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Pricing page 2026-10-23 lists 1 month $12, 12 months $4.99 per month, 36 months $4.22 per month, each row carrying Port forwarding and a 10-day...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":2},"record":{"topic":"egress","slug":"ovpn","provider":"OVPN","url":"https://support.ovpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/18731795296788-Opening-Ports","category":"vpn port forward","tier":"paid","free_tier":{"stated":"No free tier. 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What arrives first is the port range: 49152-65535 only, 7 ports, and a reconnect after each change. A service that must listen below 49152 needs the Public IPv4 add-on.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"Checkout collects an email: We value your privacy, the email is required for payment and shared only with the provider for tax purposes.","country":"None"},"reliability_note":"Terms 3.7 states the service generally provides capacity for average non-commercial use, so sustained saturation is a capacity risk rather than a stated cap.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Measured would need an account, a bound port and a byte count. The unlimited-traffic sentence sits on a marketing page while the terms carry a non-commercial capacity clause, which is why this is documented and not inferred from speed.","evidence":[{"url":"https://support.ovpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/18731795296788-Opening-Ports","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"7 ports per account, range 49152-65535 per RFC6335, TCP, UDP or both, and the requirement to reconnect before the port opens."},{"url":"https://www.ovpn.com/en/pricing","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"Plan prices and the fact that Port forwarding appears on every plan row; no free plan is offered."},{"url":"https://www.ovpn.com/en/streaming","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"Our subscriptions contain unlimited bandwidth and traffic."},{"url":"https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/wireguard/mac-wg","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"WireGuard configuration files are generated and downloaded from the logged-in account, one per device."}],"verdict":"paid-only","verified_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 12 per month; USD 4.99 per month on 12 months; USD 4.22 per month on 36 months","notes":"The port range is the sharp edge. 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