Zscaler Alternatives

Zscaler is described as 'Consolidates your stacks of gateway security appliances into integrated, cloud-based security services. Since it’s security as a service, there’s no physical or virtual hardware to deploy or manage, so getting started is simple' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Zscaler for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Zscaler alternative is Pi-hole, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zscaler are Squid, Privoxy, Polipo and dope.security.

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  1. Pi-hole icon

    Pi-hole

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    Blocks ads for all connected devices at the DNS layer without client setup. Provides web control, in-app ad and tracker blocking, DHCP and API support, regex filtering, privacy modes, audit logs, and long-term query analytics for network management.

    40 Pi-hole alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
    The Web interface shows how many ads were blocked, a query log, and more.
     

    • Pi-hole is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Zscaler.

    • Pi-hole is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Zscaler.

    • Pi-hole is Free and Open SourceZscaler is Paid and Proprietary
    • Pi-hole is Privacy focused and LightweightZscaler is not according to our users
  2. Squid icon

    Squid

     59 likes

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

    24 Squid alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Squid screenshot 1
     

    • Squid is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Zscaler.

    • Squid is Free and Open SourceZscaler is Paid and Proprietary
    • Squid is Privacy focusedZscaler is not according to our users
  4. Privoxy icon

    Privoxy

     60 likes

    Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Polipo icon

    Polipo

     25 likes

    A small and fast caching web proxy (a web cache, an HTTP proxy, a proxy server). Polipo can be used in place of ad-filtering, privacy-enhancing proxies such as Junkbuster, Privoxy or WWWOFFLE. As Polipo has much more refined HTTP support, it doesnt impose the speed tax usually...

    19 Polipo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Configuration Page
     
  6. dope.security icon

    dope.security

     1 like

    Your new Secure Web Gateway. No stopovers. No outages. That’s dope.security, the Fly-Direct SWG. URL filtering, SSL Inspection, Cloud App Controls, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Comments about dope.security as an Alternative to Zscaler
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    No backhauling of traffic (stopovers), all security done at endpoint - FLY DIRECT!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • dope.security is the most popular SaaS alternative to Zscaler.

    • dope.security is the most popular commercial alternative to Zscaler.

    • dope.security is Paid and ProprietaryZscaler is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Ad Muncher

     39 likes

    Ad Muncher is a powerful advert and popup blocking system for all browsers and advert-displaying programs like Pando, SopCast, ICQ, Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster, Opera, PalTalk, iMesh, Bearshare, LimeWire, TVAnts.

    56 Ad Muncher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Ad Muncher screenshot 1
     
  9. XplicitTrust icon

    XplicitTrust

     1 like

    Seamless connectivity across existing network topologies. Zero Trust principles. Zero client configuration. Deployed in a few minutes. Single sign-on. Multi-Factor-Authentication. Passwordless. Precise access controls. Evaluate device security posture.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
    XplicitTrust Dashboard
     

    • XplicitTrust is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Zscaler.

    • XplicitTrust is Paid and ProprietaryZscaler is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. Apache Traffic Server icon

    Apache Traffic Server

     3 likes

    Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
     
  12. HTCD icon

    HTCD

     1 like

    HTCD provides CPR for your environment—instantaneous Compliance automation, Prioritization of security findings, and Remediation—crafted on-demand for your cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    HTCD no-code AI detections
     
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