FDN VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
ISP / mobile operator median 2.5
- ISP / mobile operator
- Jurisdiction:France, 9 Eyes
- Owner:none (non-profit association)
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support4.8 vs 3.9
- Price and fair terms3.7 vs 3.4
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.7 vs 2.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.4 vs 2.3
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.8
- Jurisdiction in the 9 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
Compare FDN (French Data Network) VPN side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of ISP / mobile operator services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
FDN (French Data Network) VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.4
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 1.80.0
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 3.43.7
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 2.80.7
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
FDN (French Data Network) VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €1.00 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, FDN (French Data Network) VPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Préférentiel plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep FDN (French Data Network) VPN 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 EUR = €1). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particuliers, 1 mo | €6.00 | €6.00 / 1 mo | €72.00 | €144.00 | €216.00 |
| Préférentiel, 1 mo | €1.00 | €1.00 / 1 mo | €12.00 | €24.00 | €36.00 |
| Association, 1 mo | €12.00 | €12.00 / 1 mo | €144.00 | €288.00 | €432.00 |
| Entreprises (HT), 1 mo | €20.00 | €20.00 / 1 mo | €240.00 | €480.00 | €720.00 |
Compare FDN (French Data Network) VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particuliers | 1 mo | €6.00 | €6.00 | €6.00 | 1 mo |
| Préférentiel | 1 mo | €1.00 | €1.00 | €1.00 | 1 mo |
| Association | 1 mo | €12.00 | €12.00 | €12.00 | 1 mo |
| Entreprises (HT) | 1 mo | €20.00 | €20.00 | €20.00 | 1 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes monthly direct debit
- How to cancel
- member area (vador.fdn.fr)
- Payment methods
- SEPA direct debit only
- VAT
- Yes (TTC) except business (HT)
- Renewal note
- monthly billing in arrears, prorated; + membership 15.24 EUR/yr
Everything FDN (French Data Network) VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about FDN (French Data Network) 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
- French Data Network (FDN) association
- Registered in
- France
- Parent company
- none (non-profit association)
- Related brands
- FFDN federation
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 9
- Website languages
- FR
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- EUR
- Prices depend on country
- No
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Particuliers
- Préférentiel
- Association
- Entreprises
- Billing terms
- monthly, prorated, no commitment
- Cheapest price a month
- €1.00
- Monthly plan
- €6.00
- 1-year plan, total
- €72.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- €6.00
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- monthly billing in arrears, prorated; + membership 15.24 EUR/yr
- VAT included
- Yes (TTC) except business (HT)
- Family plan
- No
- Business price per user
- 20 EUR HT/mo per VPN
- Other add-ons
- membership 15.24 EUR/yr required
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1 (client cannot be used on several machines at once; install on router for LAN)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes public FDN VPN, open access: any login/password, dynamic public IP
- Free data
- Not stated
- Free speed
- shared, max 100 Mbps total for simultaneously connected public VPN clients
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- no account needed; files fdn-vpn-public.ovpn
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- SEPA direct debit only
- Bank card
- No
- PayPal
- No
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Local payment methods
- SEPA direct debit
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes monthly direct debit
- How to cancel
- member area (vador.fdn.fr)
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- Yes membership form + signed direct-debit mandate (name, bank)
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 1
- Servers
- Not stated
1 country listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 1
- Middle East and North Africa
- No
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- Yes FDN network
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Yes /48 routed per subscriber
- Dedicated IP
- Yes fixed public IPv4/IPv6 per subscriber
- Static IP
- Yes subscription: fixed IPv4 from 80.67.179.x + IPv6 /48
- 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
- WireGuardOpenVPN chosen per wiki✕ No
- OpenVPNUDP 1194; TCP 1194; alt ports vpn-rw.fdn.fr UDP 53/123, TCP 80/443/993/22✓ Yes
- IKEv2only OpenVPN documented✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes ovpn files (subscriber + public) + CA cert
- Open-source apps
- No standard clients
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Partial OpenVPN over TCP 443/80/22, UDP 53 via vpn-rw.fdn.fr; HTTP proxy option
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Own DNS servers
- Yes 80.67.169.12, 80.67.169.40
- Split tunnelling
- Yes manual (comment redirect-gateway / route lines, netns)
- 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
- No
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
- Windowsmanual: OpenVPN Community GUI✓ Yes
- macOSmanual: Tunnelblick✓ Yes
- Linuxmanual: openvpn / NetworkManager✓ Yes
- iOSmanual: OpenVPN Connect✓ Yes
- Androidmanual: OpenVPN for Android, F-Droid✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersLibreCMC/OpenWrt, OPNsense guides; La Brique Internet✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry Piguide✓ Yes
- 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
- Email / tickets
- Yes support[at]fdn.fr
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- FR
- Help articles
- Yes public wiki on git.fdn.fr
- 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.
No reviews collected for this service.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 3.7.
46 Reddit and forum threads mention FDN (French Data Network) VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
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FDN (French Data Network) VPN appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://fdn.fr
- Pages checked
- https://www.fdn.fr/services/vpn/; https://www.fdn.fr/asso/adherer/; https://git.fdn.fr/fdn-public/wiki/-/blob/master/vpn/README.md; raw README (robots disallowed)
- Other sources used
- all fields: https://git.fdn.fr/fdn-public/wiki/-/blob/master/vpn/README.md
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