Illumio review: score, privacy and prices
0.30
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5
- Business VPN / ZTNA
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Illumio, Inc.
- Data completeness13%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols0.7 vs 1.8
- Platforms and support1.6 vs 3.9
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms0.0 vs 3.4
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
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.
Illumiosegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.0
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 1.80.7
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 3.91.6
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
Illumio pricing
Illumio does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: No. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything Illumio publishes
Every fact we collected about Illumio, 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
- Illumio, Inc. (+ global subsidiaries)
- Registered in
- US
- Parent company
- Illumio, Inc.
- Related brands
- Illumio Segmentation; Illumio Insights
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- DE
- FR
- JA
- KO
- PT-BR
- ES-MX
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Illumio Segmentation; Illumio Insights
- Billing terms
- quote-based
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Business price per user
- quote (not public)
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- 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
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Instead of a trial
- demos
- 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)
- 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
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Yes responsible disclosure policy
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type 2
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- as long as needed; no periods
- Shared with third parties
- subsidiaries, suppliers, event sponsors, ad networks; CCPA sharing with ad partners
- Trackers on the website
- cookies, ad pixels, cross-context behavioral advertising
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- discloses when legally required
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- GDPR / data protection officer
- no DPO named; privacy email
- Privacy policy updated
- 2025-11-12
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.
- Emailforms, portal✕ Yes
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infowebsite/device activity✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsVEN agent, Windows Filtering Platform✓ Yes
- macOSNot stated
- LinuxVEN agent; also AIX/Solaris✓ Yes
- iOSNot stated
- AndroidNot stated
- 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
- Email / tickets
- Yes support portal, contact form
- Phone
- Yes +1 855 426 3983
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Yes community
- Support languages
- EN
- Help articles
- Yes docs.illumio.com
- Server status page
- Yes SaaS status
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Yes single console
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- No microsegmentation / zero trust segmentation (not remote-access ZTNA)
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.
48 Reddit and forum threads mention Illumio (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
In our rankings
Illumio appears on 2 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://illumio.com
- Pages checked
- https://illumio.com; https://illumio.com/legal/trust; https://www.illumio.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Other sources used
- windows/linux: https://product-docs-repo.illumio.com/Tech-Docs/Core/26.1/Admin/out/en/ven-administration-guide/overview-of-ven-administration/ven-architecture-and-components.html; card_required_for_trial: https://www.illumio.com/try-illumio-segmentation
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