Alternatives to hide.me VPN
An independent commercial VPN service with a free plan, WireGuard support and native IPv6. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
hide.me VPN
An independent commercial VPN service with a free plan, WireGuard support and native IPv6.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as hide.me VPN.
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 audited open-source clients including Linux, but requires an account and streaming needs a paid plan.
Windscribe
Canadian VPN with built-in ad blocking and a usable free tier.
Windscribe has a free tier with a monthly allowance plus ad blocking, open-source apps and a Linux client, but is based in Five Eyes member Canada.
PrivadoVPN
A commercial VPN service with a free tier, bundled with ad blocking and antivirus.
PrivadoVPN has a free tier and adds SOCKS5 proxy, split tunnelling, browser extensions and bundled ad blocking and antivirus, and is also closed source.
TunnelBear
A simple consumer VPN service with a limited free plan and apps for major platforms.
TunnelBear offers simple apps for beginners with a limited free plan and a Chrome extension, but it is closed source and its listing does not mention IPv6.
AdGuard VPN
A VPN service from the makers of AdGuard with a free monthly allowance and paid plans.
AdGuard VPN adds Linux, browser extensions and TV and router versions with more than 75 locations, but caps its free tier at 3 GB per month.
ZoogVPN
A commercial VPN service with a limited free plan and apps for desktop, mobile and browsers.
ZoogVPN has a limited free plan with kill switch, split tunnelling and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge, and adds a Linux app.
X-VPN
A commercial VPN service with a free tier and apps for desktop, mobile, TV and browsers.
X-VPN starts from a free tier with apps for desktop, mobile, TVs, routers and browsers, and offers live chat support, but markets itself heavily.
Mullvad VPN
A flat-rate VPN service with anonymous account numbers instead of usernames, and open source apps.
Mullvad VPN drops the free plan for a flat €5 a month, but adds anonymous account numbers, open-source apps and a Linux client.
Also worth comparing
These listings name hide.me VPN as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Avira Phantom VPN
Avira's VPN app with a free data allowance and a paid unlimited plan.
hide.me VPN provides a free plan with WireGuard and native IPv6 support, and adds macOS and iOS apps from an independently owned provider.
Betternet
A VPN app with a free tier needing no registration, plus a paid Premium plan.
hide.me VPN offers a free plan with WireGuard support and native IPv6 handling, from an independently owned provider on the same four platforms.
Cloudflare WARP
A free WireGuard-based tunnel to Cloudflare that encrypts your traffic without pretending to be a privacy VPN.
hide.me VPN offers a free plan with WireGuard and native IPv6 support from an independently owned provider, but lists no Linux app.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
DNS Leak Test
A web test that shows which DNS servers your connection is actually using.
WireGuard
A small, fast VPN protocol and set of official clients that connect two machines by exchanging public keys.
OpenVPN Community
The VPN protocol and client that has been the default for two decades, and still runs on everything.
