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hide.me review: quietly excellent free tier
Free plan with no ads and solid speeds
UnconfirmedSample data - pending verificationUpdated Oct 13, 2026
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hide.me is one of the few providers whose free plan carries no ads, no payment pressure and no data cap, backed by a certified no-logs audit.
Paid plans unlock 54 countries, streaming servers and multihop.
Speeds are respectable on WireGuard and the proprietary Bolt option is genuinely fast on Windows.
Pros
- ✓ Audited no-logs
- ✓ Unlimited free data with no ads
- ✓ 10 simultaneous connections on paid
Cons
- ✕ Free tier limited to 8 locations
- ✕ No obfuscation for restrictive networks
Offers & conditions
Free Forever plan
100% FreeNo Card RequiredUnlimited Data
- Data allowance
- Unlimited
- Speed limits
- Reduced priority vs premium at peak times
- Free locations
- 8 (US,GB,DE,NL,CA)
- Devices
- 1
- Registration
- Account required
- Ads
- No ads
- Streaming
- Streaming-optimized servers are premium-only
- P2P
- P2P allowed on selected free locations
- Other limits
- 1 connection; premium locations locked
Money-back guarantee (not a free trial)
30-Day RefundPay First
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Upfront payment
- Required
- First-time customers only
- Yes
- How to request
- Support ticket or live chat
- Payment exclusions
- Cryptocurrency and some reseller payments
- App stores
- iOS/Google purchases refunded via the store
- Renewals
- First term only
- Official policy
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