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Freemium VPN, Canada · Windscribe Limited · Last checked November 2026

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Windscribe Limited is based in Toronto, Ontario. Its free plan gives 10 GB a month once you confirm an email (2 GB without), in 10 countries, on unlimited devices, with all its protocols. Paid Pro removes the cap, and Build-A-Plan lets you pay $1 per location per month ($3 minimum) as listed on Nov 12, 2026.

Its no-logs claim has been tested more than once, not always flatteringly. In 2021 Ukrainian authorities seized two servers that ran a legacy unencrypted setup, exposing an OpenVPN key; Windscribe said no user logs were on them and rotated its certificates. In Greece its CEO was personally charged after a Windscribe server was allegedly used in a 2023 intrusion; the case was dismissed in April 2025, with Windscribe saying it had no logs to hand over.

It has no Big Four-style no-logs assurance report: its evidence is a Packetlabs penetration test of its new server stack in 2024 and app audits by Leviathan in 2021–22, plus open-source apps. Refunds are tight: first payment only, within 7 business days, under 10 GB used, and only for a technical problem support can't fix. The free plans compared: Proton VPN vs Windscribe.

The facts

Price & refund

As listed on Nov 12, 2026: Pro costs $69 a year ($5.75 a month) or $9 month to month, both auto-renewing. Build-A-Plan charges $1 per location per month, with a $3 minimum and up to 7 locations, each adding 10 GB of monthly data. Refunds cover only the first payment, must be requested within 7 business days while you've used under 10 GB, and need a technical problem that support can't fix in a reasonable time; renewals aren't refundable.^[1][2]

Owner & jurisdiction

Windscribe Limited is registered in Ontario, Canada, with an address in Toronto, and its terms are governed by Ontario law. Its founder is Yegor Sak.^[2][3]

No-logs audits

Windscribe has no Big Four-style no-logs assurance report. Packetlabs tested its new FreshScribe server stack in June 2024 (20 repositories, about 80,000 lines of code, external and internal penetration tests); Windscribe says it found no intentional subversion of the no-logs policy, but the audited stack was still rolling out to the fleet at the time. Leviathan Security Group audited the desktop apps in September 2021 and the mobile apps in March 2022, and the apps are open source on GitHub.^[4][5][6]

Breaches & incidents

In 2021 Ukrainian authorities seized two Windscribe servers that ran a legacy, unencrypted setup, exposing an OpenVPN server certificate and private key; Windscribe said no user logs were on them, only OpenVPN was affected, and it rotated its OpenVPN certificate authority. In Greece, CEO Yegor Sak was personally charged after a Windscribe server in Finland was allegedly used in a 2023 intrusion; the case was dismissed on April 11, 2025, with Windscribe saying it had no logs to hand over. In February 2026 Windscribe said Dutch authorities seized one of its servers without a warrant and, by its account, found only a RAM-run stock Ubuntu install with no logs.^[7][3][8][6]

Protocols & free plan

Windscribe supports WireGuard, OpenVPN over UDP and TCP, IKEv2, and the Stealth and WStunnel modes for blocked networks, and its apps now include AmneziaWG for censorship circumvention. The free plan gives 10 GB a month with a confirmed email (2 GB without) in 10 countries, on unlimited devices, with all protocols. Permanent port forwarding comes with a paid static IP.^{[9][10][11][12]}

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