In-Berlin review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
ISP / mobile operator median 2.5
- ISP / mobile operator
- Jurisdiction:Germany, 14 Eyes
- Data completeness60%
- Checked2026-10-15
Red flag: Stores connection IP addresses. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support2.3 vs 3.9
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.8
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms0.0 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
- Network and streaming0.7 vs 2.8
- Jurisdiction in the 14 Eyes alliance
- Stores session times
- Stores connection IP addresses
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of ISP / mobile operator services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
In-Berlinsegment 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 1.80.0
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 0.50.5
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 2.80.7
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 3.92.3
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
In-Berlin pricing
The cheapest way in is €9.00 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, In-Berlin 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 In-Berlin 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 EUR = €1). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPN (lower tier), 1 mo | €9.00 | €108.00at the current price | €216.00at the current price | €324.00at the current price |
| VPN (higher tier), 1 mo | €14.00 | €168.00at the current price | €336.00at the current price | €504.00at the current price |
Compare In-Berlin’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPN (lower tier) | 1 mo | €9.00 | €9.00 |
| VPN (higher tier) | 1 mo | €14.00 | €14.00 |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- written notice, 14 days to end of month
- Payment methods
- SEPA direct debit; bank transfer
- VAT
- Yes gross prices incl. 19% German VAT
- Renewal note
- monthly contract; cancellation 14 days before month end (in writing); free setup
Everything In-Berlin publishes
Every fact we collected about In-Berlin, 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
- Individual Network Berlin e.V.
- Registered in
- Germany
- Address
- Berlin, Germany
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 14
- Website languages
- DE
- Currencies on the site
- EUR
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- IN-Berlin M (250 GB); IN-Berlin L (1 TB)
- Billing terms
- 1 month (monthly contract)
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- 9 or 14
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- monthly contract
- cancellation 14 days before month end (in writing)
- free setup
- VAT included
- Yes gross prices incl. 19% German VAT
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- M €9/mo (250 GB); L €14/mo (1 TB), gross incl. VAT
- Other add-ons
- association membership 20 EUR/year required
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- volume tariffs: M 250 GB/mo, L 1 TB/mo included; extra traffic paid or access blocked until month end
- Prohibited by the terms
- non-commercial users only (private persons, associations, public education); no offensive/illegal content, no competing services
Free plan
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- SEPA direct debit; bank transfer
- Bank card
- No only direct debit or bank transfer
- PayPal
- No only direct debit or bank transfer
- Cryptocurrency
- No only direct debit or bank transfer
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- written notice, 14 days to end of month
- 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
- 1 (Germany, Berlin; single server openvpn-1.in-berlin.de)
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- Yes own AS29670
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Yes
- Dedicated IP
- Yes static IPv4, optionally subnet; IPv6 routed
- Static IP
- Yes rDNS IPv4/IPv6
- 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
- WireGuardonly OpenVPN offered✕ No
- OpenVPNsite: Wir setzen dafür OpenVPN ein✓ Yes
- IKEv2only OpenVPN offered✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolonly OpenVPN offered✕ No
- VLESS / Realityonly OpenVPN offered✕ No
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- Shadowsocksonly OpenVPN offered✕ No
- Hysteria2only OpenVPN offered✕ No
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes manual VPNClient setup
- 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
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- No AGB: connection data stored for billing
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- connection data deleted 80 days after invoicing (AGB)
- 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 IPconnection data for billing; deleted 80 days after invoice✕ Yes
- Session timesonline times shown in web interface; connection data for billing✕ Yes
- Bandwidthvolume tariffs; traffic shown in web interface✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsmanual (any OpenVPN client / compatible OS)✓ Yes
- macOSmanual (any OpenVPN client / compatible OS)✓ Yes
- Linuxmanual (any OpenVPN client / compatible OS)✓ Yes
- iOSNot stated
- Androidmanual (OpenVPN for Android app; official setup guide)✓ 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
- No e-mail correspondence
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes correspondence by e-mail
- 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
3.56 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 1.00; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 2 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.9 (2 reviews).
30 Reddit and forum threads mention In-Berlin (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★ · 09 Dec 2022 · DK
Den dårligste oplevelse af alle i vores…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 20 Oct 2018 · DK
The Hotel was Overbooked
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
In-Berlin appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services In-Berlin 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
- doc.old.yunohost.org/en/providers/vpn
- Pages checked
- ["https://doc.old.yunohost.org/en/providers/vpn", "https://www.peeringdb.com/net/468"]
- Other sources used
- plan_names/terms/renewal/vat/traffic/openvpn/wireguard/dedicated_ip/os/collects_timestamps/collects_bandwidth/socks5_proxy: https://www.in-berlin.de/provider/vpn/; payment_methods/card/paypal/crypto/cancel/nologs/collects_connection_ip/data_retention/email_tickets/tos/live_chat: https://www.in-berlin.de/provider/agb/; site_languages: https://www.in-berlin.de/; android, ikev2, proprietary_protocol, vless_reality, shadowsocks, hysteria2, countries_count: https://www.in-berlin.de/services/userdoc/vpn/
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