Will look at it after work, but:
vpn and free equal you giving them the info that they will give up anyway. I literally only use 1 to access 1 site for about 30 seconds before I kill it
Title is somewhat misleading.
I was expecting that they launched their own VPN, but it seems they just integrated Proton.
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This is the way it’s done, NOT claiming to be privacy centric and have a ads rewards program in your browser. What a oxymoron. Looking at you Brave.
Blame the creator of the thread for not including it in the thread title like they should have.
Is Proton VPN for Vivaldi free?
Yes. Proton VPN for vivaldi is free with no ads, no data limits, and a strict no-logs policy. Some premium features are only available on the paid Proton VPN Plus subscription.
With the limitation that only 1 device could be used with the free VPN plan at a time.
Haven’t ever tried Proton VPN (or Vivaldi as a browser).
As Mozilla VPN is essentially provided by Mullvad, the creators of Vivaldi seem to prefer not to resell VPN subscriptions under their brands name.
Vivaldi doesn’t want to be hocking goods for sale. By going it this way the end user gets the VPN with great speed for free and can opt through Proton directly to upgrade it if needed. I however just tested it and I’m very happy. I hit over 600 megs and according to various online IP checkers I am 400 miles away in Seattle.
So the screenshot didn’t help 
The brief test I did this morning, allowed me to access blocked sites, blocked by the UK Government (
for example).
Opera has had this for a while too.
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Get some glasses cause NOTHING in the screenshot suggest paying.
I never bother with “free” vpns. You get exactly what you pay for.
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Just an FYI. You can get the Wireguard configurations from Proton VPN Free plan and set it up locally. So you don’t need to use Vivaldi and have a free VPN.
I have mine setup in Network Manager.
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I use Mullvad/Wireguard. Quite happy with it.
Do you need a proton account for it to get the credentials?
I did create a proton vpn account. I then navigated to free vpn and then I had the choice of creating configuration files to servers in the US, Japan and Netherlands.
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Thanks! I’ll have look! I have already a VPN provider but it won’t hurt having other options.
On the desktop is not that relevant but for my Android phone. They have an app available at
I like there is a free option for people. Additionally I would prefer choices where I don’t need to install a special application (NordVPN ended up being a pain for me).
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Well, actually, to put it in a nutshell, all you have to do is visit your favorite browser’s extensions store.Chromium or Gecko based. And simply install it. Along with any other available Proton extension/s you may wish.
Unless you’d rather wait for some browser devs’ decision to slap it upon your face, that is… 
I’m skeptical about free VPN plans. And that you only could choose between servers in a few countries.
With the one I’m using, their client is totally reliable and easy to use and allows me to exclude certain servers (e.g. those which are not owned, but only rented by the provider). If you activate certain features (with no additional costs), the servers which won’t provide these services are automatically excluded.
In short, it’s good advertisement for Proton and Vivaldi as well. But the certainly speculate on conversion from the free plan to a paid subscription.
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this version is big time buggy for me. I don’t use the VPN. Switched to librewolf
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I remember Opera doing this once..
I use Proton, although I for the VPN I use Nord. I get better speeds. Kinda strange, I used to pick on Nord since they got hacked around 7 years ago, but they beat Proton (and Mullvad) every single time. Love proton’s services, but their VPN is meh.. (for speeds, that is)