GatewayVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#95 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
- RAM-only servers
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Security and protocols4.6 vs 2.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction4.3 vs 2.7
- Network and streaming3.5 vs 3.1
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms1.8 vs 3.5
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support4.3 vs 4.3
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
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.
GatewayVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.74.3
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
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.14.6
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 3.51.8
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 0.50.0
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 3.13.5
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 4.34.3
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
GatewayVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €6.86 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, GatewayVPN 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 GatewayVPN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month, 1 mo | €10.30 | €123.63at the current price | €247.27at the current price | €370.90at the current price |
| 6 months, 6 mo | €51.31 | €102.62at the current price | €205.23at the current price | €307.85at the current price |
| 12 months, 12 mo | €82.35 | €82.35 | — | — |
Compare GatewayVPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 1 mo | $11.98 | $11.98 | €10.30 | 1 mo |
| 6 months | 6 mo | $59.66 | $9.94 | €8.55 | 6 mo |
| 12 months | 12 mo | $95.76 | $7.98 | €6.86 | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- 30 days from initial purchase; may refuse on abuse/repeat refunds; up to 10 business days to original method
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- card (Visa) via Stripe
- Renewal note
- billed every 1/6/12 months; renewal price not stated
Everything GatewayVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about GatewayVPN, 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
- NextWave Creations LLC
- Registered in
- USA (Wyoming)
- Address
- 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
- Related brands
- TheHatVPN (refund page title)
- 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
- single plan (1m/6m/12m)
- Billing terms
- 1m
- 6m
- 12m
- Cheapest price a month
- $7.98
- Monthly plan
- $11.98
- 1-year plan, total
- $95.76
- 1-year plan, a month
- $7.98
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- billed every 1/6/12 months; renewal price not stated
- Family plan
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 33% (12m); 17% (6m)
- Discount compared with
- vs 1-month price (12m subtotal 143.76)
- Promo codes
- coupon field at checkout
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 5
- Data limit
- unlimited
- Country restrictions
- not for use where contrary to law
- Prohibited by the terms
- resale/sublicensing
- reverse engineering
- removing notices
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- card (Visa) via Stripe
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- 30 days from initial purchase
- may refuse on abuse/repeat refunds
- up to 10 business days to original method
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 70 (claim; checkout says 60+)
- Servers
- 6500+ (claim)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Yes
- 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
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPNNot stated
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes claims verified by independent auditors, none named
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Yes
- Data retention
- as long as necessary; no periods
- Shared with third parties
- analytics providers (Firebase, Mixpanel, iTunes)
- Trackers on the website
- cookies incl. advertising
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- claims cannot comply as no data
- Copyright (DMCA) notices
- copyright notice procedure in ToS
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- GDPR / data protection officer
- No
- Privacy policy updated
- 2025-05-16
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 IP✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
- Bandwidth✓ No
- App analyticsFirebase, Mixpanel✕ Yes
- Crash reports✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linuxmanual✓ Yes
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVmanual✓ Yes
- Apple TVmanual✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVmanual✓ Yes
- RoutersNot stated
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesmanual (Xbox, PlayStation)✓ 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
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN
- Response time (claimed)
- 24/7 support claim
- 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
3.61 of 5, smoothed
From 1 collected reviews (raw average 1.00; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 1 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
3.94 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.90).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.2 (1 reviews); App Store (US) 5.00 (1 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
44 Reddit and forum threads mention GatewayVPN (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★ · 18 Jul 2025
Clean UX, easy to navigate.
Google Play · 5★ · 12 Jul 2025
decent vpn app. has some useful features like split tunneling. definitely recommend trying it.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 09 Jun 2026 · NL
Free trial couldn't be used
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about GatewayVPN
Answers built from what GatewayVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is GatewayVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 4.3/10 and security 4.6/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes.
In 10 seconds
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
- RAM-only servers
- Kill switch
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- NextWave Creations LLC
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Data retention
- as long as necessary; no periods
- Shared with third parties
- analytics providers (Firebase, Mixpanel, iTunes)
- Trackers on the website
- cookies incl. advertising
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Security audits
- claims verified by independent auditors, none named
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
GatewayVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
GatewayVPN publishes little that helps when it fails to connect: no status page, alternative protocols or support channels in our data.
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
GatewayVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
GatewayVPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: 30 days from initial purchase; may refuse on abuse/repeat refunds; up to 10 business days to original method
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
- No
Try before paying
Refund policies of similar VPNs
GatewayVPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
What GatewayVPN itself publishes about codes: coupon field at checkout. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Discount shown
- 33% (12m); 17% (6m)
- Discount compared with
- vs 1-month price (12m subtotal 143.76)
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Who owns GatewayVPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
GatewayVPN is run by NextWave Creations LLC, registered in USA (Wyoming).
Company
- Registered in
- USA (Wyoming)
- Address
- 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
- Related brands
- TheHatVPN (refund page title)
Jurisdiction
Owners of similar VPNs
In our rankings
GatewayVPN appears on 80 topic pages. Its place on each:
- RAM-only VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#11 of 13
- Audited no-logs VPNs with RAM-only servers#13 of 14
- RAM-only VPNs with a money-back guarantee#13 of 15
- WireGuard console VPNs#13 of 18
- US-based VPNs#13 of 107
- RAM-only VPNs with a kill switch#16 of 21
- RAM-only VPNs with WireGuard support#16 of 20
- Console VPNs with a kill switch#16 of 22
- RAM-only servers#17 of 24
- Console VPNs with money back#17 of 25
- Security audits#18 of 31
- VPNs for consoles#19 of 46
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- No-logs console VPNs#19 of 33
- WireGuard VPNs for Smart TV#19 of 23
- Audited VPNs with 50+ countries#20 of 23
- Audited VPNs with a money-back guarantee#24 of 27
- Smart TV VPNs with a kill switch#24 of 30
- Apple TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#26 of 35
- Smart TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#26 of 35
- Audited no-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#27 of 29
- WireGuard VPNs for Apple TV#27 of 39
- Split tunneling VPNs for Firestick#28 of 28
- VPNs for Smart TV#28 of 47
- No-logs VPNs for Smart TV#28 of 38
- Audited no-logs VPNs with a kill switch#29 of 35
- WireGuard VPNs for Firestick#29 of 35
- Audited no-logs VPNs#30 of 37
- Apple TV VPNs with a kill switch#30 of 38
- Firestick VPNs with 30-day refunds#30 of 40
- Kill switch, 50+ countries#31 of 88
- Firestick VPNs with a kill switch#34 of 39
- Split tunneling#36 of 154
- No-logs VPNs for Apple TV#36 of 53
- VPNs for Apple TV#37 of 64
- VPNs for Fire TV#38 of 58
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#38 of 115
- No-logs VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#41 of 116
- Kill switch VPNs with WireGuard support#43 of 104
- Secure VPNs#46 of 142
- Split tunneling VPNs for Linux#48 of 62
- Linux VPNs with refunds#50 of 76
- Kill switch#51 of 193
- WireGuard, 50+ countries#51 of 71
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#55 of 159
- WireGuard + money-back guarantee#58 of 87
- Linux VPNs with WireGuard#59 of 100
- No IP logs#61 of 191
- Linux VPNs with a kill switch#62 of 95
- Money-back VPNs, 50+ countries#62 of 75
- VPNs in 50+ countries#68 of 132
- Mac VPNs with split tunneling#68 of 113
- Windows VPNs with split tunneling#71 of 111
- No-logs VPNs#73 of 389
- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#73 of 125
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#73 of 154
- Mac VPNs with refunds#74 of 149
- All platforms#75 of 170
- VPNs for Linux#77 of 203
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#77 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#77 of 155
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#78 of 147
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#80 of 159
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#81 of 164
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#88 of 162
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#90 of 161
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#91 of 167
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#102 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#104 of 267
- VPNs for Mac#106 of 361
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#107 of 314
- VPNs for Windows#108 of 357
- No-logs VPNs for Android#110 of 328
- WireGuard VPNs#110 of 192
- VPNs for iPhone#111 of 411
- VPNs for Android#114 of 451
- 30-day money-back guarantee#118 of 174
- 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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Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services GatewayVPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://gatewayvpn.com
- Pages checked
- https://gatewayvpn.com; https://gatewayvpn.com/get-vpn/; https://gatewayvpn.com/no-log-vpn/; https://gatewayvpn.com/vpn-servers/; https://gatewayvpn.com/gatewayvpn-privacy-policy/; https://gatewayvpn.com/terms-of-services/; https://gatewayvpn.com/gatewayvpn-refund-policy/
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