Mesh VPN funded by enterprise customers, not your data.
What it is
iogrid VPN is a consumer-facing layer on the same residential mesh that powers our proxy product. Your traffic exits through an opted-in home connection in the region you pick. WireGuard handles the tunnel; the iogrid coordinator handles routing, billing, and the transparency log that providers and customers both see.
Unlike datacenter VPNs (NordVPN, ProtonVPN), the exit is a real residential IP — services that flag VPN ranges do not flag this. Unlike Hola, every provider on the network opted in, sees a category-level audit of what they relay, and can revoke at any time. There is no hidden mining of your DNS to keep the lights on.
How it works
Install the CLI (one line)
On a Mac or Linux box, run: curl -fsSL https://iogrid.org/install-cli.sh | sh. Windows users grab the .msi from releases.iogrid.org. The iogrid CLI is a small static binary — no daemon, no system tray, no autostart. Mobile users install the iogrid app from the App Store / Play Store (consume-only by App Store policy).
Mint a VPN key + connect
Sign in at iogrid.org/customer/vpn and click 'Mint VPN key'. Paste it: iogrid login --api-key=KEY --customer-id=ID. Then: iogrid vpn connect --region us-east-1. WireGuard handshake happens over an automatically-discovered direct path to a residential provider — no central proxy hop, no latency tax.
Browse — your bytes do not get sold
Free tier traffic comes from the same residential providers that power the proxy network. The routing log is keyed to you only as a counter, not a sellable profile. iogrid makes money on the B2B side, not by reselling your DNS. Run iogrid vpn doctor anytime for a connectivity self-check.
Pricing
$0 / month
- 2 GB / month
- All public exit regions
- WireGuard + iOS Network Extension
- No logs sold — ever
$2.99 / month
- Unlimited bandwidth
- All exit regions
- Up to 5 devices
- Standard support
$4.99 / month
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Per-app exit selection
- Up to 10 devices
- DNS-over-HTTPS + tracker blocking
- Priority support
Reference: NordVPN $3–13 / month, ProtonVPN free (slow) + $4–10 paid, Mullvad $5.50 / month. iogrid is deliberately under the market because B2B revenue carries the marginal cost — the consumer tier is acquisition, not the profit center.
What you can do with it
Travel + public Wi-Fi
A free unlimited-ish layer over your hotel, airport, or café Wi-Fi. Exit regions cover the US, EU, UK, and major APAC markets. WireGuard reconnects fast when you switch networks.
Region unlock for streaming
Pick an exit region in the country where the content is licensed. Latency is consumer-residential, not datacenter, so most services do not flag the IP the way they do with traditional VPN ranges.
Daily privacy hygiene
Keep your ISP and the next coffee-shop guest out of your DNS without paying $5–13 / month to NordVPN or ExpressVPN. Pro tier adds DNS-over-HTTPS and a tracker block list at the gateway.
FAQ
- How is this free? What is the catch?
- iogrid VPN runs on the same residential mesh that enterprise customers pay $0.30–0.60 / GB to use for proxy traffic. The B2B revenue subsidises the consumer VPN. You are not the product — there is no logging or reselling of your traffic. The free tier exists to onboard providers and consumers into the same network; the bandwidth cap covers our marginal cost.
- What is the difference vs Hola VPN?
- Hola also runs on residential providers, but providers never see what is routed through them and they cannot block specific customers or categories. iogrid providers see a live audit log of every category running through their connection and can revoke access per-category, per-customer, per-destination with one click. We are the ethical Hola: same architecture, consensual.
- Do you keep logs?
- We keep a per-request routing record (timestamp, exit region, byte counts, category) for billing and abuse defense. We do not keep DNS query logs, URL paths, or request bodies. We do not sell, share, or rent the routing log to third parties. The audit log is the SAME data customers see — it is the transparency dashboard, not a hidden surveillance layer.
- Which platforms?
- iOS (App Store, Network Extension), Android (Play Store), macOS, Windows, Linux. The PC/Mac daemon is the same binary the provider network uses — flip a flag and the same install becomes a consumer-only client. Mobile clients are consume-only by App Store policy.
- Free tier cap — what happens at 2 GB?
- When you hit 2 GB in a calendar month, the tunnel drops to a slow lane (~256 kbps) instead of cutting off. Most users on this lane upgrade to Plus; some keep using it for email and chat. The counter resets on the first of the month, in your local time.
- Is there a refund policy?
- Yes — 7-day no-questions-asked refund on Plus and Pro from the date you subscribe. Stripe handles the refund; we do not gatekeep with cancellation flows.
Get started
Install the daemon on your PC or Mac, or the iogrid app on your phone. The free tier needs no signup beyond an email; Plus and Pro unlock through Stripe Checkout.