Swisscows VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#327 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:Switzerland, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 2.7
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Price and fair terms2.1 vs 3.5
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.3 vs 3.1
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.1
- Platforms and support2.7 vs 4.3
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
Swisscows VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.7
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 3.52.1
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 3.10.3
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
Swisscows VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €7.08 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Swisscows VPN renews at its standard price, the same per month as the first term. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Standard annual plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Swisscows 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 EUR = €1). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard monthly, 1 mo | €10.00 | €10.00 / 1 mo | €120.00 | €240.00 | €360.00 |
| Standard annual, 12 mo | €85.00 | €85.00 / 12 mo | €85.00 | €170.00 | €255.00 |
| Platinum bundle monthly, 1 mo | €27.00 | €27.00 / 1 mo | €324.00 | €648.00 | €972.00 |
| Platinum bundle annual, 12 mo | €280.00 | €280.00 / 12 mo | €280.00 | €560.00 | €840.00 |
Compare Swisscows VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard monthly | 1 mo | €10.00 | €10.00 | €10.00 | 1 mo |
| Standard annual | 12 mo | €85.00 | €7.08 | €85.00 | 12 mo |
| Platinum bundle monthly | 1 mo | €27.00 | €27.00 | €27.00 | 1 mo |
| Platinum bundle annual | 12 mo | €280.00 | €23.33 | €280.00 | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 0 days
- Refund conditions
- no refunds (incl. app store purchases, crypto, gift cards, account deletion)
- Free trial
- 7 days, mobile app
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- email from contractual address with 4 weeks notice; account deletion anytime (no refund)
- Payment methods
- invoice; PayPal; direct debit (SEPA); credit card (Stripe); crypto; prepaid/gift cards
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same duration at same amount (GTC 4.11); price changes once/yr with 6 weeks notice
Everything Swisscows VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Swisscows 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
- Swisscows AG
- Registered in
- Switzerland
- Address
- Bucherstrasse 2, 9322 Egnach, Switzerland
- Related brands
- Swisscows search
- Swisscows.email
- Swisscows Pro
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
- DE
- ES
- FR
- IT
- LV
- HU
- NL
- PT
- RU
- UK
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- EUR
- USD
- CHF
- Prices depend on country
- currency selector
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Standard; Platinum (Swisscows Pro + email Premium + VPN)
- Billing terms
- 1; 12 months
- Cheapest price a month
- €7.08
- Monthly plan
- €10.00
- 1-year plan, total
- €85.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- €7.08
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- auto-renews same duration at same amount (GTC 4.11); price changes once/yr with 6 weeks' notice
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- Standard: 10.00 EUR/mo monthly
- annual 7.08 EUR/mo (85.00 EUR/yr)
- Platinum bundle 27.00 EUR/mo or 23.33 EUR/mo (280 EUR/yr)
- hero From 7.00 CHF/month
- iOS IAP $9.99/mo, $79.99/yr (US App Store)
- Other add-ons
- Platinum bundle with Swisscows Pro + email
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- up to 30% (annual)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 3 (Standard)
- Data limit
- unlimited
- Prohibited by the terms
- distributing copyrighted material
- illegal use
- unreasonable load
- account resale
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- invoice
- PayPal
- direct debit (SEPA)
- credit card (Stripe)
- crypto
- prepaid/gift cards
- Bank card
- Yes Stripe
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes mentioned, non-refundable
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Yes prepaid/gift, non-refundable
- Local payment methods
- SEPA direct debit; invoice
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- email from contractual address with 4 weeks' notice; account deletion anytime (no refund)
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 0
- Refund conditions
- Yes refunds (incl. app store purchases, crypto, gift cards, account deletion)
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 days
- Where the trial is offered
- mobile app
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 6
- Servers
- 6 locations listed (BR, JP, NL, DE, IT, IN); server count not stated
6 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 3
Americas 1
Asia and Oceania 2
- Middle East and North Africa
- none
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Port speed
- 500-870 Mb/s per location (shown)
- 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
- cutting-edge
- 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
- Yes VPN page: no logs, no tracking, no sharing
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- while registered; deleted on account removal
- Shared with third parties
- Stripe
- First Cash Solution (payments)
- search ads via Bing/Google iFrames
- Trackers on the website
- self-hosted anonymized analytics (claim)
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- reviewed by counsel; comply only if law clearly requires
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- GDPR / data protection officer
- no DPO named; privacy@swisscows.com
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
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOSown app listed (download: Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Edge); Safari proxy setup guide exists✕ No
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ 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
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Edge
- App Store rating
- 5.0 (2 ratings, US)
- App languages
- EN (iOS)
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 support site / tickets
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support.swisscows.com
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- FAQ
- Server status page
- Yes vpn.swisscows.app/en/status
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
3.38 of 5, smoothed
From 27 collected reviews (raw average 2.85; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 15 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
3.59 of 5, smoothed
From 16 collected reviews (raw average 2.62; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
The company replied to 0 of 9 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.8 (27 reviews); App Store (US) 5.00 (2 ratings); Google Play 3.3 (60 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
40 Reddit and forum threads mention Swisscows 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.
Google Play · 1★ · 26 Aug 2026
Trash
Google Play · 1★ · 07 Jul 2026
7 Tage Testversion funktioniert nicht. Somit wieder deinstalliert. Schade!
Google Play · 1★ · 02 Jul 2026
Paid the subscription and doesn't connect from the get go. Contacted customer service, waiting for response
Trustpilot · 2★ · 14 Mar 2026 · DE
eager for a google alternative…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 12 Dec 2025 · US
Are these reviews botted?
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 12 Nov 2025 · DE
Stehen leider nicht zu den Zusagen.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Swisscows VPN
Answers built from what Swisscows VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Swisscows VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Switzerland, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Swisscows AG
- No-logs policy
- Yes VPN page: no logs, no tracking, no sharing
- Data retention
- while registered; deleted on account removal
- Shared with third parties
- Stripe; First Cash Solution (payments); search ads via Bing/Google iFrames
- Trackers on the website
- self-hosted anonymized analytics (claim)
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- cutting-edge
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Swisscows VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Swisscows VPN 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 (vpn.swisscows.app/en/status).
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No support site / tickets
- Yes support.swisscows.com
- Status page
- Yes vpn.swisscows.app/en/status
If it is blocked where you are
Swisscows VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Swisscows VPN refund window: 0 days. Conditions: no refunds (incl. app store purchases, crypto, gift cards, account deletion)
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 0
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Yes
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7
Try before paying
How to cancel Swisscows VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How Swisscows VPN says you cancel: email from contractual address with 4 weeks notice; account deletion anytime (no refund). Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same duration at same amount (GTC 4.11); price changes once/yr with 6 weeks notice
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Swisscows VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Swisscows VPN free trial: 7, mobile app.
Trial terms
- Length
- 7
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Refund window
- 0
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Swisscows VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Swisscows VPN is run by Swisscows AG, registered in Switzerland.
Company
- Registered in
- Switzerland
- Address
- Bucherstrasse 2, 9322 Egnach, Switzerland
- Related brands
- Swisscows search; Swisscows.email; Swisscows Pro
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Swisscows VPN appears on 49 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Swiss VPNs#7 of 9
- Firefox VPN extensions with a trial#23 of 23
- Pay with gift cards#28 of 30
- Firefox VPN extensions for crypto#29 of 29
- Server status pages#33 of 39
- Chrome VPN extensions with a trial#36 of 37
- VPNs in Italian#38 of 43
- VPNs in Dutch#39 of 40
- Chrome VPN extensions for crypto#48 of 50
- No renewal price hike#50 of 60
- Firefox extensions#53 of 54
- VPNs in Portuguese#53 of 61
Show all 49
- Non-14 Eyes crypto VPNs#62 of 63
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#63 of 64
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#67 of 70
- VPNs in German#74 of 87
- No-logs Chrome VPN extensions#75 of 79
- VPNs in French#77 of 87
- VPNs in Spanish#78 of 87
- VPN servers in Brazil#82 of 84
- Chrome extensions#86 of 92
- VPN servers in Italy#87 of 88
- VPN servers in India#90 of 94
- VPN servers in Japan#121 of 125
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#128 of 143
- Windows VPN trials#129 of 140
- VPN servers in the Netherlands#133 of 139
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#138 of 144
- Outside 14 Eyes#142 of 204
- VPN servers in Germany#143 of 152
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#145 of 154
- Android VPN free trials#146 of 160
- No-logs crypto VPNs#148 of 151
- Windows VPNs with crypto#148 of 158
- Outside 5 Eyes#163 of 237
- Pay with crypto#168 of 181
- VPN free trials#171 of 190
- Pay with PayPal#175 of 211
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#249 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#272 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#282 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#306 of 357
- No-logs VPNs#311 of 389
- VPNs for iPhone#331 of 411
- VPNs for Android#346 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.
- Website
- https://swisscows.com
- Pages checked
- ["https://swisscows.com", "https://vpn.swisscows.app", "https://swisscows.com/en/privacy", "https://swisscows.com/en/gtc"]
- Other sources used
- servers_count/macos/linux/prices: https://vpn.swisscows.app/en; macos(Safari proxy guide)/live_chat: https://support.swisscows.com/swisscows-vpn; appstore_rating/app_languages/iOS prices: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6744273212
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 317 | 316 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 388 | 387 |