Internxt VPN promises to mask your IP address and encrypt your browsing, but it doesn’t operate in the same league as the market’s major VPNs. Here, there isn’t a full client to protect all computer traffic: the service takes the form of a browser extension, integrated into Internxt’s private cloud suite.
What is Internxt VPN?
Internxt VPN thus sits within this ecosystem as an extra privacy module, designed more as an ecosystem bonus than as a stand-alone VPN. The extension can be handy for quickly masking your IP in Chrome or Firefox, but it is not intended to replace a full client capable of protecting all computer traffic.
On the guarantees side, the provider explicitly markets itself as a European alternative to the major US cloud services, backed by end-to-end encryption, zero-knowledge storage and GDPR compliance. The VPN also claims a no-logs policy, but without going into many details. Internxt gives little information about the protocols used, the infrastructure, or any audits dedicated to this specific service, all of which are necessary to concretely assess its protection level.
One final point to keep in mind: early 2025, Internxt VPN was named in a campaign targeting several Chrome extensions that were compromised. The company did not publish a dedicated official clarification, but had disputed on Reddit that it had been affected, while noting that it had released a new version as a precaution.
Internxt VPN infrastructure
Network-wise, Internxt VPN is very limited. The provider does not disclose an exact number of servers and only indicates the countries available according to the chosen plan.
France is available to everyone, without even creating an account. To change location, you must subscribe. The intermediate tier includes Germany and Poland, while the most complete plan also unlocks Canada and the United Kingdom.
Altogether, Internxt VPN covers five countries at most. That’s enough for occasional browser use, but too little to compete with specialized VPNs, which typically rely on a much larger network and more geographic options.
Is Internxt VPN free?
Internxt VPN does offer a free version, usable without an account, but it is limited to a server located in France. As a free VPN, the service is mainly there to test the extension or to protect occasional web browsing. To have a country choice, even a reduced one, you need to upgrade to a paid plan.
What are Internxt VPN prices?
Internxt VPN is not sold separately. It is included in Internxt’s plans, which primarily bundle the publisher’s cloud services: encrypted storage, computer backup, antivirus, secure file sharing and a few ancillary tools depending on the subscription.
The three annual plans start from:
- Essential : 1.99 €/mo excluding tax for a year, i.e. 2.40 €/mo including tax (billed monthly). The plan includes 1 TB of encrypted storage, the encrypted VPN, antivirus, computer backup, password-protected file sharing and two-factor authentication. The VPN remains France-only.
- Premium : 3.99 €/mo excluding tax for a year, i.e. 4.80 €/mo including tax (billed monthly). It increases storage to 3 TB and adds invitation, sharing and collaboration features, file versioning, Cleaner and Meet. For the VPN, it grants access to France, Germany and Poland.
- Ultimate : 5.99 €/mo excluding tax for a year, i.e. 7.20 €/mo including tax (billed monthly). The offer goes up to 5 TB of storage and adds CLI and WebDAV support, NAS and Rclone support, as well as Mail and Photos announced as coming. On the VPN side, it opens access to the five available countries: France, Germany, Poland, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Internxt also offers lifetime plans. Caution: paying once for ever isn’t necessarily a winning bet with a digital service. The offer can evolve, needs can change, and the service may lose relevance (or disappear) over time.
Download and install Internxt VPN
To install Internxt VPN, fetch the extension from the Chrome Web Store or the Firefox add-ons catalog, then add it to the browser. Once the extension is opened from the toolbar, simply start the connection.
Interface and features of Internxt VPN
Organization of the VPN client and getting started
The Internxt VPN interface keeps things exceptionally simple. A single window, one activation button, a list of countries and the IP address shown once connected. Without an account, only France appears as a usable location; the other countries remain locked behind Premium and Ultimate plans.
In use, the extension responds decently. Connections launch without particular issues, but switching countries isn’t very fluid: when you change your location, the VPN disconnects automatically. You must manually reconnect, which disrupts the flow a bit.
Beyond that, Internxt VPN doesn’t aim to multiply options. No visible settings, no per-site exclusion list, no protocol choice, no automatic reconnect option. In our tests, the same IP addresses recurred fairly frequently, a likely sign of a relatively small server pool. Several sites also blocked access, suggesting that some IPs provided by Internxt are already poorly rated or associated with proxy/VPN traffic. Nothing surprising given the network size, but it can quickly become inconvenient in practice.
Protocol and encryption
Internxt highlights the encryption of its ecosystem, notably Kyber 512 post-quantum cryptography for Internxt Drive and its zero-knowledge model. But these guarantees mainly concern cloud storage.
For the VPN, the discussion remains more vague. Since Internxt VPN takes the form of a browser extension, one should not necessarily expect the protocols of a full VPN client, such as WireGuard or OpenVPN. However, the publisher does not clearly specify the technology used to transit and encrypt web traffic. It is difficult, in these conditions, to finely assess the actual protection level of the extension.
Technical support
Internxt’s support is routed through a help center, a live chat and a dedicated email address (hello@internxt.com), in English, Spanish and Russian. The company says it typically responds within a few hours, depending on the complexity of the request. In practice, our technical question sent via chat remained unanswered after 24 hours, with no email confirmation.
Internxt VPN: speed tests
For the purpose of writing this review, our speed tests were conducted on a MacBook Air (M1, 2020), with a wired fiber connection (advertised downlink: 1 Gb/s; uplink: 800 Mb/s).
To obtain as neutral results as possible, we performed measurements on nPerf three times a day (9:00, 13:00, 18:00) over three days, with and without VPN. For VPN measurements, we tested all the locations covered by Internxt VPN, i.e., France, Poland, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom.
*Rappelons que le PING permet de mesurer (en millisecondes) le temps réalisé par des paquets de données pour faire l’aller-retour entre un terminal et le réseau Internet. Plus il est faible, plus la connexion réseau est bonne. Concernant les débits descendants (download ; donnés en Mb/s) et ascendants (upload ; données en Mb/s), plus ils sont élevés, plus la connexion internet est rapide.
Speed tests confirm a clear drop in throughput as soon as the extension is active. On our reference connection, measured at 921 Mb/s down and 781 Mb/s up without VPN, Internxt VPN caps around 180 to 210 Mb/s down depending on the country tested.
The same holds on Wi‑Fi, with similar results: the bottleneck appears to come from the service rather than the local connection.
This throttling does not prevent typical usage. With more than 180 Mb/s down on all tested servers, the extension remains more than adequate for browsing, watching videos in streaming, working in web services, or occasional browser-based downloads. It’s a significant drop from a fast fiber connection, but not a prohibitive one.
Results are fairly uniform across Europe. France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom stay within a close range, with respectable latency—from 10.7 ms in France to 34 ms in Poland. Canada shows a larger gap: ping climbs to 94.2 ms and upload drops to 62.6 Mb/s. Not blocking for accessing sites, but less comfortable for interactive use or sending large files.
Internxt VPN: security tests
DNS, WebRTC and IPv6 leaks
We checked for DNS, IPv6 and WebRTC leaks with BrowserLeaks.com, alongside speed tests. For the visible IP and DNS resolvers, Internxt VPN behaves correctly: the displayed location matches the chosen country, and DNS queries go through servers consistent with the connection.
The result is less favorable for WebRTC. In our tests, the WebRTC test consistently revealed the real public IP address, even when the extension was connected to a different country. This isn’t entirely surprising for a browser-only VPN extension, but it confirms that Internxt does not protect all potential exposure channels. To avoid such leaks, you’d need to disable WebRTC in the browser or use a full VPN client.
Jurisdiction, privacy policy and audits
Internxt is based in Spain, thus in the European Union. That’s a good point for a service that presents itself as a European alternative to the big US players: the provider is subject to the GDPR, with the rights and obligations that come with processing personal data.
On the intelligence front, the landscape is a bit less clear. Spain is part of the Fourteen Eyes alliance. The European framework remains important for data protection, but Internxt does not entirely escape the logic of exchanges between authorities.
Regarding its VPN, Internxt claims a no-log policy and asserts it does not retain browser history or connection logs. The promise is explicit but publicly unsubstantiated. Audits highlighted by the company focus on its software ecosystem—web, mobile and desktop apps—without a dedicated no-log audit for the VPN.
Even the earlier Chrome extension incident warrants caution. At the time, Internxt disputed on Reddit that it had been affected and said it had released a new VPN version as a precaution. The incident does not condemn the current extension, but it reinforces the need for more solid technical evidence for a service that relies heavily on trust.
Internxt VPN for streaming (Netflix, Disney+, HBO)
No streaming miracle with Internxt VPN. Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, BBC iPlayer and Prime Video detected the extension or returned an inconsistent region during our tests. Result: even to watch your usual content while keeping the VPN on for privacy, the experience quickly falls short.
Internxt VPN for torrenting
Internxt VPN is not suitable for P2P either: the extension only covers browser traffic, not the download clients installed on the computer.
Other features of Internxt VPN
Internxt VPN does not offer any special additional features. No ad blocker, no anti-malware protection, no dedicated servers or dedicated IP: the extension is limited to masking the IP and encrypting browser navigation.
The editors’ verdict
Internxt VPN should be regarded for what it is: a bonus integrated into a private cloud suite. To quickly mask your IP in Chrome or Firefox, or to secure a web session on an unfamiliar network, the extension does the job. The interface is straightforward, speeds stay comfortable, and the whole thing may suit people who already use Internxt Drive or the publisher’s other tools.
For deeper use, however, there are many concessions. The network covers only five countries, there are no adjustable settings, WebRTC exposes the real IP, streaming is poorly handled, P2P is out of scope, and the technical documentation remains too light on protocols, encryption and the no-log policy.
Internxt VPN can thus be a browser-side stopgap, but it does not replace a full VPN client. It isn’t the first extension to choose if you’re looking for a free VPN for Chrome or Firefox. An add-on to an Internxt subscription is nice; as a selling point for subscribing to the suite, there are still too many functions, choices, and technical transparency missing.
Internxt VPN works to quickly mask your IP in the browser and preserves comfortable speeds, but it accumulates too many limitations to be recommended as a real VPN: a very small network, no adjustable settings, WebRTC leaks, IPs occasionally blocked, streaming poorly handled, customer support not very responsive, and insufficient technical transparency. As a bonus within the Internxt suite, it can help. As a standalone subscription or VPN, it doesn’t go far enough.
- Very simple interface
- Free version without an account
- Comfortable speeds
- IPs and DNS consistent in standard tests
- Seamless integration with the Internxt suite
- European framework and GDPR
- Réseau limité à cinq pays
- Settings unavailable
- WebRTC leak
- IP addresses sometimes blocked
- Streaming poorly handled
- Not suitable for P2P
- Technical documentation too light on VPN
- Unresponsive customer support
Daniel Brooks
I cover everyday products with a practical eye, from kitchen tools and home essentials to smart gadgets and consumer trends. My goal is to help readers understand what is genuinely useful, what is worth the price, and what deserves a second look before buying.