SwitchVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#184 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms4.5 vs 3.5
- Network and streaming4.1 vs 3.1
- Platforms and support5.2 vs 4.3
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols2.5 vs 2.1
- 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.
SwitchVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.71.3
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 2.12.5
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 3.54.5
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 3.14.1
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 4.35.2
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
SwitchVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €4.29 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, SwitchVPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Premium plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep SwitchVPN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium, 1 mo | €6.01 | €6.01 / 1 mo | €72.14 | €144.27 | €216.41 |
| Premium, 12 mo | €51.50 | — | €51.50 | — | — |
| Families, 1 mo | €8.59 | €8.59 / 1 mo | €103.10 | €206.19 | €309.29 |
| Families, 12 mo | €77.30 | — | €77.30 | — | — |
| Trial, 0.1 mo | €0.86 | — | €103.20at the current price | €206.40at the current price | €309.60at the current price |
Compare SwitchVPN’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | 1 mo | $6.99 | $6.99 | €6.01 | $6.99 | 1 mo |
| Premium | 12 mo | $59.88 | $4.99 | €4.29 | — | 12 mo |
| Families | 1 mo | $9.99 | $9.99 | €8.59 | $9.99 | 1 mo |
| Families | 12 mo | $89.88 | $7.49 | €6.44 | — | 12 mo |
| Trial | 0.1 mo | $1.00 | $10.00 | €8.60 | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee, no questions asked
- Free trial
- 3 days, site
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- billing portal manage.switchvpn.net
- Payment methods
- Credit card; PayPal; Bitcoin; Alipay
- Renewal note
- Auto-renewal charged to payment on file (ToS); renewal price not stated
Everything SwitchVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about SwitchVPN, 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
- SwitchVPN (no legal entity named)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Related brands
- switchkonnect.com (billing domain)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Premium (3 devices)
- Families (6 devices)
- $1 3-day trial
- Billing terms
- 1 month
- 12 months
- 3-day trial
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.99
- Monthly plan
- $6.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $59.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.99
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Auto-renewal charged to payment on file (ToS); renewal price not stated
- Family plan
- Yes Families, 6 devices, $9.99/mo or $89.88/yr
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No shared static IPs on all plans
- Port forwarding add-on
- Yes included
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- save up to 2 months (yearly: $59.88 vs $83.88)
- Discount compared with
- monthly price x12
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 3 (Premium); 6 (Families)
- Data limit
- unlimited
- Speed limit
- no throttling claimed
- Torrenting / P2P policy
- Yes P2P supported (home page)
- Prohibited by the terms
- fraud/unlawful use, harassment, reselling/sharing service, reverse engineering
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Credit card
- PayPal
- Bitcoin
- Alipay
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- BTC
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Local payment methods
- Alipay
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- billing portal manage.switchvpn.net
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee, no questions asked
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 3 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Trial limits
- paid $1, all features
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 43
- Servers
- 250+
- 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
- No
- Static IP
- Yes shared static IP, all plans
- 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
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2✓ Yes
- 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
- AES-256
- 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
- China
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Yes
- 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 strict no-log; no traffic/usage logging
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- payment processors; compliance with valid legal process
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; cookies
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- complies with valid legal process
- Copyright (DMCA) notices
- Yes DMCA policy page
- Anonymous sign-up
- No email required
- Privacy policy updated
- 2019-06-05
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
- App analyticsGoogle Analytics on website only✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✓ Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
Support
- Live chat
- Yes
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes help.switchvpn.net
- 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
3.51 of 5, smoothed
From 9 collected reviews (raw average 2.67; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 4 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.47 of 5, smoothed
From 3 collected reviews (raw average 2.33; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.76 of 5, smoothed
From 34 collected reviews (raw average 3.56; all VPNs 3.90).
The company replied to 0 of 10 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.1 (9 reviews); App Store (US) 3.00 (6 ratings); Google Play 3.4 (232 ratings).
28 Reddit and forum threads mention SwitchVPN (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★ · 24 Feb 2023 · GB
Poor vpn
App Store · 5★ · 11 Jun 2019 · US
Fast & Easy to use & Stable
App Store · 1★ · 23 Mar 2018 · US
No refund
Google Play · 5★ · 08 Sep 2025
Hihh
Google Play · 5★ · 26 Aug 2025
Good
Google Play · 5★ · 04 Jan 2025
Good
Trustpilot · 1★ · 12 Jun 2024 · IE
Well I tried it
Original reviewTrustpilot · 3★ · 24 Nov 2019 · US
Pochi protocolli e server funzionanti tra quelli disponibili, molte disconnessioni
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 10 Jul 2018 · ES
Don't bother, look elsewhere.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
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Questions about SwitchVPN
Answers built from what SwitchVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is SwitchVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.3/10 and security 2.5/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
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Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- SwitchVPN (no legal entity named)
- No-logs policy
- Yes strict no-log; no traffic/usage logging
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- payment processors; compliance with valid legal process
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; cookies
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
SwitchVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what SwitchVPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: SwitchVPN lists OpenVPN, IKEv2.
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes
If it is blocked where you are
SwitchVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
SwitchVPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee, no questions asked
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
- 3
Try before paying
How to cancel SwitchVPN and turn off auto-renewal
How SwitchVPN says you cancel: billing portal manage.switchvpn.net. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Auto-renewal charged to payment on file (ToS); renewal price not stated
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
SwitchVPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
SwitchVPN free trial: 3, site.
Trial terms
- Length
- 3
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Limits
- paid $1, all features
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
Who owns SwitchVPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
SwitchVPN is run by SwitchVPN (no legal entity named).
Company
- Related brands
- switchkonnect.com (billing domain)
In our rankings
SwitchVPN appears on 99 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Pay with Alipay#8 of 20
- Trial VPNs with a family plan#8 of 24
- Torrenting + family plan#9 of 10
- Family plans + 24/7 live chat#10 of 12
- Crypto VPN family plans#10 of 14
- Family plans with money-back#10 of 22
- Family plans#13 of 42
- Money-back guarantee + port forwarding#13 of 15
- Family plans with OpenVPN#14 of 22
- Family plans with kill switch#15 of 22
- Torrenting + port forwarding#17 of 20
- Port forwarding crypto VPNs#18 of 22
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- OpenVPN + port forwarding#21 of 23
- Short-term VPN plans#21 of 63
- No-logs VPNs with a family plan#22 of 31
- Trial VPNs for torrenting#22 of 40
- VPNs with port forwarding#23 of 31
- Kill switch VPNs with port forwarding#23 of 25
- Torrenting + 24/7 live chat#29 of 31
- Linux VPNs for torrenting#31 of 62
- VPNs with a static IP#32 of 50
- Linux VPN trials#33 of 65
- Trial VPNs with 24/7 chat#36 of 56
- Crypto VPNs with 24/7 chat#38 of 48
- Torrenting crypto VPNs#38 of 57
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#38 of 64
- Torrenting + money-back guarantee#40 of 52
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#40 of 90
- Mac VPNs for torrenting#43 of 92
- Windows VPNs for torrenting#45 of 94
- Trial VPNs with money back#47 of 82
- Trial VPNs with a kill switch#48 of 83
- Kill switch VPNs for torrenting#52 of 67
- Mac VPN trials#54 of 144
- Windows VPN trials#54 of 140
- OpenVPN for torrenting#56 of 81
- Crypto VPNs with money-back#56 of 72
- Linux VPNs with refunds#57 of 76
- Money-back guarantee + 24/7 chat#57 of 76
- Android VPN free trials#58 of 160
- OpenVPN crypto VPNs#59 of 103
- OpenVPN + 24/7 live chat#61 of 72
- VPNs for torrenting#62 of 107
- Linux VPNs with crypto#63 of 119
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#63 of 144
- Kill switch crypto VPNs#66 of 84
- Linux VPNs with OpenVPN#66 of 125
- VPN free trials#67 of 190
- Kill switch VPNs with 24/7 live chat#68 of 77
- Linux VPNs with a kill switch#71 of 95
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#72 of 100
- Windows VPNs with crypto#77 of 158
- Mac VPNs with crypto#79 of 156
- IKEv2#80 of 133
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#80 of 154
- No-logs VPNs with 24/7 live chat#83 of 99
- DNS leak protection#83 of 124
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#83 of 154
- All platforms#84 of 170
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#84 of 198
- No-logs crypto VPNs#85 of 151
- Pay with PayPal#85 of 211
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#86 of 190
- VPNs with live chat#87 of 120
- Pay with crypto#88 of 181
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#88 of 207
- VPNs for Linux#89 of 203
- Mac VPNs with refunds#91 of 149
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#92 of 219
- Kill switch VPNs with a money-back guarantee#92 of 115
- Windows VPNs with refunds#94 of 155
- Kill switch VPNs with OpenVPN support#97 of 133
- 30-day money-back guarantee#98 of 174
- VPNs for public Wi-Fi#100 of 159
- Mac VPNs with a kill switch#101 of 162
- Windows VPNs with a kill switch#104 of 161
- iPhone VPNs with a kill switch#105 of 167
- Secure VPNs#110 of 142
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#121 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#122 of 267
- VPNs under €5#123 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#127 of 314
- VPNs for Mac#128 of 361
- VPNs for Windows#130 of 357
- Windows VPNs for China#131 of 151
- No-logs VPNs for Android#133 of 328
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#135 of 191
- VPNs for iPhone#135 of 411
- Kill switch#137 of 193
- OpenVPN#140 of 242
- VPNs for Android#141 of 451
- iPhone VPNs for China#146 of 166
- Android VPNs for China#161 of 186
- VPNs for travel to China#176 of 209
- No-logs VPNs#238 of 389
- 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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Closed services SwitchVPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://switchvpn.net
- Pages checked
- https://switchvpn.net/; https://switchvpn.net/order; https://switchvpn.net/privacy-policy; https://switchvpn.net/terms-of-service
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