# Proton VPN pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Proton Free). Among the 8 vpn services we track it is the cheapest; median entry $2/mo.
**Domain:** protonvpn.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Proton Mail (Unlimited plan), Proton Drive — encrypted cloud storage (Unlimited plan), Proton Pass — password manager (Unlimited plan), Proton Calendar (Unlimited plan), Tor over VPN — native .onion access
**Best for:** Journalists, activists, and whistleblowers needing maximum anonymity; Privacy-first users who want a fully open-source, audited no-logs VPN; Users wanting a free forever plan with unlimited bandwidth
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Proton Free | $0 | — | flat | Free forever: 1 device at a time, unlimited bandwidth, no logs and no ads; streaming and torrenting not supported on the free tier. | protonvpn.com |
| VPN Plus (2-year) | $2.99 | — | flat | Highest speeds, 20,000+ servers in 140+ countries, streaming support, NetShield ad/malware blocker, up to 10 devices, priority support. Lowest rate is the 2-year term ($71.76 total); 1-year is $3.99/mo ($47.88/yr) and 1-month is $9.99/mo. | security.org |
| Proton Unlimited (2-year) | $7.99 | — | flat | All VPN Plus features plus premium Proton Pass, Mail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Sheets; up to 10 VPN devices. 2-year term $191.76 total; 1-year is $9.99/mo ($119.88/yr) and 1-month is $12.99/mo. | security.org |

**Key features:** Secure Core — double-hop through privacy-friendly countries (Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland) before exiting; Stealth protocol — WireGuard tunneled over TLS to defeat deep-packet inspection; DAITA (Defense Against AI-guided Traffic Analysis) — masks traffic patterns; 100% open-source apps, regularly audited by Securitum; Swiss jurisdiction — outside US/EU surveillance frameworks.

**Plan limits:** Free plan: 1 device, medium speed, servers in 10 randomly selected countries, no streaming/torrenting; VPN Plus: up to 10 devices, 20,000+ servers, streaming and P2P supported; Proton Unlimited: up to 10 VPN devices; bundled full Proton suite; No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans.

Sources: 2 · Last verified 2026-06-13
Provenance: Official protonvpn.com/pricing rendered pricing placeholders ($0.00) under WebFetch, so paid-tier USD pricing was confirmed against Security.org's Proton VPN pricing page (accessed 2026-06-13); the Free tier and per-tier device limits (Free 1 device, paid 10 devices) were confirmed directly from the fetched protonvpn.com pricing page.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vpn-services/proton-vpn/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Proton VPN's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-13 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vpn-services/proton-vpn/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl