Amnezia

One app, four ways to use it

Amnezia is an open-source VPN project whose single app, AmneziaVPN, does several jobs. It connects to Amnezia Premium, a paid VPN with a choice of locations. It connects to Amnezia Free, a no-cost service the homepage describes as a "Free VPN for countries with active content blocking". And it can set up a self-hosted VPN on a server the user rents, which the site calls Amnezia Self-hosted. Around those sit Amnezia Hosting, servers sold for self-hosting without complex setup, and Amnezia Business, where the team sets up a VPN for a company's staff. The about page says the idea was born in 2020 at the first Demhack hackathon and then grew with Privacy Accelerator, and that its goal is to help keep the internet free "no matter where in the world you are".

Who can use it: the site is written for people in places where websites and VPNs are blocked, and it offers a way in for readers who cannot reach it. The top of every page shares a mirror link on Google Cloud Storage "with those who cannot access this site". The site does not name countries it serves or excludes. Prices are shown in US dollars. The pages link to a downloads page with "All download options" but the homepage and about page do not list the operating systems or app stores; the Premium tier lists support for Android TV and routers. The footer names the company behind the service as EUPHORIATECH LIMITED, with an address in Nicosia, Cyprus and registration number НЕ 484287. The pages link a "Payment and Terms of Use Policy" but do not list accepted payment methods on the homepage or about page. The cryptocurrency addresses on the about page (Bitcoin, Monero and USDT on TRC20) and a Patreon are for donations to the project, not for buying a plan.

Data collection, open source and the audit claim

The site does not name an independent audit of its logging policy. What it does say depends on the product. For the self-hosted VPN, the FAQ says Amnezia does not collect any data about the user or their server, that the data entered stays on the user's device, and that "Anyone can verify this thanks to the open-source code." For Amnezia Free and Amnezia Premium, the FAQ says the company collects "only the data required for the VPN to function", without listing what that data is or how long it is kept. The about page puts it more broadly, saying the app and website are open source, client and server, and that "We do not collect or store any data, including logs or analytics." Those are the provider's statements, and the two pages are not phrased the same way for the paid and free services.

On security testing, the homepage says that in 2022, 2024 and 2025 Amnezia VPN passed security audits conducted by 7ASecurity, and the about page says the independent security audit by 7A Security covered all its products, including the protocols. That is the provider's own claim about a named firm. The site does not link a report, describe the scope beyond "all our products", or say that the work examined logging on the Premium or Free servers. As the site describes it, this was a security audit of the products, not an examination of logging.

Jurisdiction: beyond the Cyprus address in the footer, the site says nothing about the legal regime it operates under, who owns EUPHORIATECH LIMITED, or where its servers and staff sit.

AmneziaWG, XRay and the anti-censorship toolkit

The protocol story is the core of the product. The homepage says AmneziaWG "combines the speed and performance of the popular WireGuard protocol with additional protection against detection and blocking", and a news item describes the updated AmneziaWG 3.1 as "Next-level VPN obfuscation against DPI". The source code is on GitHub, per the homepage. Amnezia Free and Premium use AmneziaWG; Premium also supports XRay VLESS Reality. For self-hosting, the FAQ lists OpenVPN, OpenVPN over Cloak, WireGuard, AmneziaWG, IKEv2, XRay Reality and ShadowSocks, and the self-hosted card says 8 protocols are supported. The about page adds that a self-hosted server can export a configured connection file for use with other clients such as OpenVPN or WireGuard, so users are not locked into the Amnezia app.

For readers in heavily blocked networks, the FAQ's advice for a self-hosted server is to use the XRay or AmneziaWG protocols, enable KillSwitch, turn on AmneziaDNS and use split tunneling. It says Premium and Free "work well by default in highly censored countries" and that the team does its best to keep it that way despite blocks. The homepage headline claims the service works in countries with the highest level of internet censorship. The site does not name those countries.

Free, Premium, self-hosted and business

Amnezia Free is shown at 0 $ per month. Its card lists access to "Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter) and many more, but no YouTube", speed limited to 8 Mbps, no location selection, and AmneziaWG 3.1 only. The site does not say how the free service is paid for, though the paid tiers, the hosting line, the business offer and the donation addresses on the about page are all visible means of support.

Amnezia Premium is shown "from 3.3 $ /month". The homepage does not say which plan length or billing basis that starting price refers to, and it does not show a renewal price. Premium lists access to any site or app, unlimited traffic, 20 countries for changing virtual location including P2P, up to 7 devices on one subscription, Android TV and router support, and "24/7 caring support". Two promotions run on the homepage: a 50% discount for people switching from a VPN that "stopped working", and a new 2-year plan with a special discount "this September only". Neither shows the resulting price.

Amnezia Self-hosted is 0 $ per month for the app, and the FAQ notes that users must buy a VPS from any hosting provider, or from Amnezia Hosting. Amnezia Business is listed at 8$ per month per user. Contact runs through support@amnezia.org, partners@amnezia.org, Telegram and Reddit. The site does not describe refunds or trials for Premium.

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The main gaps: no published report for the 7ASecurity audits, no list of what Premium and Free record, no plan length behind the 3.3 $ starting price and no renewal price, no list of the 20 Premium countries, and no statement of payment methods or refund terms on the homepage or about page. The site names the Cyprus company but not its owners.

Amnezia suits people in blocked networks who want a free way to reach social media, users who prefer to run their own server with an obfuscated protocol and full control of the configuration, and anyone who values open-source client and server code. It is a harder fit for a buyer who wants clear pricing, a stated refund window and a documented logging policy before paying for Premium.