MikroTik review: score, privacy and prices

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MikroTiksegment median

• Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.30.0
  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
• 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
• Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.41.2
  What earned points

  • Free plan +1.5
  • Free trial +1
  • Trial without a card +1
  • Crypto payments +1
  • Cash payments +0.5
• Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.50.5
  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
• 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
• Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 3.93.8
  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

• Trustpilot

  3.63 of 5, smoothed

  From 3 collected reviews (raw average 3.00; all VPNs 3.66).

  The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

• App Store

  3.36 of 5, smoothed

  From 102 collected reviews (raw average 3.27; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 4.00 from 4.

• Google Play

  3.86 of 5, smoothed

  From 403 collected reviews (raw average 3.86; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.35 from 17.

  The company replied to 0 of 99 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.9 (3 reviews); App Store (US) 3.89 (281 ratings); Google Play 4.2.

50 Reddit and forum threads mention MikroTik (titles and search snippets only).

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Website

https://mikrotik.com

Pages checked

https://mikrotik.com; https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/197984280/Back+To+Home

Other sources used

legal_entity/registration_country/address/email_tickets/phone/discord_or_forum: https://mikrotik.com/aboutus; openvpn/ikev2/l2tp/pptp/sstp/other_protocols/proprietary_protocol: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/11993097/IPsec (ROS docs VPN nav); payment_methods/crypto: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/328149/RouterOS+license+keys; https://manual.mikrotik.com/docs/getting-started/routeros-licensing/chr/chr-licensing/ (snippets Credit Card (CC) or PayPal); play_rating/play_installs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikrotik.android.tikapp; appstore_rating: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mikrotik/id1323064830; play (BTH): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikrotik.android.freevpn

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