IVPN vs Surfshark

IVPN and Surfshark both list 42 countries. 0 countries are listed only by IVPN, and 58 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 42 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for IVPN in 41 of them and for Surfshark in 40. 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. IVPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 15 of the 42 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 in Belgium. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, IVPN'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

IVPN
Surfshark

Metric	IVPN	Surfshark
Countries	42	100
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	54
Locations	59	142
Servers listed	89	142
Marked as virtual	–	33 %
Measured	59	142
Matches the country	47	71
Server outside the country	0	16
Networks	22	20
Locations in shared networks	95 %	56 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	53 %	39 %
Third-party services loaded	0	8
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	6
Lowest price per month	$5.00	$2.49
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$8.25
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	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	IVPN	Surfshark	Same network⁴
Argentina	matches the country within 209 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Australia	matches the country within 25 km	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 36 km	matches the country within 74 km	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 15 km	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	M247
Brazil	matches the country within 41 km	matches the country within 31 km	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 67 km	matches the country within 37 km	no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 57 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 5 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 53 km	matches the country within 61 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 329 km	matches the country within 24 km	M247
Finland	matches the country within 42 km	matches the country within 66 km	no shared network
France	matches the country within 419 km	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 684 km 3 locations	CDN77
Germany	matches the country within 333 km	matches the country matches the country within 322 km 2 locations	M247
Greece	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country within 95 km	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 120 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country within 34 km	M247
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 50 km	matches the country within 121 km	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 60 km	matches the country within 122 km	no shared network
Italy	matches the country within 48 km	matches the country matches the country within 18 km 2 locations	CDN77
Japan	matches the country within 145 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 154 km	matches the country within 770 km	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 523 km	matches the country within 385 km	Gigabit Hosting Sdn Bhd
Mexico	matches the country within 101 km	matches the country within 80 km	CDN77
Netherlands	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country within 82 km	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 21 km	Host Universal Pty Ltd
Norway	matches the country within 180 km	matches the country within 52 km	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 29 km	matches the country within 29 km	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 101 km	matches the country matches the country within 92 km 2 locations	CDN77
Portugal	matches the country within 79 km	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 929 km	no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country within 7 km	M247
Singapore	matches the country within 80 km	matches the country within 68 km	no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country within 140 km	CDN77
South Africa	matches the country within 117 km	matches the country within 101 km	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 50 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 44 km 3 locations	CDN77
Sweden	matches the country within 38 km	matches the country within 20 km	M247
Switzerland	matches the country within 141 km	matches the country within 14 km	no shared network
Taiwan	matches the country within 385 km	matches the country within 13 km	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 56 km	matches the country within 19 km	no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 209 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 matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 54 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, M247

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by IVPN or Surfshark

listed by both: 42 (42 %)
only IVPN: 0 (0 %)
only Surfshark: 58 (58 %)

only Surfshark (58)

Networks both use

5 networks host locations from both IVPN and Surfshark.⁴

CDN77
CDNEXT
Gigabit Hosting Sdn Bhd
Host Universal Pty Ltd
M247

IVPN or Surfshark: questions and answers

Which is better, IVPN or Surfshark?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. IVPN lists 42 countries, Surfshark lists 100. IVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 30 days, Surfshark's within 30 days. IVPN is based in Gibraltar, Surfshark in the Netherlands.

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