What does Hotspot Shield use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 29 tools at Hotspot Shield (hotspotshield.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Amazon Web Services and Amazon Route 53. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Sentry. Go-to-market: WordPress, Meta Pixel and Google Ad Manager. Company Ops: Google Workspace, SendGrid and Osano. Last checked October 31, 2026.

Hotspot Shield uses Amazon Web Services for hosting and cloud infrastructure, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Amazon Web Services through a subdomain that points at Amazon Web Services and code on hotspotshield.com. Amazon Web Services is used by 146,185 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Hotspot Shield uses Google Workspace for email and office software, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Workspace through email records that authorize Google Workspace and code on hotspotshield.com. Google Workspace is used by 406,740 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Hotspot Shield uses Ada for customer support and documentation, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Ada through Ada code on hotspotshield.com. Ada is used by 256 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Hotspot Shield uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager and Hotjar, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on hotspotshield.com. Google Analytics is used by 899,356 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Hotspot Shield uses WordPress for its website, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found WordPress through WordPress code on hotspotshield.com. WordPress is used by 603,528 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat found Meta Pixel at Hotspot Shield through a DNS verification record for Meta Pixel and code on hotspotshield.com. Meta Pixel is a Ads & Pixels tool used by 416,140 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. On runsonwhat's rechecks, Hotspot Shield stopped using Atlassian, WP Engine and Zendesk (latest on October 31, 2026). A change counts only between two checks of hotspotshield.com done the same way.

The companies with the stacks most like Hotspot Shield's are Nlcu, Sparx Hockey, eSky.com - eSky.com - Flights, Air Tickets, Flight Search, Deals and Soda PDF, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 8 to 22 tools with Hotspot Shield, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 29 tools at Hotspot Shield, 13 were found through website configuration files, 9 through code on hotspotshield.com, 3 through DNS records, 3 through email records and 1 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and hotspotshield.com about monthly.