Hotspot Shield VPN

RATING:

4.3

(77)

About Hotspot Shield VPN

HotSpot Shield VPN is a VPN application designed to help businesses enable and access regionally or geographically blocked content. The VPN automatically encrypts users’ personal data to secure confidential information, ensure anonymity and maintain privacy across the web. HotSpot Shield VPN provides organizations with various IP addresses and allows them to avoid security audits on the internet. It offers mobile applications for iOS and Android devices, which helps users secure online activities and unblock geo-restricted content. HotSpot Shield VPN also comes with built-in malware protection, which enables businesses to automatically detect malicious sites or content. Support is extended via email and other online measures.

Hotspot Shield VPN Pricing

The product is available for free as well as on monthly or annual subscriptions as follows: Basic: Available for free Premium: $12.99 per month, $7.99 per month (billed annually) Premium Family: $19.99 per month, $11.99 per month (billed annually)

Starting price: 

$12.99 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Available

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Hotspot Shield VPN Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Hotspot Shield VPN

1 - 5 of 77 Reviews

User Profile

Anwar

Verified reviewer

Hospitality, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2021

Simple To Use With Certainty

It has benefited me a lot personally and officially, I have also told my friends to install it and they are still using the hotspot shield.

PROS

First of All, Thank you for giving it away for FREE No problem while using it. I searched a lot and finally got a good VPN like this

CONS

Promotion problematic: Hotspot Shield Free incidentally appears as a spring up or header on the highest point of your program. While this window might be shut, it turns out to be fairly dreary to close some without fail

Osamah

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2019

Connect to any place in the world with optimal security and anonymous identity

I am a big gamer and in games, milliseconds can make a difference. In most cases, the country I live in is pretty far away from the games server, thus I would have a very bad PING and delay in the game. But Hotspot Shield VPN has brought me closer to those servers, allowing me to play my favourite games without any sort of delay and with better connectivity. I am really grateful to my friend who introduced this software to me!

PROS

The main purpose of Hotspot Shield VPN is to keep your identity secured and protected while surfing the internet as well as to connect you to literally any place / any country in the world. And the truth is said, Hotspot does what it is supposed to do with great efficiency. I like the unlimited amount of countries you can connect to from your very same seat at home! When gaming, some servers in particular countries have higher PING than others and Hotspot can give you access to those servers without the hassle of actually travelling to the countries. It is fast and efficient, some other VPN programs might slow down your internet connection, but Hotspot does not slow it down and instead, it increases it.

CONS

As good as the free trial version might be, it is not enough. The bandwidth is limited and so is the possible countries to connect to. But once you've purchased a subscription, I guarantee it you won't face any troubles! and you will enjoy endless features and deals.

Anonymous

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed July 2022

Hotspot Shield VPN Review

Overall, its is an excellent VPN for everyday users because of its price and features.

PROS

I have been using this software since 2018 and I love to use for my future. The best thing in this software is that it is inexpensive with almost every premium feature.

CONS

Sometimes, it gets hang while connecting to far states.

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Nhan

Verified reviewer

Financial Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2022

Free and fast VPN solution

PROS

Hotspot Shield is one of the fastest VPN solution, I noticed little to no difference between browsing with and without VPN. User can user Hotspot Shield to access websites blocked by the ISP with minimal configuration. The installation project is quite simple, UI is also simple and very to use.

CONS

Since all the traffic flows through the application, users should be careful when using Hotspot Shield. Hotspot Shield should not be used when accessing mission-critical accounts/websites.

Anonymous

1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2019

My Favorite VPN

I tried out different VPN's but I liked HotSpot Shield the best. It's the most reliable and easy-to-use VPN among the ones I used.

PROS

There are lots of countries to connect to, which is nice. It's a great product if you are living in a country with restrictions on certain websites. It also provides a greater security as your actions are not traced. Speed can sometimes be an issue, but I overcame that problem by trying out different country options. So that's not too big of a problem. The speed overall is nice. For example, video streaming websites like Netflix worked without pausing.

CONS

Disconnections can be a problem if you are using the regular version, but I guess that is the nature of VPN's