Windscribe Free review

Windscribe Free, which the company calls Starter in its App Store listing, gives you 10GB of data a month on servers in 10 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Germany and France, with no credit card and no ads. The home page says you get the 10GB after you sign up and confirm your email. Beyond the data, the free apps carry the same tools as the paid ones: the R.O.B.E.R.T. blocker for ads, trackers, malware and phishing, Stealth and WStunnel for restrictive networks, and WireGuard with post-quantum encryption. Windscribe says its servers run on RAM and that it keeps no identifying logs. The limit is the allowance: 10GB is plenty for email, banking and browsing on a trip, but a few hours of HD video will use it up. The upgrade path is unusually flexible. Build A Plan charges $1 per location per month with a $3 minimum, and each location adds 10GB, while full Pro costs $9.00 a month or $69 a year on the US upgrade page.

Who it is for

people who want to choose from several free countries

Price

Free Starter plan with 10GB a month; Build A Plan from $1 per location per month with a $3 minimum.

Each one is $1 per month and adds 10GB on top of your allowed monthly bandwidth. $3 minimum.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• 10GB of data a month after you confirm your email
• Free servers in 10 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Germany and France
• R.O.B.E.R.T. blocker for ads, trackers, malware and phishing sites
• Stealth and WStunnel to get past blocked networks
• WireGuard with post-quantum encryption, IKEv2 and OpenVPN

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: More free countries than most free plans here
• Strength: No ads on the free Starter plan
• Strength: Build A Plan lets you pay $1 per location instead of a full subscription
• Weakness: 10GB a month runs out quickly with video
• Weakness: Email confirmation needed to get the full 10GB
• Weakness: Port forwarding and all 69+ countries need Pro

Key facts

• Free data: 10GB a month
• Free countries: 10
• Ads: None on Starter
• Cheapest upgrade: $1 per location per month, $3 minimum
• Pro: $9.00 monthly or $69 a year

Where it ranks

Windscribe Free is No. 2 in our Best Free VPN Services verdict.