Each location adds 10GB to your free bandwidth allowance, and your plan must have a minimum of two locations.įor example, if you register with your email address, you'll get 10GB data allowance a month. Windscribe's ' Build a Plan' scheme might allow you to save money by choosing just the locations you need, for $1 each. One year of Windscribe is $49, so after a year and a day you'll have paid $98, while handing over $72 to Ivacy gets you coverage for five years. Sure, we don't like long-term contracts either, but look at the totals. That's a little below average, although if you're willing to sign up for longer then there are savings to be made with some rivals.įor instance, the three-year plan from Private Internet Access is $2.03 a month for the first term, and as we write, Ivacy gives you three years for $1.81 a month. Pay for a year upfront and the price falls to an equivalent $4.08. Monthly billing is only $9, for instance – many VPNs charge $10-$13. You can set up and use the service wherever you like, as long as the devices are yours (the small print forbids sharing your account with others).

There are no annoying limits on simultaneous connections, either. Upgrading to a commercial plan gets you unlimited data, access to all 110 locations, and the ability to generate custom OpenVPN, IKEv2 and SOCKS5 configurations. You're limited to 11 countries – North America, across Europe, and Hong Kong – but that's still far better than you'll get with many free services ('sorry, our free app only connects to Brunei, is that a problem?'). Windscribe's free plan offers a generous 10GB of data transfer a month if you register with your email address, 2GB if you don't. In addition to paid plans, Windscribe also offers a very generous free plan (Image credit: Windscribe) Windscribe pricing That's valuable as it allows potential customers to see what real Windscribe users are talking about, the questions they have and the issues they're facing – a level of transparency you rarely get with other VPNs. Still, there's an unusual bonus in Windscribe's own subreddit with many new posts every day, and occasional replies from Windscribe. There's also no human-powered live chat, although the site does have Garry, a smarter-than-average bot, which can help with simple problems. Support is available via ticket, if you need it, but it's not 24/7. This goes way beyond the basic DNS blocklist you'll get with other providers, and gives you more power and configurability than even many desktop content-filtering apps deliver.

ROBERT is Windscribe's DNS-based tool for blocking ads, malware, trackers and various internet content types (gambling, 'fake news and clickbait', and so on). Anyone qualified can now browse the code, confirm it works as claimed, look for bugs and even build their own custom version. In the most significant development since our last review, Windscribe has now open-sourced its desktop apps and browser extensions.

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