{"rid":"egress/nymvpn","card":{"rid":"egress/nymvpn","eid":"nym","topic":"egress","slug":"nymvpn","provider":"NymVPN","url":"https://nym.com/pricing","domain":"nym.com","category":"tunnel (hosted): VPN with a 24-word anonymous access code, 2-hop AmneziaWG and a 5-hop mixnet mode","tier":"1 year","verdict":"paid-only","vorder":3,"grp":"paid","self_hosted":0,"confidence":"documented","binding":"none","identity_kind":"anonymous","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":1,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":1,"interfaces":"cli","egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-04T10:11:45.490Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-11-04","stale_on":"2026-12-05","n_evidence":18,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"No free plan. The pricing page lists one plan length: 1 year at '$ 4.00' a month, 'Total $ 48.00' ('$ 96.00' struck through), plus a 7-day free trial that 'r...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":1,"free_unit":"none"},"record":{"topic":"egress","slug":"nymvpn","provider":"NymVPN","url":"https://nym.com/pricing","category":"tunnel (hosted): VPN with a 24-word anonymous access code, 2-hop AmneziaWG and a 5-hop mixnet mode","tier":"1 year","free_tier":{"stated":"No free plan. The pricing page lists one plan length: 1 year at '$ 4.00' a month, 'Total $ 48.00' ('$ 96.00' struck through), plus a 7-day free trial that 'requires a payment method' and cannot be activated with cryptocurrency. The paid plan is the standing offer, so the verdict is paid-only.","unit":"mixed","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://nym.com/pricing","read_on":"2026-11-04","notes":"The trial is 7 days; the unit vocabulary has no days term, so mixed is used. The page lists one plan length only (1 year); the 6-month and monthly prices are not on the page read."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"notes":"","source_url":"https://nym.com/pricing"},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable: a tunnel, not stored bytes","days":null,"source_url":"https://nym.com/pricing","notes":""},"egress":{"terms":"No byte cap is stated on the pricing page ('All features on all plans', 'No logs, no ads, no tracking'). A vendor support page says Anonymous mode (5 hops) 'is not designed for high-volume transfers' and recommends Fast mode (2-hop WireGuard) for large downloads.","metered":false,"free_allowance":"none: no free plan; a 7-day trial that needs a card payment method","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://nym.com/pricing"},"interface":["cli"],"interface_detail":"A tunnel with apps and a command-line client, nym-vpnc. Protocols: AmneziaWG (a WireGuard fork) in Fast mode, which the vendor states is the only VPN protocol, and the Nym mixnet in Anonymous mode; OpenVPN and IKEv2/IPSec are not supported. UDP: unverified: no page read names the transport. Port forwarding: unverified: no page read states it. SOCKS5: the command-line client has 'nym-vpnc socks5 enable' and the docs say NymVPN can expose a local SOCKS5 proxy; it is a local listener, not a hosted endpoint. Obfuscation: AmneziaWG sends decoy packets before the handshake. BitTorrent: supported; exit operators in some countries may block it.","tooling":"The vendor's apps and its nym-vpnc command-line client (tunnel set --two-hop on selects 2-hop WireGuard; socks5 enable exposes a local SOCKS5 proxy). No hosted SOCKS5 endpoint is documented in the pages read.","chaining":"A tunnel exit with two modes: 2-hop WireGuard for throughput and a 5-hop mixnet for metadata protection; the upstream sees the exit gateway's address.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"exit gateways are run by independent operators; the support page says operators in countries where torrenting is restricted may block P2P on their exit, so reachability depends on the exit chosen","source":"https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us/articles/47614663055249-Does-NymVPN-support-torrenting-and-P2P"}],"limits_note":"Concurrent use is capped at 10 devices per account on the pricing page; the vocabulary has no kind for it. Anonymous mode is not designed for high-volume transfers (vendor wording), so throughput depends on the mode.","binding":"none","binding_note":"No byte quota or request rate is published; the stated caveats are the mode (Anonymous mode is not for large transfers) and exit-operator policy, neither of which the limit vocabulary names.","identity_cost":{"kind":"anonymous","detail":"The paid plan needs no personal data: the account page says 'Anonymous account generated on your device. No password, no personal info.' and the vendor lists Monero, Zcash, GNU Taler, cash and other cryptocurrency as payment options. A login with email, Google or a crypto wallet through Privy is an optional second path. The 7-day trial is not anonymous: it 'requires a payment method' and cannot be started with cryptocurrency.","country":null},"reliability_note":"Exit servers are run by independent operators and a restricted-country operator may block P2P on its exit; the fix the vendor gives is to switch exit location and reconnect.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Documented: price, trial, account creation, protocol, SOCKS5 and BitTorrent lines are quoted from the vendor's pricing page, account page, support articles and docs. Nothing was connected through the service. UDP and port forwarding are unverified because no first-party page read states them.","verdict":"paid-only","price_per_tb_month":"USD 48 total for 1 year (USD 4.00 a month shown); a subscription price, not a per-TB price","notes":"Cheapest yearly price: 'Total $ 48.00' for 1 year on the pricing page, struck through from '$ 96.00'. The pricing and account pages state a paid plan with an anonymous access code and a card-gated 7-day trial; they do not state a trial-only offer or a required email.","verified_at":"2026-11-04T10:11:45.490Z","evidence":[{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Total $ 48.00","proved":"The 1-year plan totals USD 48.00 on the pricing page."},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"#### 1 year","proved":"The page lists the 1-year plan."},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"WireGuard dVPN & mixnet","proved":"Plans include the WireGuard dVPN and the mixnet."},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Yes, NymVPN offers a 7-day free trial for new users.","proved":"A 7-day trial exists."},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Free trials cannot be activated using cryptocurrency payments.","proved":"The trial needs a non-crypto payment method."},{"url":"https://nym.com/","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:bfc26a43a09196ddf8c72071227e012ecb918cd4bc3da6749e4fd023b61c9e24","quote":"You access NymVPN with an anonymous 24-word passphrase, nothing else.","proved":"Access is by a passphrase, no personal data."},{"url":"https://nym.com/docs/developers/nymvpncli","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:cc93c50fbbe9cd9239e62d279225a0e5234f049e085aea06bd0b73914d1b3bb1","quote":"NymVPN can expose a local SOCKS5 proxy:","proved":"A local SOCKS5 proxy exists in the command-line client."},{"url":"https://nym.com/docs/developers/nymvpncli","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:cc93c50fbbe9cd9239e62d279225a0e5234f049e085aea06bd0b73914d1b3bb1","quote":"nym-vpnc tunnel set --two-hop on","proved":"2-hop WireGuard mode is selectable from the CLI."},{"url":"https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us/articles/40285544072593-Does-NymVPN-support-OpenVPN-or-other-protocols","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:903d547b83dc830ee4ac7517f83bf43df05e14a1aa3595f7ec0e434e7988b260","quote":"No. NymVPN uses AmneziaWG, a censorship-resistant fork of WireGuard, exclusively for Fast mode.","proved":"The VPN protocol is AmneziaWG."},{"url":"https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us/articles/40285544072593-Does-NymVPN-support-OpenVPN-or-other-protocols","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:903d547b83dc830ee4ac7517f83bf43df05e14a1aa3595f7ec0e434e7988b260","quote":"OpenVPN, IKEv2/IPSec, and other VPN protocols are not currently supported.","proved":"No OpenVPN or IKEv2."},{"url":"https://nym.com/docs/network/dvpn-mode/censorship-resistance","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:7cc7edc67fe687d6869fb7c9334a0b58ad19cfe0ae535b83d32241e05e9bdd34","quote":"AmneziaWG modifies the WireGuard handshake by introducing decoy packets before the handshake initiation.","proved":"Obfuscation is decoy packets before the handshake."},{"url":"https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us/articles/47614663055249-Does-NymVPN-support-torrenting-and-P2P","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:8991757e066a73b484bb4f885a4b78fe59e6737c3ad46d43c782820ed3372a4a","quote":"Yes. Torrenting and other peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic work on NymVPN","proved":"BitTorrent works."},{"url":"https://support.nym.com/hc/en-us/articles/47614663055249-Does-NymVPN-support-torrenting-and-P2P","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:8991757e066a73b484bb4f885a4b78fe59e6737c3ad46d43c782820ed3372a4a","quote":"Operators in countries where torrenting is restricted may block P2P traffic on their exit server.","proved":"Some exits may block P2P."},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Activating a NymVPN free trial is only available with certain payment types and providers, and requires a payment method should the customer decide to keep using the product beyond the trial period.","proved":"the 7-day trial needs a payment method"},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), ADA, Lightning Network (BTC-LN), Ethereum (ETH) tokens, Binance (BNB) tokens, Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC), Liquid Tether (L-USDT), Litecoin (LTC), Litecoin MWEB (LTC-MWEB), Monero (XMR), $NYM, Tether (USDT on TRON), Zcash (ZEC)","proved":"the paid plan can be bought with cryptocurrency"},{"url":"https://nym.com/account/create","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:1919c60c99b6d25a51b3850bebec2b241aff61881ee2c0357803876a5feb2c01","quote":"Anonymous account generated on your device. No password, no personal info.","proved":"the account is generated on the device with no personal data"},{"url":"https://nym.com/account/create","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:1919c60c99b6d25a51b3850bebec2b241aff61881ee2c0357803876a5feb2c01","quote":"Privately sign in with email, Google, or crypto wallet, through our partner Privy.","proved":"email, Google or wallet login through Privy is an optional path"},{"url":"https://nym.com/pricing","date":"2026-11-04","capture":"sha256:68299ef74c2d5a2e37271d8a02972af1121e9dcd4f43069a64a91ba4600af152","quote":"Up to 10 devices per account (mobile and desktop)","proved":"10 devices per account"}]},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier","kind":"has-free-tier","num":0,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price","num":48,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":"USD","usd":48,"fx_date":null,"parse":"partial"}],"unknown":[["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}