SetupVPN 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:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded2014-2015 (copyright 2014; since 2015)
- Data completeness53%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
Red flag: Stores connection IP addresses. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Network and streaming2.2 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms2.5 vs 3.4
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.3
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.8
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 3.9
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Stores session times
- Stores connection IP addresses
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.
SetupVPNsegment 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 1.80.0
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 3.42.5
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 2.82.2
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 3.92.8
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
SetupVPN pricing
SetupVPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes lifetime free. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Refund conditions
- no refunds for slow speeds
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- No not subscription-based
- Payment methods
- PayPal; AliPay; Bitcoin; others (via PayPal, Stripe, Paymentwall)
- Renewal note
- Premium not a subscription; reverts to Free when period ends
Everything SetupVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about SetupVPN, 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
- SetupVPN Inc
- Registered in
- USA (Florida)
- Address
- 815 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Second Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA
- Founded
- 2014-2015 (copyright 2014; since 2015)
- 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
- Free; Premium
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- No free lifetime account
- Renewal
- Premium not a subscription; reverts to Free when period ends
- Family plan
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No FAQ
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- free: daily quota; premium: unlimited
- Prohibited by the terms
- must comply with laws
- no redistribution of software
- SMTP ports 25/465 blocked
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes lifetime free
- Free data
- No daily data quota
- Free speed
- lower than premium (implied)
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- free accounts deleted after 180 days inactivity
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- PayPal
- AliPay
- Bitcoin
- others (via PayPal, Stripe, Paymentwall)
- Bank card
- Partial likely (Stripe/Paymentwall)
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- BTC
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Local payment methods
- AliPay; Paymentwall
- Auto-renewal by default
- No not subscription-based
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes verified email
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
- Refund conditions
- Yes refunds for slow speeds
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 100+ locations (claim)
- 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
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNNot stated
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- SSL-based
- 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
- No proxy logs kept for a period for abuse prevention
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- proxy logs kept for a set period; wiped after account closure after retention
- Shared with third parties
- no selling; shares with authorities on request
- Trackers on the website
- Yes consent banner: personalised advertising, 210 partners
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- logs may be provided to legal authorities on request
- Anonymous sign-up
- Partial claims register with a single click anonymously (but app signup needs verified email)
- GDPR / data protection officer
- No
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-upsite✕ Yes
- Connection IPproxy logs retained for a period✕ Yes
- Session timesaccess times✕ Yes
- Device infobrowser type, add-ons✕ Yes
- App analyticssite analytics/cookies✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsdownload page✓ Yes
- macOSdownload page; Mac App Store SetupVPN - Easy & Fast VPN, macOS 11+✓ Yes
- Linuxcoming soon✕ No
- iOSmobile apps✓ Yes
- Androidmobile apps✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookChrome OS coming soon; Chrome extension available✕ No
- Smart TV✕ No
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Yes browser extension; proxy/VPN wording mixed
- Last app update
- Mac app v2.5
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 staff online Mon-Fri 8am-6pm EST; email support
- Email / tickets
- Yes tickets after login; info@setupvpn.com
- Phone
- No
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN (Mon-Fri 8-18 EST)
- Response time (claimed)
- 6-24 hours
- 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
3.43 of 5, smoothed
From 6 collected reviews (raw average 1.50; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
The company replied to 0 of 5 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.58 of 5, smoothed
From 8 collected reviews (raw average 3.88; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
4.33 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.39; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.25 from 4.
The company replied to 1 of 48 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.4 (6 reviews); Google Play 4.5 (12K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
49 Reddit and forum threads mention SetupVPN (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 · 5★ · 30 Jul 2025 · GB
Excellent, Par Excellence, Magburu Onwe Ya!
App Store · 5★ · 19 Jul 2025 · GB
works good and fast!!!
App Store · 5★ · 18 Jul 2025 · US
very good for your life
Google Play · 4★ · 06 Oct 2026
The only negative I can think of is that it is intrusively auto starting when restarting the phone, even though I have not clicked on the app to start. It is a…
Google Play · 1★ · 12 Sep 2026
Not working in England, can't do anything with it
Google Play · 5★ · 11 Aug 2026
BEST
Trustpilot · 1★ · 18 Sep 2026 · PT
No technical support available - Possible Scam.
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 30 Dec 2025 · DE
Banking fraud issues
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 07 Nov 2025 · DE
Don’t Waste Your Money — SetupVPN Is a Scam
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
SetupVPN appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://setupvpn.com
- Pages checked
- https://setupvpn.com; https://setupvpn.com/faq/; https://setupvpn.com/privacy-policy/; https://setupvpn.com/terms/
- Other sources used
- windows/macos/linux/chromebook: https://setupvpn.com/download/; live_chat_247/site_trackers: https://setupvpn.com; anonymous_signup: https://setupvpn.com/how-it-works/; macos/appstore_rating/app_last_update: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/setupvpn-easy-fast-vpn/id6474868868
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