AdGuard VPN is a privacy-focused virtual private network from the makers of AdGuard Ad Blocker. It encrypts your internet traffic, hides your IP address, and lets you choose a server location so browsing stays private on any network.
AdGuard VPN connects your device to a remote server so your traffic is encrypted and websites see the server's IP address instead of yours. Launch the app or browser extension, pick a location from the server list, and press Connect - the whole process takes seconds. From there you can filter what goes through the tunnel, keep banking or streaming sites on your regular connection, and switch locations whenever a region-locked page refuses to load. AdGuard VPN runs on its own protocol built in-house, displays ping times so you can pick a fast server, and adds DNS-level filtering that strips ads and trackers. For everyday use, it means safer public Wi-Fi sessions and access to content that is normally restricted to another country.
AdGuard VPN's exclusions list is what separates it from a one-switch tunnel. You can run the VPN everywhere except a handful of domains and apps, or invert that and protect only the traffic you care about - useful when a local service or a work tool misbehaves behind a foreign IP. The client shows latency for every server and highlights the fastest option, and the browser extension lets you change location without touching the rest of the system. If you stream from a self-hosted library, Jellyfin Media Player is a good example: adding it to exclusions keeps playback smooth while the rest of the machine stays tunneled.
The practical payoff of AdGuard VPN is that privacy stops being a project you maintain and becomes a switch you flip. Ads and trackers that normally follow your IP address lose their anchor, so the profile built around your browsing gets weaker. Public Wi-Fi at a cafe or airport stops being a gamble, because the tunnel carries your traffic even on networks you do not control. Travelers get region-locked catalogs and local pricing; remote workers get a consistent exit point for tools that behave badly on unfamiliar connections. The free tier makes the decision low-risk: monthly traffic, a limited location list and two devices are enough to test whether the routing holds up. Paid tiers remove the traffic cap, unlock a much larger location list and cover up to ten devices under one account. With exclusions, a kill switch and DNS filtering, AdGuard VPN covers the three things most people want from a VPN: fewer eyes on their traffic, fewer restrictions on what they can open, and no measurable slowdown in daily use.
Decide exactly which traffic leaves through the tunnel. AdGuard VPN can protect everything except the sites and apps you list, or flip the logic and route only the ones you name. Popular services are offered as ready-made entries and manual additions take seconds, so a banking portal or a locally hosted service keeps working while everything else stays tunneled.
AdGuard VPN does not borrow a stock tunneling stack. Its engineers built a protocol in-house and later open-sourced it as TrustTunnel, tuned for fast, stable connections on mobile data and public Wi-Fi. That means the client, the servers and the transport layer are all maintained by the same team, which keeps behavior consistent across the desktop, mobile and browser apps.
If the tunnel drops, the kill switch cuts network access instead of letting traffic fall back to your normal connection. That matters on unreliable Wi-Fi, where a silent disconnect would otherwise expose your real address mid-session. Reconnection is automatic once the server becomes reachable again.
AdGuard VPN can send DNS queries through AdGuard DNS, which filters known ad, tracker and malware domains before a page loads. Filtering at the DNS layer covers apps as well as browsers, and the app lets you point at a different DNS server when your network setup calls for it.
The free plan of AdGuard VPN gives you a monthly traffic allowance, a limited location list and two simultaneous devices. It is a genuine trial of the service rather than a locked-down demo, so you can measure speed on your own connection before paying for anything.
AdGuard VPN lists the current ping for every location and can pick the fastest server automatically. Choosing a city by latency rather than by name usually produces noticeably better throughput, and switching regions takes a couple of clicks when a site or a stream needs a different country.
The browser extension for AdGuard VPN handles browser traffic on its own, which is handy when you only want a few tabs to appear from another country. The desktop app tunnels everything, including games, chat clients and updaters that an extension would never touch.
One account signs you in to the desktop app, the mobile apps, the browser extension and the router client, so protection follows you between devices. Paid plans allow up to ten devices at the same time, which is usually enough for a household with laptops, phones, tablets and a media box.
It is a VPN service that routes your internet traffic through a remote server and encrypts it on the way. Sites you visit then see the server's IP address instead of yours, which hides your approximate location and stops other devices on the same Wi-Fi network from reading your traffic.
There is a free plan with a monthly traffic allowance, a limited set of locations and support for two devices at once. A paid subscription removes the traffic cap, opens the full location list and raises the device limit, so the free tier works as a long test before you commit.
Yes. Exclusions let you run the tunnel everywhere except the entries you choose, or reverse the rule so only selected apps and domains use it. That is the usual fix when a banking site, a workplace tool or a locally hosted service misbehaves while the VPN is connected.
The client can send DNS queries through AdGuard DNS, which filters ad, tracker and malware domains for every app on the device. That is lighter than a full content blocker, so the makers recommend pairing it with AdGuard Ad Blocker when you want thorough filtering in browsers.
The free plan allows two simultaneous connections; a paid subscription raises that to ten. Signing in with the same account on each device is all it takes, and you can drop an old device from your account to free a slot.
On desktop the kill switch blocks network access when the tunnel fails, rather than letting traffic continue over your normal connection and exposing your real address. The app reconnects by itself once a server is reachable.
The service says it does not keep activity or connection logs. It collects the minimum technical data needed to run the VPN and diagnose faults, and that information is not tied to the sites you visit.
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