of token duration used and order <180 days old; lifetime tokens non-refundable)
Refund conditions
≤50% of token time used and order placed <180 days ago; email support@cryptostorm.is with processor + transaction ID; limited refunds per customer; lifetime tokens not refundable
Free trial
No
Auto-renewal
recurring option or single order (user choice)
Payment methods
card; PayPal; CCBill (incl. prepaid cards); Monero; NOWPayments (~200 coins); BitPay (BTC, ETH...)
Renewal note
Recurring subscriptions renew at same price; single-order (non-recurring) tokens also sold

Everything Cryptostorm publishes

Every fact we collected about Cryptostorm, 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
Cryptostorm LLC (site footer, Dover, DE)
Registered in
US (Delaware, per site footer)
Address
no central office
Related brands
DeepDNS; TrackerSmacker
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
Not stated
Website languages
EN
Right-to-left languages
No
Currencies on the site
USD
Prices depend on country
No

Plans, prices and add-ons
Plans
  • token: 1 week
  • 1 month
  • 3 months
  • 6 months
  • 1 year
  • 2 years
  • bundles 5x/11x/25x 1-month
Billing terms
  • 1 week
  • 1
  • 3
  • 6
  • 12
  • 24 months
Cheapest price a month
$3.88
Monthly plan
$6.00
1-year plan, total
$52.00
1-year plan, a month
$4.33
2-year plan, total
$94.00
2-year plan, a month
$3.92
Lifetime plan
Not stated
Renewal
Recurring subscriptions renew at same price; single-order (non-recurring) tokens also sold
Family plan
No
Prices seen from other countries
USD (same as existing; e.g. 25x 1-month bundle $97 shown on home)
Dedicated IP add-on
No
Port forwarding add-on
Yes included
Double VPN add-on
Yes included (multihop)
Antivirus
No
Password manager
No
eSIM
No
Identity protection
No
Cloud storage
No
Other add-ons
token bundles: 5x1m $24, 11x1m $48, 25x1m $97 (~$3.88/mo)

Discounts and programmes
Discount shown
No
Student discount
Not stated
Bonus months
No

Limits and restrictions
Devices at once
1-5 by token length (1w/1m:1, 3m:2, 6m:3, 1y:4, 2y:5, lifetime:6)
Data limit
unlimited
Speed limit
no throttling
Torrenting / P2P policy
Yes BitTorrent allowed; port forwarding
Features locked to higher plans
devices by token length

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

Payment and subscription
Payment methods
  • card
  • PayPal
  • CCBill (incl. prepaid cards)
  • Monero
  • NOWPayments (~200 coins)
  • BitPay (BTC, ETH...)
Bank card
Yes
PayPal
Yes
Cryptocurrency
Yes
Coins accepted
  • XMR
  • BTC
  • ETH
  • ~200 via NOWPayments
Cash
Not stated
Gift cards
No
Mobile carrier billing
No
Local payment methods
No
Auto-renewal by default
Yes recurring option or single order (user choice)
Email needed to sign up
No XMR/NOWPayments without email
Phone needed to sign up
No
Account-number login
Yes access token
Identity check (KYC)
No
Money-back guarantee, days
conditional (refund if ≤50% of token duration used and order <180 days old; lifetime tokens non-refundable)
Refund conditions
  • ≤50% of token time used and order placed <180 days ago
  • email support@cryptostorm.is with processor + transaction ID
  • limited refunds per customer
  • lifetime tokens not refundable

Free trial terms
Trial length
No
Instead of a trial
1-week token $1.86
Card needed for the trial
Not stated

Server locations
Countries
23 (status page, 36 locations)
Servers
450+ IPs; bare-metal dedicated servers
Cities
36 locations (status page)

23 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.

Europe 19

Americas 2

Asia and Oceania 2

Server countries, as published
AT, BE, CA, CZ, UK (England), FI, FR, DE, HU, IT, MD, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, ES, SE, CH, AU, JP, US
Middle East and North Africa
none
Virtual locations
Not stated
Own servers
Yes dedicated bare-metal (claim)
P2P servers
Yes all (BitTorrent allowed)
Obfuscated servers
Yes Xray, stunnel SSH/HTTPS, obfs4

Network features
RAM-only servers
Not stated
IPv6
Yes
Dedicated IP
No
Static IP
Not stated
Residential IP
Not stated
Double VPN / multi-hop
Yes server-side doublehop + client-side
Tor over VPN
Yes transparent .onion/.i2p access
SOCKS5 proxy
Not stated
Smart DNS
No

Protocols and encryption
  • WireGuard✓ Yes
  • OpenVPNECC & RSA✓ Yes
  • IKEv2✕ No
  • L2TP/IPsecNo
  • SSTPNo
  • SoftEtherNot stated
  • Own protocol✕ No
  • VLESS / Realitysupported VPN protocols stated: OpenVPN and WireGuard; Xray used as tunnel wrapper✕ No
  • VMessNot stated
  • TrojanNot stated
  • ShadowsocksNot stated
  • Hysteria2Not stated
  • TUICNot stated
  • NaiveProxyNot stated
  • obfs4✓ Yes
  • AmneziaWGNot stated
  • PPTP✓ No
Other protocols
Xray/stunnel tunneling (SSH/HTTPS look-alike); any port 1-65535 UDP/TCP
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Yes ML-DSA-87 OpenVPN instances
Manual configuration files
Yes ovpn + WireGuard configs (cryptostorm.is/conf/)
Open-source apps
Yes https://github.com/cryptostorm

Censorship and blocking
Obfuscation (stealth mode)
Yes obfs4, Xray, stunnel
Countries it claims to work in
Russia (obfs4, HTTPS+SNI); China varies
Mirror sites or Telegram channel
Yes Tor .onion + I2P cs.i2p mirrors
Calls in the UAE
Not stated

Security
Kill switch
Yes
DNS leak protection
Yes DNS/WebRTC leak protection
Own DNS servers
Yes DeepDNS, DNSCrypt v2
Split tunnelling
Not stated
Ad and malware blocker
Yes TrackerSmacker DNS
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated
Security audits
Not stated
Bug bounty
Not stated

Privacy
No-logs policy
Yes
Independent no-logs audit
No
Data retention
web logs 2 weeks; order data moved to encrypted offsite backup after ~2 weeks
Shared with third parties
payment processors; BitPay gets email (opt-out)
Transparency report
No
Warrant canary
No
Law enforcement requests
not terribly cooperative (2013 policy)
Copyright (DMCA) notices
no formal policy
Anonymous sign-up
Yes
GDPR / data protection officer
No
Privacy policy updated
2013 (+ undated technical sections)

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.

  • Emailat order (optional for XMR/BitPay)✕ Yes
  • IP at sign-upwebsite Apache logs 2 weeks✕ Yes
  • Connection IP✓ No
  • Session timestoken activation time only✕ Yes
  • Bandwidthserver-wide totals only◐ Partial
  • Device info✓ No
  • App analytics✓ No
  • Crash reports✓ No

Apps and devices
  • WindowsGUI client✓ Yes
  • macOSOpenVPN/WireGuard✓ Yes
  • Linux✓ Yes
  • iOSvia third-party OpenVPN Connect / WireGuard apps with generated configs✓ Yes
  • Androidvia third-party OpenVPN for Android / WireGuard apps with generated configs✓ Yes
  • Android TVNot stated
  • Fire TVNot stated
  • Apple TVNot stated
  • ChromebookNot stated
  • Smart TVNot stated
  • Routersrouter setup mentioned✓ 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
Yes

Support
Live chat
Yes
Live chat 24/7
Not stated
Email / tickets
Yes
Phone
Not stated
Telegram
Not stated
WhatsApp
Not stated
Support languages
EN
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

    3.67 of 5, smoothed

    From 1 collected reviews (raw average 4.00; all VPNs 3.66).

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.6 (1 reviews).

43 Reddit and forum threads mention Cryptostorm (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.

  • Trustpilot · 4★ · 23 Mar 2024 · NL

    Cryptostorm.is put your privacy first, always

    Original review

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Questions about Cryptostorm

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

Is Cryptostorm safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction

Privacy and jurisdiction 3.7/10 and security 6.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.

In 10 seconds

  • Open-source apps
  • Kill switch
  • Stores session times

Privacy

Jurisdiction
USA, alliance not disclosed
Legal entity
Cryptostorm LLC (site footer, Dover, DE)
No-logs policy
Yes
Data retention
web logs 2 weeks; order data moved to encrypted offsite backup after ~2 weeks
Shared with third parties
payment processors; BitPay gets email (opt-out)

Security

Kill switch
Yes
DNS leak protection
Yes (yes (DNS/WebRTC leak protection))
Open-source apps
https://github.com/cryptostorm
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated

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Cryptostorm not working? Common causes and what to check

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

What to check

Switch protocol in the app: Cryptostorm lists WireGuard, OpenVPN, obfs4.

If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (obfs4, Xray, stunnel).

Try a manual configuration (.ovpn + WireGuard configs (cryptostorm.is/conf/)).

Contact support: live chat, email.

If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (Tor .onion + I2P cs.i2p mirrors).

Support when the VPN is blocked

Live chat
Yes
Mirrors or channel
Tor .onion + I2P cs.i2p mirrors

If it is blocked where you are

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Cryptostorm alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score

11 alternatives to Cryptostorm (4.05) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Proton VPN (6.12).

Alternatives to Cryptostorm

11 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
3Mullvad
Consumer VPN · Sweden Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
4.78similar featuressimilar features€5.00per month
4AirVPN
Consumer VPN · Italy
4.37similar featuressimilar features€2.75per month
5Xeovo VPN
Consumer VPN · Finland
4.17higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€2.99per month
6CactusVPN
Consumer VPN · jurisdiction not stated Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes Free plan
4.17higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.41per month
7AzireVPN
Consumer VPN · Sweden Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
4.13higher score, same pricehigher score, same price€3.75per month
8LimeVPN
Consumer VPN · Singapore
3.47similar featuressimilar features€3.51per month
9NVPN
Consumer VPN · jurisdiction not stated
3.37similar featuressimilar features€2.86per month
10CruxVPN
Consumer VPN · UK
2.74similar featuressimilar features€3.86per month
11Incognet VPN
Consumer VPN · USA
2.64similar featuressimilar features€1.72per month

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Cryptostorm refund policy: how to ask for your money back

Cryptostorm refund window: conditional (refund if ≤50% of token duration used and order <180 days old; lifetime tokens non-refundable). Conditions: ≤50% of token time used and order placed <180 days ago; email support@cryptostorm.is with processor + transaction ID; limited refunds per…

Refund terms

Conditions
≤50% of token time used and order placed <180 days ago; email support@cryptostorm.is with processor + transaction ID; limited refunds per customer; lifetime tokens not refundable
Refund on monthly plans
Not stated
Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
Not stated
Refund for unused time
Not stated
Free trial
No

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Who owns Cryptostorm? Company, jurisdiction and related brands

Cryptostorm is run by Cryptostorm LLC (site footer, Dover, DE), registered in US (Delaware, per site footer).

Company

Registered in
US (Delaware, per site footer)
Address
no central office
Related brands
DeepDNS; TrackerSmacker

Jurisdiction

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In our rankings

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Sources and changes

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

Website
https://cryptostorm.is
Pages checked
https://cryptostorm.is (webfetch + browser for pricing block); https://cryptostorm.is/privacy; https://cryptostorm.is/faq; https://cryptostorm.is/ts (TrackerSmacker doc); https://cryptostorm.is/uptime (robots-blocked)
Other sources used
trial_where/card_required_for_trial: https://cryptostorm.is/faq; money_back_days/refund_conditions: https://cryptostorm.is/refund; countries_count/cities_count/countries_list/mena_locations: https://cryptostorm.is/uptime; ios: https://cryptostorm.is/ios; android: https://cryptostorm.is/android; vless_reality/legal_entity/registration_country: https://cryptostorm.is/

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