SpyOFF review

Ease of Use

Despite not having a ton of features, SpyOff might confuse VPN beginners. There are three types of connections: ultra secure, balanced, and high speed. These refer to the protocols used by the servers.

Sadly, the high-speed connection utilizes PPTP. It's an older standard which is not considered secure. So if you want to actually protect your data, you should choose the ultra secure or balanced options.

The rest of the interface isn’t particularly friendly despite its simplicity. Servers aren’t organized in any way and there’s no option to ‘auto-select’ servers nearest to your location.

There’s also hardly any UI when it comes to failed connections. So if nothing happens, you should either connect again or try a different server.

Simultaneous Connections

You can connect as many devices as you want to SpyOff. This is one of the areas reviewers felt the higher price was worth it.

Included Features

While features are limited, popular options include:

• P2P support
• Killswitch
• Run SpyOff over Tor
• Enhanced DNS leak protection
  
  

Privacy and Logging

SpyOff's parent company is based in San Marino.

However, reviewers noted there’s quite a lot of German used in both the SpyOff client and the website. Their privacy policy also mentions Berlin court rulings.

So while the company claims they're in San Marino, the note in the policy and the use of German on its site and client lead experts to believe that it is under the jurisdiction of the “14-eyes” countries instead of San Marino’s laws.

SpyOff claims that they do not log any activity while you’re connected. However, their privacy policy states that they store your IP address when you hand over your payment details.

Besides that, they appear to log no other information once you’re connected to their VPN.

Performance

Despite its claim of being the “fastest VPN alive” actual tests put well below its competitors.

Even when testing with the high speed protocol, experts weren’t able to get more than roughly 20Mbps from nearby servers. Speeds dropped significantly when they chose Asia servers with some dropping down to 1Mbps -- speeds practically unusable with today's complex webpages and high-bandwidth applications.

Support

You’ll need to open a support ticket or email support directly as there is no live chat support available through SpyOff. There’s also a knowledge base -- available in both English and German -- for common questions and concerns.

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Summary

SpyOff is nothing to write home about with its middling performance, expensive subscription plan, and limited features. While unlimited simultaneous connections are nice, there are other more feature-filled and faster options available.

PC World states, “You can find cheaper options… and given the lack of added features I would definitely shop around to compare prices.”

TechRadar adds, “SpyOFF makes big claims… but couldn’t live up to them during testing… overall the service just isn’t worth the asking price.”