sing-box 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
- Founded2022 (copyright)
- Owner:no
- Data completeness47%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass6.2 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support4.3 vs 3.9
- Security and protocols2.1 vs 1.8
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.3
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.
sing-boxsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.3
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 3.41.2
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 0.56.2
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 3.94.3
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
sing-box pricing
sing-box does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes fully free, open source. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything sing-box publishes
Every fact we collected about sing-box, 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
- Not stated
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Parent company
- No
- Related brands
- SagerNet; sing-box for Android/Apple/Desktop
- Founded
- 2022 (copyright)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN; ZH
- 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
- 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
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes fully free, open source
- Free data
- Not stated
- 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
- 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
- Yes Tor outbound
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Yes
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardoutbound/endpoint✓ Yes
- OpenVPNendpoint listed✓ Yes
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMess✓ Yes
- Trojan✓ Yes
- Shadowsocks✓ Yes
- Hysteria2✓ Yes
- TUIC✓ Yes
- NaiveProxy✓ Yes
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- SOCKS
- HTTP
- Hysteria
- ShadowTLS
- AnyTLS
- Snell
- Tailscale
- OpenConnect
- MASQUE
- SSH
- Tor
- Tun/Redirect/TProxy
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes JSON config / user-provided subscription
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/SagerNet/sing-box (GPLv3+)
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes Reality/ShadowTLS/AnyTLS-type obfuscated protocols
- 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 per app proxy on Android; routing rules
- 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 software and official clients do not collect or share personal data
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- No
- 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.
- Email✓ No
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- App analytics✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windowssing-box for Desktop✓ Yes
- macOSApple client✓ Yes
- LinuxDesktop✓ Yes
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVtvOS✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersNot stated
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- 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
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- GitHub
- Help articles
- documentation wiki
- 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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App Store
3.91 of 5, smoothed
From 27 collected reviews (raw average 4.59; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 4.59 from 27.
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Google Play
4.02 of 5, smoothed
From 147 collected reviews (raw average 4.07; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 2.94 from 16.
The company replied to 0 of 28 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.63 (120 ratings); Google Play 4.0 (2.21K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
48 Reddit and forum threads mention sing-box (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★ · 09 Oct 2026 · US
非常棒的一个代理软件
App Store · 5★ · 01 Oct 2026 · US
使用正常，就是弹出弃用警告：
App Store · 5★ · 01 Oct 2026 · US
经常性奔溃
Google Play · 5★ · 10 Oct 2026
👏👍
Google Play · 5★ · 09 Oct 2026
good
Google Play · 3★ · 09 Oct 2026
not Bad..
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
sing-box appears on 8 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Closed services sing-box replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Tools for sing-box
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://sing-box.sagernet.org
- Pages checked
- https://sing-box.sagernet.org; https://sing-box.sagernet.org/clients/; https://sing-box.sagernet.org/clients/privacy/
- Privacy policy
- Terms of service: none (GPLv3+ license)
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