VPN review
ZenMate review
ZenMate is operated by Kape Technologies Plc (100% share acquisition of ZenGuard GmbH announced 2018-10-16) and based in Germany. The register records 0 independent audits (0 with a linked report), 0 incidents and no verified prices.
Compiled from the vendor's own pages, auditors' reports and named news outlets, checked .
Verified facts
Checked 28 Sept 2026Acquired or rebrandedFrom the vendor's own pages, auditors' reports and named news outlets. Not our measurements.- Owner
- Kape Technologies Plc (100% share acquisition of ZenGuard GmbH announced 2018-10-16) sourceUltimate owner: Teddy Sagi via Unikmind Group (Kape takeover by Unikmind agreed Jan 2023 at 285p/share; Sagi already held about 55%). Completion of the take-private not separately verified. source
- Jurisdiction
- Germany (operating entity ZenGuard GmbH, Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg HRB 151355 B; imprint lists Carlstrasse 50, 52531 Uebach-Palenberg) source
- Logging policy
- Site homepage advertises a 'strict no-logs policy'; full privacy policy not read. sourceThis is the vendor's claim, paraphrased. An audit below is what tests it.
- Independent audits
- No independent audit found in the sources checked.
- Incidents
- None found in the sources checked. This is not an exhaustive search.
- Transparency report
- Not verified from a primary source
- Open-source apps
- Not verified from a primary source
- RAM-only servers
- Not verified from a primary source
- Refund window
- Not verified from a primary source
- Price per month
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.ZenMate price per month by billed term, in the vendor's own currency Billed term Per month Charged up front Note 1 month not verified not verified New ZenMate sign-ups ceased 2023-03-16 per vendor announcement; no prices published. source billing period not verified not verified not verified As above. source billing period not verified not verified not verified As above. source - Not verified
- Status acquired-rebranded (service moved to CyberGhost apps 2023-03-16, ZenMate apps unsupported after 2023-05-01, new sign-ups stopped 2023-03-16) per zenmate.com/blog/zenmate-changes
- ultimateOwner: Kape takeover by Unikmind/Teddy Sagi verified only as agreed offer (Tech Monitor, Feb 2023); completion not verified
- audits: none found; loggingPolicy: homepage claim only, privacy policy not read
- incidents, transparencyReport, openSourceClients, ramOnlyServers: not verified
- plans: not offered; refundWindow: null (terms not read)
- vpnarea.com returned 522 on 2 tries; nothing fetched. Not researched further within budget. All fields unverified.
To check current terms, go to ZenMate's own site.
Visit zenmate.comSources
- zenmate.com/blog/zenmate-changes checked 28 Sept 2026
- zenmate.com checked 28 Sept 2026
- zenmate.com/imprint checked 28 Sept 2026
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/zenmate-acquired-by-kape-technologies-300731900.html checked 28 Sept 2026
- techmonitor.ai/digital-economy/kape-technologies-unikmind-digital-privacy checked 28 Sept 2026
Update log
- Page rebuilt on the VPN audit register; facts re-checked against the vendor's own pages and auditors' reports on this date.