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- Category
- VPN · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Paid
- Country
- Italy
- Licensing
- Mixed
- Platforms
- Linux · macOS · Windows · Android · CLI
Pros and cons
+ what works
- +No email required at signup, random account ID
- +Monero and Bitcoin accepted alongside cards and PayPal
- +Port forwarding still supported, useful for self-hosting and P2P
- +Eddie client and Hummingbird CLI are GPLv3 on GitLab
- +Subscription lengths from three days to three years, including a real short-term trial
− watch out for
- −No public third-party audit of no-logs claims or server infrastructure
- −Italian jurisdiction sits inside the EU and 14 Eyes intelligence-sharing region
- −Smaller server fleet than peers, around 260 servers across roughly 23 countries
- −No native iOS app; iOS users rely on third-party WireGuard or OpenVPN clients
- −Marketing and UI feel dated next to Mullvad or Proton VPN
Privacy notes
AirVPN is operated by Air S.r.l. in Italy, an EU and 14 Eyes member state, so requests run through Italian and EU legal process. Account creation requires no email; users get a random account ID and can pay in Monero, Bitcoin, several other cryptocurrencies, or by card and PayPal. The Eddie desktop client and the Hummingbird CLI are GPLv3 and published on GitLab. Unlike Mullvad, IVPN, and Proton VPN, AirVPN has not commissioned a public third-party no-logs or infrastructure audit, so the privacy posture rests on the operator's stated policy and its long track record rather than independent verification.
Tags
#wireguard · #openvpn · #foss-clients · #anonymous-signup · #port-forwarding · #italian
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