vs Comparison

Hotspot Shield vs OpenVPN

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

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.

OpenVPN

OpenVPN sells business VPN software for secure remote access, offered as the self-hosted Access Server or the cloud-managed CloudConnexa service with zero trust access controls. It is built on the open-source OpenVPN protocol.

Company
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Registered in
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Online since
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Audience
Smaller site
Smaller site
Trackers on the homepage
fewer
  • Session recording: Hotjar
  • Session recording: Microsoft Clarity
  • Marketing and email tracking: HubSpot, Marketo
  • Tag manager: Google Tag Manager
Ad trackers
None
None
Cookie banner
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Prices
No pricing page found
No pricing page found
Last price change
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Privacy policy changes
0
0
Terms changes
0
0
Open positions
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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.