IVPN
A Gibraltar VPN that treats audits as routine maintenance and refuses to market itself with scare tactics.
About
IVPN is a privacy-focused VPN from Gibraltar operating since 2009. Like Mullvad it asks for nothing at signup: an account is a random 15-character ID, no email required, and it accepts Bitcoin, Monero, and cash by mail, with crypto refunds honored within 30 days. Its standout feature is the audit record. Cure53 has audited IVPN's apps and infrastructure every year since 2019, and IVPN publishes each full report including the vulnerabilities found. The company is explicit that a no-logs audit is a snapshot, so it commissions repeated security audits of whatever changed most that year instead of waving a one-time certificate. Its apps are open source under the GPLv3 and it runs on self-hosted servers.
The product covers WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IKEv2 with an AntiTracker blocker, multihop routes, an always-on firewall kill switch, and automatic key and IP rotation. Pricing is higher than the discount-heavy mainstream: Standard runs about $6 a month and Pro about $10, with no multi-year discount ladder by deliberate choice. The network is small at roughly 80+ servers in 37 countries, and streaming support is weak, which is fine if privacy is the job. Gibraltar sits outside the Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes alliances, and IVPN's transparency report records zero requests where data was provided across a decade of entries. No published independent speed benchmarks.
What it can do
- Anonymous account ID signup with no email or personal data
- Annual Cure53 security audits published in full since 2019
- Open-source apps under GPLv3 on all major platforms
- AntiTracker ad, tracker, and malware-site blocker
- Multihop VPN routes and obfsproxy censorship circumvention
- Always-on firewall kill switch with full leak protection
- Automatic key and IP address rotation scheduling
- Cash, Bitcoin, and Monero payments with crypto refunds
- Transparency report with zero data disclosures on record
Setup
Create an anonymous account ID on ivpn.net, add time with card, Bitcoin, Monero, or cash, then install the open-source app on your platform.
Prerequisites
None; account is an anonymous ID, no email needed.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 9/10
Scored 9/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: independent 2026 reviews confirm anonymous account-ID signup, Bitcoin/Monero/cash payments, annual Cure53 audits published in full since 2019, GPLv3 open-source apps, a Gibraltar jurisdiction outside the intelligence alliances, and a transparency report with zero data handed over. Strengths: the most consistent repeated-audit record in the industry and genuinely anonymous signup. Docked for: (1) a small network (~80+ servers, 37 countries) and weak streaming; (2) higher pricing than discount rivals with no long-term deals; (3) Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory, leaving some distant UK legal influence. License: proprietary service; clients GPLv3.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 9.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 8.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 9.0/10
- · Founded 2009; IVPN Limited, Gibraltar (outside Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes)
- · Anonymous signup: random 15-character account ID, no email; cash/Monero/Bitcoin accepted
- · Annual Cure53 security audits since 2019 published in full incl. vulnerabilities found
- · GPLv3 open-source apps; self-hosted servers
- · Transparency report: zero requests with data provided over a decade
- · AntiTracker blocker, multihop, always-on firewall kill switch, obfsproxy
- · ~80+ servers in 37 countries; weak streaming; no multi-year discount ladder by design
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.