AdGuard AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Firewalls

The best Firewall alternative to AdGuard is Portmaster, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to AdGuard and 15 are Firewalls so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Firewall alternatives to AdGuard are RethinkDNS, NetGuard, InviZible Pro and Zen Ad-Blocker.

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  1. Portmaster icon
     182 likes

    Free, open-source privacy suite monitoring all network activity, blocking unwanted connections, using trusted filter lists for ads and malware, enforcing DNS-over-TLS, providing custom app and global rules, and supporting advanced privacy management.

    37 Portmaster alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Portmaster vs AdGuard Comments
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    like the adguard application, it is also system-wide.

    • Portmaster is Freemium and Open SourceAdGuard is also Freemium and Open Source
  2. NetGuard icon
     45 likes

    NetGuard provides simple and advanced ways to block access to the internet - no root required.

    41 NetGuard alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
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    NetGuard vs AdGuard Comments
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    Adguard and Netguard show as alternatives to each other but I don't think they can be alternatives to each other in an almost exact way. Netguard networks your traffic, it's a firewall; I use adguard as an adblocker mostly by using it from private dns. They can be quite similar in some ways but I use them both for their special roles.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • NetGuard is Freemium and Open SourceAdGuard is also Freemium and Open Source
  3. Zen Ad-Blocker icon
     18 likes

    Zen is an open-source system-wide ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It works by setting up a proxy that intercepts HTTP requests from all applications, and blocks those serving ads, tracking scripts that monitor your behavior, malware, and other...

    58 Zen Ad-Blocker alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
  4. DNS66 icon
     32 likes

    DNS66 blocks advertisements on Android by intercepting DNS requests using Android's VPN layer and blocking requests for blacklisted hosts.

    24 DNS66 alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. CacheGuard Gateway is a free and open-source Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and a Quality of Service (QoS) platform designed to optimize WAN traffic. To obtain a CacheGuard Gateway appliance, download CacheGuard-OS and install it on...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
  6. BlockAds icon
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    Block ads system-wide on Android using local VPN-based DNS filtering. No root needed. No data collection.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. AdProtect icon
     1 like

    AdProtect is free adblock tool that blocks ads in apps, games, browsers and has a built-in firewall for Internet access control in your apps.

    ROOT not required!

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
     
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