Built for Censored Networks
| Company | Zoog Services IKE, Patras, Greece |
| Jurisdiction | Greece (EU) - outside 5/9/14 Eyes |
| Founded | 2013 |
| No-logs | Yes |
| Audit | Not published |
| Monthly | $9.99 |
| 2-year plan | $2.49 / month |
| Free plan | 10 GB/mo · 1 device · 3 locations |
| Refund | 7 days |
| Devices | 10 simultaneous |
| Protocols | WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, Shadow, ZoogTLS, L2TP |
| Encryption | AES-256 |
| Obfuscation | Shadow / ZoogShadowing |
| Servers | ~200 bare-metal · 1,000+ IPs |
| Kill switch | All platforms |
| DNS leak | Protected |
ZoogVPN is built for one thing that none of the other providers here do as well: getting through active VPN-blocking infrastructure. Its Shadow protocol disguises VPN packets as ordinary HTTPS and is specifically tested against censorship systems in China, Iran, Egypt and Qatar - a meaningfully different claim from the generic obfuscation badge most providers attach to marketing pages.
The company is incorporated in Greece and sits inside the EU's data-protection framework while remaining outside the Five, Nine and Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangements. That combination is uncommon: most providers with strong privacy records are either in small neutral jurisdictions (Switzerland, Panama) or in countries with weak enforcement. Greece gives ZoogVPN GDPR coverage and judicial oversight without the surveillance-cooperation obligations that come with US, UK or Australian registration.
At $2.49 per month on the two-year plan it is the best-priced option among providers that offer genuine obfuscation. The 10-device limit accommodates most households without a second account. The main trade-off is the server network: ~200 servers is compact compared to NordVPN or ExpressVPN. For users whose primary requirement is bypassing censorship rather than optimising for the nearest server, that trade-off rarely matters in practice.