SmartDNS Proxy review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#238 of 377 in the main ranking
Smart DNS median 1.9
- Smart DNS
- Jurisdiction:Canada, 5 Eyes
- Owner:C Telekom, Inc.
- Data completeness100%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Trial without a card
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support6.7 vs 4.3
- Network and streaming3.7 vs 2.3
- Price and fair terms5.3 vs 4.2
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 1.0
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 0.0
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Renewal price is 1.6× the first term
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Smart DNS services in the main ranking (11 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
SmartDNS Proxysegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.01.0
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 0.00.0
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 4.25.3
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 0.00.0
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 2.33.7
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 4.36.7
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
SmartDNS Proxy pricing
The cheapest way in is €2.45 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, SmartDNS Proxy renews at its standard price: 1.6× more per month than the first term. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, 24 Months plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep SmartDNS Proxy 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 | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly, 1 mo | €5.84 | €5.84 / 1 mo | €70.07 | €140.15 | €210.22 |
| 3 Months, 3 mo | €15.41 | €15.41 / 3 mo | €61.64 | €123.29 | €184.93 |
| 12 Months, 12 mo | €47.61 | €47.61 / 12 mo | €47.61 | €95.22 | €142.83 |
| 24 Months, 24 mo | €58.82 | €47.61 / 12 mo | €58.82 | €58.82 | €106.42 |
| Life Time, Lifetime | €172.00 | — | €172.00 | €172.00 | €172.00 |
Compare SmartDNS Proxy’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | 1 mo | $6.79 | $6.79 | €5.84 | $6.79 | 1 mo |
| 3 Months | 3 mo | $17.92 | $5.97 | €5.13 | $17.92 | 3 mo |
| 12 Months | 12 mo | $55.36 | $4.61 | €3.96 | $55.36 | 12 mo |
| 24 Months | 24 mo | $68.39 | $2.85 | €2.45 | $55.36 | 12 mo |
| Life Time | Lifetime | $200.00 | — | — | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- new customers full refund within 30 days of first payment; no refunds on monthly/quarterly unused portion; 24/36m no refunds after renewal
- Free trial
- 14 days, site
- Card needed for trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- contact 24/7 support via live chat or email
- Payment methods
- card; PayPal; Apple Pay/Google Pay
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same plan/price; 24/36-month plans renew as 12-month subscriptions; annual renewal notice sent
Everything SmartDNS Proxy publishes
Every fact we collected about SmartDNS Proxy, 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
- C Telekom, Inc.
- Registered in
- Canada (Ontario governing law, Toronto arbitration)
- Related brands
- SmartVPN
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- PL
- TR
- ES
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Smart DNS Proxy (incl. Smart VPN / All in One)
- Billing terms
- 1 month
- 3 months
- 12 months
- 24 months
- lifetime
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.85
- Monthly plan
- $6.79
- 1-year plan, total
- $55.36
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.61
- 2-year plan, total
- $68.39
- 2-year plan, a month
- $2.85
- Lifetime plan
- $200.00
- Renewal
- auto-renews same plan/price
- 24/36-month plans renew as 12-month subscriptions
- annual renewal notice sent
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD: 1m $6.79
- 3m $17.92
- 12m $55.36
- 24m $68.39
- lifetime $200
- 14-day free trial, no card — same as existing
- 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
- VPN included with Smart DNS
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 12% (3m)
- 32% (12m)
- 58% (24m)
- 92% (lifetime)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly price
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes /affiliates/
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Smart DNS unlimited devices; VPN 5 simultaneous connections
- Prohibited by the terms
- spam
- illegal/copyrighted content
- fraud
- unauthorized access
- piracy (immediate termination)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- card
- PayPal
- Apple Pay/Google Pay
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- contact 24/7 support via live chat or email
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- new customers full refund within 30 days of first payment
- no refunds on monthly/quarterly unused portion
- 24/36m no refunds after renewal
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 14 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Trial limits
- no card needed
- Card needed for the trial
- No
Server locations
- Countries
- 26 (VPN) / 24 (Smart DNS) (review, 2023)
- Servers
- 38 Smart DNS + 38 VPN locations
- Cities
- 38 VPN locations
27 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 11
Americas 6
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
- United States
Asia and Oceania 5
Middle East and Africa 5
- Middle East and North Africa
- VPN: Dubai (AE), Riyadh (SA), Cairo (EG), Israel, Istanbul (TR); Smart DNS: Dubai, Israel, Istanbul
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Streaming servers
- Yes Smart DNS for 400+ services
- 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
- Yes core product
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardreview✕ No
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2review✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecYes
- SSTPreviewYes
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- PPTP✕ Yes
- 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
- No review
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- No review
- 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
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- No states won't share
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- 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.
- Emailforms✕ Yes
- Connection IPlogs connection dates, VPN server IPs used, daily data total (review); site privacy policy silent✓ No
- Session timesconnection dates (not times) (review)◐ Partial
- Bandwidthtotal daily data (review)✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowssetup✓ Yes
- macOSsetup✓ Yes
- Linuxmanual setup; Ubuntu guides on site, no native app✓ Yes
- iOSApp Store app✓ Yes
- AndroidGoogle Play app✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- Chromebookmanual setup guide✓ Yes
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routersmanual: DD-WRT, Asus, Tomato, etc.✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- Yes
- BBC iPlayer
- Yes claimed
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Yes cancellation via live chat
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes 24/7 support
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes support.smartdnsproxy.com; setup guides
- Server status page
- Yes status.smartdnsproxy.com
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- API
- Yes /developers/
- 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
4.60 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.83; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.98 from 46.
The company replied to 0 of 8 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.17 of 5, smoothed
From 22 collected reviews (raw average 2.32; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 2.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.9 (4948 reviews); App Store (US) 3.11 (28 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
40 Reddit and forum threads mention SmartDNS Proxy (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★ · 04 Oct 2026 · GB
Piss poor support
App Store · 1★ · 24 Aug 2026 · US
Stopped Connecting
App Store · 1★ · 18 Apr 2024 · GB
It's on! Can't turn it off!
Trustpilot · 5★ · 12 Oct 2026 · NZ
Good service for 10 years now
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 11 Oct 2026 · ES
The support team is truly efficient and…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 07 Oct 2026 · ID
Reliable and good prompt support.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about SmartDNS Proxy
Answers built from what SmartDNS Proxy publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is SmartDNS Proxy safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.0/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 1.0 and 0.0). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Canada, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- C Telekom, Inc.
- No-logs policy
- No
- Shared with third parties
- No states won't share
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
SmartDNS Proxy not working? Common causes and what to check
3 things to check, built from what SmartDNS Proxy publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Check the provider’s status page for an outage (status.smartdnsproxy.com).
Switch protocol in the app: SmartDNS Proxy lists OpenVPN, IKEv2, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP.
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes cancellation via live chat
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes 24/7 support
- Yes
- Status page
- Yes status.smartdnsproxy.com
If it is blocked where you are
SmartDNS Proxy refund policy: how to ask for your money back
SmartDNS Proxy refund window: 30 days. Conditions: new customers full refund within 30 days of first payment; no refunds on monthly/quarterly unused portion; 24/36m no refunds after renewal
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Yes
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 14
Try before paying
How to cancel SmartDNS Proxy and turn off auto-renewal
How SmartDNS Proxy says you cancel: contact 24/7 support via live chat or email. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same plan/price; 24/36-month plans renew as 12-month subscriptions; annual renewal notice sent
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
SmartDNS Proxy free trial: length, terms and payment details
SmartDNS Proxy free trial: 14, site. Card needed: no.
Trial terms
- Length
- 14
- Card needed
- No
- Limits
- no card needed
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
SmartDNS Proxy coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
SmartDNS Proxy publishes no promo code on its own site in what we read, so we list none. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Promo codes
- Not stated
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- 12% (3m); 32% (12m); 58% (24m); 92% (lifetime)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly price
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Who owns SmartDNS Proxy? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
SmartDNS Proxy is run by C Telekom, Inc., registered in Canada (Ontario governing law, Toronto arbitration); parent company: C Telekom, Inc..
Company
- Registered in
- Canada (Ontario governing law, Toronto arbitration)
- Related brands
- SmartVPN
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
SmartDNS Proxy appears on 121 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Trial VPNs with a lifetime plan#3 of 7
- Smart DNS services#4 of 16
- Lifetime VPNs claiming Netflix#4 of 5
- Lifetime VPNs with money-back#4 of 6
- Lifetime plans + 24/7 live chat#5 of 5
- Cheap VPNs with lifetime plans#6 of 11
- Lifetime VPNs with OpenVPN#6 of 10
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- Lifetime VPNs#7 of 22
- Canadian VPNs#7 of 12
- Chromebook VPN free trials#7 of 11
- Chromebook VPNs for Netflix#8 of 12
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- VPN servers in Saudi Arabia#11 of 14
- Netflix VPN trials, no card#12 of 15
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- VPNs with Smart DNS#13 of 33
- 24/7 chat VPN trials, no card#13 of 17
- Cheap VPNs for Chromebook#15 of 19
- VPN servers in Egypt#16 of 17
- OpenVPN VPNs for Chromebook#17 of 22
- Server status pages#17 of 39
- VPNs for Chromebook#19 of 29
- No-card trials with money-back#19 of 23
- Cheap VPNs, no-card trial#20 of 35
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- Router VPN free trials#22 of 37
- VPNs in Polish#22 of 37
- Router VPNs for Netflix#24 of 40
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- Netflix claims + money-back guarantee#39 of 50
- Cheap VPNs with a trial#39 of 76
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- Windows VPN trials#50 of 140
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://smartdnsproxy.com
- Pages checked
- https://smartdnsproxy.com; https://smartdnsproxy.com/pricing/; https://smartdnsproxy.com/policy/; https://smartdnsproxy.com/termsofuse/; https://smartdnsproxy.com/servers/
- Other sources used
- wireguard/ikev2/sstp/kill_switch/split_tunneling/nologs_audit/collects_connection_ip: https://comparitech.com/vpn/reviews/smart-dns-proxy-review (2023); linux/chromebook: https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/setup/; countries_count/collects_timestamps/collects_bandwidth: comparitech (same); routers: https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/setup/
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