GhostShield VPN review: score, privacy and prices
3.33
out of 10#87 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness93%
- Checked2026-10-15
- RAM-only servers
- Monero payments
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Security and protocols4.3 vs 2.1
- Price and fair terms5.0 vs 3.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.7 vs 2.7
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming1.5 vs 3.1
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support4.7 vs 4.3
- Trial needs a card
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
GhostShield VPNsegment median
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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
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.14.3
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 3.55.0
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 3.11.5
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 4.34.7
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
GhostShield VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.43 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, GhostShield VPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, 1 Month plan
€11.17/mo for 1 months
then €11.17/mo
€5€10€15
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep GhostShield 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 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month, 1 mo | €11.17 | €11.17 / 1 mo | €134.06 | €268.11 | €402.17 |
| 1 Year, 12 mo | €51.50 | — | €51.50 | — | — |
| 3 Years, 36 mo | €123.53 | — | €123.53 | €123.53 | €123.53 |
Compare GhostShield VPN’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | 1 mo | $12.99 | $12.99 | €11.17 | $12.99 | 1 mo |
| 1 Year | 12 mo | $59.88 | $4.99 | €4.29 | — | 12 mo |
| 3 Years | 36 mo | $143.64 | $3.99 | €3.43 | — | 36 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- full refund within 30 days of initial purchase; App Store via Apple
- Free trial
- 7 days, site; iOS
- Card needed for trial
- Yes website card sign-up
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- account dashboard/Stripe; Apple settings
- Payment methods
- Visa; Mastercard; Amex; Discover; Apple Pay; Google Pay; PayPal; BTC; ETH; XMR
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same period at the plan price; renewals non-refundable after 30 days
Everything GhostShield VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about GhostShield 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
- Not stated
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Related brands
- ArchiMaster 3D; LArtist AI (Richdale Ventures LLC)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- single plan, all features
- Billing terms
- 1m
- 12m
- 36m
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.99
- Monthly plan
- $12.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $59.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.99
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- auto-renews same period at the plan price; renewals non-refundable after 30 days
- Family plan
- No Family Mode feature (content filter), no family plan
- Business price per user
- custom on request
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 62% (12m); 69% (36m)
- Discount compared with
- list 155.88 / 467.64 (12.99x months)
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes /earn, /partners, /partner-code
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10
- Prohibited by the terms
- illegal activities
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Amex
- Discover
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
- BTC
- ETH
- XMR
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- BTC
- ETH
- XMR
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- account dashboard/Stripe; Apple settings
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes or Apple/Google sign-in
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- full refund within 30 days of initial purchase; App Store via Apple
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site; iOS
- Trial limits
- full access
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes website card sign-up
Server locations
- Countries
- 16
- Servers
- 20+
- Cities
- 20 locations
16 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 8
Americas 2
Asia and Oceania 5
Middle East and Africa 1
- Server countries, as published
- US (New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Palo Alto); CA (Beauharnois); UK; NL; FR (Paris, Gravelines); IE; CH; DE; ES; IT; SG; HK; JP; AU; IN; AE
- Middle East and North Africa
- AE (Dubai)
- 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
- OpenVPNevery node runs WireGuard only; 100% WireGuard✕ No
- IKEv2WireGuard only✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- 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
- Encryption
- ChaCha20-Poly1305 (WireGuard)
- 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
- Yes
- Split tunnelling
- Yes
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes ad blocker, malware protection, Family Mode
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- No none completed; planned Cure53 / Trail of Bits / NCC Group (2026)
- Bug bounty
- No We do not run a bug-bounty programme
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- Apple
- Google sign-in
- Stripe
- not sold
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; Google Ads
- Transparency report
- Yes Q1 2026: 0 government requests
- Warrant canary
- Yes page linked
- Law enforcement requests
- may disclose where required by law
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-08
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 timeslast handshake in RAM only◐ Partial
- Device infodevice type, OS, app version, vendor ID✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- LinuxNot stated
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVGoogle TV via Google Play✓ Yes
- 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
- Speed test in the app
- Yes
- 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 contact form/email info@ghostshield.ai only
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Email / tickets
- Yes info@ghostshield.ai, contact form
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Response time (claimed)
- paid <12h business days
- trial <24h
- weekends ~48h
- 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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Google Play
3.88 of 5, smoothed
From 4 collected reviews (raw average 3.75; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.75 from 4.
The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
31 Reddit and forum threads mention GhostShield 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 · 4★ · 25 Sep 2026
Update after the latest updates: I’m really impressed with the improvements across all platforms, especially the Google TV version. Auto-connect and the kill…
Google Play · 1★ · 11 Sep 2026
Can't get it to connect to any server
Google Play · 5★ · 29 Aug 2026
I was genuinely surprised by the beautiful and intuitive design, combined with solid performance and fast connection speeds. The Threat Analyzer feature is a…
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about GhostShield VPN
Answers built from what GhostShield VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is GhostShield VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 3.7/10 and security 4.3/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- RAM-only servers
- Warrant canary
- Kill switch
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- Not stated
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Shared with third parties
- Apple; Google sign-in; Stripe; not sold
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; Google Ads
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- Encryption
- ChaCha20-Poly1305 (WireGuard)
- Security audits
- none completed; planned Cure53 / Trail of Bits / NCC Group (2026)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
GhostShield VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what GhostShield VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No contact form/email info@ghostshield.ai only
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Yes info@ghostshield.ai, contact form
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
GhostShield VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
GhostShield VPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: full refund within 30 days of initial purchase; App Store via Apple
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Yes
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7
Try before paying
Refund policies of similar VPNs
How to cancel GhostShield VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How GhostShield VPN says you cancel: account dashboard/Stripe; Apple settings. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same period at the plan price; renewals non-refundable after 30 days
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Cancelling of similar VPNs
GhostShield VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
GhostShield VPN free trial: 7, site; iOS. Card needed: yes (website card sign-up).
Trial terms
- Length
- 7
- Limits
- full access
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
GhostShield VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
GhostShield VPN publishes no promo code on its own site in what we read, so we list none. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Promo codes
- Not stated
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- 62% (12m); 69% (36m)
- Discount compared with
- list 155.88 / 467.64 (12.99x months)
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
In our rankings
GhostShield VPN appears on 107 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Trial VPNs with RAM-only servers#4 of 7
- Trial VPNs that accept Monero#5 of 7
- Ad-blocking Monero VPNs#5 of 10
- Kill switch Monero VPNs#7 of 12
- Monero VPNs with money-back#7 of 7
- WireGuard Monero VPNs#8 of 15
- Pay with Monero#10 of 21
- RAM-only VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#12 of 13
- RAM-only crypto VPNs#12 of 15
- Warrant canary#13 of 22
- RAM-only VPNs with a money-back guarantee#14 of 15
- Trial VPNs with ad blocking#15 of 55
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- Transparency reports#15 of 21
- RAM-only VPNs with a kill switch#18 of 21
- RAM-only VPNs with WireGuard support#18 of 20
- Android TV VPN free trials#19 of 35
- WireGuard VPNs with a trial#19 of 69
- RAM-only servers#20 of 24
- Trial VPNs with money back#21 of 82
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#22 of 64
- Android TV VPNs with ad blocking#23 of 30
- Trial VPNs with a kill switch#23 of 83
- Ad-blocking crypto VPNs#27 of 54
- Android TV VPNs paid with crypto#28 of 36
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#28 of 144
- VPN free trials#29 of 190
- Android TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#32 of 41
- WireGuard VPNs for Android TV#32 of 45
- Kill switch + ad blocker#34 of 70
- Money-back VPNs with an ad blocker#34 of 72
- VPN servers in the UAE#34 of 54
- Ad blocker#35 of 129
- WireGuard crypto VPNs#35 of 92
- 10+ devices#37 of 127
- Split tunneling VPNs for Android TV#37 of 48
- VPN servers in Ireland#37 of 63
- DNS leak protection#38 of 124
- Android TV VPNs with a kill switch#38 of 49
- Mac VPN trials#38 of 144
- Crypto VPNs with money-back#39 of 72
- Android VPN free trials#39 of 160
- Windows VPN trials#39 of 140
- Split tunneling#40 of 154
- Kill switch crypto VPNs#42 of 84
- VPNs for Android TV#42 of 73
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#42 of 115
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- WireGuard + ad blocker#46 of 67
- Pay with PayPal#47 of 211
- VPN servers in Hong Kong#47 of 83
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- 30-day money-back guarantee#54 of 174
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- Kill switch#57 of 193
- WireGuard + money-back guarantee#57 of 87
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- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#66 of 125
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- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#81 of 162
- No-logs VPNs#83 of 389
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#84 of 167
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- No-logs VPNs for Windows#93 of 267
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- VPNs for Windows#96 of 357
- VPNs for iPhone#97 of 411
- VPNs for Android#99 of 451
- WireGuard VPNs#107 of 192
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#113 of 159
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://ghostshield.ai
- Pages checked
- https://ghostshield.ai; https://www.ghostshield.ai/pricing; https://www.ghostshield.ai/privacy; https://www.ghostshield.ai/terms
- Other sources used
- openvpn/ikev2/proprietary_protocol/vless..hysteria2/mena_locations/countries_list/cities_count/ram_only_servers: https://www.ghostshield.ai/servers; nologs_audit/security_audits: https://www.ghostshield.ai/audits; live_chat/live_chat_247/email_tickets/response_time_claimed/bug_bounty: https://www.ghostshield.ai/contact; warrant_canary/transparency_report/android_tv/encryption/adblock_malware_blocker/in_app_speedtest/stealth_mode: https://www.ghostshield.ai/
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