OpenVPN Connect Alternatives

OpenVPN Connect is described as 'Provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers' and is a leading VPN service in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OpenVPN Connect for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best OpenVPN Connect alternative is WireGuard, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenVPN Connect are SoftEther VPN, Tailscale, ZeroTier and Fossorial Pangolin.

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OpenVPN Connect alternatives are mainly VPN Services, but if you're looking for VPN Clients or Virtual LAN Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to OpenVPN Connect.
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  1. fruho icon
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    fruho is an open-source, zero-configuration VPN manager. It supports automatic setup and allows easy switching between VPN providers.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Firezone icon
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    Firezone is an open-core(uses Elastic license) VPN server and egress firewall for Linux that makes it simple to manage secure remote access to your company’s private networks. Built on modern technologies, including the new blazing fast WireGuard tunneling protocol, Firezone is...

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    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  3. Enclave icon
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    Connect all your computers, servers, cloud instances and containers across any infrastructure with secure private networks that just work.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
    • Android
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Chrome OS
    • iPhone
    • Kubernetes
    • Terraform
     
  4. PortalsVPN icon
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    Other VPNs are claiming they don’t track your online activity. At Portals technology makes it impossible.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  5. PartyLAN  icon
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    PartyLAN is a tool for playing LAN games over the Steam Network.

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    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  6. This simple tool finds free OpenVPN servers for you and allow you to download the OVPN config file. The extension is written on top of VPN Gate Academic Experiment Project that is an online service as an academic research at Graduate School of University of Tsukuba, Japan.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  7. frp icon
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    frp is a fast reverse proxy that allows you to expose a local server located behind a NAT or firewall to the Internet. It currently supports TCP and UDP, as well as HTTP and HTTPS protocols, enabling requests to be forwarded to internal services via domain name.

    16 frp alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
     
  8. Netrinos creates a private, local area network over top of the public internet. It spans networks, firewalls, and routers like they're not even there. If you can surf the web, your network is there.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server. Written in Go (golang). Chisel is mainly useful for passing through firewalls, though it can also be used to provide a secure endpoint into your network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Fedora
    • OpenBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
     
  10. SocialVPN icon
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    IPOP (IP-over-P2P) is an open-source user-centric software virtual network allowing end users to define and create their own virtual private networks (VPNs). IPOP virtual networks provide end-to-end tunneling of IP or Ethernet over “TinCan” links setup and managed through a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. NPS Enhanced icon
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    NPS Enhanced is an open-source NAT traversal and reverse proxy system with a built-in Web UI. It is designed for publishing private services and enabling remote access through a public server, while keeping deployment and management straightforward.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • BSD
    • Docker
     
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