Quick answer: VPNArea appears to have shut down. Its website and VPN servers went offline in mid-2024, the company made no announcement, and in October 2026 its website still did not load. Do not buy or renew VPNArea. If you are still being charged, cancel through your bank, card provider or PayPal. If you need a VPN today, choose an active provider with a published privacy policy and, ideally, an independent no-logs audit, such as Proton VPN or Surfshark.
We first published this page as a review of VPNArea. We have kept it so that readers searching for the service learn what happened. The original description of the service is preserved below as history. We have not tested VPNArea, and nothing below should be read as a recommendation to use it.
What happened to VPNArea?
- Early 2024: users began reporting connection problems that lasted for months.
- June 2024: VPNArea’s website stopped responding, and its VPN servers went fully offline. Its last social media post that looked genuine was on 15 June 2024; a post on 26 June was judged by the review site Cloudwards to be almost certainly an automated advert.
- After that: its LinkedIn page was gone, and its parent company, Offshore Security, no longer mentioned VPNArea on its site. The ipleak.org tool that VPNArea ran also disappeared. TechRadar, Tom’s Guide and Cloudwards all reported the shutdown, and Cloudwards concluded that “VPNArea isn’t coming back”.
- October 2026: when we checked, vpnarea.com returned a server error and did not load.
As far as we could find, VPNArea never made an official statement. Reports say some customers got refunds through PayPal, while at least one reader who paid another way said they did not get their money back.
If you were a VPNArea subscriber
- Stop recurring payments. Cancel the subscription or mandate in your card app, net banking or PayPal account. Do not rely on the company to cancel it.
- Ask for a refund through the payment provider. If you were charged for a period when the service did not work, raise a dispute with your bank, card issuer or PayPal. Reports suggest this route works better than contacting VPNArea.
- Remove the app and its settings. Uninstall the VPNArea client and delete any manual VPN profiles or router configurations, because they now point to servers you cannot trust.
- Change reused passwords. If you used your VPNArea password anywhere else, change it on those sites. A defunct company can no longer be relied on to protect its account database.
How to choose a replacement VPN
VPNArea’s disappearance shows why it helps to choose a provider whose business you can check. Look for:
- A named company and jurisdiction on the website and in the privacy policy.
- An independent no-logs audit published by a recognised firm and repeated over time.
- A clear refund window, and payment through a method that lets you dispute charges.
- A short first commitment if you are unsure. A long prepaid plan with a small provider carries more risk if the provider disappears.
Services we have checked recently that were active in October 2026 include Proton VPN (Swiss, with yearly Securitum no-logs audits and a free plan), Surfshark (Dutch, with Deloitte-reviewed no-logs claims and unlimited devices) and Windscribe (Canadian, with a free plan). For a wider comparison, see our list of VPN software for Windows.
What VPNArea offered (as described in 2020)
This is what our original review reported, kept as a record of the service before it shut down:
- Company: owned by Offshore Security Ltd., operating from Bulgaria, with email and some infrastructure hosted in Switzerland. It was founded in 2012.
- Network: about 200 to 230 servers in around 70 countries, mostly in Europe and the US. VPNArea said it limited how many customers shared each server and let users see live server load.
- Software: a client called Chameleon, based on the OpenVPN protocol with 256-bit AES encryption, for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux, plus router support.
- Connections: 5 to 6 devices at once, or unlimited devices through a VPN router.
- Logging: VPNArea described itself as a zero-log service.
- Pricing in 2020: $9.90 for one month, with lower monthly rates on longer plans (about $4.92 a month). Torrenting was allowed, with dedicated P2P servers recommended.
An earlier version of this page repeated VPNArea’s own “#1 high speed VPN” claim, an unsourced “rank #28 among 78 VPNs” and a “3/5” Netflix score. We have removed these because they had no independent source. It also said Private Internet Access used “126-bit encryption”, which was wrong. The original article’s suggestion to consider larger providers such as NordVPN or ExpressVPN turned out to be sound advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is VPNArea still working?
No. Its servers and website went offline in mid-2024, and the website still did not load when we checked in October 2026.
Did VPNArea announce its closure?
Not that we could find. Tech publications reported the shutdown based on the offline servers and website and the company’s silence.
Can I get a refund from VPNArea?
Contacting the company is unlikely to work. Ask your bank, card issuer or PayPal about disputing charges for a service that was not provided.
Which company was behind VPNArea?
Offshore Security Ltd., which operated from Bulgaria.
Updated in October 2026 using reporting by TechRadar, Tom’s Guide and Cloudwards on VPNArea’s 2024 disappearance, and a direct check of vpnarea.com. VPN legality and rules vary by country; this page is not legal advice.
