Comparisons
PacketMole vs the alternatives
We've published a detailed comparison for every alternative people actually consider — the other home-IP travel routers on the market, the VPNs most people try first, a Tailscale exit node on a home computer, a travel router on its own, and building it yourself. No marketing fluff — actual hardware specs, actual pricing, actual differences. If we ship something better in one area, we say so. If they ship something better in one area, we say that too.
PacketMole vs KeepYourHomeIP
Netherlands-based, subscription required, ships worldwide
- →$349 once vs ~$756 over 3 years ($468 Business kit + $96/yr, plus any import duties)
- →Wi-Fi 6 travel router (Beryl AX) vs Wi-Fi 5 (their Business kit's GL.iNet Slate Plus)
- →No account with us vs a required KeepYourHomeIP account and subscription
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PacketMole vs KeepMyHomeIP / FlashedRouter
Two brands from one seller; two-device kits from $299.99, and FlashedRouter requires a service subscription
- →FlashedRouter's two-device kit is $349.99 plus $9.95/mo or $89.95/yr: $619.84 or more over 3 years
- →Their $199.99 one-device router uses their hosted servers, not your home IP
- →We name our exact router models; their product pages don't
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PacketMole vs Nomadeos
France-based, cheaper up front, needs a public IP at home or a paid relay
- →$227.99 + $45 shipping + import duties vs $349 with free US shipping
- →Direct setup needs a public IPv4 at home; CGNAT homes (Starlink, 5G) need its $92/yr relay subscription
- →2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 4 and 10/100 Ethernet vs Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5 Gigabit
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PacketMole vs a privacy VPN (Cloudflare WARP, NordVPN, Proton VPN)
Not a travel router at all — a privacy VPN gives you the provider's IP, not your home's
- →A privacy VPN exits from the provider's servers; PacketMole exits from your own home connection
- →Your home's IP isn't a VPN address, though each service still applies its own checks
- →On one device you get one or the other at a time; they solve different problems
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PacketMole vs building it yourself
Two routers and a tunnel is a real answer; keeping it leak-free every time something changes is the hard part
- →Fails closed: if the connection home drops, the Away unit blocks traffic instead of using the hotel network
- →Leak-tested on real routers across the failure situations that matter on the road; no test traffic leaked
- →Every build and every software update is tested on real routers before it reaches you
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PacketMole vs a Tailscale exit node on a home computer
A real free option for one or two devices; the computer at home has to stay on and awake the whole trip
- →A dedicated Home unit instead of a computer that can sleep, update or restart
- →Covers anything on the Away unit's Wi-Fi, including TVs and consoles that can't run an app
- →Fails closed: if the connection home drops, the Away unit blocks traffic instead of using the hotel network
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PacketMole vs a GL.iNet travel router on its own
PacketMole's Away unit is a GL.iNet travel router; on its own, sites still see the hotel's IP
- →Adds the matched Home unit, so traffic leaves from your home connection
- →Both units arrive preconfigured to work together on your own Tailscale account
- →Every pair and every software update is tested on real routers before it reaches you
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