Parent company
Posteo e.K.
Founder owned · headquartered in Germany · owns 1 VPN brand
A small owner-operated Berlin company funded entirely by subscriptions. Has challenged German surveillance orders in court, winning a 2016 constitutional case narrowing what it could be compelled to disclose.
Brands it controls
Posteo 53
€1 a month, anonymously payable in cash, and deliberately without custom domains.
Sources
- https://posteo.de/en/site/transparency_report — ownership, legal requests
Verification: needs primary source check, checked 2026-09-06.
Frequently asked
Which VPNs does Posteo e.K. own?
Posteo.
Is a VPN owned by Posteo e.K. safe?
Ownership does not make a VPN unsafe, but it tells you whose incentives you are trusting. Posteo e.K. is founder owned and headquartered in Germany. A small owner-operated Berlin company funded entirely by subscriptions. Has challenged German surveillance orders in court, winning a 2016 constitutional case narrowing what it could be compelled to disclose. Each brand's review on this site scores the audit history and jurisdiction separately.
Does Posteo e.K. own any VPN review sites?
Not that we have found. That is worth something: two of the largest VPN owners do.
How do you know this?
From the sources listed on this page — company filings, official brand pages and press releases. Verification status is needs primary source check, last checked 2026-09-06. If you know of a change, contact us.