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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought a subscription 3 years ago (forgot I had). Without my knowledge ZenMate added an auto-renewal to my PayPal account. I got an email on 3rd April informing me they have taken money from my P... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

NETWORK SECURITY Although Zenmate.com provide an effective VPN. The service relies on: 1 Turning on hosted networks 2 Using a proxy service 3 Using Wi-Fi Direct These three Net work... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very low price (€20.28 Euros) per year. All good except BBC iPlayer is geo-blocked. Rapid reply received to my e mail. Developers have been informed and the issue will be resolved. Unfortunately, unab... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service... there were problems with performance in my country, which I found out about after buying a subscription. The technical support team very quickly helped to solve the problem and re... See more

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  1. VPN Service

About ZenMate

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Our Mission:
To simplify the world of online security and privacy and make it accessible to everyone.

Products:
Explore our range of Internet security products & solutions for all your devices: http://go.zenmate.com/products

Awards:
Europas Award for best Privacy/Security Startup 2014
Germany's Startup of the year 2014

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

675 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

zero support

zero support, its clear they are not fixing their Mac client application, it won't work, yet they are happy to take a yearly subscription cost! Scammers.

16 January 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of money

Waste of money. Similar to others, zenmate support did not rectify the problem on mac, service hasn't worked at all for a couple weeks now, has always been patchy, randomly switching off and not telling me. No refund offered, even partial refund, despite the fact that the product fails to do what was promised. No timescale for a fix is given, just a "we are working on it". They are not even willing to say "if it's not fixed by x date, we will issue a refund".

Very vague and unsupportive "support". You need to be willing to refund customers if you can't deliver your service. That is the fair and upright practise. And there is no point replying to bad reviews saying "please get in touch directly". Why? So you can say "no refunds" out of the public eye and away from other potential suckers?

8 December 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very disappointed.

Disconnecting all the time. Impossible to unblock. Customer service say they have a problem "affecting many users"(sic) but they don't know when they'll be able to fix it ! Meantime, ZM useless to me but refund not allowed (conditions of sale ref.) even though software useless !!! (Note: works ok on my IOS). Unfair I think to reject refund while software unoperative (on desktop)

23 November 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Danish server is actually Swedish

Zenmate's Danish server is actually a Swedish server.
Get it right or don't offer it.
For other locations, it works great, but it seems to be quite unstable, with no notification when you have been disconnected.
My experience is based on daily use over the past 4 month or so.

8 September 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

NETWORK SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY
Although Zenmate.com provide an effective VPN. The service relies on:
1 Turning on hosted networks
2 Using a proxy service
3 Using Wi-Fi Direct
These three Net work permissions combine to provide a breach of User Privacy and overall network security.
I have applied for a refund
I am happy to be removed from from thi Service

10 August 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good service

ZenMate was blocked in Russia so I got the refund for my 3-year subscription. Before vpn servers were blocked, ZenMate had been working good both as Chrome extension & phone app.

18 July 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service..

Excellent service... there were problems with performance in my country, which I found out about after buying a subscription. The technical support team very quickly helped to solve the problem and returned the money spent. For which they have a special respect. As soon as the problems with working capacity in my country are solved, I will definitely use this service again.

3 July 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No warning before charging for ‘auto…

No warning before charging for ‘auto renewal’.

I had this last year on an old device but have not used it since that device broke in June. Instead of sending an email notifying me of auto renewal, which any reputable company would, they’ve just charged me and refuse to give me a refund. I know they’ve received my refund request because I was sent an email cancelling the subscription.

22 January 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I like it

I like it, although some places like France are so slow in comparison to those in Germany, for example. Other than that this VPN is pretty good, actually.

27 December 2021
Unprompted review

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