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Comparison
Hotspot Shield vs Proton
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.
Proton offers a suite of end-to-end encrypted online services, including email, calendar, VPN, cloud storage, documents and spreadsheets, a password manager, a 2FA authenticator, video meetings and an AI assistant. There are free tiers and paid plans for individuals and businesses.
- Company
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Registered in
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- Unknown
- Online since
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- Audience
- Smaller site
- Top 10K
- Trackers on the homepage
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- Session recording: Hotjar
- fewer
- Third-party embeds: YouTube embeds
- 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.