Google Fi VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Built into a browser / OS median 2.5
- Built into a browser / OS
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Alphabet Inc. / Google
- Data completeness40%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.3
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.8
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms0.0 vs 3.4
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Platforms and support1.1 vs 3.9
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Built into a browser / OS services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Google Fi VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.0
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 1.80.0
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 3.40.0
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 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 3.91.1
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
Google Fi VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €17.20 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Google Fi VPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Flexible (1 line, +$10/GB) plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Google Fi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Premium (1 line), 1 mo | €55.90 | €55.90 / 1 mo | €670.80 | €1341.60 | €2012.40 |
| Unlimited Standard (1 line), 1 mo | €43.00 | €43.00 / 1 mo | €516.00 | €1032.00 | €1548.00 |
| Unlimited Essentials (1 line), 1 mo | €30.10 | €30.10 / 1 mo | €361.20 | €722.40 | €1083.60 |
| Flexible (1 line, +$10/GB), 1 mo | €17.20 | €17.20 / 1 mo | €206.40 | €412.80 | €619.20 |
Compare Google Fi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Premium (1 line) | 1 mo | $65.00 | $65.00 | €55.90 | $65.00 | 1 mo |
| Unlimited Standard (1 line) | 1 mo | $50.00 | $50.00 | €43.00 | $50.00 | 1 mo |
| Unlimited Essentials (1 line) | 1 mo | $35.00 | $35.00 | €30.10 | $35.00 | 1 mo |
| Flexible (1 line, +$10/GB) | 1 mo | $20.00 | $20.00 | €17.20 | $20.00 | 1 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- VAT
- No taxes extra
- Renewal note
- mobile plan, monthly; taxes/fees extra (10-20%)
Everything Google Fi VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Google Fi 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
- Google LLC (Google Fi)
- Registered in
- US
- Parent company
- Alphabet Inc. / Google
- Related brands
- Google One VPN (closed 2024); Pixel VPN by Google
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
- Prices depend on country
- US only service
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Fi Unlimited Premium
- Unlimited Standard
- Unlimited Essentials
- Flexible
- Billing terms
- 1 (monthly)
- Cheapest price a month
- 20 (Flexible plan, +data)
- Monthly plan
- 20-65 (phone plan, VPN bundled)
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- mobile plan, monthly; taxes/fees extra (10-20%)
- VAT included
- No taxes extra
- Family plan
- Yes multi-line plans 2-6 lines
- Other add-ons
- spam call blocking; international data
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 50% off 12 months on unlimited plans with Pixel (ends 10/31/26)
- Discount compared with
- plan price
- Sale running when checked
- Yes Pixel/motorola promos
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Country restrictions
- US carrier customers only
Free plan
- Free plan
- No included in Fi plan
- 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
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes Google account
- Phone needed to sign up
- Yes phone line
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- Yes carrier signup (Google account)
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- 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
- 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
- WireGuardNot stated
- 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
- 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
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Own DNS servers
- Yes custom DNS not supported
- Split tunnelling
- No user control; fixed exemptions (local network, tethered devices, some system apps)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Partial doesn't retain online activity; metadata without IP kept 14 days
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- traffic metadata (e.g. connection speed) without IP: 14 days
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
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 IPsession via one-time token; traffic metadata e.g. connection speed kept 14 days without IP✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windows✕ No
- macOS✕ No
- Linux✕ No
- iOSVPN by Google available on all phones with Google Fi service✓ Yes
- Androidall phones with Google Fi service; primary profile only✓ 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
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- 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
1.79 of 5, smoothed
From 161 collected reviews (raw average 1.21; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 8.
The company replied to 0 of 152 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 1.3 (161 reviews).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
43 Reddit and forum threads mention Google Fi 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.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 14 Oct 2026 · US
RUN! Warranty Scam
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 07 Oct 2026 · US
This service deserves no stars
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 09 Sep 2026 · US
Where do I start
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
Google Fi VPN appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
Similar VPNs
Google Fi VPN compared
Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services Google Fi VPN 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://fi.google.com
- Pages checked
- https://fi.google.com (https://fi.google.com/about/vpn and support article fetch failed)
- Other sources used
- ios/android/devices/split/collects_connection_ip/nologs_claim/data_retention/own_dns: https://support.google.com/fi/answer/10388412?hl=en; nologs_audit: https://www.nccgroup.com/research/public-report-vpn-by-google-one-technical-security-privacy-assessment/
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