Hotspot Shield AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Anonymizing Networks

The best Anonymizing Network alternative to Hotspot Shield is NymVPN. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Outline VPN or Freegate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Hotspot Shield and ten of them are Anonymizing Networks so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Anonymizing Network alternatives to Hotspot Shield are Hide.me, iTop VPN, WhiteHat VPN and v2rayN.

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  1. NymVPN icon
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    Decentralized VPN featuring mixnet technology to encrypt traffic and obscure metadata, provides 5-hop and 2-hop privacy modes, WireGuard for speed, AmneziaWG for censorship resistance, hides IP and location, blocks ads, and does not support centralized logs.

    70 NymVPN alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • WireGuard
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Flatpak
    • GitHub
     
  2. Outline VPN icon
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    Journalists need safe access to information to research issues, communicate with sources, and report the news. Outline lets news organizations easily provide their network safer access to the open internet.

    190 Outline VPN alternatives

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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Homebrew
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Hide.me icon
     23 likes

    Delivers strict no-logs privacy with multiple encryption layers, secure VPN protocols, global servers, kill switch, DNS leak protection, ad blocking, fast high-bandwidth connections, and anonymous registration to safeguard user activity and provide uncensored, private access.

    198 Hide.me alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Fire TV
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  4. Freegate icon
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    Freegate is an anti-censorship software for secure and fast Internet access. It was developed and maintained by Dynamic Internet Technology Inc. (DIT), a pioneer in censorship-circumvention operation.

    171 Freegate alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  5. iTop VPN icon
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    Fast, secure VPN with 1800+ servers for unrestricted streaming and torrenting access. Offers strong encryption, no-log policy, ad-blocking, and split tunneling for enhanced privacy.

    169 iTop VPN alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. WhiteHat VPN icon
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    The world best VPN without any cost! You can freely explore every corner of the world safely, privately, and quickly with our plenty of servers that located in everywhere. Select Rabbit VPN would let you worry no more about your network hacking, region blocking, and virus...

    54 WhiteHat VPN alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
     
  7. v2rayN icon
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    This V2Ray client offers users the possibility to navigate the web more privately, thanks to the tool allowing configuration for Socks, VMess, and other such protocols.

    32 v2rayN alternatives

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  8. 7VPN icon
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    7VPN.com is the ultimate VPN solution to unblock your internet and enjoy the last bit of privacy on the web. With 7VPN you can access any site from anywhere without giving up sensitive information like credit card details or your personal identity to third parties.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. URnetwork icon
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    URnetwork is a decentralized peer-to-peer VPN that provides anonymous and censorship-resistant access to the internet. It routes connections through a large network of user-operated nodes called "providers".

    55 URnetwork alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • iPhone
    • Mac
     
  10. ProxAllium icon
     8 likes

    ProxAllium is a Free and Open Source front-end for Tor which makes it easier for normal everyday people to make more out of Tor! With ProxAllium, you can circumvent censorship and be secure while using public internet hotspots (you can also be anonymous but only upto some...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Wine
    • WineBottler
     
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