IVPN is operated by IVPN Limited and based in Gibraltar. The register records 5 independent audits (5 with a linked report), 1 incident and a lowest verified price of $5.00 per month on a 12 months term.
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Owner
IVPN Limited sourceUltimate owner: Nicholas Pestell (founder, CEO and 100% owner of IVPN Limited, per IVPN) source
IVPN says it retains no connection logs or session data and stores no customer information beyond what is needed; it says it cannot associate a request with a customer identity. sourceThis is the vendor's claim, paraphrased. An audit below is what tests it.
Independent audits
Cure5321 Mar 2019No-logs claims verification of VPN gateways (audit March 2019) report
Cure5323 Jan 2020Public VPN infrastructure, internal backend servers, pen test of public web servers (Nov-Dec 2019) report
Cure5312 Mar 2021IVPN desktop apps (new codebase) plus iOS and Android apps report
Cure5315 Mar 2023New VPN gateway server infrastructure (6 days, Feb 2023) report
Cure5311 Apr 2024Web UI, backend, API endpoints, web servers (sixth annual audit) report
Incidents
7 Aug 2026Exploited BTCPay Server vulnerability on IVPN's self-hosted Bitcoin payment server let an attacker take Lightning node credentials and move out IVPN operating funds; IVPN says no customer data or customer funds were affected and VPN infrastructure was not involved. Lightning payments were down 7-10 Aug. source
All first-party clientsIVPN pricing page states all its services are open source; apps were open sourced before March 2021 per its audit post. Individual repos not checked. source
RAM-only servers
in progress (May 2025 IVPN post says the infrastructure upgrade including transition to RAM-only servers was under way with test deployments; completion not verified) source
Refund window
Full refund within 30 days of payment, once per account and per customer source
Price per month
IVPN price per month by billed term, in the vendor's own currency
Billed term
Per month
Charged up front
Note
1 month
$6.00
$6.00
Standard tier (5 devices). Plus is $8/mo, Pro Suite $10/mo. A 1-week option also exists. No promo/renewal difference stated. source
12 months
$5.00
$60.00
Standard tier $60/year; monthly equivalent is derived from the $60 total. Plus $80/yr, Pro Suite $100/yr. source
billing period not verified
not verified
not verified
Pricing page lists 1 week, 1 month and 1 year only. source
Per-month figures are the vendor's displayed monthly equivalent for the whole billed term, so terms of different length are not like for like. No currency conversion.
Not verified
Audits for 2022 (4th annual) and 2025 (7th annual, scheduled May 2025) and the July 2026 (8th) audit: results not found/verified.
RAM-only: completion not verified (only "transition under way" May 2025).
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