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Proton VPN pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives

Proton VPN (protonvpn.com) is a VPN service. Flat subscription per account (VPN Plus, or the Proton Unlimited bundle), with large discounts for 1- and 2-year prepaid terms.. Free plan: Free plan: 1 device, unlimited data, servers in a few countries only, no manual country choice..

What Proton VPN costs

  • 5 devices: $9.99/mo (VPN Plus $9.99/mo on 1-month billing; covers up to 10 devices)
  • 10 devices: $9.99/mo (VPN Plus allows 10 simultaneous devices, so one $9.99/mo plan covers it)
  • Dedicated IP: no public price (Dedicated IPs are offered only on Proton VPN business plans, not to individuals)

Plan compared: VPN Plus (1-month billing). Prices are USD per month at the regular month-to-month rate (no first-term promos or multi-year deals, which are often far cheaper), for the cheapest plan with unlimited data and the full server network. The headline is one person on 5 devices at once; the other figures are 10 simultaneous devices and 5 devices plus a dedicated US IP address.

Proton VPN price hikes

  • Proton Unlimited monthly rose from $11.99 to $12.99 · Jul 1, 2023
    Proton raised the monthly price of the Proton Unlimited bundle (which includes VPN Plus) for new subscribers from $11.99 to $12.99 when it added Proton Pass to the bundle. VPN Plus itself stayed at $9.99/mo.

Alternatives to Proton VPN

Proton VPN is the cheapest VPN service we track at 5 devices. The others:

Proton VPN alternatives: 3 VPN services compared, at every size.

Every change we logged

  • Jul 1, 2023 · Price increase: Proton raised the monthly price of the Proton Unlimited bundle (which includes VPN Plus) for new subscribers from $11.99 to $12.99 when it added Proton Pass to the bundle. VPN Plus itself stayed at $9.99/mo.

Sources

Pricing page: protonvpn.com/pricing. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Prices from the protonvpn.com/pricing page data (1-month VPN Plus $9.99, Unlimited $12.99); long-term deals are introductory and renew higher. Dedicated IPs are business-only per Proton support; the 2023 hike hit the Unlimited bundle, not VPN Plus.