MASQ Network review: score, privacy and prices
2.56
out of 10#174 of 377 in the main ranking
Decentralised (dVPN) median 2.9
- Decentralised (dVPN)
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Founded2019
- Owner:MASQ Network
- Data completeness67%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.3 vs 2.7
- Network and streaming2.2 vs 1.9
- Platforms and support3.6 vs 3.6
Weakest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 2.4
- Price and fair terms2.2 vs 2.8
- Security and protocols2.9 vs 2.9
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.
MASQ Networksegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.73.3
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 2.92.9
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 2.82.2
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 2.40.5
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 1.92.2
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 3.63.6
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
MASQ Network pricing
The cheapest way in is €6.88 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, MASQ Network 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 MASQ Network 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 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium monthly, 1 mo | €12.04 | €144.48at the current price | €288.96at the current price | €433.44at the current price |
| Premium annual, 12 mo | €82.56 | €82.56 | — | — |
Compare MASQ Network’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium monthly | 1 mo | $14.00 | $14.00 | €12.04 | 1 mo |
| Premium annual | 12 mo | $96.00 | $8.00 | €6.88 | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- card; $MASQ token for node network
Everything MASQ Network publishes
Every fact we collected about MASQ Network, 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
- MASQ Network (formerly Digital Freedom Foundation) (third-party listing)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Parent company
- MASQ Network
- Related brands
- MASQ Browser
- Timpi
- Substratum (origin)
- Founded
- 2019
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free node software; Premium (browser/VPN)
- Billing terms
- 1m; 12m
- Cheapest price a month
- $8.00
- Monthly plan
- $14.00
- 1-year plan, total
- $96.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- $8.00
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD: Premium Monthly $14/mo
- Premium Annually $8/mo
- pay by card, cancel anytime
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- monthly data top-ups (Premium)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes open-source Node; $MASQ token pays relaying nodes
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- node operators earn $MASQ utility token (Ethereum wallets)
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- card; $MASQ token for node network
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes $MASQ token in node network
- Coins accepted
- MASQ
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No for software use
- 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
- 100+ (claimed; community-run exit nodes, country selection on annual plan)
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- No volunteer mesh
- 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
- Yes 1-5 / 6 hops
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolMASQ gossip/mesh protocol✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- MASQ mesh relay (Rust), DNS capture
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node (GPLv3)
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- No README: not clandestine, detectable by sniffers
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Yes Telegram; Discord discord.gg/masq; X
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes ad/tracker blocking in browser
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes does not store user info or keep logs; structurally impossible to log
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- never sell or share user data (claimed)
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account sign-up or PII needed for Node/Browser/Extension
- Privacy policy updated
- 2025-01-28
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 IPclaimed; no logs, no PII required✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- WindowsWin10 64-bit✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- LinuxUbuntu 20.04✓ Yes
- iOS✕ No
- Android✕ No
- 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
- dVPN extension for Chrome, Brave, Firefox (Chrome Web Store MASQ dVPN)
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 community Discord/Telegram
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Yes
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Yes Discord
- Help articles
- Yes docs.masq.ai / docs.masqbrowser.com
- 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.
22 Reddit and forum threads mention MASQ Network (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
Questions about MASQ Network
Answers built from what MASQ Network publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is MASQ Network safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 3.3/10 and security 2.9/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.9). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Open-source apps
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- MASQ Network (formerly Digital Freedom Foundation) (third-party listing)
- No-logs policy
- Yes does not store user info or keep logs; structurally impossible to log
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- never sell or share user data (claimed)
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node (GPLv3)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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MASQ Network not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what MASQ Network publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: Telegram.
If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (Telegram; Discord discord.gg/masq; X).
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No community Discord/Telegram
- Telegram
- Yes
- Mirrors or channel
- Telegram; Discord discord.gg/masq; X
If it is blocked where you are
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Who owns MASQ Network? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
MASQ Network is run by MASQ Network (formerly Digital Freedom Foundation) (third-party listing); parent company: MASQ Network.
Company
- Related brands
- MASQ Browser; Timpi; Substratum (origin)
- Founded
- 2019
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node
- Pages checked
- https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node; https://masqbrowser.com
- Other sources used
- nologs/collects_connection_ip/anonymous_signup/signup_email/third_party/privacy_policy_updated: https://masq-network.notion.site/MASQ-Network-Privacy-Practices-a58209dd0089404b80474da924015c03; countries/traffic_limit/prices: https://www.masqbrowser.com/consume; browser_extensions: https://www.masqbrowser.com/downloads; trial/live_chat: https://www.masqbrowser.com/; ios/android: https://www.masqbrowser.com/downloads (available on Windows, Mac, and Linux + Chrome/Brave/Firefox extension); countries_count: https://www.masqbrowser.com/consume (over 100+ countries); legal_entity: https://lists.sync.global/g/tokenomics-announce/topics (snippet 'MASQ Network (formally Digital Freedom Foundation)')
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