V2Ray review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Other (usenet, hosting, tunnels) median 2.5
- Other (usenet, hosting, tunnels)
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Founded2015 (copyleft 2015-present)
- Owner:V2Fly Community (Project V)
- Data completeness33%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass5.2 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 jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.3
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Other (usenet, hosting, tunnels) services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
V2Raysegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.0
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 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 0.55.2
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
V2Ray pricing
V2Ray 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 V2Ray publishes
Every fact we collected about V2Ray, 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
- none (V2Fly Community, anonymous developers)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Parent company
- V2Fly Community (Project V)
- Related brands
- v2ray-core; Project V
- Founded
- 2015 (copyleft 2015-present)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- ZH-CN; EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- 0
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
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
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- 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
- 0 (self-hosted)
- 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
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Yes
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardoutbound only, v5.48.0+✓ Yes
- OpenVPNnot among V2Ray proxy protocols✕ No
- IKEv2not among V2Ray proxy protocols✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolVMess (V2Ray own protocol); VLite; mekya/tlsmirror transports✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMess✓ Yes
- Trojan✓ Yes
- Shadowsocks✓ Yes
- Hysteria2inbound/outbound + hy2 transport✓ Yes
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- HTTP
- SOCKS
- transports TCP, mKCP, QUIC, gRPC, WebSocket
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes JSON config files
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes masquerades as HTTPS website traffic, replay protection
- 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 custom routing by region/domain
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account
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 IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✓ Yes
- iOSthird-party clients✓ Yes
- Androidthird-party clients✓ 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
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes email
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Yes
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- GitHub issues/discussions
- 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
3.69 of 5, smoothed
From 1 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 1.
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App Store
3.11 of 5, smoothed
From 496 collected reviews (raw average 3.07; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 2.53 from 30.
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Google Play
3.79 of 5, smoothed
From 35 collected reviews (raw average 3.63; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 5.
The company replied to 12 of 12 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.7 (1 reviews); App Store (US) 4.71 (98721 ratings); Google Play 4.1 (2.04K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
50 Reddit and forum threads mention V2Ray (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★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
越升级，越难连接成功
App Store · 1★ · 07 Oct 2026 · US
Subscription update bug
App Store · 5★ · 05 Oct 2026 · US
update
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
perfect
Google Play · 5★ · 29 Sep 2026
За последние полгода все идеально.
Google Play · 5★ · 29 Sep 2026
просто отличный сервис за разумные деньги. уже больше года пользуюсь, все хорошо
Trustpilot · 5★ · 22 Aug 2026 · LK
Good service.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
V2Ray appears on 5 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Closed services V2Ray 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://v2fly.org
- Pages checked
- https://www.v2fly.org/
- Other sources used
- wireguard: https://www.v2fly.org/en_US/v5/config/proxy/wireguard.html; hysteria2: https://www.v2fly.org/en_US/v5/config/proxy/hy2.html; openvpn, ikev2, proprietary_protocol: https://www.v2fly.org/en_US/v5/config/proxy.html (protocol list); nologs_claim: https://www.v2fly.org/en_US/v5/config/overview.html
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