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Why Harbor VPN Has Limits

Most VPN sites lead with the word unlimited. Harbor VPN has limits, and we would rather explain them than hide them. Here is what they are, why they exist, and who they work for.

Last updated October 13, 2026 · By Harbor Privacy

The Limits

30 Mbps per device
100 GB of downloads per device per month
Up to 5 devices per plan

30 Mbps is plenty for browsing, video calls, and HD streaming. It will not saturate a gigabit connection, and it is not meant to.

Why They Exist

Harbor VPN is run by one person, from one server. The biggest cost of running a VPN is the bandwidth that leaves that server. A small number of people moving terabytes of video can cost more than a hundred normal customers put together.

The limits stop that from happening. That keeps the price at $4.99 a month as an Adblock add-on or $9.99 standalone, and it keeps the service fast for everyone instead of slowed down by someone else's downloads.

The monthly cap only counts downloads. Uploads are small by comparison, so they do not count against you.

What the Limits Do Not Mean

They have nothing to do with logging. Enforcing a monthly allowance means keeping one number per device: a running byte count. That is all.

No record of sites you visit
No DNS query logs. The resolver on every tunnel has query logging switched off.
No inspection of what is inside your traffic

Details are in the No-Logs Policy.

Who It Is Built For

Private everyday browsing: hiding your traffic from your internet provider, staying safe on public Wi-Fi, and keeping your home IP address off the sites you visit. If you are new to this, start with Do You Need a VPN?

It is not built for unblocking streaming regions, torrenting, or moving huge files. We would rather say that up front than oversell it.

What You Get in Exchange

Four protocols: WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, and AmneziaWG for networks that try to detect and block VPN traffic
Threat-blocking DNS on every tunnel, enforced at the firewall so it cannot be bypassed
No IPv6 leaks: IPv6 traffic is routed into the tunnel and dropped there instead of leaking out your own connection
Simple signup: an email and a payment, nothing else

If you need unlimited speed and data, a larger provider is the better fit, and that is fine.

Common Questions

What happens if I hit 100 GB?

The cap is per device and resets each month. Past it, that device stops receiving downloads until the next reset. Your other devices are not affected.

Is 30 Mbps fast enough?

For browsing, calls, and HD video, yes. It is a cap per device, so each device you add gets its own 30 Mbps.

Does the cap mean you log my activity?

No. The only thing counted is a running byte total per device. Sites, DNS lookups, and traffic contents are not recorded.

Can I use it for streaming or torrenting?

Harbor VPN is a privacy tool, not a streaming-unblock or file-sharing service. Normal HD streaming works, but it is not designed for those uses.

TRY HARBOR VPN

Four protocols, threat-blocking DNS on every tunnel, and no logs. $4.99 a month with Adblock, or $9.99 on its own. See Harbor VPN.