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Comparison
Hotspot Shield vs Lantern
Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re close.
Hotspot Shield is a consumer VPN service with apps for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and other devices. It encrypts internet connections and provides servers in 80+ countries for privacy and access to region-restricted content.
Lantern is a VPN and censorship circumvention app with free and paid Pro tiers. It routes blocked sites through its network using obfuscated protocols and lets other traffic connect directly. It is run as a nonprofit and also accepts donations.
- Company
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Registered in
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Online since
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Audience
- Smaller site
- Smaller site
- Trackers on the homepage
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- Session recording: Hotjar
- fewer
- Third-party embeds: Google Fonts
- Ad trackers
- None
- None
- Cookie banner
- –
- –
- Prices
- No pricing page found
- No pricing page found
- Last price change
- –
- –
- Privacy policy changes
- 0
- 0
- Terms changes
- 0
- 0
- Open positions
- –
- –
Trackers are what each homepage loads before cookie consent; changes count since we started checking each site weekly. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.