Compare Chrome extensions: Proxy SwitchyOmega vs FasterWeb

Stats Proxy SwitchyOmega Proxy SwitchyOmega FasterWeb FasterWeb
User count 2,000,000+ 100,000+
Average rating 4.63 4.10
Rating count 3,755 179
Last updated 2020-11-22 2023-12-15
Size 963.58K 14.06K
Version 2.5.21 23.12.14
Short description
Manage and switch between multiple proxies quickly & easily. Browse the web faster.
Full summary

Changing proxy settings has never been so convenient. Think SwitchyOmega as a modern version of the "Proxy Settings" dialog, designed to be simpler, quicker and more powerful, specially optimized for Chrome.

No more digging through the advanced section in Chrome settings. No repeated filling and clearing the proxy config dialog of your operating system. Just tell SwitchyOmega about all your proxies, and enjoy switching with one click on the popup menu. You can also teach Auto Switch to use the right proxy for the right website automatically.

This extension replaces SwitchySharp, SwitchyPlus and Proxy Switchy. If you are using SwitchySharp, installing this extension will automatically migrate all profiles and settings for you. As a fallback, you can also export a backup file manually in SwitchySharp and then import the file in SwitchyOmega.

NOTE: Please report issues by RIGHT-clicking the extension icon and select the "Report Issue" in the context menu so that I can locate and fix the issue more quickly.

Alternative download link (Github): https://github.com/FelisCatus/SwitchyOmega/releases

SwitchyOmega is absolutely free and open source. It does not insert ads into any website. It contains absolutely no malware. It just does proxy configuration, and aims to be perfect tool of that.

Disclaimer: SwitchyOmega does not come with any proxy server, VPNs or anything like that. Thus, SwitchyOmega will not magically unblock websites or protect your privacy, unless you instruct it to use a proxy server which does. You should only use trusted proxy servers, because SwitchyOmega can not protect you from bad proxies that inject ads, track you or record your password. And if you don't have a proxy server, you probably won't need SwitchyOmega. Sounds reasonable, right?

Privacy Policy: https://github.com/FelisCatus/SwitchyOmega/wiki/Privacy#english

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FasterWeb uses just-in-time preloading; it preloads a page right before you click on it.

Faster Web works best on pages that are on the same sites. Pages to external sites are still faster but generally not enough to be noticeable.

How it works: Before you click on a link, you hover your mouse over it. When you have hovered for 65 milliseconds there is one chance out of two that you will click, so Faster Web starts preloading at this moment, leaving on average over 300 ms for the page to preload.

Pages that trigger an action (such as logging out or deleting something) are excluded. (FasterWeb won’t preload pages with a “?” in their URL.)

FasterWeb — previously called FasterChrome — is based on instant.page, a library that you can add to your site in just one minute to give it the same speed boost.

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ADS & PROMOTION When using FasteWeb, you may encounter advertisements for other extensions and affiliates links. These situational ads allow us to develop the product and make it free for you - our users. For additional information, please, read our Privacy policy: https://browsecraft.com/privacy/fasterweb-privacy-policy