ViperNews
- Free allowance
- No ongoing free tier.
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price statedsee Price below
- Identity
- emailcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented18 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | No ongoing free tier. The sign-up page offers a 7-day free trial on the periodic plans: 'Your 7-day free trial is completely risk free - no payment information needed.' The home page also states a 7-day money-back guarantee. The trial's own limits are not stated. unit none; metered on none; The FAQ states that free trial accounts cannot post to Usenet; posting is enabled on paid packages. |
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| Price | USD 1.79 (entry plan) |
| Limits |
Periodic plans start at $1.79/mo (VIPER10), $2.69/mo (VIPER50) and $3.59/mo (VIPERUNL) when billed yearly. Block accounts do not expire: 500GB $13.99, 1000GB $23.99 and 2000GB $42.99, each a one-time payment. |
| Binding | none The vendor publishes no volume cap; the reported soft ceiling is 5 TB/month, which 1 TiB/month does not reach. |
| Identity | email Email address and password. The sign-up page states 'Your 7-day free trial is completely risk free - no payment information needed.' Paid plans take a credit card, PayPal or cryptocurrencies; automatic renewal is not supported with cryptocurrencies. |
| Egress | No download limit on the periodic plans; block accounts carry a download limit; with one friend or family member; posting enabled by default on paid packages free allowance: unlimited |
| Per-object cap | no per-object cap is published |
| Retention | The vendor FAQ states 4,500+ days: 'Our platform currently retains Usenet messages that are more than 4,500 days old.' The third-party r/usenet map gives a lower figure, which does not match the vendor. (4500 days) |
| Interface | nntp NNTP over TLS on port 563; no HTTP or object API exists for the download path, so a user drives it through SABnzbd, NZBGet or nzbdav |
| Composes with | Stacks as a cheap fill or as a low-cost primary for recent content; the ASN it shares with UsenetExpress makes it a weaker second feed than its independence suggests. |
| Reliability | Independent Dutch platform (ViperNews B.V., formerly mapped as Uzo Reto) that has shared an ASN with UsenetExpress since 2023, which makes it a less independent second feed than it looks. |
| Notes | The vendor states 4,500+ days of retention, about 12.3 years; the r/usenet map lists 1,500-day primary and 1,500-day secondary backfill, so the two sources disagree. |
| Evidence note | documented Prices, plan limits, retention and the free trial are vendor-stated and were read on 2026-11-03. Only the monthly soft cap is third-party (r/usenet); the vendor publishes no download limit on the periodic plans. |
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Evidence 18
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | www.vipernews.com/ | 'starting at $1.79/mo'; 'try it risk-free for 7 days'; '7-day money-back guarantee'; posting enabled by default |
| 2026-10-23 | www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers | ViperNews backbone: full, cached, primary backfill 1,500 days, secondary backfill 1,500 days; 'soft limits (5tb per month) on their unlimited plans' |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/sign-up/?plan=68 | the sign-up page offers a 7-day free trial that needs no payment information |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | trial accounts exist and cannot post |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | the vendor states a retention of more than 4,500 days |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | vendor retention is 4,500+ days |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | the retention figure is on the vendor FAQ |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/ | the plan list gives 5, 20 and 40 connections with the speed caps 10 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s and unlimited |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/ | the vendor lists block accounts with one-time prices; the plan and block prices are on the same page |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | sharing is allowed with one friend or family member |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/sign-up/?plan=68 | the sign-up form asks for an email address; the trial needs no payment information and paid plans also take PayPal or cryptocurrencies |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/sign-up/?plan=68 | cryptocurrencies are a payment method and cannot auto-renew; the same page lists credit card and PayPal |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | retention, which decided the rung, is now vendor-stated |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/faq/ | retention is vendor-stated |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/ | the periodic plans VIPER10, VIPER50 and VIPERUNL state no download limit |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/nl/usenet/begrippen/retentie/ | the vendor's retention page gives 4500+ for messages |
| 2026-11-03 | www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers | third-party: soft 5 TB/month limit on the unlimited plans, still listed |
| 2026-11-03 | www.vipernews.com/ | the entry price of USD 1.79 per month is unchanged |
More fields 2
| backbone | ViperNews / Uzo Reto, AS62296 shared with UsenetExpress |
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| soft cap | 5 TB/month, reported |