Norton VPN review: score, privacy and prices
3.01
out of 10#112 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Gen Digital
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support7.5 vs 4.2
- Censorship bypass1.9 vs 0.0
- Security and protocols3.9 vs 2.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms3.2 vs 3.3
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 1.3
- Renewal price is 2.0× 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.
Norton VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.32.3
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 3.33.2
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 0.01.9
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 2.30.0
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 4.27.5
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
Norton VPN pricing
From €2.87 a month, ×2.0 at renewal
- 3 plans published · market median €3.13 a month
Everything Norton VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Norton 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
- Gen Digital Inc. (EEA controller NortonLifeLock Ireland Ltd)
- Registered in
- USA
- Address
- 60 East Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
- Parent company
- Gen Digital
- Related brands
- Norton 360
- Avast
- AVG
- Avira
- LifeLock
- CCleaner
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- multiple country sites (ES, FR, DE, NL, ZH etc. via region selector)
- Currencies on the site
- USD (US site)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes country sites
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Standard
- Plus
- Ultimate
- Billing terms
- 1 year (+3 mo)
- 2 years (+3 mo)
- monthly mentioned
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.66
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- 53.88 (15 months)
- 1-year plan, a month
- $3.33
- 2-year plan, total
- 71.76 (27 months)
- 2-year plan, a month
- $2.66
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Auto-renews at $99.99/$119.99/$149.99 per year
- renewal may be higher than initial price and can change
- billed up to 35 days before renewal
- Family plan
- Yes Ultimate 20 devices + parental control
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD (US site): Standard 1y $39.99 first yr ($3.33/mo), renews $79.99/yr
- Plus 1y $49.99 ($4.17/mo), renews $109.99
- Ultimate 1y $59.99 ($5.00/mo), renews $129.99
- refund 14d monthly / 60d annual
- no 1m price shown
- Double VPN add-on
- Yes included
- Antivirus
- Yes Plus: AI scam/phishing/malware protection
- Password manager
- Yes included in Plus/Ultimate
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- dark web monitoring (Plus+)
- Cloud storage
- 10 GB (Plus) / 50 GB (Ultimate) cloud backup, Windows
- Other add-ons
- parental control, child location (Ultimate); IP rotation
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 56-69%
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Discount for crypto payment
- No
- Bonus months
- 3 (1y and 2y)
- Affiliate programme
- Yes
- Affiliate network
- Impact
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 5 (Standard/Plus); 10 (Ultimate)
- Features locked to higher plans
- scam/malware protection, password manager, dark web monitoring (Plus); parental control (Ultimate)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- credit cards; PayPal (review)
- Bank card
- Yes review
- PayPal
- Yes review
- Cryptocurrency
- No review
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- account, support, or phone 844-488-4540
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 60
- Refund conditions
- Annual: full refund within 60 days; monthly: within 14 days of initial purchase
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Where the trial is offered
- site (downloads page)
- Trial limits
- payment method required, charged after trial
- Instead of a trial
- 60-day money-back
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Cities
- 25 US cities in 18 states
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Streaming servers
- Yes streaming optimization
- 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 Double VPN
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPNWindows, Android✓ Yes
- IKEv2IPsec on Mac/iOS✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocolMimic (Win/Mac/Android)✓ Yes
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- IPsec (Mac, iOS)
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes Mimic protocol
- 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
- Yes Windows, Mac, Android
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes Ad blocker (desktop browsers); malware protection in Plus
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Yes security reporting link
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no browsing activity logged
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- connection events 12 mo
- bandwidth/device/analytics 18 mo
- crash 90 days
- Shared with third parties
- Google Firebase/Crashlytics; resellers for billing
- Trackers on the website
- Yes Your privacy choices/Do Not Sell link
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- no browsing/DNS/destination data exists to supply under compelled requests
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- GDPR / data protection officer
- Pembroke Privacy Ltd, DPO@gendigital.com
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-09-25 (Products Privacy Notice)
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 IPdevice IPs not collected✓ No
- Session timesconnection day only (not time) + location, 12 mo◐ Partial
- Bandwidthcumulative MB, 18 mo✕ Yes
- Device info(OS, language, device name/type), 18 mo✕ Yes
- App analytics(Firebase; can be disabled), 18 mo✕ Yes
- Crash reportsopt-in, 90 days✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsincl. ARM✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVGoogle TV✓ Yes
- Fire TVFire OS 8+✓ Yes
- Apple TV✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TV✓ Yes
- Routers✕ No
- NAS✕ No
- Raspberry Pi✕ No
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- No specific claim
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Yes review
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes review
- Phone
- Yes 844-488-4540, US
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Yes community.norton.com
- Support languages
- EN (review); localized help center incl. RU
- Help articles
- Yes support.norton.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.
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Trustpilot
4.58 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.82; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.82 from 200.
The company replied to 0 of 2 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.80 of 5, smoothed
From 2000 collected reviews (raw average 3.81; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 1.71 from 51.
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Google Play
3.76 of 5, smoothed
From 1200 collected reviews (raw average 3.76; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.50 from 528.
The company replied to 283 of 316 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.7 (79976 reviews); App Store (US) 4.45 (120795 ratings); Google Play 4.4 (311K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
41 Reddit and forum threads mention Norton VPN (titles and search snippets only).
Questions about Norton VPN
Answers built from what Norton VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Norton VPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
Norton 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
- 56-69%
- Discount compared with
- vs renewal price
- Bonus months
- 3 (1y and 2y)
- Crypto discount
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Official prices
| Plan | First payment | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Norton VPN Standard (5 devices), 12 mo | €34.39 | €68.79 / 12 mo |
| Norton VPN Plus (5 devices), 12 mo | €42.99 | €94.59 / 12 mo |
| Norton VPN Ultimate (10 devices), 12 mo | €51.59 | €111.79 / 12 mo |
In our rankings
Norton VPN appears on 190 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Antivirus with VPN#3 of 25
- Family plans + ad blocker#6 of 19
- Family plans + 24/7 live chat#7 of 12
- Cheap family VPNs#8 of 17
- VPNs with phone support#8 of 67
- Family plans with OpenVPN#9 of 22
- Family plans with kill switch#10 of 22
- Family plans with money-back#11 of 22
- Double VPN + 24/7 live chat#12 of 15
- Password manager#12 of 29
- WireGuard + family plan#12 of 24
- Cheap VPNs for Apple TV#13 of 31
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- Obfuscated VPNs for Smart TV#13 of 23
- Family plans#14 of 42
- Obfuscated + family plan#14 of 17
- VPNs in Dutch#14 of 40
- Cheap double VPNs#15 of 21
- No-logs VPNs with a family plan#15 of 31
- Obfuscated VPNs for Firestick#15 of 22
- Cheap VPNs for Smart TV#15 of 24
- OpenVPN + double VPN#16 of 31
- Bug bounty#16 of 24
- OpenVPN VPNs for Smart TV#16 of 27
- WireGuard VPNs for Smart TV#16 of 23
- Android TV VPNs with ad blocking#17 of 30
- OpenVPN VPNs for Apple TV#17 of 38
- Obfuscated VPNs for Apple TV#17 of 39
- Firefox VPN extensions with ad blocking#17 of 26
- Cheap Firefox VPN extensions#17 of 25
- Firestick VPNs with ad blocking#17 of 24
- WireGuard VPNs for Apple TV#18 of 39
- Cheap VPNs for Firestick#18 of 31
- Smart TV VPNs with a kill switch#18 of 30
- Cheap VPNs for Android TV#19 of 36
- Apple TV VPNs with a kill switch#19 of 38
- Apple TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#19 of 35
- Split tunneling VPNs for Firestick#19 of 28
- Smart TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#19 of 35
- Money-back guarantee + double VPN#19 of 22
- VPN with antivirus#19 of 45
- Obfuscated + double VPN#20 of 29
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android TV#20 of 43
- Firestick VPNs with 30-day refunds#20 of 40
- VPNs for Smart TV#20 of 47
- No-logs VPNs for Smart TV#20 of 38
- VPNs in Chinese#20 of 84
- WireGuard + double VPN#20 of 33
- Obfuscated VPNs for Android TV#21 of 44
- WireGuard VPNs for Android TV#21 of 45
- VPNs for Apple TV#21 of 64
- No-logs VPNs for Apple TV#21 of 53
- Firefox VPN extensions with money back#21 of 35
- OpenVPN VPNs for Firestick#21 of 42
- WireGuard VPNs for Firestick#21 of 35
- Double VPN + ad blocker#22 of 31
- Cheap Chrome VPN extensions#22 of 39
- Firestick VPNs with a kill switch#22 of 39
- Chrome VPN extensions with ad blocking#23 of 38
- 24/7 live chat + ad blocker#24 of 48
- Android TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#24 of 41
- VPNs for Fire TV#24 of 58
- VPNs in French#24 of 87
- VPNs in Spanish#24 of 87
- Kill switch VPNs with double VPN/multi-hop#24 of 32
- Split tunneling VPNs for Android TV#25 of 48
- Firefox extensions#25 of 54
- VPNs in German#25 of 87
- VPNs with the best apps#26 of 46
- VPNs for Android TV#28 of 73
- Android TV VPNs with a kill switch#28 of 49
- US-based VPNs#28 of 107
- Chrome VPN extensions with money back#29 of 51
- Proprietary protocols#31 of 110
- Double VPN#33 of 57
- No-logs VPNs with double VPN/multi-hop#33 of 47
- Chrome extensions#33 of 92
- No-logs Chrome VPN extensions#33 of 79
- Mac VPNs with ad blocking#33 of 103
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#34 of 116
- Windows VPNs with ad blocking#34 of 99
- OpenVPN + ad blocker#35 of 59
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#36 of 149
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#36 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#36 of 136
- Cheap ad-blocking VPNs#37 of 56
- OpenVPN + 24/7 live chat#38 of 72
- Mac VPNs with split tunneling#39 of 113
- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#40 of 125
- Obfuscated VPNs for Mac#40 of 148
- Windows VPNs with split tunneling#40 of 111
- VPNs with live chat#41 of 120
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#41 of 151
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#41 of 198
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#41 of 137
- WireGuard + 24/7 live chat#41 of 60
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#42 of 219
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#42 of 207
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#42 of 190
- WireGuard + ad blocker#42 of 67
- Kill switch VPNs with 24/7 live chat#43 of 77
- Cheap VPNs with 24/7 chat#44 of 61
- Mac VPNs with refunds#44 of 149
- IKEv2#45 of 133
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#45 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#45 of 155
- Kill switch + ad blocker#45 of 70
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#46 of 100
- Obfuscated + ad blocker#46 of 54
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#46 of 164
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#46 of 147
- Ad blocker#47 of 129
- Obfuscated + 24/7 live chat#48 of 59
- Cheap obfuscated VPNs#49 of 68
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#49 of 162
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#50 of 167
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#50 of 161
- Money-back VPNs with an ad blocker#50 of 72
- WireGuard + money-back guarantee#51 of 87
- Kill switch VPNs with OpenVPN support#52 of 133
- Kill switch VPNs with obfuscated servers#52 of 92
- Cheap WireGuard VPNs#54 of 78
- VPNs for Mac#55 of 361
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#55 of 280
- Split tunneling#56 of 154
- Obfuscated + money-back guarantee#56 of 69
- VPNs for Android#56 of 451
- No-logs VPNs for Android#56 of 328
- VPNs for iPhone#56 of 411
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#56 of 314
- VPNs for Windows#56 of 357
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#56 of 267
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#56 of 115
- Cheap OpenVPN services#57 of 90
- Money-back guarantee + 24/7 chat#58 of 76
- No-logs VPNs with 24/7 live chat#59 of 99
- Kill switch VPNs with WireGuard support#59 of 104
- Cheap VPNs with money-back#62 of 83
- WireGuard + OpenVPN#63 of 125
- Cheap kill switch VPNs#65 of 84
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#65 of 103
- Secure VPNs#66 of 142
- OpenVPN + obfuscated servers#68 of 104
- Kill switch#76 of 193
- OpenVPN#77 of 242
- Obfuscated WireGuard VPNs#80 of 103
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#82 of 137
- Windows VPNs for China#82 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#82 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#82 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#82 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#82 of 140
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#83 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#83 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#83 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#83 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#83 of 142
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#83 of 144
- Cheap VPNs under €3#85 of 167
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#87 of 191
- Pay with PayPal#87 of 211
- WireGuard VPNs#90 of 192
- No-logs VPNs with obfuscated servers#93 of 150
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#93 of 159
- iPhone VPNs for China#95 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#95 of 151
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#96 of 158
- 30-day money-back guarantee#99 of 174
- Android VPNs for China#102 of 186
- Android VPNs for India#102 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#103 of 181
- Obfuscated VPNs#111 of 192
- VPNs for travel to China#111 of 209
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#111 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#111 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#111 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#111 of 196
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#112 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#112 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#112 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#112 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#112 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#112 of 204
- No IP logs#115 of 191
- VPNs under €5#125 of 280
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#140 of 159
- No-logs VPNs#149 of 389
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://norton.com/products/norton-secure-vpn
- Pages checked
- https://us.norton.com/products/norton-vpn; https://us.norton.com/privacy/; https://us.norton.com/privacy/products-privacy-notice
- Other sources used
- plans/price_12m_pm/simultaneous_devices/ikev2: https://us.norton.com/products/norton-vpn; split_tunneling: https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v137513095; affiliate_program/affiliate_network: https://us.norton.com/affiliates; payment_methods/paypal/crypto/live_chat/live_chat_247/support_languages: https://www.cloudwards.net/norton-secure-vpn-review; support_languages(RU help center): https://support.norton.com/
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