OctoVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#246 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:Norway, 9 Eyes
- Founded2017
- Owner:OctoSEC AS
- Data completeness93%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.4 vs 2.7
- Platforms and support3.8 vs 4.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms1.8 vs 3.5
- Network and streaming1.6 vs 3.1
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.1
- Jurisdiction in the 9 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Consumer VPN services in the main ranking (233 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
OctoVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.73.4
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 2.11.1
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
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.51.8
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 0.50.0
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 3.11.6
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 4.33.8
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
OctoVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €6.01 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, OctoVPN 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 OctoVPN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic (1 device), 1 mo | €6.01 | €72.14at the current price | €144.27at the current price | €216.41at the current price |
| Advanced (2 devices), 1 mo | €9.45 | €113.42at the current price | €226.83at the current price | €340.25at the current price |
| Ultimate (3 devices), 1 mo | €13.75 | €165.02at the current price | €330.03at the current price | €495.05at the current price |
Compare OctoVPN’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic (1 device) | 1 mo | $6.99 | $6.99 | €6.01 | 1 mo |
| Advanced (2 devices) | 1 mo | $10.99 | $10.99 | €9.45 | 1 mo |
| Ultimate (3 devices) | 1 mo | $15.99 | $15.99 | €13.75 | 1 mo |
| CoD VPN | — | — | $4.17 | €3.59 | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 14 (EU/EEA statutory withdrawal only)
- Refund conditions
- No general refund window; per consumer law; EU/EEA 14-day withdrawal via support
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- account settings
- Payment methods
- Visa; Mastercard; Apple Pay; Google Pay (via Stripe)
- Renewal note
- Auto-renews each billing period; price changes with reasonable notice
Everything OctoVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about OctoVPN, 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
- OctoSEC AS
- Registered in
- Norway
- Address
- Kristiansand, Norway
- Related brands
- CoD VPN (OctoVPN product)
- Founded
- 2017
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 9
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Basic
- Advanced
- Ultimate
- CoD VPN
- Private VPN Servers (no price)
- Billing terms
- monthly
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.17
- Monthly plan
- $6.99
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Auto-renews each billing period; price changes with reasonable notice
- Family plan
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- Private VPN Servers
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- No
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1 / 2 / 3 by plan
- Prohibited by the terms
- illegal activity, malware, hacking, spam/fraud, IP infringement, CSAM, commercial use without consent
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay (via Stripe)
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- No
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Coins accepted
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- No
- Mobile carrier billing
- No
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- account settings
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 14 (EU/EEA statutory withdrawal only)
- Refund conditions
- Yes general refund window; per consumer law; EU/EEA 14-day withdrawal via support
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 11 listed (claims 40+ locations)
- Servers
- Not stated
- Cities
- 20 listed
11 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 6
Americas 2
Asia and Oceania 3
- Middle East and North Africa
- none
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Port speed
- 10-40 Gbps
- 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
- Not stated
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPNTCP/UDP✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- DNS-based CoD VPN
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- 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
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- account: active + reasonable period
- payments 5-7 yrs
- support 2 yrs
- Shared with third parties
- Stripe
- unnamed hosting providers
- no selling
- Trackers on the website
- claims no tracking cookies
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- not described; says no usage data to give
- Anonymous sign-up
- No
- GDPR / data protection officer
- no DPO; controller OctoSEC AS, post@octosec.io
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-01-04
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 IPclaimed✓ No
- Session timesclaimed✓ No
- Bandwidthper-session (aggregate server load only)✓ No
- App analyticsaggregated website analytics◐ Partial
- Crash reportsanonymous✕ Yes
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
- Routers✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesCoD VPN via DNS✓ Yes
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- 10-40 Gbps ports
- 10 Gbps servers
- Yes claimed
- Netflix
- Not stated
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Yes low-latency routing, DDoS protection, Discord Rich Presence, CoD VPN
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Yes Discord
- Support languages
- EN
- 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
4.49 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.70; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
The company replied to 2 of 12 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.1 (208 reviews).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
42 Reddit and forum threads mention OctoVPN (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
Latest reviews
Short excerpts with a link to the original. We do not reproduce reviews in full.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 25 Aug 2026 · US
Scam from the beginning...
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 03 May 2026 · HR
VPN doesn't work
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 05 Mar 2026 · US
Easy and effective VPN
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about OctoVPN
Answers built from what OctoVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is OctoVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 3.4/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Jurisdiction in 9 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Norway, 9 Eyes
- Legal entity
- OctoSEC AS
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- account: active + reasonable period; payments 5-7 yrs; support 2 yrs
- Shared with third parties
- Stripe; unnamed hosting providers; no selling
- Trackers on the website
- claims no tracking cookies
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
OctoVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what OctoVPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: OctoVPN lists WireGuard, OpenVPN.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No
If it is blocked where you are
OctoVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
OctoVPN refund window: 14 (EU/EEA statutory withdrawal only). Conditions: No general refund window; per consumer law; EU/EEA 14-day withdrawal via support
Refund terms
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- No
Try before paying
How to cancel OctoVPN and turn off auto-renewal
How OctoVPN says you cancel: account settings. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Auto-renews each billing period; price changes with reasonable notice
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Who owns OctoVPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
OctoVPN is run by OctoSEC AS, registered in Norway; parent company: OctoSEC AS.
Company
- Address
- Kristiansand, Norway
- Related brands
- CoD VPN (OctoVPN product)
- Founded
- 2017
In our rankings
OctoVPN appears on 54 topic pages. Its place on each:
- WireGuard console VPNs#18 of 18
- OpenVPN console VPNs#23 of 28
- No-logs console VPNs#27 of 33
- VPNs for consoles#30 of 46
- VPNs with 10Gbps servers#33 of 33
- VPN servers in Finland#51 of 59
- WireGuard router VPNs#57 of 61
- Gaming VPNs#64 of 106
- VPN servers in Poland#66 of 80
- OpenVPN router VPNs#68 of 83
- VPN servers in India#73 of 94
- No-logs router VPNs#80 of 93
Show all 54
- Linux VPNs with WireGuard#86 of 100
- VPN servers in Japan#90 of 125
- Linux VPNs with OpenVPN#91 of 125
- VPNs for routers#92 of 120
- VPN servers in Australia#95 of 127
- VPN servers in the Netherlands#99 of 139
- VPN servers in France#100 of 137
- VPN servers in the UK#105 of 156
- VPN servers in Canada#106 of 142
- VPN servers in Germany#107 of 152
- WireGuard + OpenVPN#113 of 125
- VPN servers in the USA#118 of 178
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#124 of 191
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#124 of 154
- Outside 5 Eyes#124 of 237
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#125 of 147
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#128 of 149
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#129 of 159
- All platforms#129 of 170
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#130 of 190
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#134 of 164
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#134 of 198
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#138 of 207
- VPNs for Linux#141 of 203
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#142 of 219
- No IP logs#149 of 191
- WireGuard VPNs#165 of 192
- OpenVPN#175 of 242
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#185 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#193 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#197 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#204 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#212 of 357
- No-logs VPNs#220 of 389
- VPNs for Mac#221 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#226 of 411
- VPNs for Android#232 of 451
- VPNs under €5#235 of 280
- 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://octovpn.com
- Pages checked
- ["https://octovpn.com", "https://octovpn.com/privacy-policy", "https://octovpn.com/tos"]
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