# Windscribe > VPN with a 10GB free plan and pay-per-location pricing Windscribe is an open-source VPN with a free plan of 10GB a month in 10 countries, a Pro plan with unlimited data in 69+ countries, and a Build A Plan option that charges $1 a month per location. Every account can connect any number of devices, and the R.O.B.E.R.T blocker filters ads, trackers and malware on the server side. - **Category:** VPNs - **Made by:** Windscribe Limited - **Website:** https://windscribe.com - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Windscribe has a free plan. Paid plans start at $3 per month for 3 locations (Build A Plan). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 10GB of data a month once you confirm an email address, with servers in 10 countries including the US, Canada, the UK and Germany. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 10GB a month with a confirmed email, and servers in 10 countries: the US, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, France, Germany and four more. | | Build A Plan | $3 per month for 3 locations, then $1 per extra location | $1 per Pro location per month, from 3 up to 7 locations; each adds 10GB to your monthly data. For more, the page points to Pro. | | Pro Yearly | $69 per year | $5.75 a month. Unlimited data, every location in 69+ countries, R.O.B.E.R.T and config generators. | | Pro Monthly | $9 per month | The same Pro features as yearly, billed $9 every month. | Read from https://windscribe.com/upgrade on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Windscribe before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **About 36% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Pro Yearly costs $69 a year, against $108 for twelve months of Pro Monthly at $9. Source: https://windscribe.com/upgrade ## Key features - **Free plan:** 10GB a month once your email is confirmed, with servers in 10 countries. Pro locations stay locked. - **Build A Plan:** Pay $1 a month per Pro location you want, from a $3 minimum and up to 7 locations, each adding 10GB of data. - **R.O.B.E.R.T:** A customizable server-side blocker for ads, trackers and malware, included with Pro. - **Unlimited connections:** Use one account on as many devices at once as you like, with apps and browser extensions for each platform. - **Config generators:** Generate OpenVPN, IKEv2 and WireGuard configurations for routers and devices without an app. - **Double hop, split tunneling and firewall:** Route through two servers, choose which apps skip the VPN, and block traffic outside the tunnel. ## Good for - Light users who can live within 10GB a month for free - People who only need one or two countries and want to pay per location - Households connecting many devices to one account ## Worth knowing - The free plan stops at 10GB a month and needs a confirmed email; most locations are Pro only. - Build A Plan locations each add only 10GB a month rather than unlimited data. - Static IPs and team accounts are sold separately, and their prices are not on the plans page. - Account sharing is prohibited by the plan terms. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Windscribe gives you 10GB a month free, and if you only need a couple of countries you can pay $1 a month per location instead of a full plan. Pro is $69 a year with unlimited data. The free plan runs out fast if you stream, and the per-location plans only add data in 10GB steps. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $69 a year and stays at that price, so two years cost $138, about $5.75 a month, above the middle of the pack. Build A Plan starts at $3 a month for 3 locations, but each adds only 10GB of data. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 10GB a month free once you confirm an email, with servers in 10 countries including the US, UK and Germany. Plenty for café Wi-Fi, but streaming will burn through it, and most locations are Pro only. - **Features: B.** Unlimited devices, the R.O.B.E.R.T blocker for ads, trackers and malware, double hop, split tunneling, a firewall and config generators for routers, across 69+ countries on Pro. It covers the whole job. - **Ease of use: B.** No App Store rating on record, but you install the app, confirm an email and connect, with nothing else to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and browser extensions, plus config files for routers. There's no integration list or API on record, so it stops at B. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Windscribe's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among VPNs - Windscribe's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 10 of the 16 other VPNs we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 6 of 16) and worst on value for money (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $3 a month, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 2 of the 15 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/vpn ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Windscribe you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $36 a year. Windscribe is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Ad and tracker blocking: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/private-internet-access-vs-windscribe) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://windscribe.com/upgrade - https://windscribe.com/ - https://windscribe.com/features - https://windscribe.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/windscribe Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).