Hotspot Shield
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Secure your digital life with a fast VPN offering encryption, anonymity, and access to global content. Hotspot Shield provides free and unlimited versions with no-logs policy, malware protection, support for multiple devices, and a broad country network.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Android TV
- Fire TV
- Microsoft Edge
Features
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Recent News
- Danilo_Venom published news article about OVPN.com
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Hotspot Shield information
Developed by
Aura Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $8 and $13 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 3.4Alternatives
219 alternatives listedSupported Languages
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- Updated May 17, 2025
- 4.57 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Best free vpn ever! it's support any platform and you can just use it without any payment with good speed and no limited bandwidths. good design, very simple and stable connection. it has everything you need even in free version!
About me: I'm an ethical hacker and cybersecurity expert. Do NOT use this VPN.
Yes, it may be "free", but do you know how a VPN works? Think of this VPN like a free man-in-the-middle attack inflicted on yourself, with the added benefit of slower internet speeds.
Does this protect you at all? Answer: No, none what-so-ever.
Pros: it's FREE!
Cons: it sniffs, records and logs all of your internet browsing (and net activity central to the kernel that you don't even understand how sensitive it is.) It adds in ADs and trackers, many of witch attempt exploitation vectors to infect your device. It slows down your internet, it has control over parts of the Android (and iOS) operating system that it shouldn't, it sells all of your personal info along with your device's CPU power and bandwidth... there may be a few others here as well. But hey, it's FREE!!!
If you want a REAL VPN with actual encryption, anonomity protection, elmination of ADs and trackers via DNS and a zero logging policy (as proven by court documents) just pay up the $40/year and get PIA (https://alternativeto.net/software/private-internet-access/). They are an excellent company with a great product at a fair price.
Note: I am NOT in any way affliated with PIA or any company for that matter.
Heath this man's words people, as it should be applied to any "free" vpn in question, on any platform. To understand, you must know how much money and maintenance is actually involved in running a server center capable of running tens of thousands of VPS instances (the least needed to be somewhat available to all as a fast-ish proxy). If a company offers a free service, it is assumed that the majority of customers will then elect to not pay. Ask yourself, is it even realistic to assume a company has a business model that is just ok with catering to thousands for free?
No "Free" version currently offered on the official website.
Free Version.. This is proving to be a great VPN to me :-) Got past IP block Extra nice thing is the guidance.. like telling load. https://www.hotspotshield.com/free-vpn/
Full of ads, not trustworthy (not open-source and no good privacy policy).
You are basically giving the data to some other company rather than your ISP.
So the only two good uses for this are to download things you shouldn't be downloading (but not anything greater than mere piracy), and bypassing fascist government censorship.
Maybe, and just maybe it would be useful for connecting to an unsecure wifi network. But I would get a trusted VPN in that case, such as Mullvad or Proton.
I have never experienced the dark web so I'm trying to access a source so I can view the dark web
Connect automatically to best location with detailed statistic such as speed, bandwidth, number of sites unblocked