IVPN review
VPNGibraltar-based VPN with a deliberately small network (58 locations in 41 countries) and annual Cure53 audits since 2019.
- No-logs auditCure53 has conducted an independent annual security audit since 2019; according to the official blog (ivpn.net/en/blog/tags/audit/), the audit scheduled for July 2026 would be the eighth in the series.
- JurisdictionGibraltar. IVPN itself states that, being registered there, its data protection regulator is the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, and that it will comply with a court order issued by an authority with jurisdiction over the company. Gibraltar left the European Union in 2020 and has its own data protection regime, inherited from the GDPR but independent of it.
- Money-back window30 days
$5/month is the Standard plan billed annually ($60/year); billed monthly it's $6, and there's a $2 weekly option. The Plus ($8/month) and Pro Suite ($10/month, 10 devices) tiers add private DNS, email (Mailx) and Portmaster Pro respectively.
IVPN is a Gibraltar-registered VPN operating since 2009, aimed more at users with a demanding threat model than at the mass market: it requires no email address to create an account and accepts payment in cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Lightning and Monero. Its most notable trait is the size of its network: it runs 58 locations across 41 countries, a figure it explicitly keeps small compared with competitors that run into the thousands of servers. IVPN itself lists this as a limitation on its pricing page, alongside two others: it offers no port forwarding and does not guarantee streaming compatibility. In exchange, it argues that a smaller, self-run network is easier to audit and secure.
Its open-source apps run on WireGuard and OpenVPN, and include a configurable firewall/kill switch, multi-hop routing through servers in different jurisdictions, split tunneling, and obfuscation options such as Obfsproxy to get around censorship. IVPN has commissioned an independent security audit every year since 2019 from Cure53; per its own blog, the 2026 audit would be the eighth in the series. The entry-level IVPN Standard plan costs $6/month or $60/year ($5/month), with higher Plus ($8/month) and Pro Suite ($10/month, 10 devices) tiers adding private DNS and email. Refunds are available within 30 days. On jurisdiction it is worth being precise: IVPN Limited is registered in Gibraltar, which left the European Union in 2020 and runs its own data-protection regime; its supervisory body is the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, not an EU authority. The company says it will not place servers in countries that would force it to breach that regime, and it also states in writing that it will comply with a court order from an authority with jurisdiction over it. Keeping no logs is therefore the only real protection against such an order.
Features
- Servers
- 58
- Countries
- 41
- Simultaneous devices
- 5
- No-logs audit
- Cure53 has conducted an independent annual security audit since 2019; according to the official blog (ivpn.net/en/blog/tags/audit/), the audit scheduled for July 2026 would be the eighth in the series.
- Jurisdiction
- Gibraltar. IVPN itself states that, being registered there, its data protection regulator is the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, and that it will comply with a court order issued by an authority with jurisdiction over the company. Gibraltar left the European Union in 2020 and has its own data protection regime, inherited from the GDPR but independent of it.
- Protocols
- Kill switch
- Split tunnelling
- Pays with crypto
- Money-back window
- 30 days
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