PROVIDER PROFILE
Paid subscriptions with recurring bonus-month terms, plus a separate free plan.
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Source-based profile. We have not performed hands-on speed, leak, or streaming tests.
| Plan & term | Monthly equivalent | Upfront bill | Renewal bill | Observed / source | Keep an offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium1 months | $11.99USD / month equivalent | $11.99First 1 months | Renews at $11.99/month | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| Premium16 months · 4 bonus included | $3.44USD / month equivalent | $54.99First 16 months | Renews at $54.99/16 months | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
| Premium30 months · 6 bonus included | $2.33USD / month equivalent | $69.99First 30 months | Renews at $69.99/30 months | 2026-11-06 Dated observation | Save this offer locally |
Tax may apply. Promotions and currency vary by location; optional add-ons excluded. Introductory promotions and availability may vary. A successful build does not refresh prices.
MATCH THE TIER AND THE DEVICE
Provider documentation describes these setup paths and conditions. We have not installed or tested them. An available app does not establish feature parity, streaming access or identical support on every operating-system version.
Simultaneous VPN connections: 10. hide.me named plan and billing source (opens in a new tab)
Setup documentation describes available connection paths. It does not establish identical features on every app, server or subscription variant.
Scroll horizontally for platform conditions and official documentation.
| Platform / feature | What is established | Provider documentation |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| macOS | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Linux | App listed Linux app listed; verify distribution and feature requirements. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Android | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| iPhone / iPad | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Android TV | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Apple TV | App listed App listed; confirm the supported OS version. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Router | Manual setup Manual setup listed; compatible hardware and configuration required. | hide.me application and router directory (opens in a new tab) |
| Port forwarding | Conditions apply Premium dynamic forwarding via UPnP/NAT-PMP; protocol and client setup matter. | hide.me Premium dynamic port forwarding (opens in a new tab) |
| Bundle scope | Not established Additional bundle inclusions not established for this named tier. | Not established |
Simultaneous connections: 1. Free-plan limits differ from paid; do not inherit the paid connection count.
Port forwarding: Not included. This feature is restricted to paid plans.
Separate Free scope. Unchecked platform and feature fields remain unknown; free pricing is not inferred into the paid offer catalog.
hide.me Premium versus Free limits (opens in a new tab) · hide.me Premium dynamic port forwarding (opens in a new tab)
Download the scoped plan and feature evidence. Unknown is not the same as unsupported; add-ons are not included in the captured base-plan price.
WHAT IS KEPT, AND FOR HOW LONG?
Temporary troubleshooting records and monthly traffic counters qualify its broad no-session-logs statement.
Provider policy statements · Registered VPN service; website access logs are separate. These are attributed claims, not StealthVPN observations of the service.
Denies browsing and VPN activity logs.
Policy section: Policy introduction
Separate DNS-query retention not itemized in the reviewed policy.
Policy section: Policy introduction
Random username and internal, non-public IP in troubleshooting records.
Policy section: Information processed when connecting
Non-persistent troubleshooting records erased every few hours.
Policy section: Information processed when connecting
Session totals update aggregate monthly traffic counters.
Policy section: Information processed when connecting
Consented anonymous crash and network reports; controlled in app settings.
Policy section: Anonymous diagnostic and crash reports
Encrypted account email.
Policy section: Data collected at signup
Policy says payment details stay with processors using an account reference.
Policy section: Payments
Account data deleted on termination; processor retention is separate.
Policy section: Information stored when you stop using the service
A no-storage claim applies to the category described. It does not rule out account records, website tracking, payment-processor data or an optional feature. “Not established” means the reviewed source did not settle this field. Read the separate assessments and event record
OPEN-SOURCE PRIVACY INTELLIGENCE
The provider identifies Labuan, Malaysia as its service jurisdiction. It is outside the listed Fourteen Eyes countries, which does not establish immunity from legal process.
hide.me: terms and privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · hide.me: operator, Malaysian jurisdiction and audit limits (opens in a new tab) · ODNI: Five Eyes oversight council (opens in a new tab) · Daniel Byman / CSIS: Improving U.S. Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners, January 2025, p. 11 (PDF p. 15) (opens in a new tab)
The provider identifies its Malaysian operator. This review does not independently establish the full beneficial-ownership chain.
hide.me: operator, Malaysian jurisdiction and audit limits (opens in a new tab)
Read the logging categories and retention periods
Temporary troubleshooting records and monthly traffic counters qualify its broad no-session-logs statement.
Country grouping is our classification of the declared service jurisdiction. It is not evidence that a VPN shares customer data, or a finding that an unlisted jurisdiction is safe. Provider policy statements are not independently verified here. Read the practical implications
READ THE RECORD AND THE SCOPE
Labels identify the evidence source. A commissioned assessment, a company statement and a missing document establish different things. StealthVPN has not independently tested these systems.
Assessment March 19–June 6, 2024; product state March 15, 2024
The provider-commissioned report describes policy review, interviews, deployment review and inspection of a provider-supplied example LXC VPN container. Securitum found no activity or traffic logs in that sample and relied on a common-image deployment model.
Limits: This was not continuous inspection of every live host, app or billing system. No configuration-change alarm was found; the report describes read-only templates and redeployment as mitigation. These dated findings do not establish the current state.
Securitum: hide.me no-log audit, June 2024 (opens in a new tab)
Research checked November 6, 2026
The Malaysian operator is identified, but a complete current beneficial-ownership chain and a court-record-backed disclosure history have not been established in this research.
Limits: An unresolved field is not evidence of misconduct or proof that no legal requests occurred.
hide.me: operator, Malaysian jurisdiction and audit limits (opens in a new tab) · hide.me: terms and privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
THE SOURCE, THE SCOPE, THE LIMIT
An on-site evidence view, not a privacy score. Policy claims, commissioned assessments and historical events answer different questions. Event dates below retain their documented precision; a year or month is not an exact day.
Labels identify the source, not a security rating or independent StealthVPN testing. Read the document scope and limits.
Temporary troubleshooting records and monthly traffic counters qualify its broad no-session-logs statement.
hide.me privacy policy (opens in a new tab) Field-by-field breakdown
eVenture Ltd · Malaysia
eVenture Ltd; ultimate controlling ownership not established
The provider identifies its Malaysian operator. This review does not independently establish the full beneficial-ownership chain.
hide.me: terms and privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · hide.me: operator, Malaysian jurisdiction and audit limits (opens in a new tab)
Period: Work: 19 March–6 June 2024; product state: 15 March 2024
Commissioned by / engagement: hide.me engagement; the report describes provider-supplied systems and interviews
Scope: No-log questions, configurations, deployment process and an example LXC VPN-container snapshot supplied by hide.me.
Reported result: Securitum reports no identified container issue compromising the assessed no-log policy; a startup log was distinguished from user-activity logs.
Limits: A supplied example container is not an independent inspection of every running node, account system or later release.
Report p. 2: scope, example container and product-state date.
Securitum: hide.me no-log audit, June 2024 (opens in a new tab)
Newest event first. Responses are attributed; an announced remediation is not independently verified by StealthVPN. A related product or former owner is identified in the event scope.
No event case file is curated for this provider in this selection. This does not establish an incident-free history, absence of legal requests, or a completed docket search.
No country label or corporate association is a finding of guilt, safety or customer-data access. Jurisdiction context · Investigation method.
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
The pricing page says the observed price and duration repeat at renewal.
The free service and paid service have different feature and location limits.
Refund window: 30 days on qualifying first orders; renewals and app-store purchases have separate rules.
Provider documentationMORE PERSPECTIVES
These reviews belong to their publishers. Their methods, commercial relationships and testing dates differ. Our provisional editorial metascore groups eligible overall ratings by publisher family; all original summaries and source caveats remain below.
3 review publications represent 3 source families for this service. The editorial metascore shows eligible opinions and family weighting; it does not rate this exact subscription or certify security. Inspect this provider’s speed evidence
Top10VPN · Top10VPN family
REVIEW IN BRIEF
For the paid service, Top10VPN highlights speed, torrenting, advanced controls and native support for both IPv4 and IPv6.
Main caveat: It warns that the kill switch is not enabled by default and finds international streaming and app design less convincing. Its separate free-tier verdict is much weaker on speed.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-07
Coverage: Paid service; exact subscription not captured.
Article updated: 2026-07-10
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Manually checked 2026-11-06. Affiliate-supported. The publisher’s methods describe self-funding/no paid reviews; its terms also allow commercial influence on ordering and scores. This verdict is not treated as an independent extra vote or a StealthVPN test.
TechRadar · Future family
REVIEW IN BRIEF
TechRadar favors hide.me’s configurable apps, IPv6 support, streaming access and strong Windows/OpenVPN results.
Main caveat: Its captured negatives flag small kill-switch issues, dated no-logs audit coverage and unclear virtual-location disclosure. Beginners may find the desktop apps complicated.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: See publisher for tested plan.
Article updated: 2025-12-08; originally published 2022-10-24
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. Affiliate-funded publisher. Manually checked metadata; publisher update dates do not date all tests. Free and paid scores remain distinct.
PCWorld · PCWorld family
REVIEW IN BRIEF
PCWorld favors hide.me’s privacy practices, extensive customization and inexpensive long-term options.
Main caveat: It reports inconsistent speeds and a learning curve for beginners. Its unlimited-data free version is assessed separately and was slow in the review.
Our paraphrase · source checked 2026-11-06
Coverage: Paid service.
Article updated: 2026-03-17
Test period: not captured. Article updates may cover only part of a review.
Metadata collected 2026-11-06. Publisher may earn affiliate commissions. Original methods and dates apply; StealthVPN has not rerun these tests.
