Opera VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Built into a browser / OS median 2.5
- Built into a browser / OS
- Jurisdiction:Norway, 9 Eyes
- Owner:Opera (Opera Limited)
- Data completeness100%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction6.4 vs 2.3
- Platforms and support5.2 vs 3.9
- Price and fair terms4.6 vs 3.4
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming2.1 vs 2.8
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols2.5 vs 1.8
- Jurisdiction in the 9 Eyes alliance
- Trial needs a card
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Built into a browser / OS services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Opera VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.36.4
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 1.82.5
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 3.44.6
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 2.82.1
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 3.95.2
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
Opera VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.44 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Opera VPN 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 Opera VPN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPN Pro 1 month, 1 mo | €6.88 | €82.56at the current price | €165.12at the current price | €247.68at the current price |
| VPN Pro 6 months, 6 mo | €25.80 | €51.60at the current price | €103.20at the current price | €154.80at the current price |
| VPN Pro 1 year, 12 mo | €41.28 | €41.28 | — | — |
Compare Opera VPN’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPN Pro 1 month | 1 mo | $8.00 | $8.00 | €6.88 | 1 mo |
| VPN Pro 6 months | 6 mo | $30.00 | $5.00 | €4.30 | 6 mo |
| VPN Pro 1 year | 12 mo | $48.00 | $4.00 | €3.44 | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 (VPN Pro)
- Refund conditions
- 30-day money-back; 14-day withdrawal via form
- Free trial
- 7 (VPN Pro, per opera.com/features/vpn snippet); 30 on annual mobile plan (Opera blog, Oct 2025)
- Card needed for trial
- Yes forum: charged after trial ends
- Auto-renewal
- Yes recurring payment
- Payment methods
- Android: Google Play billing; desktop: external payment provider page via Opera Account
- Renewal note
- Recurring: 1y €39.99 every year (shown was €95.88); 6m €29.99 every 6 months; 1m €7.99 monthly (EU geo); 14-day withdrawal via form to vpn-pro@support.opera.com
Everything Opera VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Opera 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
- Opera Norway
- Registered in
- Norway
- Parent company
- Opera (Opera Limited)
- Related brands
- Opera GX; Opera VPN Pro
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 9
- Website languages
- EN
- DE
- ES
- ES-LA
- FR
- ID
- IT
- JA
- KO
- NB
- PL
- PT
- PT-BR
- RU
- TR
- UK
- VI
- ZH-CN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
- Prices depend on country
- Yes EUR in EU geo: 1m €7.99, 6m €5/mo, 1y €3.33/mo vs USD $8/$5/$4
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free VPN (browser); VPN Pro
- Billing terms
- 1
- 6
- 12 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.00
- Monthly plan
- $8.00
- 1-year plan, total
- $48.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.00
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Recurring: 1y €39.99 every year (shown was €95.88)
- 6m €29.99 every 6 months
- 1m €7.99 monthly (EU geo)
- 14-day withdrawal via form to vpn-pro@support.opera.com
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- 1m €7.99
- 6m €5/mo (€29.99, was €47.94)
- 12m €3.33/mo (€39.99, was €95.88)
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 50% (1y), 38% (6m)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly $7.99 x term (95.88 / 47.94)
- Promo codes
- Yes promo code field
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 6 (VPN Pro, Android + desktop)
- Data limit
- none
- Speed limit
- none (claimed)
- Features locked to higher plans
- device-wide VPN, 48 locations, Lightway on Pro
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes browser-only VPN
- Free data
- Yes unlimited
- Free speed
- no throttling (claimed)
- Free locations
- 3 regions: US (Ashburn), NL (Amsterdam), SG + Optimal
- Free devices
- browser only, no account
- Ads in the free plan
- No
- Other free plan terms
- protects Opera browser traffic only
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Android: Google Play billing; desktop: external payment provider page via Opera Account
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes Google Play billing (Android)
- Cryptocurrency
- No review: card only, no PayPal/crypto
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes recurring payment
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes Free: no; Pro: Opera account
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30 (VPN Pro)
- Refund conditions
- 30-day money-back; 14-day withdrawal via form
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 (VPN Pro, per opera.com/features/vpn snippet); 30 on annual mobile plan (Opera blog, Oct 2025)
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes forum: charged after trial ends
Server locations
- Countries
- Free: 3 regions; Pro: 30+ countries / 47-48 locations
- Servers
- 3000+ (Pro, claim)
47 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 24
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
Americas 6
Asia and Oceania 12
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Middle East and Africa 5
- Server countries, as published
- Free: US; NL; SG. Pro: AU, AT, AR, BD, BE, BR, BG, CA, CL, HR, DK, EG, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, HU, ID, IE, IL, IT, JP, KZ, KE, MY, MX, NL, NO, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, SG, SK, ZA, KR, ES, SE, CH, TH, TR, US, AE, UK, VN
- Middle East and North Africa
- Pro: AE
- EG
- IL
- TR (physical claimed: 'servers physically located in over 30 countries')
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- 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
- WireGuardreview✕ No
- OpenVPNreview: protocol not selectable, Lightway only✕ No
- IKEv2review: protocol not selectable, Lightway only✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolLightway (Pro, wolfSSL)✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- No Lightway protocol open source
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
- No review
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- No for VPN Pro (review); free browser VPN has search-engine bypass option (review)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes Cure53 (2022, security code)
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Yes
- Transparency report
- Yes
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes free VPN, no login
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 IPclaimed✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✓ Yes
- iOSfree browser VPN✓ 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
- built into Opera browser (browser-scoped; Pro full device)
- Google Play rating
- 4.7 (5.53M reviews; Opera browser app com.opera.browser)
- Google Play installs
- 500M+ (Opera browser app)
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
- Yes VPN Pro, claimed
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes claimed (chat support any time you need help)
- Email / tickets
- Yes vpn-pro@support.opera.com; ticket form at operavpnpro.freshdesk.com
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes operavpnpro.freshdesk.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
2.17 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 1.79; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.92 from 24.
The company replied to 0 of 160 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.47 of 5, smoothed
From 1000 collected reviews (raw average 3.46; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.55 from 316.
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Google Play
4.32 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.37; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.37 from 400.
The company replied to 53 of 55 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 1.8 (474 reviews); App Store (US) 4.69 (262022 ratings); Google Play 4.7 (5.53M ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
45 Reddit and forum threads mention Opera VPN (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.
App Store · 1★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
It doesn’t work
App Store · 1★ · 12 Oct 2026 · US
Why do you have to pay?
App Store · 5★ · 12 Oct 2026 · US
Fast and secure
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
As for me, this browser is perfect...
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
awesome
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
good
Trustpilot · 1★ · 12 Oct 2026 · DE
Bin sehr unzufrieden mit Opera
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 09 Oct 2026 · NL
shit's a chinese spyware
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 04 Oct 2026 · PL
Automatyczne pobieranie z reklam
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://opera.com/features/free-vpn
- Pages checked
- ["https://www.opera.com/features/free-vpn", "https://www.opera.com/features/vpn-pro"]
- Other sources used
- renewal_note, geo_pricing, live_chat_247, autorenew_default: https://www.opera.com/ru/features/vpn-pro; payment_methods, apple_google_pay, email_tickets: https://operavpnpro.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80001124753-how-do-i-subscribe-to-opera-vpn-pro-; mena_locations, countries_list: https://operavpnpro.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80001124748-what-server-locations-are-available-through-vpn-pro-; kb_articles: https://operavpnpro.freshdesk.com/support/solutions; affiliate_program: https://www.opera.com/opera/affiliate; trial_days: SERP snippet https://www.opera.com/features/vpn ('7-day free trial. 30-day money-back guarantee') + https://blogs.opera.com/news/2025/10/opera-vpn-pro-30-days-free-trial/; card_required_for_trial: https://forums.opera.com/topic/85930/signed-up-for-vpn-pro-then-nothing; crypto: https://thebestvpn.com/reviews/opera-vpn/; wireguard/kill_switch/split: https://allaboutcookies.org/opera-vpn-pro-review, https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/opera-vpn/, https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/opera-vpn-pro; play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser
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