IVPN / Perfect Privacy compared
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| IVPN | Perfect Privacy | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal company name | IVPN Limitedconfirmed | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed |
| Trademark holder, if different | IVPNprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim |
| Year founded | 2009provider claim | 2008provider claim |
| Headquarters (country) | GIprovider claim | DEconfirmed |
| Other relevant jurisdictions | Schweiz: Die Google-Play-Fassung der Android-App wird von der Privatus GmbH veröffentlicht.provider claim | DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed |
| Intelligence alliance of the home country | Five Eyesconfirmed | 14 Eyesconfirmed |
| Parent group / holding | none (independent IVPN)provider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim |
| Beneficial owners publicly known | fully knownprovider claim | partly knownprovider claim |
| Ownership structure | founder ownedprovider claim | owners undisclosedprovider claim |
| Verifiable postal address for legal service | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Sister VPN brands in the group | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Group owns VPN review and comparison sites | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Runs an affiliate programme | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Typical commission rate | none (affiliate program closed)confirmed | ? |
| YouTube and influencer sponsoring | occasionalprovider claim | unknownprovider claim |
| Acquisition history / former name | Früherer Firmenname Privatus Limited, am 10.08.2023 in IVPN Limited umbenannt.confirmed | Originally Switzerland-based (from 2008); later operated by CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH in Hamburg, Germany; technical entity claimed as Webinvest International SA (Panama)provider claim |
| Operating status | activeconfirmed | discontinuedconfirmed |
| Discontinuation date | ? | 01/30/2026provider claim |
| Core statement of the logging policy | Laut Datenschutzerklärung werden keine Daten zur VPN-Aktivität protokolliert: kein Traffic, keine Verbindungszeitstempel oder Verbindungsdauer, keine DNS-Anfragen, kein Datenvolumen und keine Kunden-IP-Adressen.provider claim | No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Recording of transferred data volume | not recordedprovider claim | aggregate onlyconfirmed |
| Enforcement of the device limit | Der Authentifizierungsserver hält eine temporäre Tabelle mit einem 16-stelligen Token je angemeldetem Gerät und der zugehörigen Konto-ID; Einträge werden beim Abmelden oder bei Kontolöschung gelöscht. Zeitstempel oder Gerätemerkmale werden nach Anbieterangabe nicht gespeichert.provider claim | Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim |
| Minimum account data required | Keine. Bei der Registrierung wird nach Anbieterangabe keine E-Mail-Adresse und kein Name verlangt; gespeichert werden Konto-ID, Erstellungszeitpunkt, Produkt und Gerätelimit.provider claim | username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Telemetry in the apps | on by defaultprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Trackers and SDKs in the Android app | none claimed for analytics; crash logs self-hosted, mobile crash opt-outprovider claim | None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim |
| Trackers in the iOS app | none claimed for analytics; crash logs self-hosted with opt-outprovider claim | No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim |
| Trackers and cookies on the website | Eigene Messung der Startseite am 03.08.2026: keine Drittanbieter-Skripte; einziger externer Host in Skript- und Link-Attributen ist die selbst betriebene Matomo-Instanz stats.ivpn.net.confirmed | Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim |
| Data shared with third parties | Zahlungsdienstleister Braintree (Kartenzahlung) und PayPal. Die Datenschutzerklärung gibt an, dass darüber hinaus keine Dritten Zugriff auf Kundendaten haben und kein Zahlungsdienstleister die IVPN-Konto-ID erhält.provider claim | Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim |
| Retention periods stated in the policy | Nach Kündigung oder Ablauf werden alle Kontodaten laut Policy nach 90 Tagen gelöscht, ausgenommen Buchhaltungsdaten (Datum, Betrag, Zahlungsart, Transaktions- und Abo-ID). Eingelöste Gutscheincodes werden 30 Tage nach Einlösung gelöscht.provider claim | VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim |
| Independent no-logs audit | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| No-logs audit details | Cure53, März 2019, drei Auditoren an sieben Tagen; Umfang waren die VPN-Gateways und Authentifizierungsserver. Ein Befund geringer Schwere (DNS-Caching) wurde nach Anbieterangabe behoben.confirmed | No-logs policy described as involuntarily tested via police server seizures (notably 2016 Golem/heise reporting); vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepageprovider claim |
| Audit report published | full reportconfirmed | not publishedprovider claim |
| App and client audits | Cure53 prüft die Apps seit 2021; die Prüfung von Februar und März 2022 umfasste die Apps aller Plattformen an 13 Tagen und ergab acht Schwachstellen (1 hoch, 6 mittel, 1 Info) sowie zwölf weitere Hinweise.confirmed | Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim |
| Infrastructure and server audits | Cure53 prüfte Ende 2019 mit sechs Personen an 21 Personentagen die öffentliche VPN-Infrastruktur, die internen Backend-Server und die Webserver (9 Befunde: 3 hoch, 2 mittel, 3 gering, 1 Info). Im März 2024 folgte eine achttägige Prüfung von Kunden-Website, API und Web-Infrastruktur mit zwei Befunden geringer Schwere.confirmed | No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim |
| Audit frequency | annualprovider claim | irregularprovider claim |
| Tested in court or by authorities | Transparency report shows legal requests; historically no user data disclosedprovider claim | 2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim |
| Transparency report | regularprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Warrant canary | present and currentprovider claim | staleprovider claim |
| Security incidents and data leaks | none disclosed on fetched transparency/privacy pagesprovider claim | Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed |
| Bug bounty programme | Vulnerability reporting program (vulnerability-reporting page linked from site)provider claim | ? |
| Handling of reported vulnerabilities | Meldungen an security@ivpn.net, PGP-Schlüssel auf der Meldeseite veröffentlicht. Reaktionsfristen oder eine Offenlegungspraxis nennt die Seite nicht.provider claim | ? |
| Open source clients | allconfirmed | someprovider claim |
| Available on F-Droid | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| Listings by independent bodies | Privacy Guides führt IVPN in seiner VPN-Übersicht und verweist auf Sitz in Gibraltar, mehrere unabhängige Audits seit 2019 und quelloffene Apps seit Februar 2020.confirmed | Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim |
| WireGuard | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Proprietary protocol | none (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPSec/IKEv2; V2Ray/obfs4 for obfuscation)provider claim | Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim |
| Legacy protocols still offered | Keine. PPTP und L2TP/IPSec werden nach Anbieterangabe nicht unterstützt.provider claim | SSH2 tunnelprovider claim |
| Default data cipher | OpenVPN ab Version 2.4: AES-256-GCM. WireGuard: ChaCha20.provider claim | AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim |
| Weakest accepted cipher | AES-256-CBC bei OpenVPN-Clients älter als Version 2.4.provider claim | AES-256provider claim |
| Key exchange and authentication | OpenVPN: RSA-4096 mit HMAC-basierter TLS-Authentifizierung. WireGuard: Schlüsselpaar aus öffentlichem und privatem Schlüssel. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über eine zufällig erzeugte Konto-ID.provider claim | OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim |
| Post-quantum key exchange | on by defaultprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Obfuscation methods | V2Ray (VMess über QUIC oder TCP) auf Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS und Android; zusätzlich obfs3 und obfs4 über Obfsproxy für OpenVPN auf dem Desktop.provider claim | Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim |
| Permanent lockdown | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Split tunneling | Anwendungsbasiert unter Windows, Linux und Android; invers (nur ausgewählte Anwendungen im Tunnel) unter Windows und Linux. Keine Auswahl nach Domain oder URL, unter macOS und iOS nicht vorhanden.provider claim | yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim |
| Port forwarding | not availableprovider claim | availableprovider claim |
| HTTP proxy | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| GPS location override (Android) | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Traffic analysis defence | V2Ray obfuscation + multihop; not a DAITA-like cover-traffic featureprovider claim | Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim |
| Number of servers | 88 Serverconfirmed | 55 Serverprovider claim |
| Number of countries | 41 Laenderconfirmed | 23 Laenderprovider claim |
| Number of cities | 58 Staedteconfirmed | 35 Staedteprovider claim |
| RAM-only servers (diskless) | noprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Hardware ownership | mixedprovider claim | colocationprovider claim |
| 10 Gbps ports | noprovider claim | some serversprovider claim |
| Known upstream hosting providers | Laut Server-API am 03.08.2026 unter anderem Datapacket (29 Hosts), M247 (22), Tzulo (10), Leaseweb (7), TheGigabit (4), EstNOC (3), Amanah (2) und Privatelayer (2).confirmed | 100% dedicated bare-metal / root servers (no cloud VPS); operators not individually named on fetched pagesprovider claim |
| Linux command line | native appprovider claim | manual config onlyprovider claim |
| Android TV app | manual config onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Fire TV app | manual config onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Browser extension | proxy details onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Router support | Offiziell dokumentiert sind pfSense, OPNsense, Asus-wrt, OpenWrt, DD-WRT und Tomato; für OpenVPN und WireGuard stehen Konfigurationsgeneratoren bereit.provider claim | VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim |
| Simultaneous devices | 5 (Standard und Plus), 10 (Pro Suite)provider claim | unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim |
| Usable without an account | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Data required at signup | nothing requiredprovider claim | any email addressprovider claim |
| Account model | account number onlyprovider claim | email as loginprovider claim |
| Monero | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Retail gift cards | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| SEPA payment | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Monthly price | €6.00confirmed | €12.99provider claim |
| Effective price on the longest term | €5.00confirmed | €8.95provider claim |
| Money-back window | 30 Tageprovider claim | 7 Tageprovider claim |
| Netflix regions reported | No guarantee; many customers use for Netflix/Hulu/BBC/Disney+ but streaming actively blocks VPNsprovider claim | Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim |
| Other streaming services | Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, BBC, Disney+ mentioned without guaranteeprovider claim | CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim |
| SMTP and port 25 handling | Ausgehender Verkehr auf SMTP-Port 25 wird blockiert; die Einlieferungsports 465 und 587 bleiben nach Anbieterangabe nutzbar.provider claim | Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim |
| Official support in restrictive countries | V2Ray-Verschleierung (VMess über QUIC oder TCP) ist seit 28.11.2025 auf allen Plattformen verfügbar und richtet sich laut Anbieter an Nutzer in Ländern mit Netzsperren. Die Website weist zugleich darauf hin, dass eine stabile Nutzung in Russland nicht garantiert wird.provider claim | ? |
| German-language support | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Documentation assessment | thorough and currentprovider claim | workableprovider claim |
| SSL Labs grade of the website | A-confirmed | ? |
| Tracker load of the website | Eigene Messung der Startseite am 03.08.2026 ohne Zustimmung im Banner: keine Drittanbieter-Tracker; einziger externer Skript-Host ist die selbst betriebene Matomo-Instanz stats.ivpn.net.confirmed | Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim |
| URL of the warrant canary | https://www.ivpn.net/resources/canary.txtprovider claim | Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim |
| Length and readability of the legal documents | Human-readable privacy policy emphasizedprovider claim | Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim |
| Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms | Explicitly rejects anonymity/military-grade marketing fluff; publishes what VPN can/cannot doprovider claim | Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim |
All sourced criteria (153)
| IVPN | Perfect Privacy | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal company name | IVPN Limitedconfirmed | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed |
| Trademark holder, if different | IVPNprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim |
| Year founded | 2009provider claim | 2008provider claim |
| Headquarters (country) | GIprovider claim | DEconfirmed |
| Other relevant jurisdictions | Schweiz: Die Google-Play-Fassung der Android-App wird von der Privatus GmbH veröffentlicht.provider claim | DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed |
| Intelligence alliance of the home country | Five Eyesconfirmed | 14 Eyesconfirmed |
| Parent group / holding | none (independent IVPN)provider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim |
| Beneficial owners publicly known | fully knownprovider claim | partly knownprovider claim |
| Ownership structure | founder ownedprovider claim | owners undisclosedprovider claim |
| Leadership team publicly named | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Verifiable postal address for legal service | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Sister VPN brands in the group | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Group owns VPN review and comparison sites | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Runs an affiliate programme | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Typical commission rate | none (affiliate program closed)confirmed | ? |
| YouTube and influencer sponsoring | occasionalprovider claim | unknownprovider claim |
| Acquisition history / former name | Früherer Firmenname Privatus Limited, am 10.08.2023 in IVPN Limited umbenannt.confirmed | Originally Switzerland-based (from 2008); later operated by CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH in Hamburg, Germany; technical entity claimed as Webinvest International SA (Panama)provider claim |
| Operating status | activeconfirmed | discontinuedconfirmed |
| Discontinuation date | ? | 01/30/2026provider claim |
| Core statement of the logging policy | Laut Datenschutzerklärung werden keine Daten zur VPN-Aktivität protokolliert: kein Traffic, keine Verbindungszeitstempel oder Verbindungsdauer, keine DNS-Anfragen, kein Datenvolumen und keine Kunden-IP-Adressen.provider claim | No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Activity and traffic logs | noneconfirmed | noneconfirmed |
| Connection logs | noneprovider claim | noneconfirmed |
| Storage of the real IP address | not storedconfirmed | not storedconfirmed |
| Storage of the assigned VPN IP | not storedprovider claim | not storedprovider claim |
| Precision of stored timestamps | noneprovider claim | noneconfirmed |
| Recording of transferred data volume | not recordedprovider claim | aggregate onlyconfirmed |
| Enforcement of the device limit | Der Authentifizierungsserver hält eine temporäre Tabelle mit einem 16-stelligen Token je angemeldetem Gerät und der zugehörigen Konto-ID; Einträge werden beim Abmelden oder bei Kontolöschung gelöscht. Zeitstempel oder Gerätemerkmale werden nach Anbieterangabe nicht gespeichert.provider claim | Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim |
| Minimum account data required | Keine. Bei der Registrierung wird nach Anbieterangabe keine E-Mail-Adresse und kein Name verlangt; gespeichert werden Konto-ID, Erstellungszeitpunkt, Produkt und Gerätelimit.provider claim | username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Telemetry in the apps | on by defaultprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Trackers and SDKs in the Android app | none claimed for analytics; crash logs self-hosted, mobile crash opt-outprovider claim | None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim |
| Trackers in the iOS app | none claimed for analytics; crash logs self-hosted with opt-outprovider claim | No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim |
| Trackers and cookies on the website | Eigene Messung der Startseite am 03.08.2026: keine Drittanbieter-Skripte; einziger externer Host in Skript- und Link-Attributen ist die selbst betriebene Matomo-Instanz stats.ivpn.net.confirmed | Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim |
| Data shared with third parties | Zahlungsdienstleister Braintree (Kartenzahlung) und PayPal. Die Datenschutzerklärung gibt an, dass darüber hinaus keine Dritten Zugriff auf Kundendaten haben und kein Zahlungsdienstleister die IVPN-Konto-ID erhält.provider claim | Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim |
| Retention periods stated in the policy | Nach Kündigung oder Ablauf werden alle Kontodaten laut Policy nach 90 Tagen gelöscht, ausgenommen Buchhaltungsdaten (Datum, Betrag, Zahlungsart, Transaktions- und Abo-ID). Eingelöste Gutscheincodes werden 30 Tage nach Einlösung gelöscht.provider claim | VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim |
| EU representative named under GDPR | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Independent no-logs audit | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| No-logs audit details | Cure53, März 2019, drei Auditoren an sieben Tagen; Umfang waren die VPN-Gateways und Authentifizierungsserver. Ein Befund geringer Schwere (DNS-Caching) wurde nach Anbieterangabe behoben.confirmed | No-logs policy described as involuntarily tested via police server seizures (notably 2016 Golem/heise reporting); vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepageprovider claim |
| Audit report published | full reportconfirmed | not publishedprovider claim |
| App and client audits | Cure53 prüft die Apps seit 2021; die Prüfung von Februar und März 2022 umfasste die Apps aller Plattformen an 13 Tagen und ergab acht Schwachstellen (1 hoch, 6 mittel, 1 Info) sowie zwölf weitere Hinweise.confirmed | Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim |
| Infrastructure and server audits | Cure53 prüfte Ende 2019 mit sechs Personen an 21 Personentagen die öffentliche VPN-Infrastruktur, die internen Backend-Server und die Webserver (9 Befunde: 3 hoch, 2 mittel, 3 gering, 1 Info). Im März 2024 folgte eine achttägige Prüfung von Kunden-Website, API und Web-Infrastruktur mit zwei Befunden geringer Schwere.confirmed | No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim |
| Audit frequency | annualprovider claim | irregularprovider claim |
| Tested in court or by authorities | Transparency report shows legal requests; historically no user data disclosedprovider claim | 2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim |
| Transparency report | regularprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Warrant canary | present and currentprovider claim | staleprovider claim |
| Security incidents and data leaks | none disclosed on fetched transparency/privacy pagesprovider claim | Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed |
| Bug bounty programme | Vulnerability reporting program (vulnerability-reporting page linked from site)provider claim | ? |
| Handling of reported vulnerabilities | Meldungen an security@ivpn.net, PGP-Schlüssel auf der Meldeseite veröffentlicht. Reaktionsfristen oder eine Offenlegungspraxis nennt die Seite nicht.provider claim | ? |
| Open source clients | allconfirmed | someprovider claim |
| Open source server side | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Reproducible builds | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Available on F-Droid | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| Listings by independent bodies | Privacy Guides führt IVPN in seiner VPN-Übersicht und verweist auf Sitz in Gibraltar, mehrere unabhängige Audits seit 2019 und quelloffene Apps seit Februar 2020.confirmed | Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim |
| WireGuard | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over UDP | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over TCP | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| IKEv2/IPsec | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Proprietary protocol | none (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPSec/IKEv2; V2Ray/obfs4 for obfuscation)provider claim | Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim |
| Legacy protocols still offered | Keine. PPTP und L2TP/IPSec werden nach Anbieterangabe nicht unterstützt.provider claim | SSH2 tunnelprovider claim |
| Default data cipher | OpenVPN ab Version 2.4: AES-256-GCM. WireGuard: ChaCha20.provider claim | AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim |
| Weakest accepted cipher | AES-256-CBC bei OpenVPN-Clients älter als Version 2.4.provider claim | AES-256provider claim |
| Key exchange and authentication | OpenVPN: RSA-4096 mit HMAC-basierter TLS-Authentifizierung. WireGuard: Schlüsselpaar aus öffentlichem und privatem Schlüssel. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über eine zufällig erzeugte Konto-ID.provider claim | OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim |
| Perfect forward secrecy | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Post-quantum key exchange | on by defaultprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Own DNS resolvers | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| DNS leak protection | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| IPv6 handling | routed through tunnelprovider claim | routed through tunnelprovider claim |
| WebRTC protection or guidance | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Obfuscation methods | V2Ray (VMess über QUIC oder TCP) auf Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS und Android; zusätzlich obfs3 und obfs4 über Obfsproxy für OpenVPN auf dem Desktop.provider claim | Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim |
| Usability behind the Great Firewall | unclearprovider claim | unclearprovider claim |
| Kill switch | system-wideprovider claim | system-wideprovider claim |
| Permanent lockdown | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Split tunneling | Anwendungsbasiert unter Windows, Linux und Android; invers (nur ausgewählte Anwendungen im Tunnel) unter Windows und Linux. Keine Auswahl nach Domain oder URL, unter macOS und iOS nicht vorhanden.provider claim | yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim |
| Multihop | freely combinableprovider claim | freely combinableprovider claim |
| Tor integration (Onion over VPN) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Port forwarding | not availableprovider claim | availableprovider claim |
| SOCKS5 proxy | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| HTTP proxy | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Smart DNS | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Ad and tracker filtering in DNS | configurableprovider claim | configurableprovider claim |
| Malware and phishing filter | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Custom DNS servers allowed | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Local network access toggle | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Auto connect rules | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Private device network (mesh) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| GPS location override (Android) | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Traffic analysis defence | V2Ray obfuscation + multihop; not a DAITA-like cover-traffic featureprovider claim | Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim |
| IPv6 inside the tunnel | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Obfuscation without configuration | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Number of servers | 88 Serverconfirmed | 55 Serverprovider claim |
| Number of countries | 41 Laenderconfirmed | 23 Laenderprovider claim |
| Number of cities | 58 Staedteconfirmed | 35 Staedteprovider claim |
| Virtual locations | no virtual locationsprovider claim | no virtual locationsprovider claim |
| RAM-only servers (diskless) | noprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Hardware ownership | mixedprovider claim | colocationprovider claim |
| Own AS (autonomous system) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| 10 Gbps ports | noprovider claim | some serversprovider claim |
| P2P and file sharing | entire networkprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Public server list | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Public status page | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Known upstream hosting providers | Laut Server-API am 03.08.2026 unter anderem Datapacket (29 Hosts), M247 (22), Tzulo (10), Leaseweb (7), TheGigabit (4), EstNOC (3), Amanah (2) und Privatelayer (2).confirmed | 100% dedicated bare-metal / root servers (no cloud VPS); operators not individually named on fetched pagesprovider claim |
| Windows app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| macOS app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Linux app with GUI | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Linux command line | native appprovider claim | manual config onlyprovider claim |
| Android app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| iOS app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Android TV app | manual config onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Apple TV app | not availableprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Fire TV app | manual config onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Browser extension | proxy details onlyprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Type of browser extension | no extensionprovider claim | no extensionprovider claim |
| Router support | Offiziell dokumentiert sind pfSense, OPNsense, Asus-wrt, OpenWrt, DD-WRT und Tomato; für OpenVPN und WireGuard stehen Konfigurationsgeneratoren bereit.provider claim | VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim |
| Native build for Apple Silicon | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Command line documented | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Simultaneous devices | 5 (Standard und Plus), 10 (Pro Suite)provider claim | unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim |
| Usable without an account | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Data required at signup | nothing requiredprovider claim | any email addressprovider claim |
| Account model | account number onlyprovider claim | email as loginprovider claim |
| Cash by mail | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Monero | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Bitcoin | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Lightning | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Retail gift cards | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| PayPal | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Credit and debit card | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| SEPA payment | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Monthly price | €6.00confirmed | €12.99provider claim |
| Effective price on the longest term | €5.00confirmed | €8.95provider claim |
| Price change at renewal | same priceprovider claim | same priceprovider claim |
| Flat pricing without permanent discounts | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Free tier and its limits | noneprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Money-back window | 30 Tageprovider claim | 7 Tageprovider claim |
| Cancellation path | cancel in accountprovider claim | cancel in accountprovider claim |
| P2P policy in the terms of service | entire networkprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Streaming unblocking officially advertised | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Netflix regions reported | No guarantee; many customers use for Netflix/Hulu/BBC/Disney+ but streaming actively blocks VPNsprovider claim | Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim |
| Other streaming services | Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, BBC, Disney+ mentioned without guaranteeprovider claim | CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim |
| Bandwidth cap | no limitprovider claim | no limitprovider claim |
| Data cap | noneprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| SMTP and port 25 handling | Ausgehender Verkehr auf SMTP-Port 25 wird blockiert; die Einlieferungsports 465 und 587 bleiben nach Anbieterangabe nutzbar.provider claim | Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim |
| Official support in restrictive countries | V2Ray-Verschleierung (VMess über QUIC oder TCP) ist seit 28.11.2025 auf allen Plattformen verfügbar und richtet sich laut Anbieter an Nutzer in Ländern mit Netzsperren. Die Website weist zugleich darauf hin, dass eine stabile Nutzung in Russland nicht garantiert wird.provider claim | ? |
| 24/7 live chat | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Email or ticket support | yesprovider claim | yesconfirmed |
| Telephone support | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| German-language support | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Documentation assessment | thorough and currentprovider claim | workableprovider claim |
| Self-hosted chat widget | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Self-service account deletion | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| SSL Labs grade of the website | A-confirmed | ? |
| Tracker load of the website | Eigene Messung der Startseite am 03.08.2026 ohne Zustimmung im Banner: keine Drittanbieter-Tracker; einziger externer Skript-Host ist die selbst betriebene Matomo-Instanz stats.ivpn.net.confirmed | Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim |
| URL of the warrant canary | https://www.ivpn.net/resources/canary.txtprovider claim | Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim |
| Length and readability of the legal documents | Human-readable privacy policy emphasizedprovider claim | Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim |
| Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms | Explicitly rejects anonymity/military-grade marketing fluff; publishes what VPN can/cannot doprovider claim | Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim |