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At a Glance
Overview
HotSpot Shield is one of the best tools for streaming through geographical walls. With HosSpot Shield, users get to access some of the fastest speeds on both Windows and Mac computers, which is great if you’re primarily using it to stream media. The platform offers military-grade encryption so no... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
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Windscribe is a VPN and privacy service (founded 2016, Toronto, Canada) offering a free tier plus paid plans. It provides multi-platform clients (desktop, mobile, browser extensions), support for multiple VPN protocols (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, Stealth/WStunnel), split tunneling, a kill-switch ... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
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Pricing
Free trial available
Free plan available
Billing type
Recurring Subscription
Free
$0.00
one-time
Build-A-Plan
$3.00
/ month
ScribeForce (Teams)
$3.00
/ month
Pro (Monthly)
$9.00
/ month
Pro (Annual)
$69.00
/ year
Pros and Cons
- Generous daily data allowance
- Ease of use baked into the interface
- Helpful chrome extension
- Extensive AES-256 encryption
- Free option for Android devices
- Some minor logging
- Issues with Google in the past
- Generous free plan (10 GB/month with email) with same encryption/security standards as Pro
- Flexible pricing (Build‑A‑Plan, Pro monthly/annual, team pricing)
- Broad protocol support and physical servers; audited infrastructure
- R.O.B.E.R.T. ad/track/malware blocking and additional privacy tooling (MAC spoofing, split tunneling, firewall)
- Open-source clients and transparent ownership
- Free plan is limited in server locations and data
- Static IPs are an extra add-on (not included in base Pro)
- No Safari browser extension
- Some DNS/custom resolver features limited in certain clients
- No traditional time-limited free trial (relies on free tier instead)
Reviewer's Segments
Insufficient data to show segment split
Small Business
46.51%
Mid Market
20.93%
Enterprise
32.56%
Deployment
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
Training
- Documentation
- Documentation
Integrations
Total integrations:
8
- 1Password
- Connectify Hotspot
- Dashlane
- ExpressVPN
- KeepSolid VPN Unlimited
- LastPass
- RoboForm
- VyprVPN
Total integrations:
0
We could not find any integrations for this product.
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Categories
Common categories include: Virtual Private Network (VPN) Software.
Company Details
- By Pango Inc.
- Located in Redwood City, California, United States
- Founded in 2005
- By Windscribe Limited
- Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Founded in 2016
