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Proton VPN Free review

Proton VPN Free is a pricing tier of Proton VPN, not a separate service: same company, apps, servers and policies. Its facts are the Proton VPN record below.

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Verified facts (Proton VPN record)

Checked 28 Sept 2026ActiveFrom the vendor's own pages, auditors' reports and named news outlets. Not our measurements.
Owner
Proton AG sourceUltimate owner: Proton Foundation (non-profit; primary shareholder of Proton AG) source
Jurisdiction
Switzerland (Geneva) source
Logging policy
Vendor states it keeps no logs of online activity and stores no metadata (no visited pages, session lengths or IP monitoring); verified by Securitum audits. sourceThis is the vendor's claim, paraphrased. An audit below is what tests it.
Independent audits
  • Securitum2026No-logs audit (fifth consecutive annual) vendor page (report not linked)
  • Securitum2025No-logs audit vendor page (report not linked)
  • Securitum2024No-logs audit vendor page (report not linked)
  • Securitum2023No-logs audit vendor page (report not linked)
  • Securitum2022No-logs audit vendor page (report not linked)
  • SecuritumunspecifiedSecurity audit of all Proton apps vendor page (report not linked)
  • Ruben Santamarta (independent researcher)2025-12App security audits (article updated 1 Dec 2025) vendor page (report not linked)
Incidents
None found in the sources checked. This is not an exhaustive search.
Transparency report
Published source
Open-source apps
All first-party clientsVendor states all Proton VPN apps are open source; GitHub repos for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, browser extension linked. source
RAM-only servers
Not verified from a primary source
Refund window
30 days from initial purchase; once per user, direct purchases only source
Price per month
Proton VPN price per month by billed term, in the vendor's own currency
Billed termPer monthCharged up frontNote
1 monthnot verifiednot verifiedNot retrieved: Proton pricing is JS-rendered (placeholders in static HTML). Proton Free tier exists (listed on pricing page as 'Proton Free') source
billing period not verifiednot verifiednot verifiedNot retrieved: Proton pricing is JS-rendered (placeholders in static HTML). Proton Free tier exists (listed on pricing page as 'Proton Free') source
billing period not verifiednot verifiednot verifiedNot retrieved: Proton pricing is JS-rendered (placeholders in static HTML). Proton Free tier exists (listed on pricing page as 'Proton Free') 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
  • plans: all prices null (JS-rendered; Proton API refused); Free tier confirmed exists
  • ramOnlyServers: not stated on pages reviewed
  • audits: report URLs not captured; Securitum apps audit date unspecified
  • incidents: none checked exhaustively

To check current terms, go to Proton VPN Free's own site.