NotMyIP vs Ultrasurf
Posted by: admin in Untagged on
Jun 18, 2009
We receive a lot of emails from our users asking how is NotMyIP different from Ultrasurf and when should they use one instead of the other. I am going to answer these questions and try to be as objective as possible taking into account that NotMyIP is our baby. :)
From the very beginning we need to say that we have not created NotMyIP to take the place of Ultrasurf, but more to be an alternative. More and more Ultrasurf users are complaining (on blogs, forums, etc.) that Ultrasurf is seen as malware by a lot of security solutions and also the IPs used are blocked by many sites.
NotMyIP and Ultrasurf are very similar regarding the functionality and also the interface. Here is a table that compares the 2 products:
| NotMyIP | Ultrasurf | |
| Free tool | Yes | Yes |
| One click IP change | Yes | Yes |
| Changes your IP to a US one | Yes | Yes |
| Changes your IP to a non-US IP address | No | No |
| Clears your browser cookies | No | Yes |
| Automatically configures IE | Yes | Yes |
| Automatically configures Firefox | Yes | No, an add-on must be installed. |
| Automatically configures other browsers | Yes | No, manual configuration is needed. |
| Seen as malware by security solutions | Not yet | Very probable |
| Blacklisted IPs | No | Most of them (every version exposes different IPs) |
| Speed | Medium | Medium |
To sum up this short comparison, both products are great to overcome censorship and help people being blocked. Both have pros and cons, but the most important aspect is that they are free. We do not recommend using NotMyIP instead of Ultrasurf, but to use the one that it is working for you. So feel free to test both of them.
If you need more IPs from US and also IPs from UK, Canada, Germany, Ireland, France, etc. you should also try Anonymity Gateway.
