PureVPN Review (October 2026): Pricing, Renewals and No-Logs Record

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By Lennit Herrera, founder and editor, Shielded Browsing  ·  Last updated October 12, 2026

The verdict: PureVPN is cheap on the first term and noticeably less cheap after it. The 2-year Standard plan works out to $2.15 a month, but it renews at $47.95 a year, about $4.00 a month, so the headline price lasts one term. Its no-logs claim has a mixed paper trail: a 2017 FBI affidavit cited PureVPN connection records, PureVPN says it moved to zero logs in 2018 and has since been through four assessments, but those assessments are now described on its own pages without naming the auditor. Both sides are covered below.

Plans, renewal prices, the refund policy, the privacy policy and the Trust Center were read on PureVPN’s own pages on October 12, 2026. Audit history and the 2017 case come from the outside sources linked beside them. We do not test VPNs ourselves, so this page makes no speed or streaming claims.

On this page

• PureVPN at a glance
• Pricing: three tiers, and the renewal gap
• What each tier adds
• The 31-day refund and its exclusions
• What its privacy policy says it keeps
• The no-logs record: the 2017 case and the audits
• Who runs PureVPN
• What we like and what to watch out for
• PureVPN vs the alternatives
• What PureVPN can’t do
• Who should buy it, and who should skip it
• How we researched this review
• Frequently asked questions

PureVPN at a glance

Starting price: $2.15/mo on the 2-year Standard plan (27 months billed up front)  ·  Devices: up to 10 simultaneous connections  ·  Servers: “6,000+ servers spread across 65+ countries” per its homepage FAQ, and “80+ locations” on its order page  ·  Protocols: WireGuard, OpenVPN and IKEv2/IPSec  ·  Refund: 31-day money-back guarantee, not on renewals  ·  Company: GZ Systems, British Virgin Islands  ·  Extras: obfuscated servers, P2P servers, kill switch, split tunneling, dedicated IP and port forwarding as add-ons

See PureVPN’s current plans on its own site →

Pricing: three tiers, and the renewal gap

PureVPN sells three tiers, Standard, Plus and Max, each in monthly, 1-year and 2-year terms. The first-term prices below were read on its pricing and order pages on October 12, 2026, under a sitewide sale, so the discount percentages can change. The renewal prices come from PureVPN’s own subscription renewal prices page.

The renewal column is the part to read twice. The 2-year Standard plan costs $2.15 a month for 27 months, then renews at $47.95 a year, which is about $4.00 a month, nearly double. The renewal page lists a 2-year purchase as renewing at a 1-year price (“for 1-year”), so you do not roll into another two years automatically. The 1-year Standard plan is worse on this measure: $2.55 a month at first, then $57.95 a year, about $4.83 a month. Max on the 1-year plan renews at $89.95, which is more than the $88.80 you paid for 16 months. PureVPN says it will email you before it charges a renewal, and that auto-renew can be switched off from the member area.

A few figures on PureVPN’s own pages disagree, so treat the checkout as the final word. The “billed on purchase” numbers on the pricing page do not match the “billed for 27 months” lines on the order page, and the order page showed the monthly Plus plan at $17.95 when we read it while the pricing and renewal pages say $15.95. The table uses the order page’s billed totals, the renewal page’s renewal prices and the pricing page’s monthly prices. Prices are in US dollars before tax.

Our rule on VPN terms: if PureVPN is on your shortlist, work out the second-year price before you compare it with rivals. For a fair comparison with a service that renews at the same price, use the renewal figure, not the first-term figure.

What each tier adds

The VPN itself is the same on every tier. Per PureVPN’s pricing page, Standard is the VPN plus a tracker and ad blocker. Plus adds a password manager. Max adds Data Removal and Dark Web Monitoring, and its order page lists a free 3 GB eSIM data allowance valid for 30 days.

• Dark Web Monitoring is limited below Max. PureVPN’s privacy policy says Standard and Plus subscribers can add an email address and see only the number of breaches found, while Max subscribers can see the breach details and add a phone number, card number, national ID or passport number. The policy says those monitoring assets are shared with a third-party provider, SpyCloud, which is worth knowing before you type a passport number into any monitoring tool.
• Data Removal. PureVPN describes this as tracking down the data brokers that hold your information and getting it erased. We did not find a broker count or a method description on the pages we read, so we do not rate it. If removal is the reason you are considering Max, compare it against dedicated services in our data removal roundup first.
• Password manager. If you only want a password manager, a dedicated one is a separate decision. Our password manager comparison covers the options.
• Add-ons cost extra. A Dedicated IP and a Dedicated IP plus Port Forwarding bundle are offered at checkout. We did not find their stand-alone prices on a page we could read, so we quote none.

If you want a VPN and little else, Standard is the plan to price. Moving up to Plus or Max makes sense only if you would otherwise pay for those extras elsewhere.

The 31-day refund and its exclusions

PureVPN’s refund policy offers a refund within 31 days of the initial purchase “for any reason whatsoever,” with one caveat: it says it will first try to resolve your issue before processing the refund. Requests go by email to help@purevpn.com with your VPN username and a reason, and PureVPN says it processes valid requests within 24 hours, although the money can take up to 30 days to reach your account.

The exclusions matter more than the headline:

• Renewals are not covered. The policy states the 31-day guarantee does not apply to renewal payments. With a first term of 16 or 27 months, the renewal is where the price jump lands, and there is no refund window on it.
• Trial renewals are non-refundable. The policy says PureVPN offers a 7-day trial, after which the subscription renews automatically at the plan you picked at sign-up, and that “trial-based renewals are non-refundable.” Turn off auto-renew before the trial ends if you do not want to continue.
• Some payment routes are excluded. Coinpayment, Google Play and the Apple App Store do not support refunds, per the policy.

What its privacy policy says it keeps

PureVPN’s privacy policy says only an email address and a payment method are collected and stored at sign-up. For customer support it also collects the details you give it through email, live chat and feedback forms, and it names several third parties used for that correspondence: Mailchimp, SendGrid and UseInsider. It says it stores no logs that “can identify or help in monitoring your activity,” and lists connection timestamps among the records it does not keep.

It also records minimal data for the tracker and ad blocker feature: the names of the trackers blocked and how often, kept temporarily. And it collects “minimal connection statistics and reports” that it says contain no identifiable data such as web traffic details, IP addresses or DNS requests.

Those are company statements. The next section is the outside evidence for and against them.

The no-logs record: the 2017 case and the audits

The 2017 case. In October 2017 the US Department of Justice announced the arrest of a Massachusetts man, Ryan Lin, on cyberstalking charges. BetaNews reported that an FBI document said artifacts on a computer showed PureVPN had been installed, and that “records from PureVPN show that the same email accounts” were accessed “from the same WANSecurity IP address.” BetaNews pointed out that this sat badly with PureVPN’s public claim, at the time, that it kept no logs that could identify a user’s activity. The report describes allegations in a criminal complaint. We did not read the full affidavit and we do not report the case’s outcome. Commentators disagreed over how much the affidavit proves about what PureVPN stored.

What changed afterwards. ProPrivacy’s September 2019 report says PureVPN changed its logging policies in 2018 to become a zero-logs service after the case, and that in 2019 it hired the security firm Altius IT to audit the claim. ProPrivacy quotes Altius IT’s conclusion that it “did not find any evidence of system configurations and/or system/service log files that independently, or collectively, could lead to identifying a specific person.” ProPrivacy also noted the limit of any such audit: it checks a snapshot in time.

What PureVPN says now. Its no-log page says an audit firm assessed its servers and supporting infrastructure in different countries between February 16 and February 22, 2023, with post-assessment validation in March and April 2023. The assessment reaffirmed four claims: PureVPN does not log a user’s origin IP address, the assigned VPN IP address, the time a user connects, or what a user does after connecting. Its Trust Center calls this its “fourth consecutive” no-log assessment and says it also holds ISO 27001 certification and the i2Coalition’s VPN Trust Seal.

What we could not confirm. On those pages PureVPN refers to the auditor only as a “well known audit firm” and does not name it. We did not find a downloadable report on the pages we read. A claim that is audited by an unnamed firm, with no report to read, is weaker evidence than one with a named auditor and a published report, and that is the main gap between PureVPN and providers that publish theirs. The Trust Center also states it has received no court orders, subpoenas or emergency disclosure requests, which is a self-reported canary, not an audit.

Who runs PureVPN

PureVPN’s privacy policy names the operator as GZ Systems, with an address in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and the footer calls PureVPN a brand of GZ Systems Limited. The Trust Center says it moved its legal jurisdiction to the British Virgin Islands in 2021 and that this means it is “not legally required to store any kind of data.” ProPrivacy’s 2019 piece described the base as Hong Kong at that time, which fits the move. We did not find, and do not claim, a named parent company or individual owner; if ownership is central to your decision, our Proton VPN and Mullvad reviews cover providers that disclose more about theirs.

What we like and what to watch out for

What we like

• A low first-term price on the 2-year Standard plan, with 10 simultaneous devices.
• Plain renewal disclosure. The renewal prices have their own page, linked from the checkout.
• Practical features listed on its own pages: WireGuard, obfuscated servers, P2P servers, kill switch and split tunneling.
• A written zero-logs policy backed by repeated assessments, with the caveats above.
• A 31-day guarantee on the first purchase, one day longer than the 30 days PIA offers.

Watch out for

• The price roughly doubles on renewal, and the refund window does not cover renewals.
• A 2017 FBI affidavit cited PureVPN connection records while it advertised no logs. The company says it changed policy afterwards, but that history is part of the record.
• The auditor is unnamed on PureVPN’s own pages, and we found no public report.
• Its own pages disagree on some prices and on the country and location counts (65+ countries versus 80+ locations), so confirm at checkout.
• The bundle is a sales tool. Dark Web Monitoring is limited below Max, and the data-removal feature is not described in enough detail to rate.

Best for: cost-conscious buyers who will read the renewal price and are comfortable with a self-described, audited zero-logs policy from a BVI company. Skip it if: you want a named auditor with a public report, or you want independent speed and streaming results, which this page does not provide.

PureVPN vs the alternatives

• Private Internet Access. The nearest price rival, with a different audit story. See our PIA review.
• NordVPN and Surfshark. The mainstream rivals. See NordVPN, Surfshark and NordVPN vs Surfshark.
• ExpressVPN and CyberGhost. Higher price in ExpressVPN’s case; see the ExpressVPN review and CyberGhost review.
• Proton VPN and Mullvad. If a clearly identified owner and public audits matter most, read Proton VPN and Mullvad.
• All the main brands side by side: best VPN in 2026.

What PureVPN can’t do

• It does not make you anonymous. It hides your traffic from your network and swaps your IP. It does nothing about the accounts you sign into or your browser fingerprint. See how to stay anonymous online.
• It cannot prove its own no-logs claim to you. You rely on the assessments, the company’s statements and the record above.
• It does not guarantee access to any streaming service. Services block VPNs, and we have no independent test to quote. See our streaming VPN guide for what to check.
• The bundled extras do not replace dedicated tools. See the password manager and data removal comparisons.
• A free VPN is not the alternative. If the choice is PureVPN or nothing, read why free VPNs carry their own risks.

Who should buy it, and who should skip it

Buy it if you want a low first-term price, up to 10 devices on one account, and a written zero-logs policy with periodic assessments, and you will budget for the renewal price or move on at the end of the term.

Skip it if you want a named auditor and a public report, an openly identified owner, or independent test results for speed and streaming.

If you do buy, price the second year first, note that the 31-day refund does not apply to renewals, and set a reminder to cancel or change plan before the first term ends.

Check PureVPN’s current plans →

How we researched this review

We read PureVPN’s pricing page, order page, renewal prices page, refund policy, privacy policy, no-log page, Trust Center and homepage directly on October 12, 2026. The 2017 case and the 2019 audit come from the BetaNews and ProPrivacy pages linked above. We looked at 8 PureVPN pages and 2 outside sources. We could not read the audit reports themselves, the full 2017 affidavit, PureVPN’s add-on prices or any breakdown of its data-removal feature, and we say so where it matters. We do not test VPNs ourselves; where a claim comes from PureVPN we say so. Prices and plans change often, so confirm them on the vendor’s page on the day you buy.

Frequently asked questions

How much does PureVPN cost?

On October 12, 2026, the 2-year Standard plan was $2.15 a month ($58.20 billed for 27 months), Plus $2.73 and Max $3.55. The 1-year plans were $2.55, $4.55 and $5.55 a month for 16 months, and monthly billing was $12.95, $15.95 and $19.95. Renewal prices are higher; see the table above.

What does PureVPN renew at?

Per its renewal page, a 2-year purchase renews at $47.95 a year on Standard, $69.95 on Plus and $84.95 on Max. A 1-year purchase renews at $57.95, $69.95 and $89.95.

Is there a free trial or refund?

Its refund policy gives a 31-day money-back guarantee on the first purchase and mentions a 7-day trial. Renewals and trial renewals are not refundable, and some payment methods are excluded.

Does PureVPN keep logs?

Its privacy policy says it does not store connection timestamps or activity logs, and keeps an email address and payment method. A 2017 FBI document cited PureVPN records in a criminal case; PureVPN is reported to have moved to zero logs in 2018 and says it has passed four assessments since.

Who audited PureVPN?

Altius IT audited it in 2019, per ProPrivacy. PureVPN’s own pages now refer to an unnamed “well known audit firm,” with a February 2023 assessment and a “fourth consecutive” result. We did not find a public report.

How many devices can I use?

PureVPN says up to 10 simultaneous connections on one account.

Is PureVPN worth it?

On first-term price, it is competitive. Price the renewal, weigh the logs history and the unnamed auditor, and use the 31-day guarantee if you try it.

Bottom line

PureVPN earns its place on the first-term price and the feature list, not on any testing of our own. Its weak points are a renewal near double the headline price and a no-logs record that depends on an unnamed auditor and a 2017 case. Read both sections before you commit.

This page is for information, not legal or security advice.

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