We are excited to announce that ProtonVPN finally launched this morning and is now open to the general public. This is an important milestone in our mission to provide secure Internet to everyone in the world.
If you would like to know more about the story behind ProtonVPN, you can read our launch blog post here:
https://protonvpn.com/blog/free-vpn-service-launch/
We were very excited to have all of you take part in the ProtonVPN beta and we have been very busy implementing your suggestions. We look forward to continuing to provide a high quality and secure VPN service for you after the beta.
Tonight, at midnight in Geneva, Switzerland, we will be transitioning the beta ProtonVPN to the production ProtonVPN. ProtonVPN has three plans, ProtonVPN Plus (8€/month), ProtonVPN Basic (4€/month), and ProtonVPN Free (0€/month). All beta testers currently have ProtonVPN Plus. ProtonMail Visionary users will retain access to ProtonVPN Plus for free.
If you are a ProtonMail Plus user, and you would like to continue using the full version of ProtonVPN, you can go to Settings –> Dashboard to add either ProtonVPN Plus or ProtonVPN Basic to your ProtonMail plan. As a ProtonMail Plus user, you are eligible for an additional 20% bundle discount when combining Mail and VPN.
If you do nothing, you will be automatically transitioned to ProtonVPN Free. You can find full details about ProtonVPN plans and pricing here:
Note that ProtonVPN Basic and ProtonVPN Free have access to fewer servers, so after the transition tonight, some servers may stop working for you. If this happens and you are:
– On Windows connecting through the ProtonVPN application, your server list will automatically reflect this change after a periodic refresh.
– On Mac/Android/iOS, or if you are connecting with another OpenVPN client, you can get the latest OpenVPN config files by logging into the ProtonVPN user dashboard at:
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us through our support site:
Keep in mind that if you are a ProtonMail Plus user, you will receive a 20% discount when signing up for a paid ProtonVPN plan (discount is shown at checkout). If you would like to support the project, please consider upgrading to a paid ProtonVPN plan so that we can continue to grow and improve ProtonVPN. Thank you again for your support!
Best Regards,
The ProtonMail team
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14 comments on “ProtonVPN has launched and ProtonVPN Beta is ending soon”
“If you do nothing, you will be automatically transitioned to ProtonVPN Free.”
Yes, probably, but I can’t connect to any of the servers that I had been using during the beta.
It is probably because those servers are not free servers. You can get a list of free servers here: protonvpn.com/vpn-servers
And a Linux application ?
Coming in the future.
OK. I am new to VPNs. I need to know
1) What are “plus servers”
2) What is the actual difference between “high” speed” and “highest speed”
3) What is a “secure core”
4) How do Tor Servers fit into this?
Thank you
Cool!!! ~~ Finally!!!
Will Proton be offering secure cloud storage, a la Tresorit any time soon? It seems like it’d a good fit with mail and vpn !
This is something that we might want to do, as ProtonDrive would be a good fit with ProtonMail.
Howto pay in bitcoin?
https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/paying-with-bitcoin/
Also works for ProtonVPN
Will ProtonVPN be available in countries such as China and Iran where they actively block VPN connections to known providers oversea?
It is available, but there is no way for a VPN service to evade an IP block, so unfortunately ProtonVPN can still be blocked.
GFW is capable of detecting and blocking OpenVPN traffic on the fly. Are you planning to obfuscate (obfsproxy) the traffic?
You might want to respond to the question posed here: about browsers’ WebRTC (Real Time Communications) function that could be infiltrated to track the originating IP address of VPN users:
VPN users beware. Your IP address can still be visible (PrivacySurgeon/Simon Davies)
http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/vpn-users-beware-your-ip-address-can-still-be-visible/