CometVPN Review 2026: A Residential-IP VPN — Strengths and Cautions

CometVPN is not quite a typical consumer VPN. Its base product is a standard flat-rate VPN subscription, but its headline pitch is residential IPs — addresses that look like ordinary home connections — sold as add-ons on top. That design choice shapes what it's good at, what it costs, and the questions you should ask before trusting it. Here's an honest look at where it fits.

What CometVPN is

CometVPN markets itself as a fast, no-logs VPN with a residential-IP network behind it. The lineup has changed since we first reviewed it: the standalone Residential VPN plan (previously from around $1.74) has been discontinued, and the service is now one standard subscription with residential options added on top:

• Standard VPN subscription — $9.99/month billed monthly, $2.50/month on the 12-month plan, or $1.89/month on the 24-month plan.
• Native Residential VPN (add-on) — rotating or sticky residential IPs, priced per gigabyte from $0.70/GB.
• Dedicated Residential IP (add-on) — a residential address reserved for you, from $2.79/month.

Both residential options need an active subscription underneath them. The per-GB add-on is the tell: that part of the product is closer to the residential-proxy world than to a flat-rate "unlimited" consumer VPN. Residential IPs are prized for getting past blocks that flag datacenter ranges — streaming catalogs, sneaker/ticketing sites, ad verification, market research — so CometVPN's natural audience is people who need to look local and ordinary, not just people who want privacy on café Wi-Fi.

The features

On the technical basics, CometVPN ticks the expected boxes:

• AES-256 encryption on all traffic.
• WireGuard protocol support (a modern, fast choice).
• Kill switch and DNS-leak protection listed as features.
• Multi-device use — the site says you can run it on as many devices as you need.
• 70+ countries on the standard network, according to CometVPN, plus a Native Residential pool the company puts at 32M+ IPs across 195+ countries and territories, with country, state, city and ISP targeting.

That's a competent baseline. If you're new to protocols and why they matter, our explainer on WireGuard vs OpenVPN vs IKEv2 is worth a read before you pick.

Privacy: what's claimed vs what's proven

CometVPN states a strict no-logs policy — "no activity data is kept" — and says it's incorporated outside the Fourteen Eyes alliance, so most of those surveillance-sharing laws don't apply to it. Those are the right things to claim.

The important caveat: we did not find an independent, published no-logs audit. As with any provider, "no logs" without a third-party audit is a promise, not a proven fact — you're trusting the company's word and its jurisdiction. For a VPN, that trust is the whole product, so treat the claim accordingly. Our guide to what a no-logs audit actually checks explains why the difference matters, and how to read a VPN privacy policy helps you judge the wording yourself.

There's a second, residential-specific question worth raising honestly: where do the residential IPs come from? Residential networks are typically built from real people's connections (often via bundled apps or peering programs), so sourcing and consent matter. CometVPN addresses this on its Native Residential VPN page: it says the IPs come from regular households, that the internet user's consent is acquired first, and that the device is only used to forward network traffic — no access to the device itself is given. It also says the addresses are sourced through third-party providers. Consent is the right standard, and this is a clearer answer than we found when the review was first published. What the page doesn't do is name those providers or describe how consent is collected, so part of this still rests on the company's word — and IP "neighbors" you don't control can still affect your reputation and reliability.

Pricing, payment and guarantee

• Subscription pricing — $9.99/month if you pay month to month. The long plans cut that to $2.50/month (12 months, $30.00 billed upfront) or $1.89/month (24 months, $45.36 billed upfront).
• Residential add-ons cost extra — Native Residential VPN from $0.70/GB and Dedicated Residential IP from $2.79/month, both on top of an active subscription. Per-GB billing can add up fast if you stream or download heavily over residential IPs — model your real usage before assuming it's cheap. Purchased traffic doesn't expire.
• Crypto payments are accepted, which helps if you want to minimize the payment paper trail — but crypto payments aren't covered by the money-back guarantee.
• 30-day money-back guarantee — with conditions. It covers the 12-month and 24-month plans. Monthly plans aren't refundable, and payments made in crypto aren't eligible. CometVPN's terms also say purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play follow the store's own refund policy, and residential traffic you've already used isn't refunded.
• Free trial: CometVPN offers a 3-day Standard VPN trial on both its apps and its website, plus 1GB of Native Residential VPN traffic. Payment details are required, and the trial renews automatically into a paid subscription unless you cancel before it ends. The details are on CometVPN's free trial page.

Who it's for — and who should look elsewhere

A reasonable fit if:

• You specifically need residential IPs — streaming that blocks datacenter VPNs, localized testing, market/ad research.
• You want crypto payment and a provider outside 14 Eyes — and accept that paying in crypto forgoes the money-back guarantee.
• You're comfortable evaluating a smaller, less-established brand on its merits, using the 3-day trial or the 30-day window on a long plan to test it.

Look elsewhere if:

• Your priority is audited privacy. For a pure privacy VPN you're better served by a provider with a published independent no-logs audit and a long public track record.
• You plan heavy data use over residential IPs — the standard VPN is flat-rate, but Native Residential traffic is billed per gigabyte and can get expensive.
• You rely on independently verified server coverage and speed testing; CometVPN's public testing footprint is still thin.

Bottom line

CometVPN is best understood as a standard VPN with a residential-IP layer on top — a flat-rate subscription plus pay-as-you-go residential add-ons — not a mainstream privacy VPN. For the specific jobs residential IPs do well — beating datacenter blocks, looking like a local home user — it's a legitimate option that's low-cost on the long plans, with the right technical basics (WireGuard, kill switch, DNS-leak protection), a 3-day free trial, and a 30-day guarantee on the 12- and 24-month plans. But the thing that matters most for trust — an independent no-logs audit — still isn't publicly established, and while CometVPN now states that its residential IPs are sourced with user consent, it doesn't name the providers behind them. So go in with eyes open. Test it against your real use case during the trial or within the refund window, and if unbreakable, audited privacy is your goal, choose a provider that has proven it.

Try CometVPN here — the link applies the coupon code COMET20 at checkout. The 30-day money-back guarantee applies to the 12- and 24-month plans (not to monthly plans or crypto payments), so choose accordingly if you want a refund window to test it against your real use case.

Updated October 6, 2026: pricing, free trial, refund terms, network figures and IP-sourcing details revised to reflect CometVPN's current offer. This review is based on CometVPN's public materials and third-party listings; we did not conduct independent lab testing.