Alternatives to cryptostorm
A privacy-focused VPN service that uses hashed access tokens instead of named customer accounts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
cryptostorm
A privacy-focused VPN service that uses hashed access tokens instead of named customer accounts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as cryptostorm.
Mullvad VPN
A flat-rate VPN service with anonymous account numbers instead of usernames, and open source apps.
Mullvad VPN uses random account numbers instead of identities, with open source apps, WireGuard by default, mobile apps and a flat €5 monthly price.
IVPN
Gibraltar-based VPN with multi-hop routing and anonymous signup.
IVPN allows signup with no email and cash or Monero payment, adds multi-hop, open source apps with published audits and mobile clients.
AzireVPN
A Swedish privacy-focused VPN service built on WireGuard and diskless servers it runs itself.
AzireVPN needs no personal data to sign up and uses WireGuard on audited diskless servers, with mobile apps but no Linux client listed.
Obscura VPN
A two-hop privacy VPN that splits your identity and your traffic between separate operators.
Obscura VPN uses account numbers and splits identity and traffic between two operators, with WireGuard support and apps for Linux and mobile.
AirVPN
Activist-run VPN with OpenVPN, WireGuard and detailed server statistics.
AirVPN is activist-run with OpenVPN and WireGuard, cryptocurrency payment, port forwarding and live server statistics, and adds an Android client.
OVPN
A Swedish paid VPN service with a no-logging policy and diskless servers on hardware it owns.
OVPN runs diskless servers on owned hardware with a court-tested no-logging policy and multihop, but lists no Linux app.
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 and open source audited clients on all platforms, but requires an account rather than anonymous tokens.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpenVPN Community
The VPN protocol and client that has been the default for two decades, and still runs on everything.
OpenVPN Connect
The official OpenVPN client app for connecting to OpenVPN servers from desktop and mobile devices.
Tunnelblick
A free, open-source graphical OpenVPN client for macOS that bundles everything needed to connect.
DNS Leak Test
A web test that shows which DNS servers your connection is actually using.
