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VPNs that support SSTP

Providers that offer SSTP, a Microsoft transport that survives mostly on Windows.

4 providersU07_protocolsUpdated 21 October 2026

The HushFleet teamRegister of 21 October 2026

SSTP is a Microsoft tunnel from 2007 that carries PPP over TLS on port 443, so it passes most firewalls as ordinary HTTPS traffic. It is native on Windows and rare anywhere else.

On security the transport is TLS, which is sound, and the result compares with OpenVPN’s TCP mode. What sets it apart is ownership: the specification is Microsoft’s, the main implementation is closed, and it has had little independent review outside Windows. It is a reasonable choice where it works and a weaker one to depend on.

SSTP

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OpenVPN 43 WireGuard 41 IKEv2 32 Obfuscated 26 IPsec 12 L2TP 11 Proprietary 10 Vendor open-source 9 PPTP 8 Shadowsocks 5 WireGuard-derived 316 providers in no term — the field is not published

Four of the twelve terms — obfuscated, proprietary, vendor_open, wireguard_derived — are categories rather than protocol names: each says a protocol was disguised, closed or built on another, not which one it is. A record that publishes no protocol list at all appears on none of these pages (sixteen on file).

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hide.me
Commercial VPNMalaysia
Coverage57countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$54.99yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices10at once
28 out of 100
Security
81 out of 100
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CactusVPN
Commercial VPNNot published
Coverage25countries
Paying monthly$15.00monthly
Paying yearly$70.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devicesunlimitedat once
20 out of 100
Security
66 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
3
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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Not recommended
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VPN Gate
Censorship toolJapanSoftEther Project
Coverage14countries
Price—no published price
Free tierYesfree, no data cap
Devicesunlimitedat once
1 out of 100
Security
74 out of 100
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VPNs that support SSTP

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CactusVPN

TorGuard

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