IVPN

Privacy-focused people who want open-source apps, multi-hop, sign-up without an email address and the option to pay in cash or Monero.

Less suited to: Anyone who needs port forwarding, a free plan, or a recent audit aimed specifically at the no-logs claim.

IVPN is operated by IVPN Limited, registered in Gibraltar. The company was renamed from Privatus Limited in 2023 with ownership and jurisdiction unchanged.^[3]

• Cure53 · March 2019

  IVPN's first and only no-logs audit. IVPN says it will not commission further no-logs audits and relies on yearly security audits instead.^[4]

• Cure53 · February 2023

  Audit of the VPN gateway servers and their operating system: one medium, six low and one informational finding, all fixed. This is IVPN's latest published audit of its VPN infrastructure.^[5]

• Cure53 · March 2024

  Audit of the customer website, its API and web infrastructure: two low-severity vulnerabilities, both fixed, and two informational issues.^[6]

• 2023

  IVPN removed port forwarding, citing large-scale abuse, more law-enforcement inquiries and strained data-center relationships. Reserved ports were disabled on September 30, 2023.^[7]

• August 2026

  An attacker used an actively exploited BTCPay Server vulnerability to take about 0.62 BTC of IVPN's own operating funds from its Lightning payment node. IVPN says customer data, accounts and the VPN service were not affected.^[8]

WireGuard (quantum-resistant by default in the apps), OpenVPN and IPSec, with multi-hop across jurisdictions, V2Ray obfuscation on all platforms and obfs4 for OpenVPN on desktop.^[1]

No free plan.^[11]

Full refund within 30 days, once per customer and not prorated. Cash, voucher and IVPN Light purchases aren't refundable, and iOS in-app purchases are refunded by Apple.^[10]

Standard plan from $6 a month (or $2 a week) per IVPN's May 2026 plan announcement; check the pricing page for current rates.^[11]