WinGate AlternativesProxy Services and other similar apps like WinGate

WinGate is described as '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' and is a Proxy Service in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WinGate for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best WinGate alternative is Squid, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinGate are Polipo, TinyProxy, Varnish and CCProxy.

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WinGate alternatives page was last updated Sep 14, 2024
  1. Squid icon
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    Squid is a 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.

    24 Squid alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  HTTP Proxy
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    Squid VS WinGate

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    Comments about Squid as an Alternative to WinGate
     
    Guest

    Squid is not a SOCKS proxy server

    Negative commentMar 7, 2019
    0
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    • Squid is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to WinGate.

    • Squid is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinGate.

    • Squid is Free and Open SourceWinGate is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Squid is Privacy focusedWinGate is not according to our users
  2. Polipo icon
     24 likes

    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
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    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."

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  3. TinyProxy icon
     10 likes

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

    29 TinyProxy alternatives
    TinyProxy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    TinyProxy Features

    1.  Cascade proxy
    2.  HTTP Proxy
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    TinyProxy VS WinGate

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  4. Varnish icon
     24 likes

    Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art HTTP application accelerator.

    18 Varnish alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Varnish Features

    1.  Load balancing
    Varnish iconWinGate Icon

    Varnish VS WinGate

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    Comments about Varnish as an Alternative to WinGate
     
    Guest

    WinGate is a ProxyServer, Varnish is a pass-through cache

    Negative commentSep 14, 2017
    2
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    • Varnish is Free and Open SourceWinGate is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. CCProxy icon
     8 likes

    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
    CCProxy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CCProxy Features

    1.  Wi-Fi Sharing
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  6. 3proxy icon
     4 likes

    3Proxy tiny free proxy server is really tiny cross-platform (Win32/Win64&Unix) freeware proxy servers set. It includes HTTP proxy with HTTPS and FTP support, SOCKSv4/SOCKSv4.5/SOCKSv5 proxy (socks/socks.exe), POP3 proxy, SMTP proxy, AIM/ICQ proxy (icqpr/icqpr.

    8 3proxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Warning

    This site has a poor reputation on WOT. You can see the comments on http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/3proxy.ru#page-3

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  7. Artica Proxy icon
     3 likes

    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
    Artica Proxy v4 : Dashboard

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Artica Proxy Features

    1.  HTTP Proxy
    2.  Web filter
    3.  DNS Proxy
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  8. Apache Traffic Server icon
     3 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD

    Apache Traffic Server Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  HTTPS Support
    Apache Traffic Server iconWinGate Icon

    Apache Traffic Server VS WinGate

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  9. CacheGuard-OS icon
     4 likes

    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...

    138 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
    CacheGuard-OS screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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    CacheGuard-OS VS WinGate

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

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryWinGate is Freemium and Proprietary
  10.  1 like

    Lusca is a fork of the Squid -2 development tree. The Lusca project aims to fix the shortcomings in the Squid-2 codebase whilst maintaining the the Squid-2 functionality and stability.

    12 Lusca alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued
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  11.  1 like

    ExaProxy is a a high-performance non-caching proxy. It is able to filter HTTP traffic using third party scripts in your favorite programming language.

    8 ExaProxy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    ExaProxy Features

    1.  HTTP Proxy
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  12. Forefront Threat Management Gateway  icon
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    Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a network security and protection solution for Microsoft Windows, described by Microsoft as "enables businesses by allowing...

    10 Forefront Threat Management Gateway alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Forefront Threat Management Gateway Features

    1.  URL Filtering
    Forefront Threat Management Gateway  iconWinGate Icon

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