Octelium review: score, privacy and prices

1.65

out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Mesh / self-hosted median 2.5

  • Mesh / self-hosted
  • Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
  • Owner:none (sole owner George Badawi)
  • Data completeness47%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • No email to sign up
  • Free plan
  • Open-source apps

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Security and protocols3.6 vs 1.8
  • Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
  • Platforms and support3.8 vs 3.9

Weakest against its segment

  • Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
  • Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
  • Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.3
  • Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance

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How the score adds up

Six sub-scores, each against the median of Mesh / self-hosted services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.

Octeliumsegment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.0
    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 1.83.6
    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

Octelium pricing

Octelium does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes fully free self-hosted open source. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.

All plans as published

PlanPrice for term
Open source (self-hosted)—
Enterprise (commercial license + premium support)contact sales

Refunds, trial and payment

Refund window
Not stated
Free trial
Not stated
Auto-renewal
Not stated
Payment methods
Not stated

Everything Octelium publishes

Every fact we collected about Octelium, 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
Octelium Labs, LLC
Registered in
US
Parent company
none (sole owner George Badawi)
Related brands
Cordium
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
5
Website languages
EN
Right-to-left languages
No
Currencies on the site
none

Plans, prices and add-ons
Plans
Open source (free); Enterprise (octelium-ee, free for personal/internal evaluation; commercial license)
Cheapest price a month
Not stated
Monthly plan
Not stated
Lifetime plan
Not stated
Family plan
Not stated
Business price per user
contact sales (Enterprise free for personal and evaluation use)
Antivirus
No
Password manager
No
eSIM
No
Identity protection
No
Cloud storage
No
Other add-ons
Enterprise: web dashboard, SIEM integrations, SCIM 2.0, secret encryption at rest, TLS/DNS mgmt, UI policy builder

Discounts and programmes
Student discount
Not stated
Affiliate programme
No

Limits and restrictions
Devices at once
Not stated
Data limit
none (self-hosted)
Features locked to higher plans
web dashboard, SCIM, SIEM integrations in Enterprise edition

Free plan
Free plan
Yes fully free self-hosted open source
Free data
Yes unlimited (self-hosted)
Ads in the free plan
No

Payment and subscription
PayPal
Not stated
Cryptocurrency
Not stated
Cash
Not stated
Gift cards
Not stated
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Email needed to sign up
No
Phone needed to sign up
No
Account-number login
Not stated
Identity check (KYC)
No
Money-back guarantee, days
Not stated

Free trial terms
Trial length
Not stated
Card needed for the trial
Not stated

Server locations
Countries
Not stated
Servers
Not stated
Server countries
Not stated
Middle East and North Africa
Not stated
Virtual locations
Not stated
P2P servers
Not stated
Obfuscated servers
Not stated

Network features
RAM-only servers
Not stated
IPv6
Yes dual-stack private addressing
Dedicated IP
Not stated
Static IP
Not stated
Residential IP
Not stated
Double VPN / multi-hop
Not stated
Tor over VPN
Not stated
SOCKS5 proxy
Yes SOCKS5 among supported Service protocols
Smart DNS
Not stated

Protocols and encryption
  • WireGuardkernel, TUN, userspace gVisor✓ 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
QUIC tunnels; L7: HTTP/gRPC, SSH, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL/MySQL, RDP, DNS, SOCKS5, TCP/UDP, MCP, LLM
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Not stated
Manual configuration files
Yes CLI (octelium/octeliumctl), declarative config
Open-source apps
Yes https://github.com/octelium/octelium

Censorship and blocking
Obfuscation (stealth mode)
No not claimed; QUIC-based tunnel mode available besides WireGuard
Countries it claims to work in
Not stated
Mirror sites or Telegram channel
Not stated
Calls in the UAE
Not stated

Security
Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Own DNS servers
Yes automatic private DNS
Split tunnelling
Yes by design: only Cluster traffic uses the tunnel; iOS client refuses default routes, uses split routes/split DNS
Ad and malware blocker
Not stated
Two-factor sign-in
Yes FIDO2/WebAuthn/passkey, TOTP, TPM 2.0
Security audits
Not stated
Bug bounty
Yes security@octelium.com disclosure

Privacy
No-logs policy
Not stated
Independent no-logs audit
Not stated
Transparency report
Not stated
Warrant canary
Not stated
Anonymous sign-up
Not stated

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 IPNot stated
  • Session timesNot stated

Apps and devices
  • Windows✓ Yes
  • macOS✓ Yes
  • Linux✓ Yes
  • 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
No clientless web access supported

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
Live chat 24/7
No
Email / tickets
Yes contact@octelium.com
Phone
No
Telegram
No
WhatsApp
No
Discord or forum
Yes Discord, Slack, Reddit r/octelium
Support languages
EN
Server status page
Not stated

For teams and business
SSO / SAML
Yes OIDC, SAML 2.0, GitHub OAuth2
SCIM provisioning
Yes Enterprise, SCIM 2.0
Admin panel
Yes CLI; web dashboard in Enterprise
API
Yes protobuf APIs, Go SDK
Dedicated gateway
Yes self-hosted cluster
Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
Yes identity-aware proxy, per-request ABAC (CEL/OPA), client & clientless, zero standing privileges
Identity providers
  • any OIDC/SAML IdP
  • Entra ID, Okta (SCIM)
  • Splunk/Datadog/OTLP SIEM
  • HashiCorp Vault

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.

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Sources and changes

Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.

Website
https://github.com/octelium/octelium
Pages checked
["https://github.com/octelium/octelium"]
Other sources used
plans, price_*, business_price_per_user, trial_where, payment_methods, live_chat_247: https://octelium.com/enterprise; socks5_proxy, ipv6, own_dns, other_protocols: https://octelium.com/; windows/linux/macos CLI: https://octelium.com/download/octelium; split_tunneling/stealth/nologs: https://octelium.com/solutions/wireguard-remote-access-vpn-foss (FAQ What about routes and split tunneling?; QUIC mode; OpenTelemetry access logs); ios/android: https://github.com/octelium/octelium-ios (README: '...exactly like the desktop and the Android applications')
  • Pricing page: no public pricing (octelium.com/enterprise)

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