VPN-Cheap review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#247 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms5.3 vs 3.5
- Platforms and support4.1 vs 4.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.1
- Network and streaming2.4 vs 3.1
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-Cheapsegment 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 2.11.1
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 3.55.3
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 3.12.4
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 4.34.1
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
VPN-Cheap pricing
The cheapest way in is €1.71 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, VPN-Cheap 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-Cheap 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 | €2.57 | €30.86at the current price | €61.71at the current price | €92.57at the current price |
| 12 months (+2 extra months), 12 mo | €20.54 | €20.54 | — | — |
Compare VPN-Cheap’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 mo | $0.00 | $0.00 | €0.00 | $0.00 | 1 mo |
| 1 month | 1 mo | $2.99 | $2.99 | €2.57 | — | 1 mo |
| 12 months (+2 extra months) | 12 mo | $23.88 | $1.99 | €1.71 | — | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 14 days
- Refund conditions
- within 14 days of original purchase; first-time customers only; renewals not eligible
- Free trial
- 7 (1-month plan) / 14 (12-month plan)
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Cancel anytime; no renewal price stated; 12-month billed $23.88 every 12 months
Everything VPN-Cheap publishes
Every fact we collected about VPN-Cheap, 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
- VPN-Cheap S.A. (named in referral terms only)
- Registered in
- Not stated
- 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
- Free
- 1 month
- 12 months
- Billing terms
- 1 month; 12 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $1.99
- Monthly plan
- $2.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $23.88
- 1-year plan, a month
- $1.99
- 2-year plan, total
- No
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- Cancel anytime
- no renewal price stated
- 12-month billed $23.88 every 12 months
- Family plan
- No
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- 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
- 33% (12 months)
- Discount compared with
- vs crossed-out $35.88 (12 x $2.99)
- Promo codes
- promo codes referenced in ToS
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Bonus months
- +2 months on 12-month plan
- Referral programme
- Yes +30 free days per referred paying friend
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- unlimited (paid); limited (free)
- Speed limit
- free: medium speed
- Features locked to higher plans
- free: 3 locations, medium speed, limited devices
- Prohibited by the terms
- unlawful use, spam ($10/email penalty), hacking, malware, commercial use/resale, multiple accounts
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Not stated
- Free speed
- medium speed
- Free locations
- 3 locations
- Free devices
- limited
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- no credit card required
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- No
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 14
- Refund conditions
- within 14 days of original purchase
- first-time customers only
- renewals not eligible
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 (1-month plan) / 14 (12-month plan)
- Instead of a trial
- free tier
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 35+ (50+ locations)
- Servers
- Not stated
- 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
- No
- 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 protocol✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- AES-256; ChaCha20
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- No
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
- No
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- website logs deleted after statistical analysis (no period)
- Shared with third parties
- not sold/shared (claim); processors not named
- Trackers on the website
- session + preference cookies
- Transparency report
- No
- Warrant canary
- No
- Law enforcement requests
- ToS: may comply with government/court requests
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- Privacy policy updated
- 2024-08-22
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
- Device infowebsite: OS/browser✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowscoming soon✕ No
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linuxcoming soon✕ No
- 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
- Claimed speed
- highest speed; 10 Gbps network
- 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
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes claim 24h support
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- No
- Telegram
- No
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes support.vpn-cheap.com/hc
- 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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App Store
3.59 of 5, smoothed
From 9 collected reviews (raw average 3.89; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.83 of 5, smoothed
From 40 collected reviews (raw average 3.75; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.14 from 7.
The company replied to 0 of 12 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.69 (61 ratings); Google Play 4.1 (151 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
42 Reddit and forum threads mention VPN-Cheap (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 · 4★ · 31 Jan 2026 · US
Great for the price
App Store · 5★ · 30 Jan 2026 · US
MGN Lyn
App Store · 5★ · 22 Jan 2026 · US
Vvvv
Google Play · 1★ · 11 Oct 2026
نیاز به لاگین کردن دارد و بعد روی همراه اول وصل نشد
Google Play · 1★ · 19 Sep 2026
I can't even create account.Worst VPN.DONESN'T EVEN DESERVE 1 STAR (ONLY 0 STAR)
Google Play · 5★ · 06 Sep 2026
good vpn
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about VPN-Cheap
Answers built from what VPN-Cheap publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is VPN-Cheap safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.3/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- VPN-Cheap S.A. (named in referral terms only)
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Data retention
- website logs deleted after statistical analysis (no period)
- Shared with third parties
- not sold/shared (claim); processors not named
- Trackers on the website
- session + preference cookies
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- AES-256; ChaCha20
- Security audits
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
VPN-Cheap not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what VPN-Cheap publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: VPN-Cheap lists WireGuard, OpenVPN.
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes claim 24h support
- Telegram
- No
If it is blocked where you are
VPN-Cheap refund policy: how to ask for your money back
VPN-Cheap refund window: 14 days. Conditions: within 14 days of original purchase; first-time customers only; renewals not eligible
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 14
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7 (1-month plan) / 14 (12-month plan)
Try before paying
VPN-Cheap free trial: length, terms and payment details
VPN-Cheap free trial: 7 (1-month plan) / 14 (12-month plan).
Trial terms
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Instead of a trial
- free tier
- Refund window
- 14
- Free plan
- Yes
Trials elsewhere
VPN-Cheap coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
What VPN-Cheap itself publishes about codes: promo codes referenced in ToS. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Discount shown
- 33% (12 months)
- Discount compared with
- vs crossed-out $35.88 (12 x $2.99)
- Bonus months
- +2 months on 12-month plan
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Who owns VPN-Cheap? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
VPN-Cheap is run by VPN-Cheap S.A. (named in referral terms only).
In our rankings
VPN-Cheap appears on 64 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Free VPNs, unlimited devices#12 of 31
- Trial VPNs, unlimited devices#16 of 28
- Unlimited devices + 24/7 live chat#17 of 21
- Cheap unlimited-device VPNs#22 of 31
- WireGuard, unlimited devices#22 of 26
- OpenVPN, unlimited devices#25 of 28
- Unlimited devices#28 of 62
- VPNs with 10Gbps servers#30 of 33
- Free VPNs with a premium trial#38 of 77
- No-logs VPNs with unlimited devices#38 of 51
- Trial VPNs with 24/7 chat#38 of 56
- Free VPNs with 24/7 chat#39 of 52
Show all 64
- Monthly plans under €5#40 of 106
- Cheap VPNs with a trial#41 of 76
- WireGuard VPNs with a trial#41 of 69
- VPNs under €2#41 of 68
- Free OpenVPN VPNs#44 of 97
- Free WireGuard VPNs#45 of 87
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#45 of 90
- Cheap VPNs with 24/7 chat#46 of 61
- Free VPNs with cheap upgrades#50 of 74
- Best value VPNs#55 of 73
- Cheap WireGuard VPNs#58 of 78
- WireGuard + 24/7 live chat#60 of 60
- Cheap OpenVPN services#61 of 90
- OpenVPN + 24/7 live chat#68 of 72
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#68 of 144
- 10+ devices#71 of 127
- VPN free trials#75 of 190
- Free no-logs VPNs#76 of 203
- Free VPNs for Mac#78 of 141
- Free VPNs#81 of 282
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#86 of 137
- Free VPNs for iPhone#86 of 178
- Mac VPN trials#88 of 144
- Cheap VPNs under €3#90 of 167
- Free VPNs for Android#91 of 225
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#91 of 137
- No-logs VPNs with 24/7 live chat#92 of 99
- Android VPN free trials#92 of 160
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#97 of 149
- VPNs with live chat#106 of 120
- WireGuard + OpenVPN#112 of 125
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#121 of 149
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#126 of 198
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#127 of 164
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#130 of 207
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#134 of 219
- VPNs under €5#136 of 280
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#143 of 159
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#151 of 191
- WireGuard VPNs#164 of 192
- OpenVPN#174 of 242
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#183 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#187 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#194 of 328
- VPNs for Mac#208 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#213 of 411
- VPNs for Android#219 of 451
- No-logs VPNs#276 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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Higher score for the same money
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- CometVPN4.09
- OkayFreedom2.44
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://vpn-cheap.com
- Pages checked
- https://vpn-cheap.com; https://vpn-cheap.com/privacy-policy; https://vpn-cheap.com/terms-and-conditions
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