MEGA VPN is a VPN service offered by MEGA, a New Zealand-based cloud services company. Founded in 2013 by Kim Dotcom, it's now owned by Hong Kong-based holding company Cloud Tech Services Limited. It has servers in 14 countries, supports up to five devices simultaneously, and is available as a standalone product or as part of a plan that includes other cloud services.
Our Verdict
While you can download torrents with MEGA VPN, it doesn't preserve your anonymity during the process. Users have reported receiving copyright infringement notices for downloading protected content while connected to the VPN. Additionally, the company's privacy policy indicates that it retains your personal information and VPN usage data. It also lacks anonymity-preserving registration and payment options, requiring an email address and password to create an account.
Doesn't leak your IP address or DNS queries.
Proper TLS implementation doesn't leave you vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Kill switch leaks unencrypted traffic.
No registration or payment options that preserve anonymity.
Company collects and retains personal information and VPN usage data.
MEGA VPN is inadequate for private browsing. Its privacy policy states that the company may collect IP addresses, device information, VPN usage data, and other data from its users and share it with third parties for marketing purposes. Users online have reported receiving copyright infringement notices while connected to MEGA's servers. Although MEGA dismisses these claims as erroneous, the notices confirm that the service is connecting exit node IP addresses to user accounts. Additionally, the company hasn't published any third-party audits of its policies or security infrastructure to verify its integrity. On the technical side, MEGA VPN doesn't leak your IP address outside of the VPN tunnel; however, its kill switch doesn't work properly, leaking your IP in some instances.
Doesn't leak your IP address or DNS queries.
Proper TLS implementation doesn't leave you vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Kill switch leaks unencrypted traffic.
No registration or payment options that preserve anonymity.
Company collects and retains personal information and VPN usage data.
No published third-party audits.
MEGA VPN has bad policies and practices. Its privacy policy indicates that the company can collect your personal information, store it in an unencrypted format, and share it with third parties. Additionally, users online have reported receiving copyright infringement notices while connected to MEGA VPN's servers, indicating that the company retains sufficient information to link VPN activity to user accounts. Lastly, MEGA hasn't published any third-party audits of its security infrastructure or adherence to its privacy policies.
Company collects and retains personal information and VPN usage data.
No published third-party audits.
MEGA VPN has acceptable security. It doesn't leak your IP address or DNS queries while you're connected to it, and it has proper TLS implementation, protecting you from man-in-the-middle attacks. Unfortunately, its kill switch doesn't work as intended, as it leaks some unencrypted traffic upon rebooting your system and after a software crash. This is a concern if you need all your traffic to be encrypted after a system crash.
Doesn't leak your IP address or DNS queries.
Proper TLS implementation doesn't leave you vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Kill switch leaks unencrypted traffic.
We're testing this VPN's speed on an ongoing basis and will update this verdict when we have more data. See the Performance section of the review to look at the data we've collected so far.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Jan 23, 2026:
We've updated the text throughout the review to reflect the changes from test bench 0.10.1.
- Updated Jan 23, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 0.10.1! This is a minor update to how we conduct our speed tests. Read the changelog for more info.
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Updated Dec 16, 2025:
We've added text throughout the review to correspond with the new privacy tests in Test Bench 0.10.
- Updated Dec 16, 2025: We've updated our review to Test Bench 0.10! This update focuses on privacy and evaluates the trustworthiness of a VPN in keeping your personal information private. Read the changelog for more details.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
MEGA VPN is available as a standalone service or as part of one of MEGA's Pro plans.
Popular VPN Comparisons
MEGA VPN delivers broadly comparable performance to most VPNs we've tested, but has some significant shortcomings that make it compare less favorably. Firstly, it's pretty barebones; it lacks many commonplace features, such as obfuscation, which hides the fact that you're connecting with a VPN, and is useful for getting around censorship and services that block VPNs. It also doesn't support OpenVPN, which can be a downside if the protocol's configurability is important to you.
Perhaps more worryingly, MEGA's terms of service and privacy policy both state that they retain your IP address, port information, and other unencrypted metadata about your account and devices. This is an issue if you're concerned about data collection, and other options like Mullvad or IVPN have a better reputation for their privacy policies and digital rights advocacy. Keep in mind, however, that it's impossible to verify privacy claims, no matter the VPN provider. Check out our article about VPN privacy for more details.
To learn about the services we recommend, read our article on the best VPNs.
Test Results
The kill switch doesn't work as intended, as network traffic leaks outside the VPN tunnel after a reboot. This can be problematic if you're concerned about keeping your traffic encrypted at all times, like when your system freezes and you have to restart it.
Like most VPN services, MEGA VPN doesn't secure its internet routing (BGP) properly. This means that even if your ISP protects against attacks like route hijacking, your traffic could still be misdirected once it enters the VPN's network. This is only a concern for highly targeted and resource-intensive attacks that are feasible only for governments or large corporations to conduct.
MEGA VPN has terrible policies. The privacy policy states that MEGA may collect your IP address, device information, 'VPN usage', and more. They claim this data is necessary for their services, but also that it's used for marketing purposes and may be shared with third parties.
Users online have reported receiving copyright infringement notices while connected to MEGA VPN, revealing that the company retains enough information to link VPN activity to user accounts. While MEGA claims these messages are erroneous, they're still indicative of poor privacy practices.
MEGA VPN has mediocre company practices. Its leadership and ownership structure are traceable without any indication of misconduct by its shareholders in its current form, and it maintains fairly open communication channels and support resources for its users. Unfortunately, however, MEGA leverages some pushy marketing tactics that utilize your personal information for marketing and encourage longer subscription periods. While MEGA has a bug bounty program, the company hasn't published any third-party security or infrastructure audits. The terms of service also stipulate that the company discloses your personal information (detailed in the privacy policy section of the review) to authorities as required by law.
This VPN only supports credit card payments.
We're testing this VPN's performance on an ongoing basis and will update the text for the download speed, upload speed, and latency tests when we have more data.
While there aren't any Linux applications, you can manually configure a WireGuard connection.
Mobile apps are available on iOS and Android.
