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 Perfect PrivacyPureVPN
Legal company name
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed
GZ Systems Limitedprovider claim
Trademark holder, if different
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim
GZ Systems Ltd / GZ Systems Limitedconfirmed
Year founded
2008provider claim
2007provider claim
Headquarters (country)
DEconfirmed
VGdisputed
Other relevant jurisdictions
DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed
Britische Jungferninseln (GZ Systems Limited, Registernummer 2039934, geltendes Recht laut Nutzungsbedingungen), Zypern (verbundene Gesellschaft GZT Associates Limited, Peiraios 34A, Strovolos, Nikosia)provider claim
Intelligence alliance of the home country
14 Eyesconfirmed
noneconfirmed
Parent group / holding
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim
PureSquare (Pure²)provider claim
Ownership structure
owners undisclosedprovider claim
founder ownedprovider claim
Sister VPN brands in the group
none documentedprovider claim
PureDome (Unternehmens-VPN) und PureWL (White-Label-VPN), beide auf der Website der Muttergesellschaft PureSquare gelistetprovider claim
Group owns VPN review and comparison sites
none documentedprovider claim
none disclosed on fetched about/home pagesprovider claim
Typical commission rate?
Laut Partnerprogramm-Seite 100 Prozent der Ersteinnahme beim Monatstarif und 40 Prozent beim Jahres- und Zweijahrestarif, dazu 35 Prozent wiederkehrende Provision auf alle Tarifeprovider claim
Acquisition history / former name
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
2023 stellte der Anbieter PureSquare als Muttergesellschaft von PureVPN vor. Zuvor verlegte er nach eigener Zeitleiste den Hauptsitz auf die Britischen Jungferninseln.provider claim
Operating status
discontinuedconfirmed
activeconfirmed
Discontinuation date
01/30/2026provider claim
?
Core statement of the logging policy
No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed
Die Datenschutzerklärung führt unter 'Information We Do NOT Collect' auf: Browsing-Aktivität, identifizierbare Verbindungslogs, Aufzeichnungen zugewiesener IP-Adressen, die Original-IP des Kunden, Verbindungszeitstempel, Browserverlauf, besuchte Seiten, ausgehenden Verkehr, abgerufene Inhalte und DNS-Anfragen.provider claim
Recording of transferred data volume
aggregate onlyconfirmed
per accountprovider claim
Enforcement of the device limit
Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim
Up to 50+ simultaneous devicesprovider claim
Minimum account data required
username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed
Name, E-Mail-Adresse, Passwort und Zahlungsmethodeprovider claim
Telemetry in the apps
noneprovider claim
?
Trackers and SDKs in the Android app
None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim
Not named individually in fetched privacy policy sectionsprovider claim
Trackers in the iOS app
No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim
Not named individually in fetched privacy policy sectionsprovider claim
Trackers and cookies on the website
Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim
Privacy policy governs website/app data collection under GZ Systems Ltd (BVI); specific tracker names not extracted as a public list on fetched pageprovider claim
Data shared with third parties
Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim
Laut Datenschutzerklärung erhalten Zendesk, Intercom, Mailchimp, SendGrid, UseInsider und MixPanel Name und E-Mail-Adresse. Für die Zusatzfunktion Dark Web Monitoring gehen Daten an SpyCloud und Twilio. Als Analyse- und Diagnosewerkzeuge nennt die Richtlinie Google Analytics, Firebase, New Relic, MixPanel, Facebook Pixel, Intercom.io und Sentry.provider claim
Retention periods stated in the policy
VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim
Kontodaten laut Richtlinie, solange das Abonnement besteht und die App genutzt wird. Die E-Mail-Adresse bleibt zur Vermeidung doppelter Konten gespeichert, bis eine Löschung verlangt wird. Daten zur Zusatzoption Dedicated IP werden 25 Tage nach Ende des Abonnements aufbewahrt, IP-Angaben aus manuellen WireGuard-Konfigurationen 24 Stunden.provider claim
EU representative named under GDPR
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Independent no-logs audit
noprovider claim
yesconfirmed
No-logs audit details
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
Technical Privacy Assessment Letter von KPMG LLP (Montréal, Kanada) vom 17.04.2023. Geprüft wurden sieben VPN-Server und die zugehörige Infrastruktur in sechs Ländern zwischen dem 16. und 22.02.2023, die Nachvalidierung erfolgte im März und April 2023.confirmed
Audit report published
not publishedprovider claim
summary onlyconfirmed
App and client audits
Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim
?
Infrastructure and server audits
No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim
KPMG LLP prüfte im Februar 2023 sieben VPN-Server und die zugehörige unterstützende Infrastruktur in sechs Ländern, ausgewählt nach unterschiedlichen VPN-Protokollen und Standorten.confirmed
Tested in court or by authorities
2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim
In der Strafanzeige des FBI gegen Ryan S. Lin von Oktober 2017 heißt es, Aufzeichnungen von PureVPN zeigten, dass derselbe Kunde den Dienst von zwei Ursprungs-IP-Adressen aus genutzt habe, der Wohnung und dem Arbeitsplatz des Beschuldigten. Der Anbieter warb zu diesem Zeitpunkt damit, keine Logs zu führen.confirmed
Transparency report
noneprovider claim
regularprovider claim
Warrant canary
staleprovider claim
noneprovider claim
Security incidents and data leaks
Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed
not disclosed on fetched feature/home pagesprovider claim
Open source clients
someprovider claim
noneprovider claim
Listings by independent bodies
Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim
Wikipedia documents PureVPN (GZ Systems) history and public coverageprovider claim
WireGuard
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Proprietary protocol
Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim
none primary; standard protocols + obfuscationprovider claim
Legacy protocols still offered
SSH2 tunnelprovider claim
Laut Protokollübersicht sind L2TP/IPsec, SSTP und PPTP in der PureVPN-App nicht verfügbar.provider claim
Default data cipher
AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim
OpenVPN mit AES-256, WireGuard mit ChaCha20 laut Protokollübersicht des Anbietersprovider claim
Key exchange and authentication
OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim
AES-256 data encryption; protocol handshake depends on selected VPN protocolprovider claim
Post-quantum key exchange
not availableprovider claim
announced onlyprovider claim
IPv6 handling
routed through tunnelprovider claim
disabledprovider claim
Obfuscation methods
Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim
Der Anbieter bietet verschleierte Server, die nach eigener Beschreibung die VPN-Merkmale aus den Datenpaketen entfernen. Ein konkretes Verfahren wird nicht genannt.provider claim
Permanent lockdown
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Split tunneling
yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim
App-basiertes und inverses Split Tunneling, laut Anbieter verfügbar für Windows, Android, Fire TV Stick und Android TVprovider claim
Multihop
freely combinableprovider claim
not availableprovider claim
Port forwarding
availableprovider claim
limitedprovider claim
Surcharge for a dedicated IP?
€2.66provider claim
SOCKS5 proxy
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
HTTP proxy
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Ad and tracker filtering in DNS
configurableprovider claim
fixed listprovider claim
Custom DNS servers allowed
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Local network access toggle
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Auto connect rules
yesprovider claim
?
Traffic analysis defence
Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim
Obfuscated servers that disguise VPN traffic as HTTPSprovider claim
IPv6 inside the tunnel
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Number of servers
55 Serverprovider claim
6,000 Serverprovider claim
Number of countries
23 Laenderprovider claim
65 Laenderprovider claim
Number of cities
35 Staedteprovider claim
?
Virtual locations
no virtual locationsprovider claim
labelledprovider claim
RAM-only servers (diskless)
entire networkprovider claim
noprovider claim
Hardware ownership
colocationprovider claim
mixedprovider claim
P2P and file sharing
entire networkprovider claim
dedicated locationsprovider claim
Public status page
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Known upstream hosting providers
100% dedicated bare-metal / root servers (no cloud VPS); operators not individually named on fetched pagesprovider claim
?
Linux command line
manual config onlyprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Android TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Apple TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Fire TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Browser extension
not availableprovider claim
own extensionprovider claim
Router support
VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim
Supported (multi-device including router setups marketed via dedicated IP/port forwarding use cases)provider claim
Command line documented
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Simultaneous devices
unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim
10provider claim
Account model
email as loginprovider claim
full customer profileprovider claim
Cash by mail
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Monthly price
€12.99provider claim
€12.95provider claim
Effective price on the longest term
€8.95provider claim
€2.15provider claim
Price change at renewal
same priceprovider claim
very large increaseprovider claim
Free tier and its limits
noneprovider claim
none (paid plans only on order page)provider claim
Money-back window
7 Tageprovider claim
31 Tageprovider claim
P2P policy in the terms of service
entire networkprovider claim
dedicated locationsprovider claim
Streaming unblocking officially advertised
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Netflix regions reported
Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim
Der Anbieter bewirbt Zugriff auf die Netflix-Kataloge der USA, Australiens, des Vereinigten Königreichs, Deutschlands, Kanadas, Frankreichs, Japans, Italiens und Indiens.provider claim
Other streaming services
CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim
Streaming/gaming marketed; specific Netflix region audit not on fetched pagesprovider claim
Data cap
noneprovider claim
unlimited on paid plans (no data cap marketed)provider claim
SMTP and port 25 handling
Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim
?
Official support in restrictive countries?
Zu China nennt der Anbieter verschleierte Server, den Wechsel des Serverstandorts und die manuelle Einrichtung der Verbindung als Mittel, sagt aber keinen ununterbrochenen Zugang zu.provider claim
24/7 live chat
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
SSL Labs grade of the website?
A-confirmed
Tracker load of the website
Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim
Privacy policy covers cookies/trackersprovider claim
URL of the warrant canary
Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim
https://www.purevpn.com/trust-centerprovider claim
Length and readability of the legal documents
Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim
Standard commercial legal pagesprovider claim
Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms
Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim
Home claims 6000+ servers; pricing shows steep discounts (e.g. Max $19.95 → $3.55/mo on multi-year)provider claim

All sourced criteria (152)

 Perfect PrivacyPureVPN
Legal company name
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed
GZ Systems Limitedprovider claim
Trademark holder, if different
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim
GZ Systems Ltd / GZ Systems Limitedconfirmed
Year founded
2008provider claim
2007provider claim
Headquarters (country)
DEconfirmed
VGdisputed
Other relevant jurisdictions
DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed
Britische Jungferninseln (GZ Systems Limited, Registernummer 2039934, geltendes Recht laut Nutzungsbedingungen), Zypern (verbundene Gesellschaft GZT Associates Limited, Peiraios 34A, Strovolos, Nikosia)provider claim
Intelligence alliance of the home country
14 Eyesconfirmed
noneconfirmed
Parent group / holding
CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim
PureSquare (Pure²)provider claim
Beneficial owners publicly known
partly knownprovider claim
partly knownprovider claim
Ownership structure
owners undisclosedprovider claim
founder ownedprovider claim
Leadership team publicly named
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Verifiable postal address for legal service
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Sister VPN brands in the group
none documentedprovider claim
PureDome (Unternehmens-VPN) und PureWL (White-Label-VPN), beide auf der Website der Muttergesellschaft PureSquare gelistetprovider claim
Group owns VPN review and comparison sites
none documentedprovider claim
none disclosed on fetched about/home pagesprovider claim
Runs an affiliate programme
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Typical commission rate?
Laut Partnerprogramm-Seite 100 Prozent der Ersteinnahme beim Monatstarif und 40 Prozent beim Jahres- und Zweijahrestarif, dazu 35 Prozent wiederkehrende Provision auf alle Tarifeprovider claim
YouTube and influencer sponsoring
unknownprovider claim
unknownprovider claim
Acquisition history / former name
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
2023 stellte der Anbieter PureSquare als Muttergesellschaft von PureVPN vor. Zuvor verlegte er nach eigener Zeitleiste den Hauptsitz auf die Britischen Jungferninseln.provider claim
Operating status
discontinuedconfirmed
activeconfirmed
Discontinuation date
01/30/2026provider claim
?
Core statement of the logging policy
No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed
Die Datenschutzerklärung führt unter 'Information We Do NOT Collect' auf: Browsing-Aktivität, identifizierbare Verbindungslogs, Aufzeichnungen zugewiesener IP-Adressen, die Original-IP des Kunden, Verbindungszeitstempel, Browserverlauf, besuchte Seiten, ausgehenden Verkehr, abgerufene Inhalte und DNS-Anfragen.provider claim
Activity and traffic logs
noneconfirmed
noneconfirmed
Connection logs
noneconfirmed
noneconfirmed
Storage of the real IP address
not storedconfirmed
not storedconfirmed
Storage of the assigned VPN IP
not storedprovider claim
not storedconfirmed
Precision of stored timestamps
noneconfirmed
noneconfirmed
Recording of transferred data volume
aggregate onlyconfirmed
per accountprovider claim
Enforcement of the device limit
Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim
Up to 50+ simultaneous devicesprovider claim
Minimum account data required
username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed
Name, E-Mail-Adresse, Passwort und Zahlungsmethodeprovider claim
Telemetry in the apps
noneprovider claim
?
Trackers and SDKs in the Android app
None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim
Not named individually in fetched privacy policy sectionsprovider claim
Trackers in the iOS app
No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim
Not named individually in fetched privacy policy sectionsprovider claim
Trackers and cookies on the website
Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim
Privacy policy governs website/app data collection under GZ Systems Ltd (BVI); specific tracker names not extracted as a public list on fetched pageprovider claim
Data shared with third parties
Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim
Laut Datenschutzerklärung erhalten Zendesk, Intercom, Mailchimp, SendGrid, UseInsider und MixPanel Name und E-Mail-Adresse. Für die Zusatzfunktion Dark Web Monitoring gehen Daten an SpyCloud und Twilio. Als Analyse- und Diagnosewerkzeuge nennt die Richtlinie Google Analytics, Firebase, New Relic, MixPanel, Facebook Pixel, Intercom.io und Sentry.provider claim
Retention periods stated in the policy
VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim
Kontodaten laut Richtlinie, solange das Abonnement besteht und die App genutzt wird. Die E-Mail-Adresse bleibt zur Vermeidung doppelter Konten gespeichert, bis eine Löschung verlangt wird. Daten zur Zusatzoption Dedicated IP werden 25 Tage nach Ende des Abonnements aufbewahrt, IP-Angaben aus manuellen WireGuard-Konfigurationen 24 Stunden.provider claim
EU representative named under GDPR
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Independent no-logs audit
noprovider claim
yesconfirmed
No-logs audit details
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
Technical Privacy Assessment Letter von KPMG LLP (Montréal, Kanada) vom 17.04.2023. Geprüft wurden sieben VPN-Server und die zugehörige Infrastruktur in sechs Ländern zwischen dem 16. und 22.02.2023, die Nachvalidierung erfolgte im März und April 2023.confirmed
Audit report published
not publishedprovider claim
summary onlyconfirmed
App and client audits
Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim
?
Infrastructure and server audits
No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim
KPMG LLP prüfte im Februar 2023 sieben VPN-Server und die zugehörige unterstützende Infrastruktur in sechs Ländern, ausgewählt nach unterschiedlichen VPN-Protokollen und Standorten.confirmed
Audit frequency
irregularprovider claim
irregularprovider claim
Tested in court or by authorities
2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim
In der Strafanzeige des FBI gegen Ryan S. Lin von Oktober 2017 heißt es, Aufzeichnungen von PureVPN zeigten, dass derselbe Kunde den Dienst von zwei Ursprungs-IP-Adressen aus genutzt habe, der Wohnung und dem Arbeitsplatz des Beschuldigten. Der Anbieter warb zu diesem Zeitpunkt damit, keine Logs zu führen.confirmed
Transparency report
noneprovider claim
regularprovider claim
Warrant canary
staleprovider claim
noneprovider claim
Security incidents and data leaks
Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed
not disclosed on fetched feature/home pagesprovider claim
Open source clients
someprovider claim
noneprovider claim
Open source server side
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Reproducible builds
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Available on F-Droid
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Listings by independent bodies
Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim
Wikipedia documents PureVPN (GZ Systems) history and public coverageprovider claim
WireGuard
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
OpenVPN over UDP
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
OpenVPN over TCP
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
IKEv2/IPsec
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Proprietary protocol
Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim
none primary; standard protocols + obfuscationprovider claim
Legacy protocols still offered
SSH2 tunnelprovider claim
Laut Protokollübersicht sind L2TP/IPsec, SSTP und PPTP in der PureVPN-App nicht verfügbar.provider claim
Default data cipher
AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim
OpenVPN mit AES-256, WireGuard mit ChaCha20 laut Protokollübersicht des Anbietersprovider claim
Weakest accepted cipher
AES-256provider claim
AES-256provider claim
Key exchange and authentication
OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim
AES-256 data encryption; protocol handshake depends on selected VPN protocolprovider claim
Perfect forward secrecy
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Post-quantum key exchange
not availableprovider claim
announced onlyprovider claim
Own DNS resolvers
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
DNS leak protection
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
IPv6 handling
routed through tunnelprovider claim
disabledprovider claim
WebRTC protection or guidance
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Obfuscation methods
Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim
Der Anbieter bietet verschleierte Server, die nach eigener Beschreibung die VPN-Merkmale aus den Datenpaketen entfernen. Ein konkretes Verfahren wird nicht genannt.provider claim
Usability behind the Great Firewall
unclearprovider claim
unclearprovider claim
Kill switch
system-wideprovider claim
system-wideprovider claim
Permanent lockdown
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Split tunneling
yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim
App-basiertes und inverses Split Tunneling, laut Anbieter verfügbar für Windows, Android, Fire TV Stick und Android TVprovider claim
Multihop
freely combinableprovider claim
not availableprovider claim
Tor integration (Onion over VPN)
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Port forwarding
availableprovider claim
limitedprovider claim
Surcharge for a dedicated IP?
€2.66provider claim
SOCKS5 proxy
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
HTTP proxy
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Smart DNS
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Ad and tracker filtering in DNS
configurableprovider claim
fixed listprovider claim
Malware and phishing filter
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Custom DNS servers allowed
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Local network access toggle
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Auto connect rules
yesprovider claim
?
Private device network (mesh)
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
GPS location override (Android)
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Traffic analysis defence
Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim
Obfuscated servers that disguise VPN traffic as HTTPSprovider claim
IPv6 inside the tunnel
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Obfuscation without configuration
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Number of servers
55 Serverprovider claim
6,000 Serverprovider claim
Number of countries
23 Laenderprovider claim
65 Laenderprovider claim
Number of cities
35 Staedteprovider claim
?
Virtual locations
no virtual locationsprovider claim
labelledprovider claim
RAM-only servers (diskless)
entire networkprovider claim
noprovider claim
Hardware ownership
colocationprovider claim
mixedprovider claim
Own AS (autonomous system)
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
10 Gbps ports
some serversprovider claim
some serversprovider claim
P2P and file sharing
entire networkprovider claim
dedicated locationsprovider claim
Public server list
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Public status page
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Known upstream hosting providers
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
manual config onlyprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Android app
native appprovider claim
native appprovider claim
iOS app
native appprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Android TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Apple TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Fire TV app
not availableprovider claim
native appprovider claim
Browser extension
not availableprovider claim
own extensionprovider claim
Type of browser extension
no extensionprovider claim
no extensionprovider claim
Router support
VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim
Supported (multi-device including router setups marketed via dedicated IP/port forwarding use cases)provider claim
Native build for Apple Silicon
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Command line documented
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Simultaneous devices
unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim
10provider claim
Usable without an account
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Data required at signup
any email addressprovider claim
any email addressprovider claim
Account model
email as loginprovider claim
full customer profileprovider claim
Cash by mail
yesprovider claim
noprovider claim
Monero
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Bitcoin
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Lightning
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Retail gift cards
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
PayPal
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Credit and debit card
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
SEPA payment
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Monthly price
€12.99provider claim
€12.95provider claim
Effective price on the longest term
€8.95provider claim
€2.15provider claim
Price change at renewal
same priceprovider claim
very large increaseprovider claim
Flat pricing without permanent discounts
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
Free tier and its limits
noneprovider claim
none (paid plans only on order page)provider claim
Money-back window
7 Tageprovider claim
31 Tageprovider claim
Cancellation path
cancel in accountprovider claim
cancel in accountprovider claim
P2P policy in the terms of service
entire networkprovider claim
dedicated locationsprovider claim
Streaming unblocking officially advertised
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Netflix regions reported
Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim
Der Anbieter bewirbt Zugriff auf die Netflix-Kataloge der USA, Australiens, des Vereinigten Königreichs, Deutschlands, Kanadas, Frankreichs, Japans, Italiens und Indiens.provider claim
Other streaming services
CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim
Streaming/gaming marketed; specific Netflix region audit not on fetched pagesprovider claim
Bandwidth cap
no limitprovider claim
no limitprovider claim
Data cap
noneprovider claim
unlimited on paid plans (no data cap marketed)provider claim
SMTP and port 25 handling
Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim
?
Official support in restrictive countries?
Zu China nennt der Anbieter verschleierte Server, den Wechsel des Serverstandorts und die manuelle Einrichtung der Verbindung als Mittel, sagt aber keinen ununterbrochenen Zugang zu.provider claim
24/7 live chat
noprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Email or ticket support
yesconfirmed
yesprovider claim
Telephone support
noprovider claim
noprovider claim
German-language support
yesprovider claim
yesprovider claim
Documentation assessment
workableprovider 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
Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim
Privacy policy covers cookies/trackersprovider claim
URL of the warrant canary
Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim
https://www.purevpn.com/trust-centerprovider claim
Length and readability of the legal documents
Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim
Standard commercial legal pagesprovider claim
Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms
Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim
Home claims 6000+ servers; pricing shows steep discounts (e.g. Max $19.95 → $3.55/mo on multi-year)provider claim