GNUVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#143 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Trial without a card
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming5.2 vs 3.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.7 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms4.4 vs 3.5
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support2.9 vs 4.3
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.1
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- 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.
GNUVPNsegment 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 2.11.1
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 3.54.4
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 0.50.0
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 3.15.2
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 4.32.9
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
GNUVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €10.31 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, GNUVPN 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 GNUVPN 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 | €10.31 | €123.74at the current price | €247.47at the current price | €371.21at the current price |
Compare GNUVPN’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 | $11.99 | $11.99 | €10.31 | 1 mo |
| 1 Year | 12 mo | — | $4.99 | €4.29 | 12 mo |
| 2 Years | 24 mo | — | $3.99 | €3.43 | 24 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 14 days
- Refund conditions
- email customers@gnuvpn.com or form; processed within 10 days
- Free trial
- 1 (24h, no card)
- Card needed for trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- Payment methods
- Visa; Mastercard; PayPal; crypto
Everything GNUVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about GNUVPN, 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
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- Not stated
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- 1 Month
- 1 Year
- 2 Years
- Billing terms
- 1
- 12
- 24 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.99
- Monthly plan
- $11.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.99
- 2-year plan, a month
- $3.99
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 5
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Visa
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- crypto
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 14
- Refund conditions
- email customers@gnuvpn.com or form; processed within 10 days
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 1 (24h, no card)
- Card needed for the trial
- No
Server locations
- Countries
- 16 locations (review caption); 40 countries in text
- Servers
- 40+ (table)
9 countries listed (the provider’s list is incomplete). A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 5
Asia and Oceania 3
Middle East and Africa 1
- Server countries, as published
- UK; FR; IT; SE; MD; IL; KZ; SG; AU (tested, partial)
- Middle East and North Africa
- IL (tested)
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- 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
- No
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNmain✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherAndroid, beta◐ Partial
- 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
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Yes no leaks in tests
- Split tunnelling
- No
- Ad and malware blocker
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no IP, DNS, destinations
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- 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.
- Email✕ Yes
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
- Crash reportsdiagnostics✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- LinuxUbuntu GUI✓ Yes
- iOS✓ Yes
- AndroidPlay + APK✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- No
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- UK (full); IT, SE, FR (originals)
- BBC iPlayer
- Yes review test
- Disney+
- Yes UK
- Prime Video
- Yes
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Yes
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes email + web form
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Response time (claimed)
- observed 10–15+ h
- 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
3.72 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.66).
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App Store
4.08 of 5, smoothed
From 38 collected reviews (raw average 4.79; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
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Google Play
4.15 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.18; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.47 from 73.
The company replied to 67 of 67 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.8 (2 reviews); App Store (US) 4.53 (124 ratings); Google Play 4.0 (35.5K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
39 Reddit and forum threads mention GNUVPN (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.
App Store · 1★ · 25 Aug 2026 · US
It is awful!!!!!!
App Store · 5★ · 01 Jul 2026 · GB
GnuVPN Amnesia super good
App Store · 1★ · 31 May 2026 · US
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Google Play · 1★ · 07 Oct 2026
t I paid for subscription but then it didnt worked out. I want my money back.
Google Play · 1★ · 04 Oct 2026
not working
Google Play · 1★ · 02 Oct 2026
I'm a premium user. Split tunneling doesn't work; therefore, your device may be slower like mine.
Trustpilot · 5★ · 16 Sep 2025 · ID
great vpn
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 15 Sep 2025 · GE
good service
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about GNUVPN
Answers built from what GNUVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is GNUVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 3.7/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- Not stated
- No-logs policy
- Yes no IP, DNS, destinations
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Yes (yes (no leaks in tests))
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
GNUVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what GNUVPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: GNUVPN lists OpenVPN, SoftEther.
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No
- Yes email + web form
If it is blocked where you are
GNUVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
GNUVPN refund window: 14 days. Conditions: email customers@gnuvpn.com or form; processed within 10 days
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 14
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 1 (24h, no card)
Try before paying
GNUVPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
GNUVPN free trial: 1 (24h, no card). Card needed: no.
Trial terms
- Card needed
- No
- Refund window
- 14
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
In our rankings
GNUVPN appears on 99 topic pages. Its place on each:
- VPNs for UK Netflix#5 of 16
- VPN servers in Kazakhstan#8 of 19
- Netflix VPN trials, no card#10 of 15
- Torrenting VPN trials, no card#10 of 12
- VPN servers in Moldova#10 of 23
- VPNs for Prime Video#12 of 33
- Non-14 Eyes VPN trials, no card#13 of 24
- VPNs for BBC iPlayer#14 of 50
- Netflix claims + dedicated IP#15 of 22
- Dedicated IP VPN trials, no card#15 of 17
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with a dedicated IP#17 of 27
- Torrenting + dedicated IP#18 of 25
Show all 99
- VPNs for Disney+#19 of 35
- Trial VPNs for torrenting#19 of 40
- OpenVPN trials, no card#19 of 33
- Trial VPNs with a dedicated IP#20 of 25
- Torrenting + Netflix claims#21 of 39
- Trial VPNs for Netflix#21 of 44
- No-card trial VPNs with crypto#21 of 30
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs for Netflix#22 of 44
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes for torrenting#22 of 42
- VPN servers in Israel#22 of 57
- Crypto VPNs for Netflix#23 of 44
- VPN trials without a card#23 of 51
- VPNs with a static IP#24 of 50
- No-logs VPN trials, no card#25 of 50
- Free trial, no card#27 of 66
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#28 of 70
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#29 of 78
- VPN servers in Italy#29 of 88
- VPN servers in Sweden#29 of 93
- VPN servers in Singapore#30 of 138
- VPN servers in Australia#31 of 127
- VPN servers in the UK#31 of 156
- Torrenting crypto VPNs#32 of 57
- VPNs for Netflix#32 of 97
- VPN servers in France#32 of 137
- VPNs with a dedicated IP#33 of 71
- OpenVPN VPNs claiming Netflix#35 of 62
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#35 of 64
- Dedicated IP crypto VPNs#36 of 50
- Linux VPNs for Netflix#36 of 49
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#36 of 90
- Non-14 Eyes crypto VPNs#39 of 63
- OpenVPN + dedicated IP#40 of 50
- Linux VPN trials#42 of 65
- Linux VPNs for torrenting#42 of 62
- VPNs for torrenting#42 of 107
- Linux VPNs with a dedicated IP#43 of 52
- Middle East VPN servers#44 of 122
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with OpenVPN support#46 of 101
- OpenVPN for torrenting#49 of 81
- Mac VPNs for Netflix#51 of 83
- OpenVPN crypto VPNs#52 of 103
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#52 of 85
- Windows VPNs for Netflix#52 of 83
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#57 of 144
- Mac VPNs for torrenting#59 of 92
- VPN free trials#59 of 190
- Windows VPNs for torrenting#61 of 94
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#68 of 143
- Outside 14 Eyes#69 of 204
- Windows VPN trials#72 of 140
- Mac VPN trials#75 of 144
- Pay with PayPal#76 of 211
- No-logs crypto VPNs#77 of 151
- Outside 5 Eyes#77 of 237
- Android VPN free trials#78 of 160
- Pay with crypto#79 of 181
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#82 of 191
- Linux VPNs with OpenVPN#82 of 125
- Linux VPNs with crypto#85 of 119
- DNS leak protection#86 of 124
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#104 of 154
- Mac VPNs with crypto#107 of 156
- Windows VPNs with crypto#107 of 158
- No IP logs#109 of 191
- VPNs under €5#109 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#110 of 154
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#110 of 190
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#111 of 198
- All platforms#112 of 170
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#114 of 207
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#117 of 219
- VPNs for Linux#122 of 203
- OpenVPN#125 of 242
- No-logs VPNs#135 of 389
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#161 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#163 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#166 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#172 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#179 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#181 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#185 of 411
- VPNs for Android#191 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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- Borderless VPN2.00
- TrueVPN2.61
- AethoVPN1.48
- MacSentry VPN1.68
- Private WiFi1.60
- HideIPVPN2.19
Higher score for the same money
- LimeVPN3.47
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Closed services GNUVPN 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://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/gnuvpn/
- Pages checked
- ["https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/gnuvpn/"]
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