VIPRE Encrypt.team review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Business VPN / ZTNA median 2.5
- Business VPN / ZTNA
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Ziff Davis, Inc.
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 1.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms0.4 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support2.3 vs 3.9
- Network and streaming1.4 vs 2.8
- Renewal price is 2.9× 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 Business VPN / ZTNA services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
VIPRE Encrypt.teamsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.31.3
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 1.81.1
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 3.40.4
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 2.81.4
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 3.92.3
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
VIPRE Encrypt.team pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.87 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, VIPRE Encrypt.team renews at its standard price: 2.9× more per month than the first term. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, 3 Years plan
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep VIPRE Encrypt.team 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Year, 12 mo | €54.63 | €156.09 / 12 mo | €54.63 | €210.72 | €366.81 |
| 2 Years, 24 mo | €101.22 | €289.19 / 24 mo | €101.22 | €101.22 | €390.41 |
| 3 Years, 36 mo | €139.33 | €398.09 / 36 mo | €139.33 | €139.33 | €139.33 |
Compare VIPRE Encrypt.team’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | 12 mo | €54.63 | €4.55 | €156.09 | 12 mo |
| 2 Years | 24 mo | €101.22 | €4.22 | €289.19 | 24 mo |
| 3 Years | 36 mo | €139.33 | €3.87 | €398.09 | 36 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Cleverbridge cancel contract link
- Payment methods
- card; PayPal; bank transfer
- VAT
- Yes 21% VAT for LV shown
- Renewal note
- Auto-renews at base price: 156.09 EUR/yr (1y), 289.19 EUR/2y, 398.09 EUR/3y
Everything VIPRE Encrypt.team publishes
Every fact we collected about VIPRE Encrypt.team, 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
- VIPRE Security Group, Inc.
- Registered in
- USA
- Parent company
- Ziff Davis, Inc.
- Related brands
- VIPRE Antivirus Plus
- Advanced Security
- Ultimate Security
- Privacy Shield
- Privacy Bundle
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN (shop: RU and others via Cleverbridge)
- Currencies on the site
- EUR (shop)
- Prices depend on country
- Yes Cleverbridge localized currency/VAT
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Internet Shield VPN 1/2/3 Year
- Billing terms
- 12
- 24
- 36 months
- Cheapest price a month
- €3.87
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- €54.63
- 1-year plan, a month
- €4.55
- 2-year plan, total
- €101.22
- 2-year plan, a month
- €4.22
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- Auto-renews at base price: 156.09 EUR/yr (1y), 289.19 EUR/2y, 398.09 EUR/3y
- VAT included
- Yes 21% VAT for LV shown
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- 1y €54.63 (base €156.09, incl. 21% VAT)
- 2y €101.22
- 3y €139.33 (Cleverbridge shop, RU UI/EUR)
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 65%
- Discount compared with
- renewal/base price
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 10 (Internet Shield VPN Play description)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- card
- PayPal
- bank transfer
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Cleverbridge cancel contract link
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 20+ (Internet Shield VPN Play description)
- Servers
- 70+ sites (Encrypt.team Play description)
- 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
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardInternet Shield VPN app changelog✓ Yes
- OpenVPNInternet Shield VPN app changelog✓ Yes
- IKEv2Internet Shield VPN app changelog✓ 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
- 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 Internet Shield VPN: will never track, store, or spy on your browsing data
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Trackers on the website
- Hotjar
- Meta
- Microsoft
- Pardot
- SalesLoft
- VWO
- ZoomInfo (Cookiebot list)
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-07-15
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
- WindowsInternet Shield VPN✓ Yes
- macOSInternet Shield VPN✓ Yes
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSInternet Shield VPN✓ Yes
- AndroidEncrypt.team app com.eme.team; Internet Shield VPN app com.viprevpn✓ 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
- Google Play rating
- no rating (Encrypt.team); Internet Shield VPN: 3.3 (38 reviews)
- Google Play installs
- 100+ (Encrypt.team, last updated May 2021); Internet Shield VPN: 5K+
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
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- 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
4.02 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.11; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 3.00 from 3.
The company replied to 14 of 36 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
3.79 of 5, smoothed
From 17 collected reviews (raw average 3.47; all VPNs 3.90).
The company replied to 0 of 6 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 2.5 (1552 reviews); Google Play 3.5.
Reviews per month, last 12 months
29 Reddit and forum threads mention VIPRE Encrypt.team (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 · 5★ · 31 Dec 2025
Reliable and essential when using public wifi
Google Play · 5★ · 25 Nov 2025
They're outstanding and true professional the whole entire company. The workers are very helpful to your customers.
Google Play · 5★ · 04 Nov 2024
Microsoft disability support, helped me on Windows 10 tester, helping me Through my DisabilityBrain Tumor, & Neurosurgery. having, more than a few viruses and…
Trustpilot · 1★ · 08 Sep 2026 · AU
Abysmal level of support
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 06 Aug 2026 · GB
Thank you for your outstanding support
Original reviewTrustpilot · 3★ · 01 Aug 2026 · CA
Used Vipre many years, love the non-autorenewal option, manual update not so much.
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
In our rankings
VIPRE Encrypt.team appears on 1 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://vipre.com
- Pages checked
- https://www.vipre.com/; https://vipre.com/home/vipre-internet-shield-vpn/; https://shop.vipre.com/582/purl-VPNC1; https://shop.vipre.com/582/purl-VPNC2; https://shop.vipre.com/582/purl-VPNC3; https://www.vipre.com/privacy/
- Other sources used
- live_chat_247: https://vipre.com/support/; Encrypt.team: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eme.team; Internet Shield VPN: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viprevpn; https://vipre.helpjuice.com/internet-shield-vpn-intro
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