Flashrouters review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Routers / VPN hardware median 2.5
- Routers / VPN hardware
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded2013 (copyright since)
- Owner:IPANYWHERE Inc.
- Data completeness40%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 1.8
- Platforms and support2.9 vs 3.9
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Routers / VPN hardware services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Flashrouterssegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.0
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 1.81.1
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 3.41.2
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 3.92.9
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
Flashrouters pricing
The cheapest way in is €12.90 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Flashrouters 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 Flashrouters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy Hero 2 VPN Router (multi-VPN), Lifetime | €128.99 | €128.99 | €128.99 | €128.99 |
| Privacy Hero 2 NordVPN Router (1y NordVPN incl.), 12 mo | €154.79 | €154.79 | — | — |
Compare Flashrouters’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy Hero 2 VPN Router (multi-VPN) | Lifetime | $149.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Privacy Hero 2 NordVPN Router (1y NordVPN incl.) | 12 mo | $179.99 | $15.00 | €12.90 | cloud features need paid plan after 1 year | 12 mo |
| NordVPN Router + NordVPN Service Bundle | — | $159.99 | — | — | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- 30-day satisfaction return, $25 restocking fee (store credit), shipping not refunded; faulty hardware 7 days; 1-year warranty; service plans refundable within 7 days of renewal
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes service plans
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Privacy Hero cloud features require paid plan after first year; service plans auto-renew (7-day refund window after renewal)
Everything Flashrouters publishes
Every fact we collected about Flashrouters, 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
- IPANYWHERE Inc.
- Registered in
- USA (New Jersey offices)
- Address
- New Jersey, USA (no street address given)
- Related brands
- Privacy Hero; official NordVPN partner
- Founded
- 2013 (copyright since)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Hardware routers (20 models)
- Privacy App
- Support/Service plans (Silver, Gold, ...)
- Flash My Router
- Billing terms
- hardware one-off; support plans quarterly/yearly
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- hardware 74.99-789.99 USD
- Renewal
- Privacy Hero cloud features require paid plan after first year; service plans auto-renew (7-day refund window after renewal)
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Support/service plans
- 2-year warranty upgrade at checkout
- Flash My Router session
- Privacy App
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- up to ~49% on hardware (e.g. 179.99 vs 249.99)
- Discount compared with
- regular list price
- Sale running when checked
- Yes sale prices on 14 of 20 items
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Referral programme
- Yes reward points
- Affiliate programme
- Yes
- Affiliate network
- Post Affiliate Pro (flashrouters.postaffiliatepro.com)
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes service plans
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- 30-day satisfaction return, $25 restocking fee (store credit), shipping not refunded
- faulty hardware 7 days
- 1-year warranty
- service plans refundable within 7 days of renewal
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- 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
- Streaming servers
- Yes Streaming Relocation on compatible services (Privacy Hero 2)
- 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
- WireGuardNordLynx on routers✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes router pre-configured for provider
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- 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
- Split tunnelling
- Yes per device VPN control on Privacy Hero 2 / FR Privacy App
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes Privacy Hero 2: network-wide ad & threat blocking
- 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
- Trackers on the website
- cookies (iubenda consent)
- 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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- WindowsNot stated
- macOSNot stated
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSNot stated
- AndroidNot stated
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routerscore product✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesvia router✓ Yes
- 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 ticket form
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- No
- No
- Support languages
- EN
- Response time (claimed)
- 24-48 hr (ticket)
- Help articles
- Yes setup guides, FAQs
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- Yes Roqos SASE appliance sold (699.99 USD)
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
4.00 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.08; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
The company replied to 19 of 45 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.0 (1072 reviews).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
43 Reddit and forum threads mention Flashrouters (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 · 1★ · 19 Aug 2026 · US
I have not been able to work for 2 days…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 20 May 2026 · US
Had an excellent customer service…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 11 May 2026 · GB
Handles multiple devices better
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
Flashrouters appears on 2 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://flashrouters.com
- Pages checked
- https://flashrouters.com; https://www.flashrouters.com/routers; https://support.flashrouters.com/faqs/warranty-and-returns-faqs/; https://www.flashrouters.com/privacy-policy (iubenda link only)
- Other sources used
- split_tunneling/adblock/streaming/related_brands: https://www.flashrouters.com/; live_chat_247/response_time/email_tickets: https://www.flashrouters.com/contact
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