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TunnelBear costs Free to $5.75 per mo as of November 2026, with 3 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Free (free), Unlimited at $3.33/month, and Teams at $5.75/user/month. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

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  • Free tier: Yes

TunnelBear offers 3 pricing tiers: Free, Unlimited, Teams. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Unlimited at $3.33/month, Teams at $5.75/user/month. The Unlimited plan is all-day security and peace of mind.

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TunnelBear lists $0-$5.75/mo, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of November 2026. Key hidden costs: limited money-back guarantee, free plan limitations, no router support. Verified from 2 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Limited Money-Back Guarantee

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TunnelBear does not offer a standard, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee; refunds are case-by-case. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies only to the first year of annual subscriptions purchased directly from their website.

Grounded summary

No Router Support: TunnelBear VPN software cannot be installed directly on routers, which means users seeking to protect their entire home network with a single installation may find this an implementation limitation.

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Free Plan Limitations

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The free plan is capped at 2GB of data per month, and free users cannot select specific countries for their VPN connection. Split tunneling (SplitBear) is exclusively a paid feature.

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Additionally, free users cannot select specific countries for their VPN connection (server selection is random), and split tunneling (SplitBear) is exclusively a paid feature.

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No Router Support

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TunnelBear VPN software cannot be installed directly on routers, which means users seeking to protect their entire home network with a single installation may find this an implementation limitation.

Grounded summary

No Router Support: TunnelBear VPN software cannot be installed directly on routers, which means users seeking to protect their entire home network with a single installation may find this an implementation limitation.

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Limited Live Customer Support

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TunnelBear does not offer

Grounded summary

No Router Support: TunnelBear VPN software cannot be installed directly on routers, which means users seeking to protect their entire home network with a single installation may find this an implementation limitation.

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