LANCOM VPN review: score, privacy and prices
1.22
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5
- Business VPN / ZTNA
- Jurisdiction:Germany, 14 Eyes
- Owner:Rohde & Schwarz
- Data completeness60%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass2.4 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support3.5 vs 3.9
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 1.8
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms0.9 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.5 vs 2.3
- Jurisdiction in the 14 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.
LANCOM VPNsegment 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 1.81.1
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 3.40.9
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 0.52.4
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 3.93.5
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
LANCOM VPN pricing
LANCOM VPN 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
- 30 days, site (demo download, Advanced VPN Client)
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything LANCOM VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about LANCOM 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
- Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity GmbH (formerly LANCOM Systems GmbH; renamed 2026-07-01)
- Registered in
- Germany
- Address
- Adenauerstraße 20 / B2, 52146 Würselen, Germany (HRB 16976, AG Aachen)
- Parent company
- Rohde & Schwarz
- Related brands
- R&S LANCOM
- LANCOM Management Cloud
- R&S SITLine
- R&S Trusted VPN
- R&S Trusted Objects Manager
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 14
- Website languages
- DE
- EN
- FR
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Advanced VPN Client Windows/macOS (single-device licenses)
- VPN routers/gateways
- vRouter
- LMC
- Billing terms
- license (upgrade license covers up to 2 major versions)
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1 device per client license
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
- 30 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site (demo download, Advanced VPN Client)
- Trial limits
- activation required within 30 days
- 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
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocolIPsec over HTTPS (NCP VPN Path Finder)✓ Yes
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTPconnection type in client✕ Yes
- Other protocols
- IPsec IKEv1 (main/aggressive)
- NAT-T
- IKEv2 redirect
- IPComp
- Encryption
- AES-CBC/CTR/GCM 128-256
- DH groups up to 30
- SHA-2
- FIPS 140-2 crypto module
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes client profiles configured via LANconfig/setup wizard
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes IPsec over HTTPS (Path Finder) to pass firewalls
- 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
- Yes plus split-DNS
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 (LMC + service/support processes); FIPS 140-2 crypto module (client)
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
- WindowsWin 10/11✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✕ No
- Android✕ No
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routersown VPN routers/gateways✓ Yes
- 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
- Yes AI chatbot only
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes customer portal
- Phone
- Yes +49 2405 49936 0
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- DE; EN
- Help articles
- Yes knowledgebase.lancom-systems.de
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Yes LANCOM Management Cloud
- Dedicated gateway
- Yes own on-prem/virtual gateways
- 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
3.65 of 5, smoothed
From 1 collected reviews (raw average 3.00; all VPNs 3.66).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.4 (1 reviews).
45 Reddit and forum threads mention LANCOM 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 · 3★ · 05 Dec 2023 · PT
Good products, poor support
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Reviews of similar VPNs
In our rankings
LANCOM VPN appears on 2 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Owner and jurisdiction
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://lancom-systems.com
- Pages checked
- https://lancom-systems.com; https://rs-nc.rohde-schwarz.com/de (same company); https://rs-nc.rohde-schwarz.com/en/products/remote-mobile-access/rs-lancom-advanced-vpn-client-windows; DS_Advanced-VPN-Client-Windows_EN.pdf; imprint
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