VPNGive Setup: Five Steps to Get Connected

The sign-up entry point lives in the dashboard: the main button on the homepage and the Login link at the top of the page both lead to the same dashboard, where sign-up and login switch on one page. Choose sign-up and fill in just two fields — username and password — then submit. No email address is required, so there's no verification email to wait for and no confirmation link to click; the account works as soon as you submit.

The username is only a login identifier. Pick something you'll remember but that isn't tied to your real identity — don't use your real name or the handle from your social accounts. Use a password you don't use anywhere else, never the one on your email, cloud storage or payment accounts. Longer is better: a dozen-plus characters with mixed case and symbols, and let a password manager remember it if you can't.

Because there's no email address to recover the account through, you are responsible for keeping the password safe. Right after signing up, save an entry in your password manager with the username and what it's for. If you do forget it, open a ticket from inside the dashboard and explain the situation — support can help with account issues. That's the only part of the whole flow that needs a human.

After you submit, you land in the dashboard overview. The account has no plan yet, so the overview shows an inactive state and the subscription details are empty — that's expected; the next step is choosing a plan. Returning to the dashboard in the same browser keeps you logged in; a different device or browser asks you to log in again, which is normal.

Entry point Dashboard sign-up pageYou provide Username + passwordVerification email None

Once logged in, go to the plan section of the dashboard — or compare plans on this site's pricing page first and come back to order. There are three monthly tiers, and the only difference is monthly traffic:

• ¥9.9 / month, 60GB included — light use: research, sending and receiving files, the occasional episode.
• ¥18 / month, 250GB included — the everyday workhorse: an hour or two of streaming a day, plus work and web browsing.
• ¥28 / month, 500GB included — several devices sharing, regular 4K viewing, large file transfers.

Traffic resets monthly on your activation date, not on the 1st of the calendar month. If you activate on the 12th, you go back to the full allowance on the 12th of each month — estimate usage on that rhythm and you won't get it wrong. If you want to move up a tier mid-cycle, the difference is prorated by the remaining days, so you don't have to wait for the current period to end. Starting small and upgrading later is the safer route.

Besides monthly plans there are data packs that last until used up: ¥158 / 300GB, ¥358 / 1000GB and ¥658 / 3000GB, with no expiry. The difference between the two billing models is simple: monthly plans reset each month, while data packs are consumed at your own pace and never expire — handy if your usage swings a lot or you'd rather not renew every month.

This service has no device limit, so the same subscription can be used on several devices at once. Estimate traffic across all of them rather than per device: when your home computer, phone and tablet are all online, add the three together and leave a tier of headroom — easier than upgrading after the fact.

Ordering is short: pick a tier → confirm the amount → choose a payment method (Alipay / WeChat / USDT) → pay. Afterwards, go back to the dashboard; the order appears in your order list with its status, and the subscription details show up in the overview. If you want to check server quality before committing, trying costs you nothing — 60-day money-back guarantee.

Once your plan is active, go back to the dashboard overview: a subscription URL appears in the subscription section. It looks something like the example below (format only — use whatever the dashboard shows):

https://example.com/sub?token=YOUR_TOKEN

That URL is the configuration source for your clients. A client doesn't store a fixed server list; it pulls one from this URL. When servers change on the dashboard side, hit update subscription in the client and the new servers appear — no manual config editing. Treat it as a live copy you can fetch any time, not a one-off installer.

There are two ways to copy it: click the copy button next to the URL, or press and hold to select the whole URL and copy it manually. On a phone, a common approach is to copy it into a notes app first and paste from there into the client, so the clipboard doesn't get cleared as you switch between apps.

One security rule to remember: the subscription URL is as sensitive as your account credentials. Anyone who has it can pull your servers and use your traffic, so don't post it in public groups, don't paste it into forums asking for help, and mask the token at the end of the URL in screenshots. Every device imports the same URL — you don't need a separate one per device.

If you can't connect, the first thing to try is also an update in the client: an out-of-date server list is the most common cause of failure, and re-selecting a server after updating usually fixes it. For a more detailed decision tree, the full handbook lays out the troubleshooting order.

Both the client and the subscription come from the dashboard; this site doesn't host direct installer links. Log in, open the download section and pick the client for your platform. All platforms use the same subscription URL, and the import steps are basically identical: find Config / Profiles → choose Import from URL → paste the URL → save → select that profile.

• Windows
• macOS
• Android
• iOS
• Linux

Windows: desktop client

On desktop, use a client that supports the standard subscription format — the one in the dashboard's download section is the reference. Install it as prompted; on first run the system may ask whether to allow the app to access the network, so choose allow. Open the client, go to Config / Profiles, click add, choose Import from URL, paste the subscription URL, save, then select that profile in the list.

Once enabled, the client usually takes over the system proxy automatically. If a browser still shows your local network, check that the System Proxy switch is on. If you want it available from boot, tick launch at startup in the settings so you don't have to start it by hand each time.

Where Config / ProfilesImport method Import from URLSystem proxy Must be on

macOS: menu bar client

macOS clients usually live in the menu bar. After downloading, drag the app into Applications; the first launch is blocked by the system, so allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security. This is the standard requirement for proxy apps — only after you allow it can it change the system proxy settings.

Then click the menu bar icon, open Config, add a profile, choose Import from URL, paste the subscription URL, save and select it. Switch to rule mode or global mode and it takes effect; the menu bar icon changes with the state, so you can see at a glance whether you're connected.

Where Menu bar icon → ConfigFirst launch Allow under Privacy & Security

Android: mobile client

On Android, get the installer from the dashboard's download section. During installation the system may ask you to allow apps from this source — allow it and continue. Open the client, go to Config, tap the add button in the bottom right, choose Import from URL, paste the subscription URL and save, then go back to the home screen, select the profile you just added and tap connect.

The first connection triggers the system's VPN permission prompt — tap allow. That authorization is asked once and won't come up again. On mobile, connect on demand: staying connected in the background all day drains the battery.

Where Config → Add → Import from URLFirst connection Allow VPN permission

iOS: App Store client

The iOS client is installed from the App Store; the link is in the dashboard's download section, so log in and follow the prompt. Once installed, open it, go to Config, tap add in the top right, choose Import from URL, paste the subscription URL, save and select it, then go back to the home screen and turn on the connection.

The first time you enable it, iOS shows an Add VPN Configuration prompt — tap allow and confirm with your device passcode or Face ID. iOS only allows one VPN configuration to be connected at a time, so if another similar app is installed on the device, disconnect it first.

Where Dashboard downloads → App StoreFirst connection Add a VPN configuration

Linux: command-line client

On Linux desktop distributions you can use a command-line client; importing works the same way — hand the subscription URL to the client and refresh it regularly. Install methods and config directories vary a lot between distributions, so the full commands and directory notes live in the full handbook rather than here.

Where Config file + subscription URLDetailed steps See the full handbook

Once the clients are installed on several platforms, you don't configure servers in each one: the server list is maintained by the subscription, and clients only display and connect. To add a third or fourth device, repeat the same import — there's no cap on simultaneous devices.

The server list in the client is grouped by region, and each entry is labelled with its type: relay, dedicated, direct. Day to day, start with a nearby server that shows a low reading in the client; if one gets unstable at peak times, switch to another server in the same region — that usually recovers faster than sticking with one.

Click connect and the status changes from Disconnected to Connected, with the tray or menu bar icon following along. Then verify in three steps:

1. Check the exit IP: open the site's IP lookup page and see whether the location has changed to the region you picked. This is the most direct check — if the location hasn't changed, the proxy isn't actually carrying your traffic.
2. Visit the sites you need: open the websites, streaming services or AI tools you use day to day and confirm they load. For which exit regions AI tools prefer and how to choose servers for them, see the AI acceleration page.
3. Switch to another server and repeat: make sure more than one server in your subscription works, so you have a fallback when a single server wobbles.

If you can't connect, work through this order — most problems are solved by the first two steps:

• Update the subscription in the client to rule out an out-of-date server list;
• Switch to another server in the same region, or move from a direct server to a relay;
• Disconnect in the client first, confirm your local network is working, then reconnect;
• Check that the system clock is accurate — a time offset makes the handshake fail outright;
• Restart the client, and if that doesn't help, restart the device.

If none of that works, open a ticket in the dashboard and include the platform, client version, the server you selected and what exactly happens — support can pinpoint it faster. The full handbook has a longer checklist, including how to read logs and narrow things down step by step.

Five steps in, basic use is no longer a problem. To go a level deeper, pick what you need: