McAfee VPN review: score, privacy and prices
3.19
out of 10#99 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:McAfee, LLC
- Data completeness100%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction4.3 vs 1.3
- Platforms and support6.6 vs 4.2
- Security and protocols3.9 vs 2.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.9 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms2.4 vs 3.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Renewal price is 3.0× the first term
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Trial needs a card
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
McAfee VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.34.3
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 2.53.9
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 3.32.4
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 2.30.9
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 4.26.6
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
McAfee VPN pricing
From €2.15 a month, ×3.0 at renewal
- 3 plans published · market median €3.13 a month
Everything McAfee VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about McAfee 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
- McAfee, LLC (EEA/UK: McAfee Ireland Limited)
- Registered in
- USA
- Address
- San Jose, CA, USA (HQ)
- Parent company
- McAfee, LLC
- Related brands
- McAfee+
- McAfee Total Protection
- Scam Detector
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- many regional sites (EN; JA; KO; ZH-CN; ZH-TW; DE; FR; ES; PT etc.)
- Currencies on the site
- USD (en-us)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes regional sites
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Basic
- Essential
- Advanced (McAfee+ / Total Protection)
- Billing terms
- 1 year (monthly mentioned in refund terms)
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.50
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- $29.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $2.50
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Intro price for new customers
- crossed-out $89.99/$119.99/$199.99 is renewal
- charged 30 days before term end
- cancel 31+ days before
- Family plan
- Yes McAfee+ Family
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD (en-us page, site shows Location: RIGA): Basic $29.99/yr (renews $89.99)
- same plan structure as existing
- monthly option mentioned in terms but not priced
- refunds 30d initial / 60d renewal, not for monthly
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- Yes included (bundle)
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- included (ID monitoring, up to $1M coverage)
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Scam Detector
- Social Privacy Manager
- personal info removal
- credit monitoring (Advanced)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- SAVE $60 / $80 / $110
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes (via FlexOffers directory) (review)
- Affiliate network
- FlexOffers (review)
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1 / 5 / unlimited (fair use)
- Data limit
- unlimited (paid); 500 MB/mo in trial
- Features locked to higher plans
- device count, identity features by tier
- Prohibited by the terms
- unlimited plans household personal non-commercial use only
Free plan
- Free plan
- No trial only
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Bank card
- Yes required for trial
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes Vermont opt-in
- How to cancel
- My Account; cancel 31+ days before expiration
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- Full refund within 30 days of initial purchase or 60 days of renewal charge; not for monthly subscriptions
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 30 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site (Total Protection)
- Trial limits
- VPN 500 MB/month; card charged after trial
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes
Server locations
- Countries
- almost 50 locations (21 countries named in FAQ)
- Servers
- Not stated
21 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 13
Americas 4
Asia and Oceania 4
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- No
- Streaming servers
- No
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- No
- Static IP
- No
- Residential IP
- No
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- No
- Tor over VPN
- No
- SOCKS5 proxy
- No
- Smart DNS
- No
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardWindows✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Encryption
- AES-256 (review)
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- No
- 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 (Safe Reconnect, off by default) (review)
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes (fixed list of streaming apps, off by default) (review)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes Web Protection (bundle)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes claims independently audited (links TunnelBear blog)
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes We don't log or track what you do online
- Independent no-logs audit
- Yes
- Trackers on the website
- Yes Your Privacy Choices
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-01
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.
- Email✕ Yes
- Connection IPoriginating IP not collected✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
- App analyticscertain telemetry✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TV✕ No
- Fire TV✕ No
- Apple TV✕ No
- ChromebookChromeOS listed✓ Yes
- Smart TV✕ No
- Routers✕ No
- NAS✕ No
- Raspberry Pi✕ No
- Game consoles✕ No
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- 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
- Yes review
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes review
- Phone
- Yes (60+ countries) (review)
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes mcafee.com/support
- 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
1.69 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 1.20; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.18 from 126.
The company replied to 0 of 192 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.00 of 5, smoothed
From 1000 collected reviews (raw average 2.98; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.29 from 96.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 1.3 (3333 reviews); App Store (US) 4.72 (239202 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
44 Reddit and forum threads mention McAfee VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about McAfee VPN
Answers built from what McAfee VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
McAfee VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what McAfee VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: McAfee VPN lists WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2.
Contact support: live chat.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes review
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
McAfee VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
McAfee 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
- SAVE $60 / $80 / $110
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Bonus months
- No
- Crypto discount
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Official prices
| Plan | First payment | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (1 device), 12 mo | €25.79 | €77.39 / 12 mo |
| Essential (5 devices), 12 mo | €34.39 | €103.19 / 12 mo |
| Advanced (unlimited devices), 12 mo | €77.39 | €171.99 / 12 mo |
Coupons of similar VPNs
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- VPN with antivirus#17 of 45
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Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://mcafee.com
- Pages checked
- https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/vpn.html; https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/vpn.html (browser); https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-support/policy/legal.html
- Other sources used
- wireguard/openvpn/ikev2/proprietary_protocol: https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/internet-security/mcafee-secure-vpn-now-with-wireguard-for-faster-speeds-and-enhanced-stability/; chromebook: https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/vpn.html; kill_switch/split_tunneling/stealth_mode/live_chat/live_chat_247/phone/encryption: https://gizmodo.com/best-vpn/mcafee-vpn; affiliate_program/affiliate_network: https://www.flexoffers.com/affiliate-programs/mcafee-affiliate-program
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