A VPN for your phone and TV that holds the line by itself

Mayak Networks is a private network for stable access to the internet. The app encrypts your connection and helps you stay online in networks where ordinary channels work unreliably — thanks to a modern protocol (AmneziaWG 3.1) and automatic switching to a backup channel.

Yes. An encrypted connection is ordinary technology: banking apps, corporate networks and every https website work that way. Mayak protects your communication channel and is not intended for access to material prohibited in your country.

Responsibility for what you do online remains yours — as with any other connection. We operate under the law of the Russian Federation, store a minimum of data and keep no browsing history — the details are in the Privacy Policy.

Our own app is for Android (phones, tablets and Android TV sets). Our iPhone app is in development, and you can connect on iPhone right now — through a third-party app with the subscription link from your account: Happ is not in the Russian App Store, INCY works there. We have no apps of our own for Windows, macOS and Linux yet: on a Linux computer the config file from your account works, and on Windows and Mac the third-party Happ app takes the subscription link.

3 days free on two devices, no card required; the access is opened by confirming your email. After that — plans from 300 ₽/month (see the “Plans” section).

We do not record the contents of your traffic — which websites you open. Technical logs are kept to run the service and keep its quality; what exactly and why is described honestly in the Privacy Policy (Federal Law No. 152-FZ).

Usually the app handles it on its own: it watches the quality of the path and moves to the backup channel when the direct one weakens, without you doing anything.

If the drops keep coming, do this in order:

1. In the app open “Settings” → “Check the connection” — it goes through every route and shows which one does not get through for you.
2. Change the country: tap “Ping” above the country list and pick the one with the lower latency.
3. If the direct path never works in your network, turn on “Always use backup channel”: you will not wait for detection every time.

A step-by-step walkthrough is in the help centre: “The connection drops or is slow”.

There are two key differences: an automatic backup channel — when the direct path weakens the app moves to the backup on its own, with no manual steps; and the modern AmneziaWG 3.1 protocol, which holds the connection in networks with aggressive traffic management. The first 3 days are free — a confirmed email is what opens them.

The trial is 3 days once you confirm your email, and needs no card. Until it is confirmed there is no access.

After that you pay in your account: pick a plan, pay on a secure page, and access is extended as soon as the payment is confirmed. You can pay with a Russian bank card, SBP (the Russian instant-payment system) or cryptocurrency (USDT). Prices are in roubles: “Start” — 300 ₽/month, “Family” — 500 ₽/month, “Max” — 700 ₽/month.

Not by card — and we would rather say it here than let you find out at the payment page. Our payment provider takes Russian bank cards, SBP transfers and cryptocurrency (USDT), so a card issued abroad will simply be declined — pay in cryptocurrency (USDT) instead. We do not accept PayPal or wire transfers.

What still works: the free trial needs no card at all, so you can install the app and see whether the service is any use in your network before money is involved. And someone with a Russian card — family, a friend — can pay for your account: the plan belongs to the account, not to the card. If you are outside Russia and want to pay, write to support@mayaknetworks.com and say where you are paying from — that is how we learn how many people are asking.

AmneziaWG is the Amnezia team’s development of the WireGuard protocol with extra protection against traffic analysis. Plain WireGuard has a recognisable handshake pattern, because of which carrier network equipment can throttle such connections. AmneziaWG 3.1 changes that pattern, so the connection looks like ordinary traffic and stays stable. Speed and encryption remain at the WireGuard level. Mayak Networks uses exactly AmneziaWG 3.1.

It depends on the plan: “Start” — up to 3 devices, “Family” — up to 5, “Max” — up to 10. They all work at the same time under one account. Every connected device takes a slot of your plan — whether it is our app or somebody else’s.

Yes, your account has a filtering choice: off, “ads and trackers”, or kids mode (adult websites are additionally blocked and safe search is turned on). If you already have a filter of your own — NextDNS, for example — you can enter its addresses instead of ours. The filter works at the DNS level — that is, in every app on the device at once, with nothing extra to install. A new setting is applied on the next connection.