VPN.ac review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#163 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:Romania, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Owner:Cryptolayer SRL
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass2.4 vs 0.5
- Price and fair terms3.8 vs 3.5
- Security and protocols2.1 vs 2.1
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 4.3
- Network and streaming2.1 vs 3.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 2.7
- Trial needs a card
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.
VPN.acsegment 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 2.12.1
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 3.53.8
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 0.52.4
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 3.12.1
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 4.32.8
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
VPN.ac pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.23 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, VPN.ac renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep VPN.ac 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 | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month, 1 mo | €7.74 | €92.88at the current price | €185.76at the current price | €278.64at the current price |
| 3 Months, 3 mo | €20.64 | €82.56at the current price | €165.12at the current price | €247.68at the current price |
| 1 Year, 12 mo | €49.88 | €49.88 | — | — |
| 2 Years, 24 mo | €77.40 | €77.40 | €77.40 | — |
Compare VPN.ac’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | 1 mo | $9.00 | $9.00 | €7.74 | 1 mo |
| 3 Months | 3 mo | $24.00 | $8.00 | €6.88 | 3 mo |
| 1 Year | 12 mo | $58.00 | $4.80 | €4.13 | 12 mo |
| 2 Years | 24 mo | $90.00 | $3.75 | €3.23 | 24 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 7 days
- Refund conditions
- 7 days from activation/last payment; one refund per customer; vague complaints not refunded; no refund for suspended accounts; BTC refunded in BTC
- Free trial
- 7 (paid $2 trial), site
- Card needed for trial
- No paid $2 trial
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Bitcoin and other crypto; PayPal; credit/debit cards; vouchers/prepaid cards; UnionPay; iDEAL; WebMoney; SEPA Direct Debit
Everything VPN.ac publishes
Every fact we collected about VPN.ac, 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
- Cryptolayer SRL (formerly Netsec Interactive Solutions SRL)
- Registered in
- Romania
- Address
- 76 Calea Dumbravii Street, 550399 Sibiu, Romania
- Parent company
- Cryptolayer SRL
- Related brands
- SecureProxy
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- single plan (1 Month; 3 Months; 1 Year; 2 Years)
- Billing terms
- 1 month
- 3 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.75
- Monthly plan
- $9.00
- 1-year plan, total
- $58.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.80
- 2-year plan, total
- $90.00
- 2-year plan, a month
- $3.75
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Family plan
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- SecureProxy browser add-on included
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 11% (3m)
- 46% (1y)
- 62% (2y)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly price
- Promo codes
- OCT26 in plan links
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Bonus months
- No
- Affiliate programme
- Yes vpn.ac/affiliates
- Affiliate network
- in-house
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 12 (6 OpenVPN/IPsec + 6 WireGuard); trial 3
- Data limit
- no cap; fair usage policy
- Speed limit
- no speed limit (claim)
- Torrenting / P2P policy
- Partial P2P only on nodes where allowed
- Country restrictions
- orders via proxies/VPNs not allowed
- Features locked to higher plans
- trial: 3 connections
- Prohibited by the terms
- spam, hacking, port scanning, malware, DDoS, fraud, CSAM, copyright infringement, terrorism, IRC wars; no account sharing
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Bitcoin and other crypto
- PayPal
- credit/debit cards
- vouchers/prepaid cards
- UnionPay
- iDEAL
- WebMoney
- SEPA Direct Debit
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- Bitcoin + other cryptocurrencies
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Yes vouchers/prepaid cards
- Mobile carrier billing
- No
- Local payment methods
- UnionPay
- iDEAL
- WebMoney
- SEPA Direct Debit
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No states never requests government ID; billing country required
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 7
- Refund conditions
- 7 days from activation/last payment
- one refund per customer
- vague complaints not refunded
- no refund for suspended accounts
- BTC refunded in BTC
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 (paid $2 trial)
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Trial limits
- 3 simultaneous connections
- Instead of a trial
- no free tier
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes paid $2 trial
Server locations
- Countries
- 21 VPN; 32 SecureProxy
- Servers
- Not stated
22 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 15
- Belgium
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Americas 3
Asia and Oceania 4
- Middle East and North Africa
- none
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Port speed
- per-location Gbit gateways (e.g. NL 16 Gbit)
- P2P servers
- Yes selected nodes
- Obfuscated servers
- Yes obfuscation, TCP-443
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 SecureProxy (browser proxy)
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2IPsec; StrongSwan supported✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- ECC; AES-GCM
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes OpenVPN Connect, Tunnelblick, WireGuard, StrongSwan
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes obfuscation / TCP 443
- 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
- Yes secure DNS implementation (claim)
- Own DNS servers
- Yes claim secure DNS
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- No
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no activity/DNS logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- connection logs deleted after session closes
- Shared with third parties
- only if required by law / court order; payment processors
- Trackers on the website
- functional cookies only; no Google Analytics (claim)
- Transparency report
- No
- Warrant canary
- No
- Law enforcement requests
- data shared only under court order
- Anonymous sign-up
- Partial crypto accepted; email required
- Privacy policy updated
- 2018-05-25
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 IPdeleted after session◐ Partial
- Session timessession start/end, deleted after session◐ Partial
- Bandwidthdeleted after session◐ Partial
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linuxbeta◐ Partial
- 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
- SecureProxy add-on (proxy)
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- no speed limit
- 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 support/contact pages
- Phone
- No
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN
- 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.
-
Trustpilot
3.69 of 5, smoothed
From 11 collected reviews (raw average 3.82; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 0 of 3 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
-
App Store
3.43 of 5, smoothed
From 29 collected reviews (raw average 3.24; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.68 of 5, smoothed
From 191 collected reviews (raw average 3.62; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.20 from 5.
The company replied to 9 of 51 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.1 (11 reviews); App Store (US) 3.20 (49 ratings); Google Play 3.8 (665 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
38 Reddit and forum threads mention VPN.ac (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★ · 18 Jun 2026 · US
Cannot used in china
App Store · 3★ · 17 Dec 2025 · US
Fix CN2 server
App Store · 1★ · 18 Nov 2025 · US
Won’t work in China anymore
Google Play · 5★ · 08 Oct 2026
good to the oner not for us
Google Play · 1★ · 28 Sep 2026
how to create an account?
Google Play · 5★ · 16 Sep 2026
good app
Trustpilot · 5★ · 01 Apr 2025 · GY
It a nice vpn
Original reviewTrustpilot · 4★ · 14 Mar 2024 · DE
Great choice
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 17 Oct 2023 · GB
Just wanted to update from my review…
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about VPN.ac
Answers built from what VPN.ac publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is VPN.ac safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 2.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Romania, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Cryptolayer SRL (formerly Netsec Interactive Solutions SRL)
- No-logs policy
- Yes no activity/DNS logs
- Data retention
- connection logs deleted after session closes
- Shared with third parties
- only if required by law / court order; payment processors
- Trackers on the website
- functional cookies only; no Google Analytics (claim)
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Yes (secure DNS implementation (claim))
- Encryption
- ECC; AES-GCM
- Security audits
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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VPN.ac not working? Common causes and what to check
4 things to check, built from what VPN.ac publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: VPN.ac lists WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2.
If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (obfuscation / TCP 443).
Try a manual configuration (OpenVPN Connect, Tunnelblick, WireGuard, StrongSwan).
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Yes support/contact pages
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
VPN.ac refund policy: how to ask for your money back
VPN.ac refund window: 7 days. Conditions: 7 days from activation/last payment; one refund per customer; vague complaints not refunded; no refund for suspended accounts; BTC refunded…
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 7
- Conditions
- 7 days from activation/last payment; one refund per customer; vague complaints not refunded; no refund for suspended accounts; BTC refunded in BTC
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7 (paid $2 trial)
Try before paying
Refund policies of similar VPNs
VPN.ac free trial: length, terms and payment details
VPN.ac free trial: 7 (paid $2 trial), site. Card needed: no (paid $2 trial).
Trial terms
- Limits
- 3 simultaneous connections
- Instead of a trial
- no free tier
- Refund window
- 7
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
VPN.ac coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
What VPN.ac itself publishes about codes: OCT26 in plan links. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- 11% (3m); 46% (1y); 62% (2y)
- Discount compared with
- vs monthly price
- Bonus months
- No
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Coupons of similar VPNs
Who owns VPN.ac? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
VPN.ac is run by Cryptolayer SRL (formerly Netsec Interactive Solutions SRL), registered in Romania; parent company: Cryptolayer SRL.
Company
- Registered in
- Romania
- Address
- 76 Calea Dumbravii Street, 550399 Sibiu, Romania
- Related brands
- SecureProxy
Jurisdiction
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In our rankings
VPN.ac appears on 125 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Romania VPNs#3 of 5
- VPNs with SOCKS5 proxy#18 of 38
- Pay with gift cards#21 of 30
- VPN servers in Lithuania#24 of 31
- Trial VPNs for torrenting#26 of 40
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes for torrenting#27 of 42
- WireGuard VPNs for torrenting#29 of 43
- OpenVPN for torrenting#34 of 81
- Obfuscated VPNs for torrenting#34 of 43
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#34 of 70
- Torrenting crypto VPNs#40 of 57
- VPN servers in Portugal#40 of 46
Show all 125
- Trial VPNs that accept crypto#42 of 64
- WireGuard VPNs with a trial#42 of 69
- Manual config files#43 of 118
- Non-14 Eyes crypto VPNs#44 of 63
- Obfuscated VPNs with a trial#44 of 61
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with WireGuard support#44 of 63
- VPN servers in Mexico#45 of 63
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#46 of 90
- VPN servers in Finland#46 of 59
- IKEv2#49 of 133
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with obfuscated servers#49 of 70
- VPN servers in Belgium#49 of 61
- VPN servers in Romania#49 of 64
- VPN servers in Norway#52 of 62
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with OpenVPN support#55 of 101
- VPN servers in Poland#55 of 80
- VPN servers in Hong Kong#56 of 83
- OpenVPN crypto VPNs#62 of 103
- WireGuard crypto VPNs#62 of 92
- VPN servers in Sweden#62 of 93
- Mac VPNs for torrenting#63 of 92
- VPN servers in Switzerland#63 of 91
- VPN servers in Italy#63 of 88
- Windows VPNs for torrenting#65 of 94
- Obfuscated crypto VPNs#66 of 96
- VPN servers in Spain#68 of 99
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#70 of 144
- WireGuard + OpenVPN#70 of 125
- VPN servers in Australia#72 of 127
- VPN servers in Japan#72 of 125
- VPN servers in Singapore#72 of 138
- 10+ devices#73 of 127
- VPN servers in the Netherlands#73 of 139
- VPN servers in France#75 of 137
- OpenVPN + obfuscated servers#77 of 104
- VPN free trials#77 of 190
- VPN servers in Canada#77 of 142
- VPN servers in the UK#77 of 156
- VPNs for torrenting#78 of 107
- Windows VPN trials#80 of 140
- VPN servers in Germany#81 of 152
- DNS leak protection#82 of 124
- Mac VPN trials#83 of 144
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#84 of 143
- Outside 14 Eyes#85 of 204
- Obfuscated WireGuard VPNs#86 of 103
- Android VPN free trials#87 of 160
- OpenVPN#88 of 242
- VPN servers in the USA#88 of 178
- No-logs crypto VPNs#93 of 151
- Windows VPNs for China#93 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#93 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#93 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#93 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#93 of 140
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#94 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#94 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#94 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#94 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#94 of 142
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#94 of 144
- Pay with PayPal#94 of 211
- Pay with crypto#96 of 181
- Outside 5 Eyes#97 of 237
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#98 of 191
- WireGuard VPNs#98 of 192
- No-logs VPNs with obfuscated servers#101 of 150
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#102 of 159
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#104 of 137
- iPhone VPNs for China#107 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#107 of 151
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#108 of 158
- Obfuscated VPNs for Mac#109 of 148
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#110 of 154
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#113 of 151
- Mac VPNs with crypto#113 of 156
- Windows VPNs with crypto#113 of 158
- Android VPNs for China#115 of 186
- Android VPNs for India#115 of 170
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#115 of 149
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#116 of 147
- Android VPNs for the UAE#116 of 181
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#117 of 190
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#120 of 198
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#121 of 164
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#124 of 207
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- VPNs for travel to Turkey#126 of 196
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#127 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#127 of 200
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- VPNs for travel to Qatar#127 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#127 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#127 of 204
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#128 of 219
- VPNs under €5#139 of 280
- No-logs VPNs#168 of 389
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#169 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#174 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#178 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#185 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#191 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#196 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#201 of 411
- VPNs for Android#208 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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Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://vpn.ac
- Pages checked
- https://vpn.ac; https://vpn.ac/vpn-accounts; https://vpn.ac/legal; https://vpn.ac/privacy-policy; https://vpn.ac/tos
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