An account is the combination of a username and password.
For easy use of your services you need two types of accounts:
CactusVPN website account:
When you register on our web site you get your CactusVPN website account. It includes your email address as username and a password. You’ll use it to access your account on the cactusvpn.com web site and to sign in to the CactusVPN app.
You can manage your CactusVPN website account on the Account Details page.
Let's resume: You have one CactusVPN website account, and a number of VPN and/or Smart DNS accounts that correspond to your VPN / Smart DNS subscriptions. All your VPN / Smart DNS accounts are attached to the CactusVPN website account.
Go to Reset your password page, enter your email address, confirm that you are not a robot and press “Submit”. You will receive an email to confirm that you want to reset your password. Click on the “Reset your password” button from the email. You will be sent to a webpage where you can change your password.
To change your CactusVPN account email address, sign in to your account on our website and go to My Account -> Account Details.
Sign in to your account on our website and go to Settings -> VPN Username & Password.
To find your Smart DNS key sign in to your account on our website, go to Settings -> App Login Credentials.
Your VPN username was automatically created by our system. And usually it looks like a random bunch of letters and numbers. We give you the possibility to change it to a more “human” one to make it easier to remember. For that, go to your account -> Settings -> VPN Username & Password.
In the “VPN Login Details” box you will find a field entitled “Enter New Username”. Just enter your desired username and press “Change username” button next to it.
Find out more about differences between CactusVPN website account and the VPN services account.
Your VPN password was automatically created by our system. And usually it looks like a random bunch of letters and numbers. We give you the possibility to change it to a more “human” one to make it easier to remember. For that, go to your account -> Settings -> VPN Username & Password.
In the "VPN Username & Password" box you will find the "Change Password" link. After you click it, two text fields will appear. You should populate these fields with the new password. Enter the same password in both fields. After that click the "Change password" button.
Important: The password must be between 4 and 24 characters long and can only contain letters and numbers.
Find out more about differences between CactusVPN websites account and the VPN services account.
In our experience we can say that if you pay with PayPal and Credit/Debit cards, the account will be activated in several minutes. If you use other payment methods, it can take up to 48h till they verify your transaction and transfer the money.
On our free trial we offer full access to our services. The only limit for is the time you can use it – just 3 days. So the speed will be the same as you use same servers.
Unless you cancel a subscription the system will create a new invoice each billing cycle. But the invoice is not mandatory. If you don’t want to use our services anymore you just have to cancel your subscription.
A credit/debit card recurring subscription is created automatically once you have paid your first invoice with a credit card.
You have two options to change your default credit/debit card:
If you will delete your saved credit/debit card details the automatic payments won't be applied and you will have to pay your invoices manually.
To delete your default credit/debit card please sign in to your account and go to Saved Credit Cards.
If you want to stop using our services, all you have to do is to cancel the subscription before the payment is done. If you cancel the subscription, your credit/debit card will not be charged.
To cancel PayPal subscription, please follow the PayPal official tutorial.
Sign in to your account, go to Subscriptions and click "Request Cancellation".
The bundle discount applies on the second subscription you purchase, for as long as your first subscription remains active. For example, if you currently have a VPN or Smart DNS service, you will be able to purchase the second one with a discount that will be applied each billing cycle when renewing your second service. If you cancel the first one, you will need to pay full price for the one that is left when renewing it the following billing cycle.
The bundle discount is only available for new subscriptions and will not be applied just for renewing your current subscription to our services, and you will only be eligible for the discount if the second subscription you purchase has the same price or lower.
You will only receive this discount on subscriptions with the same billing cycle or if the billing cycle for the second one is shorter than the one from the first subscription. For example, you are not eligible for the bundle discount on a yearly subscription if your initial subscription is billed monthly, but if your initial subscription is billed yearly, you can receive the bundle discount on the second one, even if it is billed monthly.
Services purchased with the bundle discounts cannot be transferred to other accounts. If you want the second subscription to be added on a different account, you can take advantage of our "Bring a Friend" promotion and both you and your friend will have a free month of CactusVPN services.
The bundle discount is not applied automatically. Please contact us if you would like to purchase several subscriptions at once and we will issue an invoice with the applied discount.
Your second subscription will be billed every billing cycle at the same price, as long as you also have the first subscription active.
The bundle discount is not available on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, etc subscription. It is only available on your second subscription and on your 4th, 6th, 8th etc.
If you want to purchase more than 10 subscriptions, we offer great discounts, depending on the total number of subscriptions you want to purchase. It would be best to contact us before making the purchase so we can further discuss details.