IVPN is operated by IVPN Limited, a company registered in Gibraltar and fully owned by its founder. The service has run continuously since 2009 and puts transparency at the center of the proposition.
What it does
- Protects connections on public networks and hides the IP
- Reduces tracking by providers and websites
- Reaches region-restricted content
- Lets you sign up without an email, paying in cash or crypto if you prefer
How it works
- Apps for desktop, mobile, routers and NAS
- Its own bare-metal servers, with no shared VPS and no virtual locations
- Apps and website published as open source on the brand’s GitHub
- WireGuard with post-quantum key exchange by default
Public pricing
- Weekly, monthly and yearly subscriptions across two tiers
- No free plan; access is always paid
- Refund guarantee within the published window
Strengths
- Independent security audits carried out every year
- Sign-up without email and payment in cash, Monero or Bitcoin
- Multi-hop across jurisdictions and disguise protocols on every platform
Points of attention
- No port forwarding
- Fewer countries and locations than the large networks
- No browser extensions and no TV apps