Velvet VPN (Вельвет ВПН): official bot, personal account, prices and copycats

Velvet VPN («Вельвет ВПН») is a paid VPN service that sells subscriptions through the Telegram bot @velvet_vpn_bot and the site velvetvpn.com. The service has no app of its own in the stores (in March 2026 it wrote that it was developing one): Velvet issues a subscription link on the VLESS Reality protocol, which you add to the third-party client Happ. As of October 27, 2026, a month costs 245 ₽ for one person (up to 5 devices) and 495 ₽ for a family (up to 10 devices). The "Velvet VPN" app that Google Play shows first for the query «вельвет впн» ("velvet vpn") is released by a different publisher, and nothing confirms a connection between that app and the service.

If you need a VPN with its own app from the App Store and Google Play, without Telegram and without registration, we recommend BessyConnect. We explain why in a separate section below.

What is Velvet VPN and who is behind it?

Velvet VPN has been running since autumn 2024: the first post in its Telegram channel @velvet_vpn is dated October 11, 2024, and the domain velvetvpn.com was registered on October 30, 2024. No legal entity is named on the site. The user agreement and privacy policy name "the Velvet service" as the party to the contract, and the site footer says "© 2026 Velvet Proxy".

The service is large. As of October 27, 2026, the @velvet_vpn channel has 474,534 subscribers, and the bot @velvet_vpn_bot has 357,612 monthly users. A separate channel with server status, @velvet_vpn_health, is read by 275,907 people. For 2025 the service reported 12 petabytes of traffic, half of it over mobile internet.

Several products live under the Velvet name at once, and this is the main thing to sort out before paying:

Referral sites appear for an obvious reason. Velvet's affiliate program pays the referrer 30% of all payments from invited users, and for 2025 the service says it paid partners 1,000,000 ₽. How to check a VPN app's publisher before installing is covered in the article how to spot a fake VPN app. Velvet belongs to the same wave of key-based VPN services as the subjects of the review Tok, Tik, Ded and other people's VPNs.

Velvet VPN: personal account, bot and how to pay for a subscription

You can manage a Velvet subscription in two ways: in the Telegram bot @velvet_vpn_bot or in the web account velvetvpn.app. The service launched the account on March 31, 2026, in case Telegram gets blocked, and asked all customers to link an email to it. According to the service, that's the only way it can stay in touch with customers in any scenario.

At launch, the account let you get a test subscription, view current ones, connect devices and activate promo codes. Since April 28, 2026, subscriptions and devices can be renamed in the bot and in the account.

Payment, according to the service's terms:

• by bank card through third-party payment operators: Velvet itself stores only the transaction token and the masked card number;
• in USDT cryptocurrency (since March 2025);
• with Telegram Stars, but refunds are not made in stars;
• auto-renewal is off by default and is turned on in the settings.

Velvet publishes promo codes in channel posts, and they don't last long. For example, a 30% discount with the code NY2026 was valid until 23:59 on January 6, 2026. You send the code to the bot or enter it in the personal account.

How much does Velvet VPN cost and is there a trial period?

Velvet has no free plan. The individual subscription costs 245 ₽ a month and the family one 495 ₽; when paying for a year, a month comes to 166 ₽ and 333 ₽. The trial period on the site costs 10 ₽ for 3 days with 100 GB of traffic, although the bots' descriptions call it simply "3 days to test" and "3 days free". Prices were taken from velvetvpn.com on October 27, 2026.

Prices have gone up twice. In July 2025 the service raised them by 15%, and from April 1, 2026, the individual plan went up from 195 to 245 ₽ and the family plan from 395 to 495 ₽. At the same time, the limits by device type were replaced with a common limit: any 5 devices on the individual plan and 10 on the family plan.

Mobile internet traffic is counted separately. Since January 1, 2026, the subscription includes 40 GB on the individual plan and 100 GB on the family plan; beyond that you buy packs: since April 2026, 10 GB costs 49 ₽. The service hasn't published new quotas in the channel after the April plan change. Torrents are prohibited on all servers except specially marked ones.

How to download Velvet VPN for phone and PC?

What you need to download is not "Velvet VPN" but the Happ client. In February 2026 the service wrote that Happ had been its default app for several months. You get the subscription in the bot or in the account, and the setup wizard tells you which client to install on your device. The official Velvet site has no links to an app of its own on Google Play or the App Store.

By platform:

1. Android. Happ from Google Play, then add the subscription from the bot. The "Velvet VPN" app from VLESS DEV is not suitable for this role: its connection to the service isn't confirmed, and in its listing the privacy policy link leads to the page of a different VPN, Easy Go VPN.
2. iPhone and iPad. Happ from the App Store. The Happ site has a separate link to the version for the Russian App Store. "Velvet VPN" from S.ERDENER DOO is not in the Russian App Store and has nothing to do with the service.
3. Windows. Happ has versions for Windows x64 and arm64. The subscription is the same and takes one of the plan's 5 or 10 devices. The process is described step by step in the guide Happ on PC.
4. macOS and Linux. Both systems are listed on the Velvet site, and Happ has builds for both.
5. Apple TV and Android TV. According to a channel post from January 2025, the instructions are in the bot's "Help" section. The service separately advertises ad-free YouTube on the TV.

If the client says the device limit has been exceeded, delete old devices in the bot (the "Device management" section of the subscription), then tap "Refresh" in Happ. That's what the service itself advises those switching from v2RayTun.

Why is Velvet VPN not working and what to do?

The weak spot the service itself warns about is mobile internet. Since October 16, 2025, the service has had separate LTE configurations for cellular networks, for MTS, MegaFon, Beeline, Yota, T-Mobile, Tele2 and other carriers, but Velvet itself warns that any of them may stop working at any moment. Under the service's terms, the guarantee of operability applies only to the Smart and Bridge configurations and does not apply to LTE.

What to check, in order:

1. Refresh the subscription in the client with the 🔄 button. This pulls in new servers and routing rules.
2. Choose the configuration for your network. At home, SMART-Netherlands or SMART-Auto; on mobile internet, LTE-Auto. The service asks you not to stay on an LTE configuration over Wi-Fi: it uses up the LTE quota.
3. If home internet isn't working, try BRIDGE-Netherlands. This is a bridge server via Moscow; Velvet launched it in October 2025, when foreign resources started working poorly for some Rostelecom customers.
4. Switch to Happ if you're still on v2RayTun. In February 2026 the service called its performance unstable.
5. Check the status channel @velvet_vpn_health. The service promptly posts there about configuration availability and maintenance.
6. If Telegram won't open, manage your subscription through velvetvpn.app.
7. Write to support at @velvet_support_robot. It's the only channel for complaints and refund requests.

There are situations where neither Velvet nor any other VPN will help. If mobile internet is switched to whitelist mode, you usually can't connect to a foreign server; more in the article on whitelists on mobile internet. Other causes are collected in the article why a VPN isn't working.

Is Velvet VPN safe and what do reviews say?

According to the privacy policy of February 23, 2026, Velvet stores the Telegram ID and username, subscription status, masked card number, correspondence with support and the anonymized volume of traffic without a list of visited resources. The databases with accounts, according to the service, are located in Russia. Data is disclosed to government bodies upon official request, for example by court order.

What else you should know:

• No legal entity is named in any document on the site; the only contact for complaints is Telegram support.
• Refunds. The home page promises a refund within 30 days "if you are not satisfied". The agreement of July 1, 2026, has stricter terms: a refund only for an unfixable fault on the service's side, with no refund for the trial period, for non-working LTE, for blocking by the provider, or if 50% or more of the traffic has been used.
• Routing. Velvet sends Russian sites through servers in Russia and foreign ones through Europe. Since May 2026, on Android an option is enabled by default that sends the traffic of a number of Russian apps around the tunnel, directly.
• Ads and trackers are cut on the SMART servers. The other locations, according to the service, work without filters.

We found no independent written reviews of Velvet. The review catalog vpnstatus.site (a secondary source) showed a rating of 3.8 out of 5 from 57 votes on October 27; 39 voters (68%) noted that the service works for them. The namesake app on Google Play has a 3.0 rating from 51 reviews, but you can't judge the service by it: the app's connection to Velvet isn't confirmed.

What can replace Velvet VPN: alternatives

If Velvet has stopped connecting or you don't like the "bot plus someone else's client" setup, look at services with their own apps. The table contains only what is published on official sites and in app stores as of October 27, 2026.

Where Velvet is stronger, to put it plainly. It has separate configurations for mobile carriers, works on Windows and Linux via Happ, a family plan for 10 devices, Russian sites without turning off the VPN, ad blocking and free proxies for Telegram and WhatsApp in its channel. Amnezia, besides the paid plan, offers free, open-source code for running your own server, as well as security audits by 7ASecurity for 2022, 2024 and 2025. The client Velvet connects through is covered in the review of Happ VPN.

Why we recommend BessyConnect

We recommend BessyConnect to those who don't want to depend on a Telegram bot and someone else's client. The connection runs on the VLESS protocol with Reality camouflage: traffic looks like an ordinary HTTPS connection. There are more than a hundred servers, no logs are kept, registration isn't required, and there is a trial period.

BessyConnect apps:

• iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV — App Store
• Android — Google Play
• Android TV — Google Play

What neither BessyConnect nor any other VPN solves. BessyConnect has no Windows app; here Velvet via Happ is more convenient. BessyConnect isn't in the Russian App Store either, so you need an Apple ID from another country, while the Happ client for Velvet is in the Russian App Store. We don't claim separate configurations for mobile carriers, and with whitelists or a complete mobile internet shutdown, no VPN helps.

If Velvet works for you and the price suits you, there is no reason to switch. If you're tired of hunting for a working configuration or don't want to keep your subscription in Telegram, try BessyConnect: all versions are gathered on the download page.

Frequently asked questions

What is the official Velvet VPN site? The official site is velvetvpn.com, the personal account is velvetvpn.app, and the bot is @velvet_vpn_bot. The service doesn't mention the sites velvetvpn.click, velvetvpn.online and velvetvpn.site in its channel.

Is the Velvet VPN app on Google Play official? There is no confirmation. It's released by VLESS DEV (ООО «ГЕЙМ-ИНВЕСТ», GAME-INVEST LLC, Arkhangelsk), which also has apps under other brands, for example Surfshark VPN. Velvet itself works through the Happ client.

Can I download Velvet VPN for PC? There is no separate program. Install Happ for Windows or macOS and add the subscription from the bot to it: the computer will take one of the 5 devices on the individual plan.

Why is Velvet VPN not working on mobile internet? For cellular networks Velvet has separate LTE configurations, and the service doesn't guarantee they work. Refresh the subscription, choose LTE-Auto and check the status channel. If your carrier uses whitelists, no VPN will help.

What can replace Velvet VPN? If you need a VPN with its own app and without a Telegram bot, try BessyConnect: VLESS with Reality camouflage, more than 100 servers, registration isn't required. It won't work for Windows; there Happ with a Velvet subscription or Amnezia is more convenient.

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