AzireVPN vs Surfshark

AzireVPN and Surfshark both list 36 countries. 0 countries are listed only by AzireVPN, and 64 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 36 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for AzireVPN in 34 of them and for Surfshark in 33. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 1 of Surfshark's 142 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and Surfshark's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
At 15 of Surfshark's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Surfshark's own list marks each one as virtual, so the list tells you this itself.
Surfshark's list shows which locations are virtual: 47 of 142. AzireVPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 5 of the 36 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example CDN77 in Italy. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, AzireVPN's home page loads 0 advertising or analytics services and Surfshark's loads 6, before anything is clicked.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

AzireVPN
Surfshark

Metric	AzireVPN	Surfshark
Countries	36	100
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	54
Locations	62	142
Servers listed	62	142
Marked as virtual	–	33 %
Measured	62	142
Matches the country	43	71
Server outside the country	0	16
Networks	21	20
Locations in shared networks	74 %	56 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	63 %	39 %
Third-party services loaded	0	8
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	6
Lowest price per month	€3.75	$2.49
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$8.25
Server list source	a public list the provider does not document	a public list the provider does not document

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country both providers list where at least one of them has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	AzireVPN	Surfshark	Same network⁴
Argentina	matches the country within 208 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Australia	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 29 km 5 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country within 74 km	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 25 km	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 86 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 109 km	matches the country within 182 km	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 47 km	matches the country within 43 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 63 km	matches the country within 61 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 180 km	matches the country within 24 km	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 39 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country within 66 km	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 684 km 3 locations	no shared network
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 433 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 322 km 2 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 12 km	matches the country within 95 km	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 35 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country within 49 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 32 km	matches the country within 121 km	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country within 122 km	no shared network
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 956 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 18 km 2 locations	CDN77
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 58 km	matches the country within 80 km	CDN77
Netherlands	matches the country within 71 km	matches the country within 82 km	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country within 21 km	Host Universal Pty Ltd
Norway	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country within 52 km	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 104 km	matches the country matches the country within 92 km 2 locations	CDN77
Portugal	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country within 929 km	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 73 km	matches the country within 68 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country within 101 km	no shared network
Spain	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 44 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 21 km 3 locations	matches the country within 20 km	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country within 14 km	no shared network
Thailand	matches the country within 774 km	server outside the country	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 50 km	matches the country within 19 km	no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 72 km 2 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 214 km 4 locations	no shared network
United States	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 79 km 15 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 21 km 24 locations	CDN77

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by AzireVPN or Surfshark

listed by both: 36 (36 %)
only AzireVPN: 0 (0 %)
only Surfshark: 64 (64 %)

only Surfshark (64)

Networks both use

2 networks host locations from both AzireVPN and Surfshark.⁴

CDN77
Host Universal Pty Ltd

AzireVPN or Surfshark: questions and answers

Which is better, AzireVPN or Surfshark?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. AzireVPN lists 36 countries, Surfshark lists 100. AzireVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 7 days, Surfshark's within 30 days. AzireVPN is based in Sweden, Surfshark in the Netherlands.

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Which is cheaper, AzireVPN or Surfshark?

AzireVPN starts at €3.75 and Surfshark at $2.49 per month for the initial term. The prices are in different currencies or were requested from different countries, so they cannot be compared directly.

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