CyberGhost Review

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CyberGhost is a Romania-based consumer VPN aimed at people who want streaming and basic privacy without configuring much. Its app sorts servers into purpose-built categories, so you pick a Netflix server or a torrenting server rather than a city. That removes a real friction point for new users, and the catalogue is large enough to back it up: more than 11,000 servers across 100 countries.

The privacy story is stronger than the parent-company headlines suggest. Deloitte Romania has audited the no-logs claim three times since 2022, most recently in late 2025, and the fleet runs on RAM-only servers that wipe on reboot. Romania sits outside the 5, 9 and 14 Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances and imposes no mandatory data-retention law on VPN operators.

That gives CyberGhost legal cover that US-based providers like IPVanish and Private Internet Access cannot match. Streaming is where the service earns its keep. Reviewers consistently unblock Netflix libraries in the US, UK, Japan, Canada and Australia, plus Disney+, BBC iPlayer and Prime Video, through the dedicated streaming servers.

Pricing on the 28-month plan drops to around $2.03 a month, with ad and malware blocking and AES-256 encryption included. A 45-day refund window on the long plans is the most generous in the consumer market. The weak spots are real and worth weighing.

The seven-device connection cap is tight next to Surfshark, IPVanish and Private Internet Access, all of which offer unlimited. TechRadar's 2025 OpenVPN tests recorded throughput falling from 460 Mbps to 199 Mbps, behind NordVPN and ExpressVPN on long-distance hops. The kill switch is always-on outside Windows and has been seen failing on macOS after sleep mode.

Power users hit harder limits: no port forwarding, no multi-hop, no obfuscation for restrictive networks like China or the UAE. Parent company Kape Technologies, which bought CyberGhost in 2017, was previously Crossrider, an ad-injection platform that Malwarebytes once classified as a potentially unwanted program.

The product has been audited several times since, but the lineage is a fair reason to compare alternatives. We recommend CyberGhost for streaming-led households on a long subscription who want a simple app and a generous refund window. People who need power-user features, top-tier raw speed or a non-Kape ownership chain should look at Mullvad, IVPN or Proton VPN instead.