Alternatives to Obscura VPN
A two-hop privacy VPN that splits your identity and your traffic between separate operators. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Obscura VPN
A two-hop privacy VPN that splits your identity and your traffic between separate operators.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Obscura VPN.
Mullvad VPN
A flat-rate VPN service with anonymous account numbers instead of usernames, and open source apps.
Mullvad VPN keeps anonymous account numbers and adds open source GPL-3.0 apps at €5 a month, but a single provider handles both your identity and your traffic.
Proton VPN
A VPN from the Proton Mail company with a free tier that has no data cap, and open source clients.
Proton VPN adds a free tier and Secure Core routing through hardened servers, with open source audited clients, but requires an account and one provider sees everything.
IVPN
Gibraltar-based VPN with multi-hop routing and anonymous signup.
IVPN offers multi-hop routing, open source apps and signup without email with cash or Monero payment, though one company operates the whole service.
Mozilla VPN
A paid WireGuard-based VPN service from Mozilla that runs on Mullvad's server network.
Mozilla VPN runs WireGuard on Mullvad's network under a Mozilla subscription for up to 5 devices, without the two-operator split or built-in ad blocking.
NordVPN
Large commercial VPN with the WireGuard-based NordLynx protocol.
NordVPN provides a very large server network with NordLynx, threat protection and meshnet, but uses closed infrastructure and a conventional single-provider account.
AzireVPN
A Swedish privacy-focused VPN service built on WireGuard and diskless servers it runs itself.
AzireVPN needs no personal data at signup and runs diskless WireGuard servers with an audited no-logs policy, but routes traffic through one operator and has no Linux app.
cryptostorm
A privacy-focused VPN service that uses hashed access tokens instead of named customer accounts.
cryptostorm uses hashed access tokens instead of accounts and offers server-side multihop and post-quantum OpenVPN, but is built around OpenVPN and runs only on desktop systems.
OVPN
A Swedish paid VPN service with a no-logging policy and diskless servers on hardware it owns.
OVPN is a Swedish paid VPN with a court-tested no-logging policy, diskless owned servers and multihop, but has no Linux app listed and uses one operator.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WireGuard
A small, fast VPN protocol and set of official clients that connect two machines by exchanging public keys.
DNS Leak Test
A web test that shows which DNS servers your connection is actually using.
i2pd
A full-featured C++ implementation of the I2P router for joining the anonymous I2P network.
Kodachi
A privacy-focused Debian-based Linux distribution that routes traffic through Tor or VPN.
