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VPNs that support Shadowsocks

Providers that offer Shadowsocks, which is about reaching a blocked network rather than about privacy.

5 providersU07_protocolsUpdated 21 October 2026

The HushFleet teamRegister of 21 October 2026

Shadowsocks is an open-source encrypted proxy from 2012, built to get through China’s filtering by looking like nothing in particular. It carries a single application’s traffic through a SOCKS5 proxy rather than tunnelling the whole device.

On security it is a circumvention tool, not a privacy tunnel. Its ciphers are modern, but it has no key exchange or authentication comparable to OpenVPN or WireGuard, and a proxy does not protect traffic outside the applications set to use it. Choose it to reach a blocked network; choose a full tunnel for everything else.

Shadowsocks

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VeePN
Commercial VPNPanama
Coverage168countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$47.84yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices5at once
7 out of 100
Security
77 out of 100
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TorGuard
Commercial VPNUnited States
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly$9.99monthly
Paying yearly$59.99yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices8at once
6 out of 100
Security
66 out of 100
Usability
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3
Amnezia
Commercial VPNRomania
Coverage20countries
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$50.00yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices7at once
3 out of 100
Security
67 out of 100
Usability
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4
Turbo VPN
Commercial VPNSingaporeInnovative Connecting
Coverage80countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$59.99yearly total
Free tierYesfree, no data cap
Devices10at once
1 out of 100
Security
67 out of 100
Usability
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VPN Proxy Master
Commercial VPNSingaporeInnovative Connecting
Coverage52countries
Paying monthly$12.99monthly
Paying yearly$79.99yearly total
Free tierNot publishedno statement found
Devices10at once
1 out of 100
Security
65 out of 100
Usability
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VPNs that support Shadowsocks

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VeePN

TorGuard

Amnezia

Turbo VPN

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