HMS Ewon review: score, privacy and prices
1.09
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5
- Business VPN / ZTNA
- Jurisdiction:Sweden, 14 Eyes
- Owner:HMS Networks
- Data completeness47%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming2.7 vs 2.8
- Security and protocols1.4 vs 1.8
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support1.7 vs 3.9
- Price and fair terms1.3 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.5 vs 2.3
- Jurisdiction in the 14 Eyes alliance
Compare HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Business VPN / ZTNA services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy)segment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.5
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 1.81.4
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 3.41.3
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 2.82.7
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 3.91.7
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
HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) pricing
HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes Talk2M Free+, with Ewon routers. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan |
|---|
| Talk2M Free+ |
| Talk2M Pro |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- direct HMS, online partners, distributors
- Renewal note
- Talk2m free is free for 12 months per newly added device (counter resets on new device purchase); pro has overage charges for traffic/datamailbox
Everything HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) publishes
Every fact we collected about HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy), 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
- HMS Networks AB (HMS)
- Registered in
- Sweden
- Address
- Halmstad, Sweden
- Parent company
- HMS Networks
- Related brands
- Ewon
- Talk2M
- eCatcher
- M2Web
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 14
- Website languages
- Not stated
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Talk2M Free+; Talk2M Pro
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Talk2m free is free for 12 months per newly added device (counter resets on new device purchase); pro has overage charges for traffic/datamailbox
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Other add-ons
- overage charges beyond allocation (Pro)
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- concurrent VPN connections per account: free 1, light 2, pro 5 (+ add-on connections on pro); mobile: 5/5/unlimited
- Data limit
- monthly VPN traffic: free 3 GB, light 5 GB, pro 20 GB (+ paid extra on pro)
- Features locked to higher plans
- user rights mgmt, device grouping, global SLA, more concurrent connections (Pro)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes Talk2M Free+, with Ewon routers
- Free data
- No 3 GB/month VPN traffic
- Free devices
- unlimited devices/users; 1 concurrent VPN + 5 mobile connections
- Ads in the free plan
- No
- Other free plan terms
- 5M DataMailbox datapoints/mo; no user rights mgmt/grouping/SLA
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- direct HMS, online partners, distributors
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- available in 178 countries
- Servers
- 35+ (Talk2M servers across 3+ hosting providers)
- 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
- OpenVPNTalk2m = OpenVPN-based; eCatcher is an OpenVPN client; UDP 1194 / TCP 443✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- 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
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes continuous auditing claimed
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Certifications
- ISO 27001 (Talk2M)
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- 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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- WindowseCatcher✓ Yes
- macOSeCatcher is Windows; HMS not aware of macOS plans✕ No
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSEcatcher Mobile, free✓ Yes
- AndroidEcatcher Mobile, free✓ 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
- No M2Web browser portal
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
- Uptime guarantee (SLA)
- global SLA (Pro); 24/7/365 supervision
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Yes Talk2M account, user rights mgmt in Pro
- API
- Yes data services/APIs
- Dedicated gateway
- Yes Ewon hardware gateways
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- Yes cloud VPN relay (Talk2M) to on-site gateways
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.
No reviews collected for this service.
34 Reddit and forum threads mention HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
In our rankings
HMS Ewon (Talk2M / Cosy) appears on 3 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://hms-networks.com
- Pages checked
- https://hms-networks.com; https://www.hms-networks.com/ewon; https://www.ewon.biz/products/talk2m
- Other sources used
- simultaneous_devices/traffic_limit/renewal_note/currency/sla_uptime: https://help.ewon.biz/ecatcher/help/en/talk2m-pricing-plans.html (also https://www.hms-networks.com/talk2m); mena_locations: https://help.ewon.biz/ecatcher/help/en/endpoints-for-computers-and-tablets.html; openvpn: https://www.wachendorff-prozesstechnik.de/fileadmin/wp/fileserver/technical_notes/TN_1102_Talk2M_Voraussetzungen_dt_engl.pdf + https://help.ewon.biz/ecatcher/help/en/which-port-s--should-i-open-in-my-firewall-to-allow-connection-to-talk2m-.html; macos: https://support.hms-networks.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/23907114965906-Ecatcher-for-macOS; ios/android: https://www.hms-networks.com/news/news-details/-ecatcher-mobile-app-for-android-and-ios!
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