vs Comparison

Lantern vs Windscribe

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 very close.

Lantern

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.

Windscribe

Windscribe is a Canada-based commercial VPN service with apps and browser extensions that encrypt traffic, mask location, bypass censorship and geo-blocks, and block ads and trackers, offered as a free tier and paid Pro plans.

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