VPNmine vs free VPN services: what is different?
Also asked as: Is VPNmine like other free VPNs? · How is VPNmine free without ads?
Direct answer
The same: it is free, with the whole server pool open to every user. Different: VPNmine runs its own WireGuard servers rather than recycled relays or other users' devices, shows no ads and has no advertising SDK, does not sell data, publishes exactly what it logs and for how long, and names its operator — SpaGreen Creative in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
What is the same
VPNmine is genuinely free: no card, no trial, no capped data, no locked server list. Like every free service it has to be paid for somehow, and like the better ones it is honest about how: the network is growing, a paid tier is planned, and the apps will say so before anyone is charged. Today, the premium server pool is included in the free tier.
What is different
Servers: hardware VPNmine rents and configures in 68 countries. No volunteer nodes, no peer-to-peer routing through your device.
Money: no advertising SDK in any app, no data sale, no resale of bandwidth. The website counts page views without cookies or a visitor identifier.
Logs: the privacy policy names each category stored — which server a session used and when, for 30 days; device identifier and app version for 12 months; account email until deletion — and lists what is never stored: the sites, the DNS queries, the content.
Operator: SpaGreen Creative, a software company in Dhaka, is the publisher on every store listing and the signer of the Windows installer. Account deletion is a button in Settings and a page on the web.
How to check rather than trust
Read the privacy policy and compare it with a free VPN that says "zero logs" and nothing else. Run the DNS leak and IP tools with the tunnel up. Look at the Play Store, Chrome Web Store and Firefox listings and see the same publisher on each. The claim is only worth anything because it can be checked.
Related questions
- Free VPN vs paid VPN: which should I use?Free vs paid VPN is not about price but about how the service is funded. Ads, data sale and peer bandwidth are the usual hidden costs. How to tell.
- Is VPNmine free?VPNmine is free: every app, the whole 19-country server pool, unlimited data, no ads, no card. A paid tier is planned and will be announced in-app first.
- Does VPNmine have ads?VPNmine shows no ads in any app and runs no advertising SDK. It does not sell personal data, and the website counts page views without cookies or IDs.
- Is VPNmine safe?Safe in the ways you can check: own servers, WireGuard, a logging policy that names what is kept, no ads or data sale, one-tap deletion, a named operator.