Olvid review (2026): is the free plan enough?
End-to-end encrypted messenger needing no phone number
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Olvid report card
Very good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for encrypted chat without a phone number
Olvid is an encrypted messenger that needs no phone number or email. Messages and attachments are unlimited on the free plan, but outbound calls need a paid license at €4.99 a month. Prices are in euros only and business prices exclude tax.
Who Olvid is for
- Fits if you want an encrypted messenger that needs no phone number
- Works for companies that want an admin console and phone-managed deployment
Who Olvid is not for
- Pricey if you want outbound calls, at €4.99 a month for one person
- Watch out: prices are in euros only, with taxes included for individuals and excluded for business
- Watch out: the Enterprise plan adds a flat €4,990 a year on top of the per-user price
- Watch out: bots and AI add-ons have no published price
- Skip it if you need Linux, as it appears only on the pricing table and not the download page
Why Olvid gets a 3.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyThe free plan has no message limits. Calling out needs €4.99 a month for one person, or €9.90 for business, so the useful extras sit around the category middle.
- BFree plan and trialFree forever for messages, attachments and groups. Outbound calls need a paid license after a one-month trial.
- CFeaturesEncrypted messages, calls, edit and unsend, profiles and a management console. Outbound calls are paid.
- BEase of useNo rating on record, but there is no phone number or account to set up.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, with bots and an enterprise management console.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Olvid's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/olvid#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/olvid.svg" alt="Olvid: 3.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Olvid stands among team communication apps
Olvid's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 60 of the 75 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 51 of 75) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $5.57 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.90 for the category: 19 of the 51 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 76 team communication apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Olvid’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 47 of 75, level with 10
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 75, level with 18
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 75, level with 61
- BEase of useAbove 58 of 75, level with 11
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 51 of 75, level with 24
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 66 team communication apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Olvid, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Olvid you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 60 of the 75 other team communication apps we grade. It costs $66.90 a year. Olvid is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- Chat that a whole team counts on staying up.
- Video calls.
- A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- End-to-end encryption done properly.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. Olvid’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Olvid?
Olvid is a messenger that asks for no phone number, email or name and says it never reads the address book. Messages, attachments and calls are end-to-end encrypted. It is free for individuals, with paid options for outbound calls and an enterprise edition with a management console and single sign-on.
Worth knowing
- Prices are published in euros only; the in-app price includes taxes and the business prices exclude them.
- Outbound audio and video calls need a paid license after the 1-month trial.
- Olvid Web works with an Android-compatible device, and the Linux app is mentioned only on the pricing table, not the download page.
- Bots, Olvid x AI and a turnkey integration are options with no published price; a discount depends on the number of users.
Key features
- No personal data to sign up
- The site says no phone number, email, name or address is required, and the app does not ask for the address book.
- Encrypted messages and calls
- Messages and attachments are end-to-end encrypted. Incoming calls are free for all users; outbound calls are a paid option.
- Edit, unsend and ephemeral messages
- Edit a sent message, delete it for the recipient or set automatic deletion by time or single read.
- Multiple profiles and devices
- Several profiles, including hidden ones, are on the free plan. The pricing page lists syncing all devices as a feature.
- Management Console
- The Enterprise offer adds SSO via OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0, CSV user import, group management and instant key revocation.
- Olvid Bots
- Information, command and chat bots automate messages and tools, sold as options on the business tiers.
Olvid pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Olvid has a free plan, and paid plans start at €4.99 per user / month, incl. taxes (in-app purchase).
- Starts at
- €4.99 per user / month, incl. taxes (in-app purchase)
- Free plan
- Free forever: unlimited messages and attachments, group discussions, multiple profiles, Olvid Web and inbound audio and video calls.
- Free trial
- The pricing table shows a 1-month free trial of outbound calls for free-plan users.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0forever | No limits on messages or attachment size, groups, edit and unsend, ephemeral messages and incoming calls. |
| In-app purchase | €4.99per user / month, incl. taxes, billed monthly | Individual license bought in the app through the App Store or Google Play, managed there. Outbound audio and video calls need a paid license. |
| Business | €9.90per user / month, excl. taxes, billed monthly | Bought on the Olvid Store; license activation links are handed to users. Outbound calls are included, with MDM deployment. |
| Enterprise | €9.90per user / month, excl. taxes, plus a flat €4,990 a year | Billed annually. Adds the Management Console, SSO, user and group management, instant revocation and MDM deployment. |
Read from olvid.io on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Olvid before you buy.
Works with
- OpenID Connect
- SAML 2.0
- LDAP
- Active Directory
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Common questions
Does Olvid have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Olvid is listed for Web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Is Olvid open source?
Yes. Olvid is open source, according to its own site.
Is Olvid end-to-end encrypted?
Olvid describes itself as end-to-end encrypted on its own site. Nobody here has audited that.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.