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Windscribe
The honest cheap monthly: no 2-year lock-in, and a 10 GB free tier.
$5.75 a month on the 1 year plan
$69.00 billed up front, then $69.00 a year. Monthly with no commitment: $9.00. 3-day refund.
No 2-year plan on purpose. Build-a-plan: $1 per location per month, $3 minimum.
For
- +$9 monthly with no commitment
- +Free 10 GB a month tier
- +Unlimited devices
- +Open source
Against
- –Canada, 5 Eyes
- –No independent no-logs audit
- –3-day refund window
- –Fewer countries
The facts, each with its receipt
- Based in
- Canada · 5 Eyes alliancechecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Owned by
- Windscribe Limited, founder-ownedchecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Best plan
- $5.75/mo · 1 year · $69.00 up front · renews $69.00/yrchecked 2026-10-11 · source
- 1-year plan
- $5.75/mo · $69.00 · renews $69.00/yrchecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Monthly
- $9.00checked 2026-10-11 · source
- Devices at once
- Unlimitedchecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Countries
- 69checked 2026-10-11 · source
- No-logs audit
- No no-logs attestation · Packetlabs (apps and infrastructure, 2022)checked 2026-10-11 · source · A security audit, not a no-logs attestation.
- Open-source apps
- Yeschecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Pay without a name
- cryptochecked 2026-10-11 · source · An account needs only a username.
- Protocols
- WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, Stealth, WStunnelchecked 2026-10-11 · source
- Blocked networks
- checked 2026-10-11 · source · Stealth and WStunnel protocols.
- Streaming
- Netflix iPlayer 'Windflix' servers for Netflix; works often, not promised.checked 2026-10-11 · source
- Torrenting
- checked 2026-10-11 · source · P2P on most servers; port forwarding on static IPs (paid).
- Speed
- checked 2026-10-11 · source
- Free tier
- Yes · 10 GB a month with a confirmed email, 11 countries.checked 2026-10-11 · source
- Refund
- 3 dayschecked 2026-10-11 · source · 3 days and under 10 GB used.
- Extras
- R.O.B.E.R.T. ad, tracker and malware blocking · Static IPs (paid) · Browser extension with split personalitychecked 2026-10-11 · source
Servers by country, from Windscribe’s own list
72 countries as of 2026-10-12. source
United States: 101 servers · 30 citiesCanada: 18 servers · 6 citiesUnited Kingdom: 16 servers · 4 citiesGermany: 12 servers · 2 citiesAustralia: 11 servers · 5 citiesFrance: 8 servers · 3 citiesIndia: 8 servers · 3 citiesSwitzerland: 8 servers · 1 cityNetherlands: 7 servers · 1 citySouth Africa: 7 servers · 1 citySweden: 6 servers · 1 citySingapore: 6 servers · 1 city
How Windscribe pays us
Windscribe has no affiliate programme. We earn nothing when you buy it, and it is ranked exactly like the others.
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