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Alternatives to IVPN
19 security & cybersecurity tools sit alongside IVPN in this directory. Below is what separates each from IVPN on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- IVPN starts at
- $6/month
Why people look past IVPN
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the IVPN entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for IVPN carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Privacy-first VPN with one flat price and no email required to sign up
- Starts $1 a month cheaper, at $5/month.
- 1 tier to IVPN's 2.
Long-standing VPN service with a large server network and flexible multi-year plans
- Starts $5.99 a month dearer, at $11.99/month.
- 3 tiers to IVPN's 2.
VPN and firewall service with a generous free data tier and a customizable Build-A-Plan option
- Can be used without paying; IVPN cannot.
- Starts $3 a month cheaper, at $3/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to IVPN's 2.
Consumer VPN with a limited free tier and a bear-themed, beginner-friendly app
- Can be used without paying; IVPN cannot.
- Starts $3.99 a month dearer, at $9.99/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to IVPN's 2.
Password manager with autofill, digital wallet, and dark web monitoring
- Can be used without paying; IVPN cannot.
- Starts $3.5 a month cheaper, at $2.5/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to IVPN's 2.
Open-source static analysis tool for finding security bugs and enforcing code standards.
- Can be used without paying; IVPN cannot.
- Starts $24 a month dearer, at $30/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to IVPN's 2.
Every IVPN alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVPN (this page) | $6/month | Subscription | 2 | |
| Mullvad VPNMullvad similarly emphasizes anonymous signup and privacy-first design as a direct competitor. | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs IVPN |
| Private Internet AccessPIA is a lower-cost VPN alternative with a larger server network but less emphasis on anonymous signup. | $11.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Windscribe | Free, then $3/month | Freemium | 3 | vs IVPN |
| TunnelBear | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Sticky Password | Free, then $2.5/month | Freemium | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Semgrep | Free, then $30/month | Freemium | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Passbolt | Free, then $4.9/month | Open-source | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Enpass | Free, then $1.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs IVPN |
| Cisco Duo | Free | Freemium | - | vs IVPN |
| HashiCorp Vault | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs IVPN |
| Tanium | On request | Quote | 1 | vs IVPN |
| Veracode | On request | Quote | - | vs IVPN |
| Keygen | On request | Subscription | - | vs IVPN |
| ExpressVPN | $6.67/month | Subscription | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Fortinet FortiGate | $500/year | Subscription | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs IVPN |
| CrowdStrike Falcon | $7.99/month | Subscription | - | vs IVPN |
| IBM QRadar | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs IVPN |
| Idira | On request | Quote | - | vs IVPN |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the IVPN badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Windscribe , Free, then $3/month
- TunnelBear , Free, then $9.99/month
- Sticky Password , Free, then $2.5/month
- Semgrep , Free, then $30/month
- Passbolt , Free, then $4.9/month
- Enpass , Free, then $1.99/month
- Cisco Duo , Free
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
Cheaper than IVPN (7)
Entry price under IVPN's $6/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Mullvad VPN , $5/month
- Windscribe , Free, then $3/month
- Sticky Password , Free, then $2.5/month
- Passbolt , Free, then $4.9/month
- Enpass , Free, then $1.99/month
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- IBM QRadar , Free
What you would be giving up
IVPN is most often brought in for signing up for a vpn without providing an email address, verifying a vpn's no-logs claims via independent audits, layering multi-hop routing for higher-anonymity browsing, blocking trackers and ads via built-in antitracker. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If IVPN is broadly right and the question is cost, the IVPN pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Security & Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best security & cybersecurity tools ranks them.
IVPN runs on windows, mac, linux, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about IVPN alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to IVPN?
- 19 other security & cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Mullvad VPN, Private Internet Access, Windscribe, TunnelBear. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to IVPN?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Windscribe, TunnelBear, Sticky Password, Semgrep, Passbolt.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to IVPN?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under IVPN's $6/month: Mullvad VPN at $5/month, Windscribe at Free, then $3/month, Sticky Password at Free, then $2.5/month, Passbolt at Free, then $4.9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to IVPN?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from IVPN?
- IVPN is most often brought in for signing up for a vpn without providing an email address, verifying a vpn's no-logs claims via independent audits, layering multi-hop routing for higher-anonymity browsing, blocking trackers and ads via built-in antitracker. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to IVPN?
- Passbolt, HashiCorp Vault are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these IVPN alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Security & Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare IVPN against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against IVPN covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every security & cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Security & Cybersecurity category, 19 tools beside IVPN. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.