Description
BolehVPN is a privacy-first VPN provider founded in 2007 and headquartered in Malaysia, strategically operating outside the Five Eyes surveillance alliance.
Key Features
- Strong Encryption: AES-256 military-grade encryption with SHA-2 hashing, Perfect Forward Secrecy, and a 4096-bit PKI infrastructure to secure your network from intrusion.
- No-Logs Policy: Strict policy of not logging user activity, DNS requests, timestamps, bandwidth usage, or IP addresses. A monthly warrant canary is published for transparency.
- Obfuscation Technology: Cloak servers mask VPN traffic protocols to hide VPN detection from network monitoring devices, enabling bypass of deep packet inspection and strict internet firewalls.
- Multiple Traffic Modes: Choose between Fully Routed (all traffic through the VPN tunnel), Proxied (per-application proxy routing), or Surfing/Streaming (optimized for geo-unblocking media content).
- Dedicated IPs (FixIP): Dynamic dedicated IP addresses assigned per connection session.
- Protocol Support: OpenVPN and WireGuard protocols with both UDP and TCP configuration options.
- Server Locations: Servers in 14+ countries including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
Supported Platforms
Windows, macOS, Android, Linux, and OpenVPN-compatible routers (DD-WRT, AsusMerlin-WRT, Tomato).
Additional Highlights
- No bandwidth limits
- P2P and torrenting supported
- Anonymous cryptocurrency payments accepted (Bitcoin, Monero, Dash, Zcash)
- 24/7 online customer help desk
- Multiple devices supported with a single account
Highlights
Pros
- Accepts Bitcoin, Dash, Monero, Zcash, and Zcoin with a 10% discount for anonymous cryptocurrency payments
- Traffic obfuscation technology available via dedicated vCloak servers to mask VPN usage from network monitoring
- Supports selective traffic routing (split tunneling) to route only chosen apps through the VPN
- Established track record operating continuously since 2007
- Strict no-logs policy backed by a monthly PGP-signed warrant canary updated as recently as December 2024
- Registered in Seychelles, operating outside the Five Eyes intelligence alliance jurisdiction
Cons
- Multiple reviewers report being unable to establish a working connection to any server
- Customer support is slow (up to 24-hour email responses) and provided inaccurate troubleshooting information
- Small server network of only 35 servers across 12 countries, lacking coverage in South America and Africa
- Privacy policy permits temporary logging of user activity on specific servers to investigate suspected terms-of-service violations
- Kill switch and DNS leak protection are both disabled by default, requiring manual user activation
- Dated and cluttered desktop client interface with a poorly sorted server list lacking flags and search functionality