No, a VPN, a proxy, and Tor serve similar goals, hiding your IP and protecting privacy, but work differently:

• VPN encrypts your internet traffic and routes it through a secure server, protecting all apps and devices on your network.
• Proxy only reroutes traffic from a specific app or browser and usually does not encrypt your data, so it’s less secure.
• Tor routes traffic through multiple volunteer servers for anonymity, making it very private, but slower and less practical for streaming or gaming.