hide.me vs Windscribe

hide.me and Windscribe both list 53 countries. 4 countries are listed only by hide.me, and 19 only by Windscribe.¹

What our measurements show

53 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for hide.me in 51 of them and for Windscribe in 53. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 2 of hide.me's 64 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and hide.me's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
At 2 of Windscribe's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Windscribe's own list marks each one as virtual.
Windscribe's list shows which locations are virtual: 3 of 200. hide.me's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 21 of the 53 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 Europe SRL in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
Neither home page loads advertising or analytics services on a first visit.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

hide.me
Windscribe

Metric	hide.me	Windscribe
Countries	57	72
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	71
Locations	64	200
Servers listed	64	357
Marked as virtual	–	2 %
Measured	64	200
Matches the country	58	135
Server outside the country	2	2
Networks	17	58
Locations in shared networks	86 %	75 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	30 %	53 %
Third-party services loaded	0	1
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	0
Lowest price per month	£2.50	$5.75
Per month after the initial term	£2.50	$5.75
Server list source	a public list the provider does not document	a public list the provider does not document

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	hide.me	Windscribe	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Keminet SHPK
Argentina	matches the country within 209 km	matches the country matches the country within 13 km 2 locations	no shared network
Australia	matches the country within 983 km	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 23 km 10 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 78 km	matches the country matches the country within 39 km 2 locations	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 60 km	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 41 km	matches the country matches the country within 39 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Canada	matches the country within 83 km	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 28 km 10 locations	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 107 km	matches the country within 105 km	Datacamp Limited
Colombia	matches the country within 67 km	matches the country within 48 km	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 6 km	matches the country within 6 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 65 km	matches the country matches the country within 52 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Denmark	matches the country within 667 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	no shared network
Finland	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 81 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
France	matches the country matches the country within 407 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 435 km 4 locations	no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 344 km 3 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 79 km	matches the country within 949 km	Datacamp Limited
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 97 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Iceland	matches the country within 28 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 87 km	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 50 km 4 locations	Zenlayer Inc
Ireland	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country matches the country within 37 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Italy	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 22 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Japan	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country matches the country within 75 km 2 locations	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 60 km	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 957 km	matches the country within 219 km	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 332 km	matches the country within 528 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country within 44 km	no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country within 47 km	Trabia SRL
Netherlands	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 114 km 3 locations	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 28 km 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country matches the country within 169 km 2 locations	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 36 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Philippines	matches the country within 196 km	matches the country within 89 km	Zenlayer Inc
Poland	matches the country within 124 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 96 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Portugal	matches the country within 553 km	matches the country within 592 km	Datacamp Limited
Romania	matches the country within 865 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 25 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Serbia	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country within 16 km	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 83 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 54 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovakia	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country within 52 km	Datacamp Limited
South Africa	matches the country within 123 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 112 km 3 locations	no shared network
South Korea	matches the country within 213 km	matches the country matches the country within 147 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 45 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 59 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 23 km 4 locations	Datacamp Limited
Switzerland	matches the country matches the country within 19 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 16 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Taiwan	matches the country within 32 km	matches the country within 232 km	no shared network
Thailand	matches the country within 525 km	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 524 km 3 locations	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 114 km	matches the country within 266 km	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country within 18 km	Datacamp Limited
United Arab Emirates	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 25 km	M247 Europe SRL
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 204 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 64 km 6 locations	no shared network
United States	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 17 km 52 locations	no shared network
Vietnam	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country matches the country within 41 km 2 locations	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by hide.me or Windscribe

listed by both: 53 (70 %)
only hide.me: 4 (5 %)
only Windscribe: 19 (25 %)

only hide.me (4)

only Windscribe (19)

Networks both use

6 networks host locations from both hide.me and Windscribe.⁴

AltusHost B.V.
Datacamp Limited
Keminet SHPK
M247 Europe SRL
Trabia SRL
Zenlayer Inc

hide.me or Windscribe: questions and answers

Which is better, hide.me or Windscribe?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. hide.me lists 57 countries, Windscribe lists 72. hide.me is based in Malaysia, Windscribe in Canada.

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Which is cheaper, hide.me or Windscribe?

hide.me starts at £2.50 and Windscribe at $5.75 per month for the initial term. The prices are in different currencies or were requested from different countries, so they cannot be compared directly.

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