Lightweight SoftEther VPN Alternatives

The best alternative to SoftEther VPN is OpenVPN Connect, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SoftEther VPN and 16 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to SoftEther VPN are WireGuard, NetBird, Outline VPN and WG Tunnel.

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  1. OpenVPN Connect icon
     778 likes

    OpenVPN Connect 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.

    59 OpenVPN Connect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  2. WireGuard icon
     271 likes

    Implements modern cryptographic standards, maintains a small codebase for security auditing, ensures fast cross-platform VPN performance, supports embedded and enterprise environments, offers easy deployment, IPv4/IPv6, secure key exchange, and mobile app support.

    60 WireGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenWrt
    • Termux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • Arch Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Slackware
    • Alpine Linux
    • Gentoo
    • OpenBSD
     
  3. NetBird icon
     35 likes

    NetBird is an open-source Zero Trust networking platform that makes it easy for engineers to create fast, secure, and private networks with simple, decentralized management.

    36 NetBird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Android TV
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  4. Outline VPN icon
     38 likes

    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.

    189 Outline VPN alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Homebrew
    • F-Droid
     
  5. WG Tunnel icon
     14 likes

    This is an alternative Android Application for WireGuard and Amnezia VPN with added features. Built using the wireguard-android library and Jetpack Compose, this application was inspired by the...

    58 WG Tunnel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  6. Tinc VPN icon
     27 likes

    tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security. It lets you seamlessly connect computers anywhere in the world. Nebula runs on Linux, OSX, and Windows. Mobile is in active development.

    12 Nebula by Slack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. P2PVPN icon
     16 likes

    P2PVPN creates a virtual private network for you which behaves like a physical network (e.g. your network at home). But instead of using an Ethernet cable to connect computers P2PVPN uses secure Internet connections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. WireSock icon
     2 likes

    Wiresock Secure Connect is a high-performance WireGuard VPN client for Windows, offering advanced features and superior performance compared to the official WireGuard application.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. wireport icon
     2 likes

    Self-hosted ingress proxy & VPN tunnel. Securely exposes private local & Docker-based services to the Internet, with free, automatically renewable SSL certificates and docker container hostname resolution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. TunnlTo icon
     3 likes

    TunnlTo is a Windows WireGuard VPN client built for split tunnelling.

    49 TunnlTo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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