TorGuard review for crypto users
Last reviewed 2026-08-26
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TorGuard sells anonymity at the payment layer and asks you to take the rest on faith. It accepts cash sent by post and runs its own crypto payment infrastructure rather than routing you through a processor, which is a genuinely private way to buy a subscription.
The problem sits behind it. TorGuard states that it logs no traffic, DNS queries, timestamps, bandwidth or IP addresses, and no independent auditor has ever examined whether the systems match that statement. Every other active service reviewed here has at least one published audit, and several have court records or seizures on top. TorGuard has neither. That is the whole reason this record carries a caution status: not evidence of logging, but an absence of any evidence either way.
There is also a disclosed breach. In 2019 TorGuard confirmed that an attacker had reached a single leased server and obtained a TLS certificate key for one of its domains. The company says the affected machine left its network in early 2018 and that its main VPN certificate authority key was never stored on it, so customer traffic was not exposed. The disclosure nonetheless arrived long after the intrusion.
Practical terms are tighter than average. The money-back guarantee runs seven days rather than the usual thirty, and United States jurisdiction places the company inside the Five Eyes alliance without the audit record or court history that lets Private Internet Access argue past the same problem.
- Owned by
- VPNetworks LLC
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Eyes alliance
- Five Eyes member
- Price
- The base anonymous VPN tier starts around $9.99 to $10.99 per month, with annual and multi-year billing bringing the effective monthly rate down substantially.
- Money-back
- 7 days (Seven days rather than the thirty most rivals offer, and crypto and gift-card purchases are commonly excluded.)
- Free tier
- None
- Protocols
- WireGuard, OpenVPN, Stealth
- Servers
- Vendor states servers in around 50 countries, with obfuscation options aimed at restrictive networks
- Pay with crypto
- bitcoin, litecoin, monero
The evidence for the no-logs claim
No independent audit of TorGuard's no-logs policy has ever been published, and no seizure or court case has tested it in public. That does not prove logging happens; it means the claim rests on the company's word alone, which most services on this list have moved past.
Incidents
- 2019
TorGuard confirmed that an attacker had compromised a single leased server and obtained a TLS certificate key for one of its domains; the company said the server had left its network in early 2018 and that its VPN certificate authority key was never stored on it. source
Paying with bitcoin
Coins accepted
bitcoin, litecoin, monero
Processor
In-house
Anonymous signup
Yes
Cash sent by post and self-hosted cryptocurrency payment avoid a payment processor entirely, though an email address is used to manage the account.
The refund sentence that governs a crypto purchase, from TorGuard's own policy:
“7-day money-back guarantee on all plans.” refund policy
What it does for a bitcoin user
- Accepts cash by post and runs its own crypto payment infrastructure
- No independent audit of the no-logs claim has ever been published
- A 2019 disclosure of a compromised leased server and an exposed TLS key
- United States base, inside the Five Eyes alliance
What it will not do: bypass KYC, hide on-chain activity, or make a geo-blocked exchange usable. Presenting a false location to an exchange breaches its terms of service and is how accounts get frozen with the balance inside. Details in the VPN guide.
Pros and cons
What works
- Genuinely private ways to pay, including cash by post and self-hosted crypto
- Was open about the scope and limits of its 2019 server compromise
- Broad protocol and obfuscation support for restrictive networks
- Large device allowances on the higher tiers
What to watch
- No independent audit of the no-logs claim, unlike every other active service here
- No court case or seizure has tested that claim either
- United States jurisdiction inside the Five Eyes, without the audit record its US rival has
- A seven-day refund window, well under the thirty-day norm
Frequently asked questions
Has TorGuard's no-logs claim been independently audited?
No. The company states it keeps no traffic, DNS, timestamp or IP logs, but has published no third-party audit of those systems, which is why this review carries a caution.
What happened in the 2019 TorGuard breach?
An attacker reached a single leased server and took a TLS certificate key for one of its domains. TorGuard says the machine had already left its network in early 2018 and that the main VPN certificate authority key was never stored there.
Can I pay TorGuard anonymously?
Yes, as far as the payment goes. It accepts cash by post and cryptocurrency through its own infrastructure rather than a third-party processor, though an email address is still used for the account.
How long is the refund window?
Seven days on all plans, against the thirty days most competitors offer, and crypto and gift-card purchases are commonly excluded from it.