Pomerium review: score, privacy and prices

0.90

out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5

  • Business VPN / ZTNA
  • Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
  • Owner:no
  • Data completeness40%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • Free plan
  • Open-source apps

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Security and protocols2.9 vs 1.8
  • Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
  • Price and fair terms1.5 vs 3.4

Weakest against its segment

  • Platforms and support1.0 vs 3.9
  • Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
  • Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
  • Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance

Compare Pomerium side by side with other VPNs

How the score adds up

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

Pomeriumsegment median

  • 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
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.82.9
    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
  • Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.41.5
    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 0.50.0
    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
  • 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 3.91.0
    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

Pomerium pricing

The cheapest way in is €6.02 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Pomerium renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.

Price per month over 3 years, Zero Business (monthly, per user) plan

€7.74/mo for 1 months then €7.74/mo €5€10

first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →

Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years

What you pay to keep Pomerium 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 termFirst paymentThen1 year2 years3 years
Zero Business (monthly, per user), 1 mo €7.74 €7.74 / 1 mo€92.88€185.76€278.64
Zero Business (annual, per user), 12 mo €72.24 —€72.24——

Compare Pomerium’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices

All plans as published

PlanTermPrice for termPer month€ / monthRenewal priceRenewal term
Zero Personal1 mo$0.00$0.00€0.00$0.001 mo
Zero Business (monthly, per user)1 mo$9.00$9.00€7.74$9.001 mo
Zero Business (annual, per user)12 mo$84.00$7.00€6.02—12 mo
Enterprise—custom————

Refunds, trial and payment

Refund window
Not stated
Free trial
Not stated
Auto-renewal
Not stated
Payment methods
Not stated
Renewal note
billed on monthly active users; renewal terms not stated

Everything Pomerium publishes

Every fact we collected about Pomerium, 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
Pomerium, Inc.
Registered in
USA
Address
9450 SW Gemini Drive, Beaverton, OR 97008, USA
Parent company
No
Related brands
  • Pomerium Zero
  • Pomerium Enterprise
  • Pomerium Core
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
5
Website languages
EN
Right-to-left languages
No
Currencies on the site
USD ($)
Prices depend on country
No

Plans, prices and add-ons
Plans
  • Zero Personal (free)
  • Zero Business
  • Enterprise
Billing terms
monthly; annual
Cheapest price a month
7 per user (annual)
Monthly plan
9 per user
1-year plan, total
84 per user
1-year plan, a month
7 per user
Lifetime plan
No
Renewal
billed on monthly active users; renewal terms not stated
Family plan
Not stated
Business price per user
  • $9/user/mo monthly
  • $7/user/mo annual
  • Enterprise custom

Discounts and programmes
Discount shown
~22% annual vs monthly ($7 vs $9)
Discount compared with
monthly billing
Sale running when checked
No
Student discount
Not stated
Bonus months
No

Limits and restrictions
Devices at once
Not stated
Features locked to higher plans
Enterprise only: directory sync, device posture (FleetDM), Rego policies, RBAC, session mgmt, SSH session recording, whitelabel

Free plan
Free plan
Yes Zero Personal, personal use; also open-source Core self-hosted
Free data
Not stated
Free devices
1 cluster, 10 routes, 5 policies, 1 admin, 1 custom domain
Ads in the free plan
No
Other free plan terms
community support only

Payment and subscription
PayPal
Not stated
Cryptocurrency
No
Cash
No
Gift cards
No
Mobile carrier billing
No
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Email needed to sign up
Yes
Phone needed to sign up
No optional (2FA)
Account-number login
No
Identity check (KYC)
No
Money-back guarantee, days
Not stated

Free trial terms
Trial length
Not stated
Where the trial is offered
site
Instead of a trial
  • free Zero Personal
  • open-source Core
  • demo
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
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
No
Smart DNS
No

Protocols and encryption
  • WireGuard✕ No
  • OpenVPN✕ No
  • IKEv2✕ No
  • L2TP/IPsecNo
  • SSTPNo
  • SoftEther✕ No
  • Own protocolidentity-aware reverse proxy (HTTPS); TCP/UDP tunneling over HTTP✓ Yes
  • VLESS / Reality✕ No
  • VMess✕ No
  • Trojan✕ No
  • Shadowsocks✕ No
  • Hysteria2✕ No
  • TUIC✕ No
  • NaiveProxy✕ No
  • obfs4✕ No
  • AmneziaWG✕ No
  • PPTP✓ No
Other protocols
clientless web, SSH, TCP/UDP, Kubernetes, MCP access
Encryption
TLS (automatic certificates)
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Not stated
Manual configuration files
Not stated
Open-source apps
Yes https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium (Apache 2.0)

Censorship and blocking
Obfuscation (stealth mode)
Not stated
Countries it claims to work in
Not stated
Mirror sites or Telegram channel
No
Calls in the UAE
Not stated

Security
Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Split tunnelling
Not stated
Ad and malware blocker
No
Two-factor sign-in
Yes phone for 2FA mentioned
Security audits
Not stated
Bug bounty
Not stated

Privacy
No-logs policy
Not stated
Independent no-logs audit
Not stated
Data retention
as long as needed for purpose / statutory period, then deleted or anonymized
Shared with third parties
  • service providers & partners (list on request via privacy@pomerium.com)
  • M&A
  • legal
Trackers on the website
own cookies + third-party marketing tags
Transparency report
No
Warrant canary
No
Law enforcement requests
discloses when required by law/legal process
Anonymous sign-up
No
GDPR / data protection officer
  • no DPO named
  • privacy@pomerium.com
  • references Privacy Shield
Privacy policy updated
2025-02-18

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
  • IP at sign-upwebsite IP✕ Yes
  • Connection IPNot stated
  • Session timesNot stated
  • Device infobrowser metadata✕ Yes
  • App analyticsusage information✕ Yes

Apps and devices
  • WindowsNot stated
  • macOSNot stated
  • Linuxserver/self-hosted✓ Yes
  • iOSNot stated
  • AndroidNot stated
  • 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 browser access

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 Business+; support@pomerium.com
Phone
Yes Enterprise only
Telegram
No
WhatsApp
No
Discord or forum
discuss.pomerium.com forum; dedicated Slack (Enterprise)
Support languages
EN
Help articles
docs (pomerium.com/docs)
Server status page
Yes status.pomerium.com

For teams and business
SSO / SAML
Not stated
Admin panel
Yes console.pomerium.app
API
Yes Management API; Terraform
Dedicated gateway
Yes self-hosted data plane
Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
Yes identity-aware proxy; per-request authz with identity, context, policy; ABAC, JIT; device posture (Enterprise)
Identity providers
existing IdP (list not read)

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.

41 Reddit and forum threads mention Pomerium (titles and search snippets only).

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Sources and changes

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

Website
https://pomerium.com
Pages checked
https://pomerium.com; https://www.pomerium.com/pricing; https://www.pomerium.com/privacy-policy; https://trust.pomerium.com/; https://www.pomerium.com/docs

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