HotVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#223 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:Israel, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming3.5 vs 3.1
- Platforms and support4.3 vs 4.3
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 2.7
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.1
- Price and fair terms2.8 vs 3.5
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
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.
HotVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.7
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 3.52.8
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
HotVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €11.17 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, HotVPN 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 HotVPN 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 | €11.17 | €134.06at the current price | €268.11at the current price | €402.17at the current price |
Compare HotVPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 1 mo | — | $8.50 | €7.31 |
| Professional | 1 mo | — | $19.32 | €16.62 |
| Maximum | 1 mo | — | $41.66 | €35.83 |
| 2-year | 24 mo | — | $3.99 | €3.43 |
| 1 month | 1 mo | $12.99 | $12.99 | €11.17 |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 3 days
- Free trial
- 3 (FAQ says 7), Android
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- PayPal; credit/debit card
Everything HotVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about HotVPN, 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
- Israel (Belize
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- Not stated
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Standard
- Professional
- Maximum
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.99
- Monthly plan
- $12.99
- 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
- 2
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- PayPal; credit/debit card
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes (Bitcoin) (review)
- 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
- 3
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 3 (FAQ says 7)
- Where the trial is offered
- Android
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 60-65 claimed (22 counted)
- Servers
- 150+
7 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 3
Americas 1
Asia and Oceania 3
- Server countries, as published
- US; CN; UK; IN; JP; ES; CH (mentioned)
- 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)
- 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 leaks in test
- Split tunnelling
- No
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes claims virus/malware protection
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no browsing history/destinations/DNS
- 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
- Windowsclaimed (payment failed)✓ Yes
- macOSclaimed✓ Yes
- Linuxclaimed✓ Yes
- iOSclaimed✓ Yes
- Android✓ 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
- Chrome; Firefox claimed
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- US (buffering)
- BBC iPlayer
- No
- Disney+
- No
- Prime Video
- Partial
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- No
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes 24/7 claim; no reply in test
- 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
3.71 of 5, smoothed
From 5 collected reviews (raw average 4.20; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
4.12 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.15; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.19 from 83.
The company replied to 0 of 74 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.5 (5 reviews); Google Play 4.2 (5.77K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
30 Reddit and forum threads mention HotVPN (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 · 3★ · 14 Oct 2026
بعضی
Google Play · 4★ · 13 Oct 2026
خوبه
Google Play · 5★ · 13 Oct 2026
ok
Trustpilot · 1★ · 18 Jul 2025 · GB
Market66 worst company stay away from…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 18 Aug 2022 · IL
Best VPN
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 20 Apr 2021 · IL
Fast VPN
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about HotVPN
Answers built from what HotVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is HotVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Israel, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Not stated
- No-logs policy
- Yes no browsing history/destinations/DNS
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
HotVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what HotVPN 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
- Yes 24/7 claim; no reply in test
If it is blocked where you are
HotVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
HotVPN refund window: 3 days.
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 3
- Conditions
- Not stated
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 3 (FAQ says 7)
Try before paying
HotVPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
HotVPN free trial: 3 (FAQ says 7), Android.
Trial terms
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Refund window
- 3
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
In our rankings
HotVPN appears on 82 topic pages. Its place on each:
- VPN servers in China#9 of 18
- Firefox VPN extensions for Netflix#11 of 13
- Chrome VPN extensions for Netflix#16 of 24
- VPNs for US Netflix#16 of 38
- Firefox VPN extensions with a trial#18 of 23
- Chrome VPN extensions with a trial#24 of 37
- Firefox VPN extensions with ad blocking#25 of 26
- Firefox VPN extensions for crypto#25 of 29
- Netflix claims + ad blocker#26 of 31
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs for Netflix#31 of 44
- Netflix claims, 50+ countries#32 of 32
- Crypto VPNs for Netflix#35 of 44
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- Trial VPNs for Netflix#35 of 44
- Chrome VPN extensions with ad blocking#36 of 38
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with an ad blocker#36 of 44
- Linux VPNs for Netflix#37 of 49
- Chrome VPN extensions for crypto#38 of 50
- Trial VPNs with ad blocking#40 of 55
- Firefox extensions#41 of 54
- Linux VPN trials#43 of 65
- Ad blocker, 50+ countries#47 of 52
- Ad-blocking crypto VPNs#48 of 54
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with 50+ countries#49 of 58
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#50 of 78
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#50 of 70
- Trial VPNs in 50+ countries#51 of 62
- Mac VPNs for Netflix#53 of 83
- Non-14 Eyes crypto VPNs#54 of 63
- No-logs Chrome VPN extensions#54 of 79
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#54 of 85
- Linux VPNs with ad blocking#54 of 62
- Windows VPNs for Netflix#54 of 83
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#54 of 64
- VPN servers in India#54 of 94
- Crypto VPNs in 50+ countries#56 of 58
- VPN servers in Switzerland#56 of 91
- Chrome extensions#60 of 92
- VPNs for Netflix#60 of 97
- VPN servers in Spain#60 of 99
- VPN servers in Japan#64 of 125
- VPN servers in the UK#69 of 156
- Windows VPN trials#74 of 140
- Mac VPN trials#77 of 144
- Mac VPNs with ad blocking#78 of 103
- Windows VPNs with ad blocking#78 of 99
- VPN servers in the USA#78 of 178
- Android VPN free trials#80 of 160
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#81 of 103
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#82 of 116
- Linux VPNs with crypto#86 of 119
- Ad blocker#89 of 129
- No-logs VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#96 of 116
- VPNs in 50+ countries#105 of 132
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#105 of 154
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#106 of 144
- DNS leak protection#107 of 124
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#108 of 143
- Mac VPNs with crypto#108 of 156
- Windows VPNs with crypto#108 of 158
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#111 of 154
- Outside 14 Eyes#112 of 204
- All platforms#113 of 170
- VPN free trials#120 of 190
- VPNs for Linux#123 of 203
- No-logs crypto VPNs#125 of 151
- Outside 5 Eyes#128 of 237
- Pay with PayPal#129 of 211
- Pay with crypto#133 of 181
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#162 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#164 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#167 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#173 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#181 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#183 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#187 of 411
- VPNs for Android#193 of 451
- VPNs under €5#200 of 280
- No-logs VPNs#228 of 389
- 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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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/hotvpn/
- Pages checked
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/hotvpn/; https://hotvpn.com (WebFetch robots-disallowed; browser NXDOMAIN)
- Other sources used
- https://hotvpn.com (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN in browser); Play search https://play.google.com/store/search?q=HotVPN&c=apps&hl=en -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hotcodes.hotvpn; crypto: https://www.wizcase.com/reviews/hotvpn/
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 271 | 270 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 312 | 311 |