Malwarebytes Privacy VPN review: score, privacy and prices
3.97
out of 10#43 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Malwarebytes Inc.
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
- RAM-only servers
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction5.7 vs 1.3
- Security and protocols5.4 vs 2.5
- Price and fair terms4.1 vs 3.3
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support3.2 vs 4.2
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Network and streaming2.6 vs 2.3
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
Compare Malwarebytes Privacy VPN side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of VPN in a security suite services in the main ranking (23 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Malwarebytes Privacy VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.35.7
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 2.55.4
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 3.34.1
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 0.00.0
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 2.32.6
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 4.23.2
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
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN pricing
Everything Malwarebytes Privacy VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Malwarebytes Privacy 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
- Malwarebytes Inc.
- Registered in
- USA
- Address
- 2445 Augustine Drive, Suite 550, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA (office Cork, Ireland)
- Related brands
- AzireVPN
- Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser Guard
- Identity Theft Protection
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- JA
- PT-BR
- DE
- ES
- FR
- IT
- NL
- PL
- PT
- RU
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- EUR (LV geo)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes localized currency
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Privacy VPN; Malwarebytes Plus
- Billing terms
- 1 year
- Cheapest price a month
- €3.33
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- €39.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- €3.33
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Family plan
- No
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- Yes Plus bundle: Premium Security
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- separate Identity Theft Protection (up to $2M insurance)
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Browser Guard ad blocker (Plus)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- No VPN page
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes /affiliates
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 3 (up to 20 depending on plan)
- Data limit
- unlimited (paid); limited (free)
- Speed limit
- No never artificially limited
- Country restrictions
- Territory Notice linked
- Features locked to higher plans
- Browser Guard/antivirus in Plus
- Prohibited by the terms
- spam; interfering with service (general)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free tier with monthly bandwidth limit
- Free data
- No limited
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- Try free link
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- my.malwarebytes.com or support
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 60
- Refund conditions
- 60-day money-back advertised on pricing page; store terms not read
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Instead of a trial
- free tier
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 60+ locations
- Servers
- 150+
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- No no virtual servers
- Own servers
- Yes 100% self-owned, AzireVPN
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Yes diskless
- IPv6
- Yes native IPv6
- Dedicated IP
- No
- Static IP
- Not stated
- Residential IP
- Not stated
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- No
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardonly✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- No
- Encryption
- ChaCha20 256-bit
- 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
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes Browser Guard (Plus only)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes independent third-party audit 2026
- Bug bounty
- Yes Vulnerability Disclosure
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes Can't log. Won't log.
- Independent no-logs audit
- Yes
- Data retention
- free-tier bandwidth 30 days; otherwise as needed
- Shared with third parties
- service providers
- web analytics
- legal disclosures
- not sold
- Trackers on the website
- Yes performance/targeting cookies, pixels
- Transparency report
- Yes annual, hosted by AzireVPN
- Warrant canary
- Yes monthly, AzireVPN
- Law enforcement requests
- may disclose to comply with subpoenas, warrants, court orders
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- GDPR / data protection officer
- no DPO named; privacy@malwarebytes.com
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-08-26
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.
- Emailaccount✕ Yes
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
- Bandwidthfree tier only (aggregate GB, 30 days)✕ Yes
- Device infoapp version, license ID, WG public key✕ Yes
- App analyticsVPN app✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ 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
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- Ultra-fast (WireGuard)
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Fastest protocol (claimed)
- WireGuard
- Netflix
- No
- BBC iPlayer
- No
- Disney+
- No
- Prime Video
- No
- DAZN
- No
- beIN Sports
- No
- Shahid
- No
- OSN+
- No
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support.malwarebytes.com
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Yes Community Forums
- Help articles
- Yes Help Center
- 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
4.39 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.57; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.57 from 200.
The company replied to 11 of 11 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.5 (5508 reviews).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
41 Reddit and forum threads mention Malwarebytes Privacy VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about Malwarebytes Privacy VPN
Answers built from what Malwarebytes Privacy VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what Malwarebytes Privacy VPN 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
- Yes support.malwarebytes.com
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN publishes no promo code on its own site in what we read, so we list none. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Promo codes
- Not stated
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- No VPN page
- Bonus months
- No
- Crypto discount
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Official prices
| Plan | First payment |
|---|---|
| Privacy VPN (3 devices), 12 mo | €39.99 |
| Malwarebytes Plus (VPN+Premium Security+Browser Guard, 3 devices), 12 mo | €79.98 |
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In our rankings
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- Antivirus with VPN#1 of 25
- VPNs with IPv6 support#4 of 26
- US-based VPNs#4 of 107
- RAM-only VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#6 of 13
- Warrant canary#6 of 22
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- RAM-only VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#7 of 13
- RAM-only VPNs with a money-back guarantee#8 of 15
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- VPN with antivirus#9 of 45
- RAM-only servers#10 of 24
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- Bug bounty#11 of 24
- Transparency reports#11 of 21
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- Audited VPNs with an ad blocker#13 of 20
- Free audited no-logs VPNs#13 of 19
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- AzireVPN4.13
Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://malwarebytes.com/vpn
- Pages checked
- https://malwarebytes.com/vpn; https://www.malwarebytes.com/pricing; https://www.malwarebytes.com/vpn (browser); https://www.malwarebytes.com/legal/privacy-policy/; https://www.malwarebytes.com/tos/
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