Sonics VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#269 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded2022 (review)
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming4.6 vs 3.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.1
- Platforms and support2.7 vs 4.3
- Price and fair terms2.9 vs 3.5
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Consumer VPN services in the main ranking (233 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Sonics VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.3
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 2.10.0
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 3.52.9
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 3.14.6
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 4.32.7
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
Sonics VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €8.59 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Sonics VPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Sonics VPN 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 | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month, 1 mo | €8.59 | €103.10at the current price | €206.19at the current price | €309.29at the current price |
Compare Sonics VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | 1 mo | $9.99 | $9.99 | €8.59 |
| 6 Months | 6 mo | — | $5.00 | €4.30 |
| 1 Year | 12 mo | — | $4.16 | €3.58 |
| 2 Years | 24 mo | — | $2.92 | €2.51 |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- not described
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- PayPal; Visa; Mastercard; Amex; Discover; JCB (review)
Everything Sonics VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Sonics VPN, 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
- Sunrise Privacy Inc. (review)
- Registered in
- USA (Columbus, Ohio) (review)
- Founded
- 2022 (review)
- 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
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- 9.99 (review)
- 1-year plan, a month
- 4.16 (review)
- 2-year plan, a month
- 2.92 (review)
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- unlimited (claim)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Free data
- No 5 GB/month (review)
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Amex
- Discover
- JCB (review)
- Bank card
- Yes review
- PayPal
- Yes review
- Cryptocurrency
- No review
- 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
- 30
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 days
- Trial limits
- new users; all Premium servers
- Instead of a trial
- watch ad for 15 min premium; referral unlocks premium 7 days (review)
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 40+
- Servers
- 5000+
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Streaming servers
- Yes claimed (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, BBC iPlayer, Hulu, etc.)
- 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
- best-in-class
- 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
- Partial advertised; missing in Android app at test (review)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes ad-free browsing claim
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no tracking/recording/storing/selling usage data, claim
- Independent no-logs audit
- 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.
- Connection IP(policy claims no client IP / timestamp logs) (review)✓ No
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windowstestimonial✓ Yes
- macOS(promised) (review)✕ No
- Linux(promised) (review)✕ No
- iOStestimonial✓ Yes
- Android(Android 6+, APK) (review)✓ Yes
- 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
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- 4K streaming support (claim)
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- Netflix claimed
- BBC iPlayer
- Yes claimed
- Disney+
- Yes claimed
- Prime Video
- Yes claimed
- Gaming features
- Yes claimed for Warzone, Minecraft, LoL, PUBG, Roblox, CoD
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No (email, Facebook, Twitter, Discord, VK) (review)
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- Discord (review)
- 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
3.66 of 5, smoothed
From 3 collected reviews (raw average 3.67; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.1 (3 reviews).
25 Reddit and forum threads mention Sonics VPN (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.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 02 Mar 2024 · GB
It seems this VPN service has cut and…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 10 Jan 2023 · US
Fast connection
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 10 Jan 2023 · SG
Best-in-class Encryption VPN
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Sonics VPN
Answers built from what Sonics VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Sonics VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Sunrise Privacy Inc. (review)
- No-logs policy
- Yes no tracking/recording/storing/selling usage data, claim
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- best-in-class
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Sonics VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
Sonics VPN publishes little that helps when it fails to connect: no status page, alternative protocols or support channels in our data.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No (email, Facebook, Twitter, Discord, VK) (review)
- Live chat 24/7
- 7/24 support claimed
If it is blocked where you are
Sonics VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Sonics VPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: not described
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7
Try before paying
Sonics VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Sonics VPN free trial: 7.
Trial terms
- Length
- 7
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Limits
- new users; all Premium servers
- Instead of a trial
- watch ad for 15 min premium; referral unlocks premium 7 days (review)
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- mentioned (Free VPN), limits not described
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Sonics VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Sonics VPN is run by Sunrise Privacy Inc. (review), registered in USA (Columbus, Ohio) (review).
Company
- Registered in
- USA (Columbus, Ohio) (review)
- Founded
- 2022 (review)
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Sonics VPN appears on 45 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Netflix claims, unlimited devices#8 of 15
- Unlimited devices + ad blocker#14 of 16
- VPNs for Prime Video#18 of 33
- Trial VPNs, unlimited devices#22 of 28
- Money-back guarantee, unlimited devices#23 of 26
- VPNs for BBC iPlayer#24 of 50
- Netflix claims + ad blocker#25 of 31
- VPNs for Disney+#26 of 35
- No-logs VPNs with unlimited devices#36 of 51
- Netflix claims + money-back guarantee#37 of 50
- Trial VPNs for Netflix#39 of 44
- Unlimited devices#43 of 62
Show all 45
- Gaming VPNs#44 of 106
- Trial VPNs with ad blocking#46 of 55
- VPNs for Netflix#54 of 97
- US-based VPNs#57 of 107
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#61 of 78
- Money-back VPNs with an ad blocker#64 of 72
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#71 of 85
- Windows VPNs for Netflix#71 of 83
- Trial VPNs with money back#72 of 82
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#86 of 103
- Windows VPNs with ad blocking#92 of 99
- 10+ devices#102 of 127
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#102 of 116
- Ad blocker#105 of 129
- Windows VPN trials#110 of 140
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#119 of 144
- Android VPN free trials#124 of 160
- Windows VPNs with refunds#138 of 155
- VPN free trials#139 of 190
- Pay with PayPal#146 of 211
- 30-day money-back guarantee#149 of 174
- No IP logs#167 of 191
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#225 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#243 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#254 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#265 of 357
- No-logs VPNs#266 of 389
- VPNs for iPhone#288 of 411
- VPNs for Android#299 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://sonicsvpn.com
- Pages checked
- ["https://sonicsvpn.com"]
- Other sources used
- all fields: https://vpncentral.com/sonics-vpn-review (updated 2025-09-28); site re-check: https://sonicsvpn.com (WebFetch); https://sourceforge.net/app/sonics-vpn/
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