FinchVPN Review 2024: Before You Buy, Is It Worth It?

While FinchVPN is a decent VPN, you can get better quality VPNs at an affordable price. Surfshark, for example, offers premium VPN features for a super low monthly fee — so you don’t have to settle for less.

FinchVPN is a simple VPN that doesn’t really stand out, except for its free plan. Any VPN that can offer its service for free is something we admire; however, it seems a little too good to be true.

Similar to other free plans, this particular option has a monthly limitation of 3GB. It serves well for minor tasks, although streaming extensively may not be feasible.

For those who want to go with the paid plans, FinchVPN offer a Pro and Premium plan. Unlike other VPNs that change the price depending on time of use, FinchVPN determines the price based on the features. The Pro plan is limited to 25GB per month. This is definitely more than the free plan, but if we’re going to pay for something, we’d rather not have a data limit.

When we tested the speed, it wasn’t noteworthy, and at times it was slow.

In terms of security, FinchVPN goes a little beyond the minimum. They offer OpenVPN as a security protocol, but their encryption is only 128-bit. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it doesn’t compare to the 256-bit we’ve seen in other VPNs.

For those concerned about privacy, FinchVPN won’t leave you at ease. While the company claims to not log any data, they clearly state in their privacy policy that they log connection time and bandwidth. They also know your IP address and email.

“When you register we will collect your username, email address, password (encrypted) and IP address…We will store a time stamp, traffic amount and user id when you connect and disconnect to our VPN service…We will […] record the following data: 1.Time, date and location vpn [sic] connection was made. 2. Bandwidth used during the connection.”

The policy continues to state that the information is “routinely purge[d]” from all servers, but we do not know how often that is.

With regards to payment, FinchVPN offers different types, including PayPal and Bitcoin. However, you have to pay a small processing fee for PayPal and any credit card. It’s not a lot, but it does come as a surprise before you verify your subscription.

FinchVPN also does not offer any refunds. While it’s frustrating, it does make sense, since they offer a free service you can try out.

There are definitely better premium VPNs out there, but – if you don’t mind having some of your data logged – FinchVPN makes a good free option.