Hola VPN's goal is to make the Internet faster, more open, and cheaper to operate. Hola VPN is a collaborative (P2P) internet -- Hola VPN works by sharing the idle resources of its users for the benefit of all. Hola VPN provides several products based on this resource sharing technology:
Hola VPN is the first community powered (Peer-to-Peer) VPN, where users help other users make the web world-wide again. This means that Hola VPN routes your traffic through other peers (nodes) in the Hola VPN network, as opposed to routing through power-hungry costly servers. This allows Hola VPN to provide you with a superior VPN service with minimal underlying costs. Using real peers to route your traffic rather than proxy servers means that Hola VPN is harder to detect and block. Currently, Hola VPN runs in a hybrid mode - combining traditional VPN architecture and peer-to-peer technology. Chrome browser extension and Opera browser add-on operate as a standard VPN service, and are not part of the Hola VPN peer-to-peer network
Hola VPN can be installed as a browser extension to Chrome, Firefox, or Opera on Windows and Mac PCs. Hola VPN can also be installed as an app on Android or iOS, and is available as an application (.exe) for Windows. All downloads are accessible directly from our home page (installation and use of Hola VPN is subject to our Terms of service and Privacy policy).
Hola VPN is free for private (non-commercial) use on PC, Mac and Android, and requires a
subscription on iOS.
For commercial use of proxies all over the world we recommend
Luminati service. The Hola VPN peer-to-peer
architecture makes Hola VPN free. However, some users may
prefer not to contribute their idle resources to the Hola VPN network, and
thus can join the Hola VPN PLUS service,
which lets you use Hola VPN without your idle resources being used in
return
About Hola VPN PLUS subscription:
Your use of Hola Free VPN Proxy is free of charge in exchange for safely using some of your device's resources (WiFi and very limited cellular data), and only when you are not using your device. You may turn this off by joining Hola VPN PLUS service. Please see our TOS for further information.
Our vision at Hola VPN is to make the web world wide again, by allowing users to
browse the freely -- no censorship, no geographical
restrictions, no blocking.
We engineered Hola VPN in a totally new way - as the world's first (and only)
peer to peer VPN, where each user in our community shares a small portion of
his resources for the benefit of the network, and thus Hola VPN can be free
of ads.
Hola VPN makes its revenue by providing corporations the same VPN service we
provide to users, but for a fee. This enables us
to make Hola VPN free, and keep it free forever!
Like any P2P network, Hola VPN is a "value exchange" network - you get the Hola VPN service for free (on PC, Mac or Android), and in exchange you provide a certain amount of network and processing power when your computer is not in use. This is similar to Skype and other P2P services. To provide you its functionality, Hola VPN sometimes needs to route your services through peers (other people's devices) on the Hola VPN network. In return, some of their traffic is also routed through your device. They cannot access your device, they are only routed through it. Hola VPN is free on PC, Mac and Android only for non-commercial users. For commercial use by businesses, Hola VPN provides similar routing functionality through the Hola VPN network for a fee. This is how Hola VPN makes its revenues. The amount of traffic that Hola VPN passes through a peer on its network per day on average is less than a 20 second YouTube clip. PLUS users of the Hola VPN network pay a monthly subscription and in return only use the network and do not contribute to it with their idle resources.
Yes, consumers can pay a fee to only use the Hola VPN, but not contribute their unused resources to the network. This would mean that you will be using Hola VPN as just any other paid-for VPN service. Sign up for Hola VPN PLUS here
VPNs have existed for almost as long as the Internet. VPN companies
need to set up and maintain servers in various countries. These servers
are then used for routing your traffic in order to change your IP.
In addition, these VPN companies need to pay
bandwidth bills for their users' traffic. This is very expensive.
This built-in cost, coupled with the need of any company to turn a profit,
makes a traditional VPN service quite expensive for the end-user (typically
around $10 per month).
Hola VPN built a peer-to-peer overlay network for HTTP, which routes
the sites you choose through other Hola VPN users' devices and not through
expensive servers. Hola VPN never takes up valuable resources from these users
because it only uses a user as a proxy if that user's device is completely
idle (by idle we mean that the device is not using battery but is connected
to electricity; no mouse or keyboard activity has been detected; and the
device is connected to the internet). This makes Hola VPN the first VPN service
that has no underlying operational costs.
Users who want to enjoy the Hola VPN network without contributing their idle
resources can do so by joining the
Hola VPN PLUS service.
Like any P2P network, Hola VPN is a "value exchange" network - you get the
service for free, in exchange for providing a certain amount of network and
processing power when your device is idle.
Your device is considered idle when:
The amount of traffic that Hola VPN passes through a peer on its network per day on average is less than a 20 second YouTube clip.
We keep Hola VPN free for PCs by selling the same VPN service that you use
to businesses.
Hola VPN works because it is a peer-to-peer network - you use the network and
contribute to the network. To provide this service without charge to our
community, Hola VPN charges validated corporations for use of the network. For
Hola VPN users that do not want to be a peer in this network, we offer the
Hola VPN PLUS service, which lets you only use
the network, but not be a part of it
Hola VPN keeps your information private and does not pass it on to any
third party. Consumers have grown used to having Internet businesses
collect some of their personal information and sell that on to third
parties (either as advertisements or other). Hola VPN's business model is
different -- we don't collect any of your personal information -- we
use a small fraction of your computer's resources when they are not in
use (so that we never slow you down) for the benefit of the network. We
find that to be much less intrusive than the existing business models.
Check out our premium
page for a list of available subscriptions.
We definitely need your help to make the internet better! Here's what you can do:
Hola VPN and Hola VPN PLUS are for private,
non-commercial use. If you are looking for a robust business proxy service
please check Luminati service and
recieve a free trial.
Your subscription to Luminati will grant you with:
Businesses typically use the Luminati service for:
To reset your password go to forgot password
The Hola VPN service is provided for each platform individually. Therefore, you need to buy a separate subscription for each platform where Hola VPN is to be used.
We can not change your email address once you registered with it. If you registered with a wrong email, register again with the right email address.
Hola VPN has discontinued its torrent 'Media Player' feature, and now offers the video accelerator product for better video streaming from your favorite sites -- faster video start time, and less buffering.
Try each of these methods separately:
Try each of these separately:
For Chrome
For Firefox
Disable all other extensions and then enable them back, one by one, to find the extension that is causing the conflict with Hola VPN.
You could be receiving this message either because you are behind a corporate firewall through which Hola VPN cannot pass, or because the Hola VPN system is down. Alternatively, this message can result from some other problem that we are not able to pinpoint. If you are behind a firewall (e.g. at work), try connecting to a different network (different WiFi for example), or outside the company. Otherwise, try the following:
Your PLUS membership is associated with the account you used for
registering to Hola VPN when you started the membership. As long as you are
signed in, using that account, you appear as a PLUS user.
Sign in to your account
For example, if you registered with your Google account and you are
using your Facebook account, Hola VPN will not recognize you as a PLUS
user
The email you received from Hola VPN after starting your subscription
indicates which account is associated with your membership
If you used PayPal to pay for your membership, it may take few minutes
for the membership status to get updated
If you have a PLUS membership but still do not see that in your status,
take the following steps:
Please note: Hola VPN service is provided for each platform individually. Therefore, you need to purchase a separate membership for each platform where Hola VPN is to be used.
If you'd like to manually buy each subscription period (monthly, yearly) separately, you can do the following:
We update Hola VPN often with bug fixes and new features. We keep your version of
Hola VPN automatically updated.
Android and iOS users:
Ensure that you keep automatic updates on
If you have gone through the above troubleshooting steps and are still facing problems, send us a bug report, and include as much of the following information as you can:
Note: Many times resetting your computer/cell phone and ensuring that you have internet connectivity will solve your problem.
Some old versions of Hola VPN for Firefox, which were installed from the
Mozilla Add-ons store, don't get automatically updated to the newest
version of Hola VPN
Uninstall the current Hola VPN you have, and go to Hola VPN's website,
click 'Start' to get the latest version of Hola VPN.
You can allow Hola VPN in incognito as follows:
Try the following:
You can uninstall Hola VPN as follows:
Note: This does not uninstall the Hola VPN client from your PC; to remove the client, carry out the steps below
Note: This does not uninstall the Hola VPN client from your PC, to remove the client, carry out the steps below
We appreciate any contribution that help us keep our users safe.
We will provide a modest bounty of $50 for a qualified and unknown
vulnerability report. For critical and high-impact security
vulnerabilities we will provide a higher bounty at our discretion.
Send us an email
We love to hear your feedback and ideas. Send us an email!
You can read here more about community powered (Peer-to-Peer) VPN
We prefer to use WiFi! We may use very limited cellular data and we won't use while roaming
Please note: You can also set Hola VPN to clear the browsing history every time you exit Hola VPN by selecting the check box 'Clear history on exit' at the top of the list
Hola VPN app comes with a built-in browser which allows you to unblock any
website from any country. Click the country flag from the top of the screen
to change the Hola VPN browser IP (internet address) to the country you want to
virtually browse from. Once you pick a country, enter the website you want to
browse to in the address bar. You will be virtually browsing from the country
you selected
To see a list of popular sites in your country, click the Hola VPN browser's
address bar from the home screen. From that list, you can select the site you
want to browse to, and the country you want to browse the site from
Hola VPN helps to make the internet faster, more open, and cheaper to
operate.
We cannot provide support for a specific domain or service. Moreover, users
must always comply with the site's terms of use
Using pay sites with Hola VPN.
To check the functionality of the VPN please visit
iplocation.net or any other IP locater, and you
will be able to see your IP is an IP of the country you selected.
If Hola VPN isn't working on your Android device, it's possible that there
is a conflict with another application or system settings.
The following apps can not run at the same time or might cause conflict
with Hola VPN:
App is set to a 'browsing from' country with Hola VPN but still does not work:
Go to Hola VPN app > settings > turn 'Popular List' off
Go to Hola VPN app > settings > turn off Hola VPN
Please note: If you have Hola VPN PLUS, this neither stops payments nor ends the subscription! To stop the subscription, visit 'Subscriptions' in 'My Account' settings on the 'Play Store'
To report a problem on Android, follow these steps:
For all iOS-related questions, see Hola VPN iOS FAQ
The Hola VPN accelerator is an extension that helps you to stream videos better with faster start time, and less buffering
On some devices the app would not be able to enable the 'Developer options'. As a result the app would not function properly. Please see the following to manually enable the 'Developer options'
You have activated the 'Developer options'! You can now enable 'Mock locations' and use the app - See the next section to learn how to enable 'Mock location'
To enable Android's 'mock location', click 'SETTINGS' on the pop out in Hola VPN change GPS location app
Please note: You can always change these settings using 'Android developer settings'
For all billing questions, visit the Hola VPN Billing FAQ
Hola VPN is the first community powered (Peer-to-Peer) VPN, where users
help each other make the information on the web accessible for everyone
again.
Hola VPN is very easy to setup (one click), and is free and ad-free for PC and
Mac users. It is useful for seeing how a website looks like from a
certain country, for overcoming government
censorship (e.g. using Facebook from a country that blocks it), for
overcoming your corporation's internet site blocking, for seeing a site
in its native language (e.g. seeing the Spanish news site as it appears
to Spanish users), and more.
Hola VPN is free on PC, MAC and Android for private use. For a
commercial-level VPN, see Luminati service
Go to a website you would like to use, click Hola VPN's extension icon in your
browser, and select the country from which you would like to access the
site. Hola VPN will switch your IP (your internet address) to the country you
selected, so that you are virtually browsing from that country.
Alternatively, you can click the Hola VPN extension from any page, and enter
a website you would like to unblock, then select the country. Enjoy!
We cannot provide support for a specific domain or service. Moreover, users
must always comply with the site's terms of use
Using pay sites with Hola VPN.
To check the functionality of the VPN please visit
iplocation.net or any other IP locater, and you
will be able to see your IP is an IP of the country you selected.
If you purchased a Hola VPN PLUS account and wish to get a refund, please send
us the email address with which you signed up to our service.
When Hola VPN identifies a webpage that many people in your country unblock by using Hola VPN, Hola VPN assumes that you may want to unblock this page via Hola VPN as well. You can click 'unlock' to unblock the page via Hola VPN, or click 'x' to continue browsing normally. Based on your decision, Hola VPN will create a rule that you can change afterwards.
Hola VPN does not support these platforms. For a list of recommended complementary services that support these platforms, go to our recommendation page.
Hola VPN regularly monitors the consumer network for traces of misuse or security breaches. In addition, architecture modifications allow Hola VPN to see the origin of each request, thus if a cyber criminal were to use the Hola VPN network, the cyber's criminal information may be passed on to the authorities. This makes Hola VPN un-attractive to abusers. Some VPN networks don't see both ends of the connection, and are therefore much more attractive for these uses.
The use of Bittorrent on our network is not allowed, and we are blocking Bittorrent traffic.
To route your traffic through other IPs, Hola VPN must act as a proxy for
your data, thus requiring various data permissions
We only ask for the permissions we need for the app to work
best
More details about the required Android permissions can be found
below.
Device & app history: Hola VPN allows you to launch, from within the
Hola VPN app, apps you installed in your device
Identity: Hola VPN also needs to create an ID for your Android
device, and the ID is created from the various hardware readings
Photos/Media/Files: We use the external storage of the device
for caching and storing data
Device ID & call information: Hola VPN uses peer-to-peer technology
as a VPN proxy, so we need to identify when the device is idle and is
using the power supply and NOT roaming, so we don't waste your battery, or
slowing down your phone.
No. Hola VPN handles your HTTP requests exactly like HTTP web proxies do, according to the HTTP RFC standards, and in a similar way to how ISPs do it in the normal course of your browsing. That also covers 'Cache:' public/private HTTP headers, and their correct handling.
This is a false positive report. The file it's catching is part of the Hola VPN smart cache (you can mark it as safe, don't delete). We are working with the top antivirus vendors to get Hola VPN completely whitelisted, so that these types of false positives don't disturb our users.
Like other commercial networks, Hola VPN is a managed and supervised network and thus any illegal activity such as CP would be reported to the authorities with the user's real IP. Criminals will typically not use a commercial service, because their identities are at the hands of that commercial entity.
Non-commercial VPNs such as TOR are completely anonymous, and nobody has access to the source of the requests on that network. That makes these networks ideal for criminal activity, and running a Tor relay/bridge is most likely helping the wrong people, as well as putting the operator in danger. Hola VPN is a commercial network, run by a commercial company that has its customers and its business in mind. Thus, when sensing any dubious activity on our network, we are able to see the source of the request and help law enforcement get to the cyber criminal. We've never yet heard of a case where a Hola VPN user had any such problems, despite having an install base that is a few thousand times bigger than any other comparable network such as Tor. If you are still concerned about these risks, you have the option of not installing or uninstalling Hola VPN.
Hola VPN’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) is responsible for the overall security of the Hola VPN network. Hola VPN’s CSO leads the development, implementation, and management of the organization’s security vision, strategy, and programs. Recent actions include internal and external security audits, security bounty program, securing the consumer and commercial onboarding processes, and changes in the Hola VPN network architecture.
To expose Hola VPN’s products and networks to external scrutiny, we occasionally offer a vulnerability bounty program, by which researchers can receive recognition and compensation for reporting security vulnerabilities. This program allows Hola VPN to discover and resolve security issues before the general public, thereby preventing the abuse of the Hola VPN networks.
Hola VPN PLUS subscription can be used up to 10 devices.
Make sure to purchase your subscription
here.
Subscription bought on mobile device can only be used on that device.
In most cases, this is because your browser or app still have some
information that identify you as coming from your country.
To fix, disconnect from Hola VPN PLUS, do the following and the reconnect:
Performing these actions makes sure you start with a 'clean' system. Now,
reconnect to Hola VPN PLUS, open the browser/app, sign-in and try again.
If you still encounter difficulties, please
let us know.
Make sure you are signed in with your Hola VPN PLUS account details to allow Hola to correctly identify your account type. You will find a sign-in menu in every Hola VPN PLUS product - on desktop and on mobile.
Here are a few tips to improve your Hola VPN PLUS speed:
Many websites keep track of their visitor's IP addresses. When you
connect to Hola VPN PLUS, your public IP address changes from your regular
IP address to a different IP address. Some sites may display a message or
send you an email saying that an unusual login was detected.
The reason for these warning usually is the rapid change in IP address that
happens when you use a VPN. For example, if your home country is India, you
usually connect to the website (without VPN) from an India IP address. If you
visit the same site after connecting to a USA VPN server, the site will
suddenly see you connecting from the USA and consider it suspicious.
You are welcome to share your account with your family so that they can enjoy
Hola VPN PLUS as well. Just remember that your accont allows up to 10
devices.
If you need more than 10 devices, simply buy a second Hola
VPN PLUS subscription.
Your online activity is not recorded, and will not be visible to anyone.
To manage your subscription, go to
your account.
This depends on which device you used to subscribe to Hola VPN PLUS:
To contact our support team, fill a
support form.
Using two VPN services at the same time can cause an unexpected behavior. If you'd like to use two VPN services, simply quit one of them while using the other.
Yes, you still need to register and pay for sites that require registration and payment, even when using Hola VPN. In addition, you must always comply with the site's terms of use.
Yes, Hola VPN works on Windows, even if running under VMWare. Our browser extensions work on all operating systems that support Chrome and Firefox (except mobile). However, you should close the Hola VPN client on the host system before you open the virtual machine, and never try to run Hola VPN on both the host and guest operating systems at once.
Yes, using Hola VPN PLUS - see Hola VPN PLUS Setup configuration page.