Proton Black Friday 2026: Every Deal on VPN, Mail, Drive, Pass and Unlimited 

What is in the sale?

Proton is discounting five plans for Black Friday 2026: VPN Plus, Mail Plus, Drive Plus, Pass Plus and the Unlimited bundle. Proton announced the percentages and plan lengths to its partners in advance; the dollar amounts appear on the offer pages when the sale opens on 26 October, and this guide shows them in the table below as soon as they are live. Every offer is a first-term price. After the first term, each plan renews at the price stated on its offer page, and that renewal figure sits next to every discount in this guide, as Proton asks of its partners.

The table is ranked by how much the deal is worth to a typical buyer, not just by the size of the percentage. VPN Plus comes first because it has the largest discount and the longest term: one payment covers two years, so there is no renewal to think about until late 2028. Unlimited comes second because it is the one plan that replaces four, and at half price for a year it is the simplest way into the whole Proton setup. Pass Plus is third because a password manager is the app people use most often and switch least, so a year at a low price is a good way to find out whether Proton Pass fits. Mail Plus and Drive Plus share the same discount and the same term; they come last only because they are the most specialised: Mail Plus matters if you want your own domain or more addresses, Drive Plus if you need 200 GB of private storage.

Two plans are not in Proton’s partner list: Proton Duo and Proton Family. If you are buying for two or more people, read the section on who should take which deal before you decide, because the regular Duo and Family prices still compete with two discounted single plans.

When it runs and how to get it

The sale runs from 26 October to 30 November 2026. Black Friday itself falls on 27 November and Cyber Monday on 30 November, so the offers last a full month before the day most shops start. There is no reason to wait for Black Friday week: Proton’s announcement gives the same percentages for the whole period.

The offers are available only through partner links. Proton’s own announcement says so, and it means that typing proton.me into your browser and opening the normal pricing page will show you the regular prices instead. The links on this page are partner links; we earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you, and that commission is what pays for guides like this one. The offer pages themselves sit on Proton’s own domains, so checkout, billing and your account are handled by Proton, never by us.

That last point matters because Black Friday is when fake coupons circulate. Proton’s support article on credits, gift cards and proration warns that a Proton voucher or discount code advertised on a website other than proton.me or protonvpn.com may be fake, and at worst a phishing page built to steal your login. A real Proton offer never asks you to type your Proton password anywhere except a Proton domain. Before you pay, look at the address bar: it should read proton.me or protonvpn.com.

Can existing subscribers use the offers?

Proton’s partner announcement does not say whether the offers are limited to new accounts, so the offer page decides at checkout. If you already pay for a Proton plan and the page lets you switch, Proton’s proration rule applies: unused days on your old plan are turned into credits and taken off the cost of the new one, so you do not pay twice for the same weeks. Cancelling does not produce credits; a cancelled plan simply runs to the end of the period you paid for.

Proton VPN Plus: the two-year deal

Proton VPN Plus is 75% off on the 24-month plan, billed at the price shown on the offer page for the full two years, after which the plan renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. The effective monthly cost is listed on the offer page. That is the deepest percentage in the sale, and the 24-month term means the discount applies twice as long as on the other four plans.

For comparison, here is what VPN Plus cost on the regular pricing page on October 15, 2026, in US dollars:

The regular two-year plan was already labelled 65% off on October 15, 2026; the label is measured against paying the monthly price for the same 24 months, which would cost $239.76. That regular plan renews at $83.88 a year. Rather than comparing percentages, compare the billed amount on the offer page with the $83.76 regular two-year price, and look at the renewal line under it.

What you get is the full paid VPN: up to 10 devices at the same time, more than 20,000 servers in more than 140 countries, streaming support, Proton’s NetShield blocker for ads, trackers and malware, and priority support with live chat. The free plan, which stays free after the sale, connects one device to servers in 10 countries chosen for you at medium speed. Our Proton VPN Free vs Plus comparison goes through the differences in detail, and the Proton VPN review covers speeds, audits and the apps.

This deal suits anyone who already knows they want a paid VPN for the next two years: remote workers on hotel and cafe Wi-Fi, travellers, and anyone who wants ad and tracker blocking on every device. Open the Proton VPN Black Friday page to see the two-year price before you decide.

Proton Unlimited: the whole bundle

Proton Unlimited is 50% off for the first 12 months, billed at the price shown on the offer page, and then renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. The effective monthly cost is listed on the offer page. Unlimited is the plan that gives one person the Plus versions of Proton Mail, Calendar, Drive, Pass, VPN and Wallet in a single subscription.

The bundle is more than the four Plus plans glued together. Proton’s plan overview lists 500 GB of storage shared between Mail and Drive, against 15 GB on Mail Plus and 200 GB on Drive Plus; up to 15 email addresses and three custom domains, against 10 addresses and one domain on Mail Plus; unlimited hide-my-email aliases; Proton Sentinel advanced account protection; 50 vaults in Pass; and Proton VPN on 10 devices at once. At regular prices on October 15, 2026 it cost $12.99 a month or $119.88 a year, while the four Plus plans bought separately cost $185.52 for the first year and $215.52 a year once VPN Plus renews. There is a practical catch too: Proton does not let one account hold two Plus subscriptions at once, so Mail Plus and VPN Plus, for example, would need two separate accounts. Unlimited is Proton’s answer to that.

The Black Friday version of that comparison, four discounted Plus plans against discounted Unlimited, gets its own guide once the offer prices are live. The short version: if you would use three or more of the apps, the bundle is the simpler buy, and it adds things no single Plus plan has. Our analysis of whether Proton Unlimited is worth it works through the regular-price version app by app. See the Proton Unlimited offer

Proton Pass Plus: the password manager

Proton Pass Plus is 60% off for the first 12 months, billed at the price shown on the offer page, and then renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. The effective monthly cost is listed on the offer page. On October 15, 2026 the regular price was $35.88 a year or $4.99 a month.

The free version of Proton Pass is already generous: unlimited logins, notes and cards, unlimited devices, passkeys and 10 hide-my-email aliases. Plus adds the features that make it a full replacement for a paid password manager: unlimited aliases, a built-in 2FA authenticator, vault and link sharing, Dark Web Monitoring, file attachments with 10 GB of storage, Emergency Access, 50 vaults instead of two, your own domain for aliases and a command line interface.

The deal is aimed squarely at people leaving another password manager. If that is you, our guides to LastPass alternatives and Proton Pass vs Bitwarden compare the options at regular prices, so you can judge the Black Friday price against what you would otherwise pay. See the Proton Pass Plus offer

Proton Mail Plus: the inbox upgrade

Proton Mail Plus is 60% off for the first 12 months, billed at the price shown on the offer page, and then renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. The effective monthly cost is listed on the offer page. At regular prices on October 15, 2026 Mail Plus cost $47.88 a year or $4.99 a month.

Mail Plus is the upgrade for people who already use Proton Mail Free, or who are leaving Gmail and want more than one address. Against the free plan it adds 15 GB of storage shared with Drive instead of 1 GB of mail storage, 10 addresses instead of one, support for one custom domain, unlimited folders, labels and filters instead of three, three and one, no fixed daily sending cap instead of 150 messages a day, the desktop app, IMAP and SMTP access through Proton Mail Bridge, catch-all, auto-reply, scheduled and snoozed email and 25 calendars instead of three. It keeps the free plan’s 10 hide-my-email aliases; unlimited aliases need Pass Plus or Unlimited.

If you are planning the move, our guide to switching from Gmail to Proton Mail covers Easy Switch, forwarding and the first week, and the Proton Mail review explains what the encryption covers and what it does not. See the Proton Mail Plus offer

Proton Drive Plus: 200 GB of storage

Proton Drive Plus is 60% off for the first 12 months, billed at the price shown on the offer page, and then renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. The effective monthly cost is listed on the offer page. The regular price on October 15, 2026 was $47.88 a year or $4.99 a month for 200 GB.

Drive Plus is the plan for end-to-end encrypted storage of documents and photos: 200 GB, which Proton describes as 40 times the 5 GB free tier, plus the Docs and Sheets editors that every Drive plan gets. If you are moving a photo library out of Google, check its size first. Under 200 GB, Drive Plus is enough; between 200 and 500 GB, Unlimited is the plan that fits, and for more than that, Proton’s Duo plan offers 2 TB for two people at its regular price.

Our Proton Drive review covers sync, sharing and where Drive falls short, and the guide to Google Photos alternatives compares it with other private photo services. See the Proton Drive Plus offer

Which deal should you take?

Most people need one of five answers. Here is how the offers map to the buyers we hear from most often, judged on what each plan includes rather than on the size of the percentage.

You only want a VPN

Take VPN Plus. The 24-month term means the discounted price covers two full years, and Proton VPN Free remains available if you decide later that you do not need the paid features. Pairing it with a free Proton Mail and Pass account costs nothing extra.

You are leaving Google

Someone replacing Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos and Google Password Manager is the natural Unlimited buyer: one plan covers the inbox, the storage, the password manager and the VPN, and the 500 GB pool is shared across all of them. Our hub on how to de-Google your life walks through the order in which to move each service.

You want a better password manager

Take Pass Plus. It is the cheapest plan in the sale at regular prices, and Proton lists easy password import on every Pass plan, so you can bring your vault across and still decide after a year whether to keep it.

You want your own email domain

Take Mail Plus if one domain and 10 addresses are enough. If you run more than one domain, for example a personal one and a side business, Unlimited supports three.

You are buying for a household

Duo and Family are not discounted in Proton’s partner list. At regular prices on October 15, 2026, Duo cost $179.88 a year for two people with 2 TB, and Family cost $287.88 a year for up to six people with 3 TB. Two people can also take two discounted single plans; compare the two totals at checkout, and remember that the discounted plans renew individually after the first year.

What happens when the first term ends?

Every offer is a first-term price, and the renewal is what you pay from then on. That is why each discount in this guide sits next to its renewal figure. Here is what the same plans cost at regular prices on October 15, 2026, which is the best guide to the long run if the renewal on the offer page matches them.

Three practical points follow. First, VPN Plus is the only deal whose first term lasts two years, so it is the only one where you will not see a renewal charge in 2027. Second, the four 12-month deals all renew in late 2027; put a reminder in your calendar a week before, so the renewal is a decision rather than a surprise. Third, if you switch plans later, for example from Mail Plus to Unlimited, Proton credits the unused days of the old plan against the new one, so a Black Friday purchase does not lock you out of upgrading.

Each paid plan card on Proton’s regular pricing pages also shows a 30-day money-back guarantee. Check the offer page for the same line before you pay, since a promotional checkout can carry its own terms.

Frequently asked questions

When does the Proton Black Friday sale end?

The offers run from 26 October to 30 November 2026, so they end on Cyber Monday. Black Friday itself is 27 November. Proton’s announcement lists one set of percentages for the whole period, so buying early does not cost you anything, and waiting does not get you a deeper discount.

Why can’t I see the deals on Proton’s pricing page?

Proton says the 2026 offers are available only through partner links, which open dedicated Black Friday landing pages on proton.me. The normal pricing pages keep showing regular prices. That is also why the links in this guide are partner links: they are the route to the offer pages.

Which Proton deal has the biggest discount?

VPN Plus, at 75% off the 24-month plan and then renewing each year at the price stated on the offer page, is the largest percentage and the only offer that covers two years. Mail Plus, Drive Plus and Pass Plus are 60% off for 12 months, then renew at the price stated on the offer page, the price stated on the offer page and the price stated on the offer page; Unlimited is 50% off for 12 months, then the price stated on the offer page.

Is Unlimited better value than buying single plans?

For anyone who would use three or more of Mail, VPN, Pass and Drive, yes: the bundle replaces four subscriptions and adds 500 GB, three custom domains and unlimited aliases. For someone who needs only one app, the single Plus plan is cheaper and simpler. Two apps is the case to check at checkout.

Do the plans renew at the Black Friday price?

No. Every offer is a first-term price. VPN Plus renews after 24 months and the others after 12 months, each at the renewal price stated on its offer page, which this guide lists next to every discount. Set a reminder before the renewal date if you want to review the plan.

Are Proton Duo and Proton Family on sale?

Not according to Proton’s partner announcement, which lists five plans: VPN Plus, Mail Plus, Drive Plus, Pass Plus and Unlimited. At regular prices Duo covers two people with 2 TB and Family covers up to six people with 3 TB, so households should compare those with two or more discounted single plans.

Is it safe to use a Proton coupon code I found online?

Be careful. Proton’s support pages warn that vouchers advertised on sites other than proton.me or protonvpn.com may be fake, and some are phishing pages. A real offer opens on a Proton domain and never asks for your password anywhere else. Check the address bar before you sign in or pay.

Which Proton Black Friday deal is best?

VPN Plus is the best single deal: 75% off with two years covered by one payment, after which it renews each year at the price stated on the offer page. Unlimited is the best deal for anyone building a complete private setup, because it replaces four subscriptions and adds storage, domains and aliases that no single plan has. Pass Plus, Mail Plus and Drive Plus are the right buys when you need exactly one app, and each gives you a full year to decide whether it earns its renewal.

Who should skip the sale: anyone happy on Proton’s free plans, and anyone who would buy a plan only because it is discounted. If a VPN is on your list, get the two-year Proton VPN deal and keep the free Mail, Pass and Drive accounts that come with it.