Squid AlternativesProxy Services and other similar apps like Squid

Squid is described as 'Caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator' and is a popular Proxy Service in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Squid for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Squid alternative is WinGate, which is free. Other great apps like Squid are Privoxy, Varnish, Artica Proxy and HandyCache.

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  1. WinGate icon
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    WinGate Proxy Server is a highly capable integrated Proxy server, firewall and email server designed for access control, security and communications needs. What you do get is all the features of Standard license for 3 concurrent users.

    13 WinGate alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • NZ flagNew Zealand

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinGate Features

    1.  Access Control
    2.  HTTP Proxy

    WinGate VS Squid

     
    • WinGate is the most popular Windows alternative to Squid.

    • WinGate is the most popular free alternative to Squid.

    • WinGate is Freemium and ProprietarySquid is Free and Open Source
  2. Privoxy icon
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    Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.

    60 Privoxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Privoxy VS Squid

     
    Comments about Privoxy as an Alternative to Squid
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Aug 7, 2015
    3

    It accomplishes the same thing except for one feature: the caching aspect.

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    Nov 23, 2016
    1

    No caching function. Primary usage of squid.

    Most Recent Comment
    Guest
    Negative Jul 2, 2020
    0

    There is no similarity between the two applications. Squid is a caching proxy. Privoxy is not.

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    • Some users think Privoxy is a great Squid alternative, some don't.

    • Privoxy is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Squid.

    • Privoxy is the most popular Open Source alternative to Squid.

    • Privoxy is Free and Open SourceSquid is also Free and Open Source
  3. Varnish icon
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    Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art HTTP application accelerator.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Varnish Features

    1.  Load balancing

    Varnish VS Squid

     
    Comments about Varnish as an Alternative to Squid
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    Negative Aug 20, 2018
    8

    It is an alternative for the server-side use of squid. It is not suitable for the client-side functionality

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    • Some users think Varnish is a great Squid alternative, some don't.

    • Varnish is Free and Open SourceSquid is also Free and Open Source
  4. Artica Proxy icon
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    ARTICA Proxy is an enterprise grade security appliance : web filtering (w/o SSL decryption), DNS Filtering, bandwith optimisation, easy ACL management, users authentication on LDAP or Active Directory (NTLM/Kerberos), deployment tools (such as proxy.

    9 Artica Proxy alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Artica Proxy Features

    1.  HTTP Proxy
    2.  Web filter
    3.  DNS Proxy

    Artica Proxy VS Squid

     
  5. HandyCache icon
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    Proxy server for Internet distribution on the local network at home, at school or in a small business. You can also run HC on the same computer you are working on. In this case, you will be able to speed up the loading of pages in your browser, save traffic and money for its...

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Lua scripting
    6.  HTTPS Support
    7.  DNS Caching

    HandyCache VS Squid

     
  6. TinyProxy icon
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    Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.

    31 TinyProxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    TinyProxy Features

    1.  Cascade proxy
    2.  HTTP Proxy

    TinyProxy VS Squid

     
  7. Polipo icon
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    A small and fast caching web proxy (a web cache, an HTTP proxy, a proxy server). Polipo can be used in place of ad-filtering, privacy-enhancing proxies such as Junkbuster, Privoxy or WWWOFFLE. As Polipo has much more refined HTTP support, it doesnt impose the speed tax usually...

    19 Polipo alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    From the official website, "Polipo is obsolete. When it was first written, Polipo was probably the best HTTP proxy available. Since then, the web protocols have changed, and Polipo hasn't kept up — it has no support for HTTP/2.0 or the WebSocket protocol. Polipo will no longer be maintained."

    Polipo VS Squid

     
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    Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

    18 Apache Traffic Server alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD

    Apache Traffic Server Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  HTTPS Support

    Apache Traffic Server VS Squid

     
    Comments about Apache Traffic Server as an Alternative to Squid
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    Positive Apr 17, 2017
    -2

    ATS has an event driven architecture where as Squid runs single-threaded. ATS scales much better than Squid.

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    • Apache Traffic Server is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Squid.

    • Apache Traffic Server is Free and Open SourceSquid is also Free and Open Source
  9. CCProxy icon
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    Want to share Internet connection? Get every computer online through a single Internet connection? Maximize the efficiency of your Internet access on a limited budget? Look no further! Get CCProxy, a small Internet sharing software!

    7 CCProxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CCProxy Features

    1.  Wi-Fi Sharing

    CCProxy VS Squid

     
  10. CacheGuard-OS icon
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    All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment

    CacheGuard-OS VS Squid

     
    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to Squid.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietarySquid is Free and Open Source
  11. Proxomitron icon
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    For those who have not yet been introduced, meet the Proxomitron: a free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last version, 4.5, released on June 2003, is still downloadable from the official website

    Proxomitron Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  HTTP Proxy

    Proxomitron VS Squid

     
  12. Zscaler icon
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    Zscaler consolidates your stacks of gateway security appliances into integrated, cloud-based security services. Since it’s security as a service, there’s no physical or virtual hardware to deploy or manage, so getting started is simple.

    10 Zscaler alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Zscaler VS Squid

     
    • Zscaler is the most popular iPhone, iPad & SaaS alternative to Squid.

    • Zscaler is Paid and ProprietarySquid is Free and Open Source
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