The verdict in short
Planet VPN's free plan is the reason to look at it. Where almost every competitor caps free users at a few gigabytes a month, Planet VPN imposes no traffic limit at all. Paid plans are cheap, the company is registered in Romania — outside the Five, Nine and Fourteen Eyes arrangements — and the refund window runs to a full 30 days.
The problem is what is missing. Planet VPN does not support WireGuard. It is the only provider on this site that does not, and in 2026 that is a real gap rather than a footnote: WireGuard is the protocol most modern VPN performance is built on, and its absence shows up directly in speed.
There is no independent audit either, and the service traded under a different name until 2022. None of that is disqualifying, but taken together it puts Planet VPN behind providers offering more for similar money.
Key facts
| Company | FREE VPN PLANET S.R.L., Bucharest, Romania |
| Jurisdiction | Romania — outside 5/9/14 Eyes |
| Brand history | Operated under a different name until 2022 |
| Independent audit | None published |
| Monthly price | $9.99 |
| Long-term plan | from around $1.99 / month |
| Free plan | Unlimited traffic — 6 servers across 5 countries |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days |
| Simultaneous devices | 10 |
| Protocols | OpenVPN (UDP/TCP), IKEv2, StarGuard |
| WireGuard | Not supported |
| Encryption | AES-256 |
| Kill switch | Yes |
| Leak protection | DNS and WebRTC |
| Server network | Around 1,260 servers across 60+ countries |
| Multi-hop | Yes — Double VPN, premium only |
| Split tunnelling / P2P | Both premium only |
| Apps | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android |
What it does well
- Unlimited free plan. No traffic cap, which almost no competitor matches.
- Cheap long-term pricing. Around $1.99 a month on the longest commitment.
- Romanian jurisdiction. Outside the Five, Nine and Fourteen Eyes arrangements.
- 30-day money-back guarantee. A proper window to evaluate the paid service.
- Wide server coverage. Around 1,260 servers across more than 60 countries.
- Multi-hop available. Double VPN routing on premium plans.
Where it falls short
- No WireGuard. The only provider on this site without it. Modern VPN speed is largely built on this protocol, and its absence is felt.
- No independent audit. The no-logs policy has not been examined by any outside party.
- Rebranded in 2022. The service operated under a different name before then — worth knowing when you are assessing a privacy provider's track record.
- Speed is a weak point. Reported throughput has fallen well short of what smooth 4K streaming requires.
- Streaming is inconsistent. Some major platforms connect, others do not.
- Free plan is heavily limited beyond traffic. Six servers in five countries, with no P2P, split tunnelling or multi-hop.
- No obfuscation for censored networks. Nothing equivalent to a stealth mode for countries that block VPN traffic.
Is Planet VPN safe?
The fundamentals are sound. Planet VPN uses AES-256 encryption, includes a kill switch, offers DNS and WebRTC leak protection, and states that it collects nothing beyond the email address used to register. Romania is a reasonable place for a privacy company to be based: it sits outside the major intelligence-sharing arrangements and has a comparatively strong record on internet freedom.
The missing protocol
Planet VPN offers OpenVPN, IKEv2 and its own StarGuard protocol. It does not offer WireGuard, and that is a genuine limitation rather than a preference. WireGuard is a far smaller, faster and more modern codebase than OpenVPN, and it is the reason most VPNs became noticeably quicker over the past few years.
Every other provider we cover supports it. Reported speeds for Planet VPN have come in well below what high-resolution streaming needs, and the protocol gap is the most likely explanation.
Audit status and brand history
No independent auditor has examined Planet VPN's no-logs policy, and no audit report has been published. The claim rests on the company's own word.
The service also operated under a different brand name until 2022, when it became Planet VPN. The Romanian company behind it was registered in 2021, while the wider business dates itself to 2017. None of this is unusual in an industry where rebrands are common, but for a privacy product the length and continuity of a verifiable track record is part of what you are buying.
One more practical point: there is no obfuscation or stealth mode. If you need to connect from a country that actively blocks VPN traffic, Planet VPN has nothing designed for that.
The free plan
This is Planet VPN's genuine distinction. Most free VPN tiers exist to frustrate you into upgrading, typically by capping traffic at somewhere between 500 MB and 10 GB a month. Planet VPN does not cap traffic at all.
The limits are elsewhere. Free users get six servers across five countries, with no P2P, no split tunnelling and no multi-hop — those stay on the paid tiers. For casual use, occasional public Wi-Fi protection or simply changing your apparent location, that is workable. For anything sustained it is not.
If an unlimited free tier is what brought you here, it is worth comparing against Proton VPN, which also offers unlimited free traffic and does support WireGuard.
Who it suits — and who it does not
Worth considering if you
- Want a free VPN with no traffic cap and will accept a small server choice.
- Are shopping purely on long-term price.
- Want servers in a large number of countries.
- Prefer a provider based outside the Fourteen Eyes countries.
Look elsewhere if you
- Care about speed. No WireGuard means giving up the protocol the rest of the market runs on.
- Want a no-logs policy verified by an independent auditor.
- Are buying mainly for streaming — results are inconsistent across platforms.
- Need to connect from a country that blocks VPN traffic — there is no stealth mode.
- Place weight on a long, unbroken brand record.
Final verdict
Planet VPN has one standout feature and it is a good one. An unlimited free plan from a Romanian company, with a 30-day guarantee on the paid tiers, is a fair offer — and if you simply need a no-cost VPN running in the background, it is among the better options available.
As a paid product it is harder to recommend. Missing WireGuard entirely puts it behind every other provider we cover on the protocol that matters most for speed, and there is no independent audit to offset that. The price is low, but so is what you get for it.
Visit Planet VPNConsidering the alternatives?
If the free plan is what drew you in but you want WireGuard as well, ZoogVPN pairs a free tier with full WireGuard support, Shadow obfuscation for restricted networks and ten devices at $2.49 a month. For an unlimited free tier with an audited provider behind it, see Proton VPN.
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Tested and compiled by our editorial team, with pricing checked against the provider's site on the date below. Our full process is set out in How We Test VPNs.
Last reviewed: 14 August 2026 · Spotted an error?