Lethean review: score, privacy and prices
0.91
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Decentralised (dVPN) median 2.9
- Decentralised (dVPN)
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness20%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.9
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.9
Weakest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 2.4
- Price and fair terms0.8 vs 2.8
- Platforms and support1.7 vs 3.6
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Decentralised (dVPN) services in the main ranking (15 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Letheansegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.71.3
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 2.91.1
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 2.80.8
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 2.40.0
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 1.90.0
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 3.61.7
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
Lethean pricing
Lethean does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: No paid per provider in LTHN; open-source software free. 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
- LTHN sent manually from wallet to provider (no automatic payment in client)
- Renewal note
- pay-per-use: pay only for time connected, no fixed monthly/yearly fees (paid in LTHN via wallet)
Everything Lethean publishes
Every fact we collected about Lethean, 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
- Lethean Foundation (review)
- Registered in
- UK? (Facebook page lists Taunton
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- pay-as-you-go (time-based) in LTHN; Full VPN and bandwidth marketplace (sell bandwidth via exit nodes)
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- pay-per-use: pay only for time connected, no fixed monthly/yearly fees (paid in LTHN via wallet)
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- No paid per provider in LTHN; open-source software free
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- LTHN sent manually from wallet to provider (no automatic payment in client)
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- LTHN
- 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
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- No community exit nodes
- 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 protocolP2P dVPN dispatcher orchestrating proxy/VPN modules; TLS-encrypted proxy + full VPN (Medium, Lethean)✓ Yes
- 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
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes claim: no logs, no central database of visited sites
- 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
- Windowsbuild instructions for Windows (review, Quicknode); GUI client referenced on GitHub✓ Yes
- macOSbuild instructions for macOS (review, Quicknode)✓ Yes
- LinuxCLI client + exit node; exit node Linux-only; Docker images✓ 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
- 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.
No reviews collected for this service.
37 Reddit and forum threads mention Lethean (titles and search snippets only).
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Questions about Lethean
Answers built from what Lethean publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Who owns Lethean? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Lethean is run by Lethean Foundation (review), registered in UK? (Facebook page lists Taunton.
In our rankings
Lethean appears on 18 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Decentralized VPNs#21 of 23
- Proprietary protocols#101 of 110
- Linux VPNs with crypto#119 of 119
- No-logs crypto VPNs#151 of 151
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#154 of 154
- Mac VPNs with crypto#156 of 156
- Windows VPNs with crypto#158 of 158
- Pay with crypto#179 of 181
- VPNs for Linux#202 of 203
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#265 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#278 of 280
- VPNs for Windows#347 of 357
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://lethean.io
- Other sources used
- renewal_note/plan_names: https://lethean.io (webfetch); linux/payment: https://github.com/LetheanNetwork/lthn-app-vpn (browser; last commit 2026-07-28); windows/macos/legal_entity: https://www.quicknode.com/builders-guide/tools/lethean-vpn-by-lethean-foundation (snippet); registration_country: https://www.facebook.com/lethean.io/ (snippet); protocol: https://medium.com/letheanvpn/the-first-non-testnet-blockchain-backed-vpn-eebdd70fc489 (snippet)
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 486 | 485 |