ZoogVPN
A budget VPN legally based in Greece (operated from Ukraine by the Softoria group) with a free 10 GB tier and a proprietary obfuscation protocol, but no full independent no-logs audit.
zoogvpn.com/ ↗- Jurisdiction
- Greece
- Founded
- 2013
- Owner
- Zoog Services Single Member Private Company
- Best price
- $2.49/mo
- Devices
- 10
- Free tier
- Yes
Best for
- · Budget-conscious users and beginners wanting a low-cost or free VPN
- · Users who value a non-Eyes (Greece) legal jurisdiction and minimal data collection
- · People in censored regions needing obfuscation (Shadow protocol)
- · Casual streaming and torrenting on supported servers
Not ideal for
- · Users who require an independently audited, court-tested no-logs guarantee
- · Privacy-maximalists uneasy about Ukraine-based operations and shared ownership with a data/proxy-mining group (Softoria, DataImpulse)
- · Linux users wanting a full native GUI client with kill switch
- · Power users needing multi-hop, port forwarding, or a large global server fleet; anyone wanting fully anonymous signup (an email is required)
Strengths
- ✓Greece legal jurisdiction is outside the formal Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes alliances; minimal data collection (only email + aggregate bandwidth)
- ✓Genuinely usable free tier with 10 GB/month
- ✓Inexpensive long-term plan (~$2.49/mo) and accepts cryptocurrency
- ✓Built-in proprietary Shadow obfuscation protocol for censored regions, plus WireGuard support (premium)
Weaknesses
- ✗No full independent no-logs/infrastructure audit (only an Android-app MASA review); company operations are run from Ukraine under the Softoria group despite the Greek registration
- ✗Publishes a warrant canary but no formal transparency report
- ✗Short 7-day money-back guarantee (and capped at 10 GB usage) versus the 30 days common among competitors
- ✗No native Linux GUI app (manual/CLI configuration only, which disables the kill switch on Linux); small server network (~100 servers); no multi-hop, no port forwarding, no confirmed RAM-only servers
Full data sheet
Every attribute we track, coloured by whether it helps or hurts your privacy.
| Based in | Greece |
| Eyes alliance | Outside 5/9/14 Eyes |
| Enemy of the Internet | No |
| Owner | Zoog Services Single Member Private Company |
| Conglomerate | Softoria |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Traffic / activity | None kept |
| DNS requests | None kept |
| Timestamps | None kept |
| Bandwidth | Some |
| Source IP address | None kept |
Claims a zero-logs policy: per the privacy policy, it does not collect or keep usage information on user activity, the websites or apps visited, timestamps, IP addresses, or log-in/log-out sessions. Collects only an account email (a disposable one is accepted) and aggregate total upload/download bandwidth per account (without traffic content or destinations) for service rendering/billing and free-tier limits. Not independently audited at the infrastructure/no-logs level.
| Anonymous signup | No |
| Accepts cash | Unknown |
| Accepts crypto | Yes |
| PGP key | Unknown |
| OpenVPN | Yes |
| WireGuard | Yes |
| Proprietary protocol | Shadow (obfuscation); also ZoogTLS |
| Multi-hop | No |
| Obfuscation | Yes |
| Kill switch | Yes |
| First-party DNS | Yes |
| RAM-only servers | Unknown |
| Port forwarding | No |
| P2P / torrenting | Yes |
| IPv6 | Unknown |
| Data cipher | AES-256 |
| Handshake | RSA-2048 |
| Open-source clients | No |
| Independent audits | 1 |
| Transparency report | No |
| Court / seizure-tested | Unknown |
No documented server seizure, raid, or subpoena outcome is publicly known. ZoogVPN publishes a warrant canary (current as of June 2026; also seen updated April/May 2026) reporting 0 national security letters, 0 gag orders, and 0 warrants/subpoenas. The no-logs claim has not been court-tested or independently audited at the infrastructure level.
| Simultaneous devices | 10 |
| Countries | 55 |
| Servers | 100 |
| Linux support | CLI / config |
| Month-to-month | $9.99 |
| Best $/mo | $2.49 |
| On plan | 2-year (27 months incl. 3 free months, ~$59.99 total) |
| Free trial | None |
| Refund window | 7 days |
| Free tier | Yes |
| Logging policy | Consistent |
| Marketing honesty | Unknown |
Independent audits
- Unnamed authorized third-party lab (Google Play MASA)· 2026 · Android app only, Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) validated against OWASP MASVS (MASTG); earned Google Play 'Verified'/Independent Security Review badge. NOT a no-logs or full-infrastructure audit; auditing firm not publicly named.report ↗
Operated by Zoog Services Single Member Private Company, 130 Germanou Str, 26224 Patras, Greece (company no. 145382616000). Although legally registered in Greece (EU/GDPR), day-to-day operations are run from Ukraine: ZoogVPN is a product of the Softoria group (Ukraine-based, founded 2014, offices in Kyiv/Kharkiv), which also owns DataForSEO and the DataImpulse residential-proxy network; CEO is Yaroslav Savenkov. Softoria/ZoogVPN confirm shared ownership but do not name the ultimate individual owner, citing safety/legal concerns. ZoogVPN previously was associated with the Isle of Man before its Greek registration. Greece is not part of the Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances. The 2026 'Verified' badge reflects an Android-app MASA security assessment only (firm unnamed) and should not be read as validation of the service-wide no-logs claim. Encryption stated by the vendor as 256-bit AES with a 2048-bit handshake key. WireGuard is premium-only (excluded from the free plan), which also limits server choice and uses 128-bit encryption. The 7-day refund is conditioned on not exceeding 10 GB of usage, and the refund window starts at purchase.
Sources
- ZoogVPN official, Privacy Policy (logging, legal entity, company no., Greece jurisdiction) ↗
- ZoogVPN official, Pricing (monthly $9.99, 2-year $2.49/$59.99, free 10 GB tier, 7-day refund, crypto/payment methods) ↗
- ZoogVPN official, Features (10 connections, OpenVPN/IKEv2, kill switch, Shadow obfuscation, P2P, AES-256/2048-bit) ↗
- ZoogVPN official, WireGuard implementation page ↗
- ZoogVPN official, Warrant Canary (current as of June 2026; 0 NSLs / gag orders / warrants) ↗
- ZoogVPN official, Android 'Verified' badge / MASA (OWASP MASVS) audit announcement (firm unnamed) ↗
- Softoria official, confirms ZoogVPN is a Softoria-group product (with DataForSEO, DataImpulse); Ukraine-based, founded 2014 ↗
- top10vpn, ZoogVPN review (Softoria/ZoogVPN same owner, Ukraine operations, 10 paid connections, no independent audit) ↗
- vpnMentor, ZoogVPN Review 2026 (no infrastructure audit, 100 servers/55 countries, $2.49 best price, no multi-hop/port-forwarding/RAM-only) ↗
- PrivacySharks, ZoogVPN Review 2026 (launched 2013, Greece base, no-logs not yet audited, 7-day refund) ↗
- Cloudwards, ZoogVPN Review 2026 (Linux no-GUI limitation, 7-day guarantee, no named audit) ↗
Last verified 2026-06-17. Point-in-time data, so always confirm on the provider's own site.