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Windscribe pricing
Windscribe publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $3/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Windscribe plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Build-A-Plan | $3/month | 3 | +$3/month, 3 more features |
| Pro | $9/month | 3 | +$6/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 10gb of data per month with confirmed email, 10 server countries, unlimited devices.
Build-A-Plan
$3/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Pay per selected server location ($1/location)
- $3 minimum purchase
- Unlimited data on selected locations
Pro
$9/monthOver Build-A-Plan, this tier adds:
- Unlimited data
- 69+ countries
- $69/year on annual billing
Where Windscribe stops being free
Free, Free
- 10GB of data per month with confirmed email
- 10 server countries
- Unlimited devices
Build-A-Plan, $3/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Pay per selected server location ($1/location)
- $3 minimum purchase
- Unlimited data on selected locations
What the product covers
The full Windscribe feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
security
- Firewall / default block
- R.O.B.E.R.T. content blocker
core
- Unlimited simultaneous devices
- Build-A-Plan
- Static IP and port forwarding add-ons
People bring Windscribe in for running a free vpn across unlimited personal devices, buying access to just a few specific server locations cheaply, blocking ads and trackers at the dns level while browsing, preventing ip leaks with a default-block firewall rule. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Windscribe are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Security & Cybersecurity
Across the 5 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $9.99/month. Windscribe starts at $3/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windscribe (this page) | Free, then $3/month | freemium | - | |
| Tanium | On request | quote | - | vs Windscribe |
| Veracode | On request | quote | - | vs Windscribe |
| TunnelBear | Free, then $9.99/month | freemium | - | vs Windscribe |
| Sticky Password | Free, then $2.5/month | freemium | - | vs Windscribe |
| Semgrep | Free, then $30/month | freemium | - | vs Windscribe |
| Private Internet Access | $11.99/month | subscription | - | vs Windscribe |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Windscribe badges page.
Before you pay for Windscribe
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $9/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Windscribe runs on windows, mac, linux, ios, android, web, and is published by Windscribe. The full record is on the Windscribe review, and the rest of the category is under best security & cybersecurity tools.
Windscribe pricing questions
- How much does Windscribe cost?
- Windscribe publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $9/month for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Windscribe have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 10gb of data per month with confirmed email, 10 server countries, unlimited devices. Paying starts at $3/month for Build-A-Plan.
- What is the difference between Free and Build-A-Plan on Windscribe?
- Build-A-Plan costs $3/month against Free, and adds pay per selected server location ($1/location), $3 minimum purchase, unlimited data on selected locations.
- Is the Pro plan on Windscribe worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited data, 69+ countries, $69/year on annual billing. It costs $9/month against $3/month for Build-A-Plan. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Windscribe expensive for a security & cybersecurity tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $9.99/month; Windscribe starts at $3/month.
- Which security & cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 7 security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside Windscribe have a free tier: TunnelBear, Sticky Password, Semgrep, Passbolt.
- What am I actually paying for with Windscribe?
- The record lists 5 features across 2 areas: security, core. In practice it is brought in for running a free vpn across unlimited personal devices, buying access to just a few specific server locations cheaply, blocking ads and trackers at the dns level while browsing.
- Does Windscribe charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Windscribe prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Windscribe against before paying?
- The closest security & cybersecurity tools in this directory are Tanium, Veracode, TunnelBear, Sticky Password. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Windscribe covering price, platforms and features.