Vivaldi review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Built into a browser / OS median 2.5
- Built into a browser / OS
- Jurisdiction:Norway, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming5.2 vs 2.8
- Security and protocols3.6 vs 1.8
- Platforms and support4.1 vs 3.9
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Price and fair terms3.3 vs 3.4
Compare Vivaldi (built-in Proton VPN) side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Built into a browser / OS services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Vivaldi (built-in Proton VPN)segment 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 1.83.6
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 3.43.3
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 2.85.2
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 3.94.1
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
Vivaldi (built-in Proton VPN) pricing
Vivaldi (built-in Proton VPN) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term |
|---|---|
| Free (built-in) | Lifetime |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Paid upgrade = Proton VPN Plus (EUR): 12m €53.88 first year then renews €83.88/yr; 24m €83.76 first 24 months then €83.88/yr; 1m €9.99 renews same. Built-in free tier is €0.
Everything Vivaldi (built-in Proton VPN) publishes
Every fact we collected about Vivaldi (built-in Proton 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
- Vivaldi Technologies AS (VPN operated by Proton AG)
- Registered in
- Norway (Vivaldi Technologies; auth servers in Iceland); VPN by Proton AG, Switzerland
- Related brands
- Proton VPN; Vivaldi Mail
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- AF
- AZ
- BG
- CA
- DA
- DE
- EN
- ES
- FI
- FR
- HU
- ID
- IS
- IT
- JA
- KO
- NL
- NB
- PL
- PT-BR
- PT-PT
- RU
- SL
- SR
- SV
- UK
- ZH-CN
- ZH-TW
- Right-to-left languages
- No no AR/HE in site list
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free; Proton VPN Plus
- Cheapest price a month
- 0
- Monthly plan
- 9.99
- 1-year plan, total
- 53.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- 4.49
- 2-year plan, total
- 83.76
- 2-year plan, a month
- 3.49
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- Paid upgrade = Proton VPN Plus (EUR): 12m €53.88 first year then renews €83.88/yr
- 24m €83.76 first 24 months then €83.88/yr
- 1m €9.99 renews same. Built-in free tier is €0.
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- Proton VPN Plus (protonvpn.com/pricing, EUR): 1m €9.99; 12m €4.49/mo (€53.88, renews €83.88/yr); 24m €3.49/mo (€83.76, renews €83.88/yr). Proton Unlimited 1m €12.99, 12m €119.88, 24m €7.99/mo (€191.76). vivaldi.com/protonvpn in this browser geo showed a Russian-language page 'Proton VPN in Vivaldi not available in the Russian Federation; availability depends on region'.
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes revenue share: upgrades via Vivaldi account support Vivaldi
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Plus: 10 (Proton Free: 1)
- Features locked to higher plans
- location choice, faster speeds, more servers, extra devices (Plus)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Yes unlimited
- Free speed
- no cap stated
- Free locations
- fastest server only (no choice); server switch every 1.5 min+
- Free devices
- Vivaldi desktop browser
- Ads in the free plan
- No
- Other free plan terms
- browser traffic only; Vivaldi account required
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
- Yes Vivaldi account; recovery email shared with Proton
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 140+ (Proton Plus); free: 10 countries randomly selected
- Servers
- 20,000+ (Proton Plus; free in Vivaldi = fastest server, no location choice)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Port speed
- 10 Gbps network (claim)
- 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
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- 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
- AES-256 or ChaCha20
- 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
- Yes
- DNS leak protection
- Yes WebRTC leak protection toggle
- Split tunnelling
- Yes paid Proton plan only
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes DNS filtering of malicious domains/scripts
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes Proton strict no-logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- Privacy policy updated
- 2023-12-15
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.
- IP at sign-upIP truncated (last octet) for geo stats◐ Partial
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infobrowser usage ping: install ID, version, CPU arch, screen resolution✕ Yes
- Crash reportsopt-in; stack trace + URL kept 60 days✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsbrowser✓ Yes
- macOSbrowser✓ Yes
- Linuxbrowser✓ Yes
- iOS✕ No
- Androidplanned✕ No
- 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
- built-in Vivaldi desktop VPN (proxy, browser-only)
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- VPN Accelerator up to 400% faster (claim)
- 10 Gbps servers
- Yes
- Netflix
- Not stated
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Yes Proton VPN Plus: priority support and live chat
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Discord or forum
- forum.vivaldi.net
- Help articles
- Yes help.vivaldi.com
- 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
3.44 of 5, smoothed
From 77 collected reviews (raw average 3.30; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 3.40 from 5.
The company replied to 3 of 29 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
4.07 of 5, smoothed
From 500 collected reviews (raw average 4.13; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 4.12 from 73.
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Google Play
4.23 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.27; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.27 from 400.
The company replied to 51 of 51 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.2 (77 reviews); App Store (US) 4.73 (4434 ratings); Google Play 4.6 (135K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
46 Reddit and forum threads mention Vivaldi (built-in Proton 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.
App Store · 1★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
Bad Browser
App Store · 2★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
Does not respect 3rd party password managers
App Store · 4★ · 12 Oct 2026 · US
Awesome but
Google Play · 1★ · 14 Oct 2026
recently the render process started crashing constantly, resulting in my pages being unresponsive black screens. I've submitted bug reports but nothing, been…
Google Play · 4★ · 14 Oct 2026
nice browser
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
awesom I really like learning about a healthier browser + lack of AI In my face is beautiful.. I work with severe paranoia and the lack of user acknowledgement…
Trustpilot · 1★ · 08 Oct 2026 · GB
Vivaldi kept sending me UNWANTED emails
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 03 Oct 2026 · US
Perfect for people who use too many tabs
Original reviewTrustpilot · 3★ · 27 Sep 2026 · PL
Vivaldi is one of the most ambitious…
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://vivaldi.com
- Pages checked
- https://vivaldi.com; https://vivaldi.com/protonvpn/; https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/; https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/proton-vpn-for-vivaldi/
- Other sources used
- registration_country/split_tunneling/proprietary_protocol/dns_leak_protection: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/proton-vpn-for-vivaldi/; prices/renewal/money_back/devices/servers/countries/live_chat/card: https://protonvpn.com/pricing; kill_switch: https://protonvpn.com/pricing; affiliate_program: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/proton-vpn-for-vivaldi/
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