PiVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Mesh / self-hosted median 2.5
- Mesh / self-hosted
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Owner:no
- Data completeness47%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support4.8 vs 3.9
- Security and protocols2.1 vs 1.8
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms2.1 vs 3.4
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.
PiVPNsegment median
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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
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.82.1
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 3.42.1
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 0.50.5
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
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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
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Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 3.94.8
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
PiVPN pricing
PiVPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes fully free, self-hosted. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term |
|---|---|
| Free (self-hosted script) | Lifetime |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything PiVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about PiVPN, 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
- The PiVPN Project (volunteer open-source)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Parent company
- No
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- free
- Cheapest price a month
- 0
- Monthly plan
- 0
- 1-year plan, a month
- 0
- 2-year plan, a month
- 0
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Referral programme
- No
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- unlimited client profiles (pivpn add) (self-hosted)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes fully free, self-hosted
- Free data
- Yes unlimited (own server)
- 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
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- 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
- Own servers
- Yes user's own server
- 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
- OpenVPN2.4✓ Yes
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- WireGuard Curve25519; OpenVPN ECDSA (256/384/521) or RSA 2048-4096
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes WireGuard .conf / .ovpn client profiles (QR codes)
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn (MIT)
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
- Yes AllowedIPs / ALLOWED_IPS setting for split-tunnel profiles
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes optional via Pi-hole integration
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
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
- Windowsclient: official WireGuard/OpenVPN app with imported profile✓ Yes
- macOSclient: official WireGuard/OpenVPN app with imported profile✓ Yes
- Linuxserver: Raspberry Pi OS, Debian, Ubuntu✓ Yes
- iOSclient: official WireGuard app (QR code via pivpn -qr)✓ Yes
- Androidclient: official WireGuard app (QR code via pivpn -qr)✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry Pi✓ Yes
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
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
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- GitHub Discussions; Reddit r/pivpn
- Support languages
- EN
- Help articles
- docs.pivpn.io
- 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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Google Play
3.84 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 3.84; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.44 from 9.
The company replied to 0 of 96 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 4.0 (10.3K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
45 Reddit and forum threads mention PiVPN (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.
Google Play · 4★ · 09 Oct 2026
pi VPN
Google Play · 1★ · 06 Oct 2026
slowest vpn
Google Play · 5★ · 06 Oct 2026
connecting
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
PiVPN appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Closed services PiVPN replaces
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://pivpn.io
- Pages checked
- https://pivpn.io; https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn
- Other sources used
- split_tunneling/windows/macos/ios/android/manual_config/adblock_malware_blocker/simultaneous_devices: https://docs.pivpn.io/wireguard/; encryption/discord_or_forum/crypto/support_languages/live_chat_247/protocol fields: https://docs.pivpn.io/
- Privacy policy: none
- Terms of service: none (MIT license)
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