Alternatives to Betternet
A VPN app with a free tier needing no registration, plus a paid Premium plan. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Betternet
A VPN app with a free tier needing no registration, plus a paid Premium plan.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Betternet.
Proton VPN
A VPN from the Proton Mail company with a free tier that has no data cap, and open source clients.
Proton VPN offers a free tier with no data cap and no ads plus open source clients, but requires creating an account first.
Windscribe
Canadian VPN with built-in ad blocking and a usable free tier.
Windscribe has a free tier with a real monthly allowance, open source apps, a Linux client and built-in ad and tracker blocking.
TunnelBear
A simple consumer VPN service with a limited free plan and apps for major platforms.
TunnelBear provides a limited free plan with simple apps for beginners on the same platforms, plus a Chrome extension.
hide.me VPN
An independent commercial VPN service with a free plan, WireGuard support and native IPv6.
hide.me VPN offers a free plan with WireGuard support and native IPv6 handling, from an independently owned provider on the same four platforms.
AdGuard VPN
A VPN service from the makers of AdGuard with a free monthly allowance and paid plans.
AdGuard VPN has a free tier capped at 3 GB per month, more than 75 locations and apps for Linux, browsers, TVs and routers.
PrivadoVPN
A commercial VPN service with a free tier, bundled with ad blocking and antivirus.
PrivadoVPN has a free plan and adds a SOCKS5 proxy, kill switch, split tunnelling and browser extensions, with ad blocking and antivirus in paid plans.
ZoogVPN
A commercial VPN service with a limited free plan and apps for desktop, mobile and browsers.
ZoogVPN offers a limited free plan with kill switch and split tunnelling, and adds Linux apps and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
X-VPN
A commercial VPN service with a free tier and apps for desktop, mobile, TV and browsers.
X-VPN provides a free tier with apps for desktop, mobile, TVs, routers and browsers, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Cloudflare WARP
A free WireGuard-based tunnel to Cloudflare that encrypts your traffic without pretending to be a privacy VPN.
Browsec
A VPN and proxy service with browser extensions and apps, free to start without an account.
Aloha Browser
A privacy-focused web browser for mobile and desktop with a built-in free VPN and ad blocker.
VPN Gate
A free academic VPN network of volunteer-run public relay servers from the University of Tsukuba.
