BaobabVpn: VPN in Telegram

Your mobile internet suddenly opens only a short list of approved sites and everything else hangs. BaobabVpn is built for that situation: a Telegram bot with a mini app that holds your VPN subscription account.

The bot description promises a way around whitelist restrictions, and the profile bio jokes that it works even in a parking lot 😉. It also lists a rating of 4.99.

One plan, seven locations

A single subscription covers servers in several countries. The service names them itself:

• Germany, the Netherlands, France: common VPN hosting spots with solid connectivity.
• Latvia, Finland, Poland: close neighbors of Russia, which usually means lower latency.
• Russia: a separate server meant for use under whitelist conditions.

You switch between countries inside the same subscription, so there is no need to buy each location on its own.

Why a regular VPN trips over whitelists

A whitelist means the carrier lets through only pre-approved addresses. A classic VPN connects to a foreign server, and that is exactly what gets blocked. Services in this niche add workarounds such as a domestic entry node and rule-based routing.

BaobabVpn advertises smart routing: traffic to some sites goes direct, the rest through the tunnel. Banking apps and government portals often dislike foreign IP addresses, so this split can save you from toggling the VPN on and off.

Everyday features

• Fastest server pick: the app chooses the quickest node, so you do not test countries by hand.
• Ad and tracker blocking: fewer banners and less tracking while you browse.
• Anonymity: the service claims maximum privacy. Its logging policy is not spelled out in the bot description, so read the terms before paying.

Getting started in a couple of minutes

1. Open the bot and send /start.
2. Enter the account area, which is a mini app inside Telegram.
3. Choose a plan and pay for the subscription there.
4. Take the connection config or link and add it to a VPN client on your phone or computer.
5. Turn the VPN on and check that the sites you need open.

The account area also opens as an ordinary web page if Telegram is not at hand.

Check these things before you pay

The audience is small: about 400 monthly active users. It is a young project with almost no independent reviews, so treat the 4.99 rating as the service's own claim.

Start with the shortest period, test speed in the evening and stability on your own carrier. Avoid sending passwords over unencrypted connections, and do not expect any VPN to give total anonymity: the server operator can technically see which addresses you contact.

Pay only inside the service's own account area. Offers of a cheap key from strangers in chats usually end with lost money.