G DATA VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#316 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:Germany, 14 Eyes
- Owner:none (G DATA CyberDefense AG)
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming3.5 vs 2.3
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.9 vs 1.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.5
- Platforms and support2.3 vs 4.2
- Price and fair terms2.4 vs 3.3
- Jurisdiction in the 14 Eyes alliance
- Stores session times
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of VPN in a security suite services in the main ranking (23 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
G DATA VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.31.9
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 2.50.0
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 3.32.4
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 0.00.0
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 2.33.5
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 4.22.3
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
G DATA VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €5.00 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, G DATA VPN 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 G DATA 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 | 1 year | 2 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| G DATA VPN (10 devices) 1 Jahr, 12 mo | €59.95 | €59.95 | — |
| G DATA VPN (10 devices) 2 Jahre, 24 mo | €119.90 | €119.90 | €119.90 |
Compare G DATA VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G DATA VPN (10 devices) 1 Jahr | 12 mo | €59.95 | €5.00 | 12 mo |
| G DATA VPN (10 devices) 2 Jahre | 24 mo | €119.90 | €5.00 | 24 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Yes Als Abonnement kaufen toggle on by default
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- VAT
- Yes
Everything G DATA VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about G DATA 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
- G DATA CyberDefense AG
- Registered in
- Germany
- Address
- G DATA Campus, Königsallee 178 a, 44799 Bochum, Germany (HRB 6886 AG Bochum)
- Parent company
- none (G DATA CyberDefense AG)
- Related brands
- G DATA Antivirus
- Internet Security
- Total Security
- VPN tech by IPVanish
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 14
- Website languages
- DE (gdata.de)
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- EUR
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- G DATA VPN (1 or 2 years, 10 devices)
- Billing terms
- 12m; 24m
- Cheapest price a month
- €5.00
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- €59.95
- 1-year plan, a month
- €5.00
- 2-year plan, total
- €119.90
- 2-year plan, a month
- €5.00
- Lifetime plan
- No
- VAT included
- Yes
- Family plan
- Yes 10 devices per licence
- Prices seen from other countries
- 1 Jahr 59,95 EUR; 2 Jahre 119,90 EUR (10 devices, inkl. MwSt., subscription toggle on)
- Antivirus
- Yes G DATA AV/IS/Total Security bundles (VPN 50% off)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 50% (with G DATA security suite or for existing customers)
- Discount compared with
- standalone VPN price
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10
- Features locked to higher plans
- kill switch Windows only
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes IAP (Google/Apple)
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes Als Abonnement kaufen toggle on by default
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- ~50 (marketing: 75+ locations)
- Servers
- ~2000
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- AE (Dubai, 2 servers); IL (Tel Aviv, 8 servers)
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- No IPVanish infrastructure
- 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
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardFAQ lists IKEv2, OpenVPN, IPSec only✕ No
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- IPSec, per client
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- No
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Partial Windows only
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- 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 content/browsing history stored); processes hashed IP, connection duration, data volume
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- as long as needed / legally required (VPN); website logs 7 days
- Shared with third parties
- IPVanish, Inc. (USA, VPN tunnel)
- Google Ireland
- Apple Distribution International
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- not addressed
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- GDPR / data protection officer
- Bastian Rogles, DSB@gdata.de
- Privacy policy updated
- website policy Oct 2025; VPN policy undated
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.
- Email✕ Yes
- Connection IPhashed◐ Partial
- Session timesconnection duration✕ Yes
- Bandwidthbytes transferred✕ Yes
- Device infodevice ID/name, OS, app version✕ Yes
- Crash reports✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows10/11/8.1✓ Yes
- macOS11+✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS17+✓ Yes
- Android8.0+✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersNot stated
- 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
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes info@gdata.de
- Phone
- Yes +49 234 9762-0
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- DE
- 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
3.81 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 3.85; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.23 from 31.
The company replied to 10 of 52 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
3.86 of 5, smoothed
From 9 collected reviews (raw average 3.67; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 1.
The company replied to 1 of 3 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.9 (625 reviews); Google Play 4.7.
Reviews per month, last 12 months
34 Reddit and forum threads mention G DATA VPN (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★ · 29 Sep 2026
Great VPN App, The Servers are always fast for me and they always work great for me, Keep up the great work.
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Nov 2025
works well, can be connected for days... and have kill switch.
Google Play · 4★ · 30 Apr 2024
Very good security.
Trustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · DE
Telefonische Rücksprache sehr gut
Original reviewTrustpilot · 4★ · 14 Oct 2026 · NL
Verlenging ging super gemakkelijk
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026 · DE
ein rundum sorglos Packet
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about G DATA VPN
Answers built from what G DATA VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is G DATA VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.9/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 1.3 and 2.5). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Stores session times
- Jurisdiction in 14 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Germany, 14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- G DATA CyberDefense AG
- No-logs policy
- Yes (no content/browsing history stored); processes hashed IP, connection duration, data volume
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- as long as needed / legally required (VPN); website logs 7 days
- Shared with third parties
- IPVanish, Inc. (USA, VPN tunnel); Google Ireland; Apple Distribution International
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes (yes (Windows only))
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
G DATA VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what G DATA VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: G DATA VPN lists OpenVPN, IKEv2.
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat 24/7
- 24/7 German support claimed (rund um die Uhr - an 365 Tagen), channel not specified
- Yes info@gdata.de
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
G DATA VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
G DATA VPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: 30-day money-back guarantee
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
Try before paying
Refund policies of similar VPNs
Who owns G DATA VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
G DATA VPN is run by G DATA CyberDefense AG, registered in Germany; parent company: none (G DATA CyberDefense AG).
Company
- Registered in
- Germany
- Address
- G DATA Campus, Königsallee 178 a, 44799 Bochum, Germany (HRB 6886 AG Bochum)
- Related brands
- G DATA Antivirus; Internet Security; Total Security; VPN tech by IPVanish
Jurisdiction
Owners of similar VPNs
In our rankings
G DATA VPN appears on 41 topic pages. Its place on each:
- German VPN providers#6 of 8
- Family plans, 50+ countries#13 of 13
- Antivirus with VPN#18 of 25
- Family plans with money-back#21 of 22
- Family plans with OpenVPN#22 of 22
- No-logs VPNs with a family plan#29 of 31
- Family plans#35 of 42
- VPN with antivirus#40 of 45
- VPNs with phone support#50 of 67
- Money-back VPNs, 50+ countries#73 of 75
- OpenVPN, 50+ countries#76 of 78
- VPNs in German#76 of 87
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- Middle East VPN servers#94 of 122
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#99 of 100
- No-logs VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#113 of 116
- 10+ devices#114 of 127
- VPNs in 50+ countries#118 of 132
- IKEv2#124 of 133
- Mac VPNs with refunds#144 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#152 of 155
- 30-day money-back guarantee#163 of 174
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#170 of 191
- Outside 5 Eyes#170 of 237
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#175 of 190
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#183 of 198
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#188 of 207
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#193 of 219
- OpenVPN#212 of 242
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#251 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#258 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#276 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#284 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#309 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#318 of 361
- No-logs VPNs#323 of 389
- VPNs for iPhone#335 of 411
- VPNs for Android#349 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Cheaper with the same features
- ioloVPN1.20
Higher score for the same money
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Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services G DATA VPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://gdata.de
- Pages checked
- https://www.gdata.de/vpn; https://www.gdata.de/impressum; https://www.gdata.de/privacy; https://www.gdata.de/privacy/vpn
- Other sources used
- price_24m/plans/mena_locations/wireguard/live_chat_247/autorenew_default: https://www.gdata.de/privatperson/vpn
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 268 | 267 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 309 | 308 |