VyprVPN

A long-running VPN sold through three official outlets

VyprVPN is a single-product VPN brand. Its homepage says it has been "protecting millions just like you for more than 15 years", and a 2018 blog post traces it to Golden Frog, the company that launched it "Since our inception in 2009". Today the footer on every page reads "Proudly made by Certida" and "Copyright © 2026 Certida, LLC", and the fake-sites page says the VyprVPN name and snake logo "are registered trademarks of Certida, LLC." The site also sells a business version from the same menu.

Who can buy it is spelled out plainly. A page warning about counterfeit sites says VyprVPN "never sells through third parties" and lists exactly three official outlets: its own website, the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, both under the VyprVPN brand. It adds "Authorized resellers currently: None" and warns that "activation codes" or "discount coupons" sold elsewhere do not work. The site is offered in English, simplified Chinese, French, Spanish and German. The site does not show prices, the currencies used or the payment methods accepted, and it does not name any country where the service cannot be bought. The homepage shows two ratings, 4.6 out of 5 and 4.4 out of 5, without naming the platforms they come from.

The Leviathan audit and the logging history

VyprVPN's audit post, dated November 28, 2018 and titled "VyprVPN is the World's First Publicly Audited No Log VPN Service", says the company hired Leviathan Security "to perform an independent audit and ensure that no Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is collected, with respect to the use of the VyprVPN service." The post says the company allowed Leviathan "full access to our servers, application code, etc." It describes changes to VPN servers, authentication servers and API servers so that they do not log PII about connections, plus app updates so that on-device logs reach the company only "with your express action and permission", and it says "Leviathan verified all of our changes." The post links the full report under the title "VyprVPN Privacy Audit". The audit post is the only audit the site describes. It says the company was "considering a security audit in the near future" but names no later audit or date, so the 2018 engagement is the most recent one on the site.

The same post is candid about what came before. It lists what VyprVPN "formerly logged and retained for 30 days": the customer's source IP address, the VyprVPN IP address assigned to the user, connection start and end times, and total bytes used. It says the company dropped that logging after feedback from customers and its policy partners, and after a Wirecutter review left VyprVPN out because of it. It also mentions a "Signals of Trustworthy VPNs" report written with the Center for Democracy & Technology.

The current claim is in a support article from July 2023. The provider states that "no personally identifiable information is collected or associated with VPN connections" and that "We don't keep logs of IP addresses, VPN sessions, time logs, website visits or any online activity while using VyprVPN." The homepage adds that its VyprDNS service "is also No Log". The support section lists articles on what server logs retain, how DMCA notices are handled, and whether the company would ever share user information; only their titles appear on the site.

On ownership and jurisdiction, the site names Certida, LLC and, in the 2018 post and a support-site link, Golden Frog, but it does not explain how the two relate, and it does not say where either company is incorporated or based.

Servers, protocols and features

The server locations page says VyprVPN owns its servers, with clusters in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, "700+ VPN servers", "over 300,000 available IP addresses" and "70+ server locations around the world". The homepage speaks of upgraded servers "in nearly 70 countries". The city list runs from Toronto, Austin and Seattle through Reykjavík, Zurich and Kyiv to Karachi, Macau, Tel Aviv, Doha and Riyadh. The 2018 post makes ownership a point of pride: "we don't rent, we own our servers", arguing that rented hosting raises privacy questions.

The support article names two privacy technologies of its own: "zero-knowledge VyprDNS" and "our proprietary Chameleon VPN protocol". The homepage describes obfuscated servers that hide VPN traffic from the network provider and says the service is meant to help people "Break free from oppressive censorship". The benefits page goes further and says, in the provider's words, "Whether you live in Russia, Turkey, or the Middle East, restore your access to a free and open Internet with VyprVPN." That is the provider's claim; the site offers no test or date behind it.

For apps, the homepage announces versions for Apple TV, Fire TV and Android TV, and the locations page mentions "Desktop & mobile VyprVPN apps" with easy server switching. The site does not list every desktop and mobile platform, and it does not mention a kill switch, split tunneling, multihop routing, encryption standards or whether OpenVPN or WireGuard are offered. On streaming, the site promises to help users "access geo-blocked content" and stream on TV devices but names no streaming service. For file sharing, the benefits page has a section headed "Protect Your Connection When Sharing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Files", saying the service hides the IP address "so your downloads are virtually invisible."

Buying, refunds and support

The one commercial term that appears on every page is the "30-Day Money-Back Guarantee". The footer links a pricing page, a business checkout and an affiliate program, but no plan, price, term length, renewal price or device limit appears on its homepage, locations, benefits or blog pages. The site does not state how many devices one account can use at once. Support runs through a help center with a no-log FAQ section, and the support article refers to "our 24/7 Customer Success Team". The support site's footer also lists links for resellers and a VyprVPN SDK, which sits oddly beside the fake-sites page's statement that there are no authorized resellers; the site does not explain the difference.

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The gaps are mostly commercial. The homepage, locations, benefits and blog pages publish no prices, renewal terms, device limit or list of payment methods, so a buyer has to follow the pricing link to learn what the service costs. The audit is from 2018, and the site describes no audit since. The corporate picture stops at two names, Certida, LLC and Golden Frog, with no country of incorporation for either. The feature set beyond Chameleon, VyprDNS and obfuscated servers is not described, and the censorship and streaming lines are marketing claims without dates.

What VyprVPN does offer is clarity on two points: a written account of what it used to log and why it stopped, and a flat statement that it sells only through its site and the Apple and Google stores. It suits readers who value self-owned servers, a named no-logs auditor and a proprietary obfuscation protocol for restrictive networks. It suits less well someone who needs a current audit, a published price list or a feature checklist before buying.