Mullvad vs Surfshark

Mullvad and Surfshark both list 50 countries. 0 countries are listed only by Mullvad, and 50 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 50 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for Mullvad in 50 of them and for Surfshark in 44. 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. Mullvad's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 31 of the 50 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example Host Universal Pty Ltd in Australia. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, Mullvad'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

Mullvad
Surfshark

Metric	Mullvad	Surfshark
Countries	50	100
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	54
Locations	91	142
Servers listed	526	142
Marked as virtual	–	33 %
Measured	91	142
Matches the country	63	71
Server outside the country	0	16
Networks	27	19
Locations in shared networks	98 %	54 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	58 %	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	Mullvad	Surfshark	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 48 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 186 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 24 km 5 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 27 km 5 locations	Host Universal Pty Ltd
Austria	matches the country within 49 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	no conclusion possible matches the country within 74 km 2 locations	matches the country within 31 km	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 72 km	matches the country within 37 km	M247
Canada	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	CDNEXT
Chile	matches the country within 82 km	matches the country within 182 km	CDNEXT
Colombia	matches the country within 62 km	matches the country within 43 km	CDNEXT
Croatia	matches the country within 21 km	matches the country within 5 km	CDNEXT
Cyprus	matches the country within 14 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 71 km	matches the country within 61 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 236 km	matches the country within 24 km	M247
Estonia	matches the country within 30 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 40 km	matches the country within 66 km	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 481 km 3 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 684 km 3 locations	CDNEXT, HOSTROYALE, M247
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 360 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 322 km 2 locations	CDNEXT, M247
Greece	matches the country within 85 km	matches the country within 95 km	CDNEXT
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 35 km	matches the country within 34 km	M247
Indonesia	matches the country within 193 km	matches the country within 49 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country within 121 km	M247
Israel	matches the country within 182 km	matches the country within 122 km	CDNEXT
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 435 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 18 km 2 locations	M247
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	matches the country within 28 km	M247
Malaysia	matches the country within 429 km	matches the country within 385 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country within 80 km	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 84 km	matches the country within 82 km	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country within 21 km	Host Universal Pty Ltd
Nigeria	matches the country within 99 km	matches the country within 14 km	CDNEXT
Norway	matches the country matches the country within 337 km 2 locations	matches the country within 52 km	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country within 29 km	CDNEXT
Philippines	matches the country within 216 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 94 km	matches the country matches the country within 92 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Portugal	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country within 929 km	no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country within 7 km	M247
Singapore	matches the country within 70 km	matches the country within 68 km	CDNEXT
Slovakia	matches the country within 47 km	matches the country within 140 km	no shared network
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	matches the country within 10 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 115 km	matches the country within 101 km	CDNEXT
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 44 km 3 locations	CDNEXT, HOSTROYALE, M247
Sweden	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 98 km 3 locations	matches the country within 20 km	CDNEXT
Switzerland	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country within 14 km	CDNEXT
Thailand	matches the country within 654 km	server outside the country	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 248 km	matches the country within 291 km	CDNEXT
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	matches the country within 19 km	CDNEXT
United Kingdom	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 80 km 3 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 214 km 4 locations	M247
United States	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 no conclusion possible within 52 km 21 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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 21 km 24 locations	CDN77, CDNEXT, HOSTROYALE and 1 more

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Mullvad or Surfshark

listed by both: 50 (50 %)
only Mullvad: 0 (0 %)
only Surfshark: 50 (50 %)

only Surfshark (50)

Networks both use

6 networks host locations from both Mullvad and Surfshark.⁴

CDN77
CDNEXT
HOSTROYALE
HR-CUSTOMER
Host Universal Pty Ltd
M247

Mullvad or Surfshark: questions and answers

Which is better, Mullvad or Surfshark?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Mullvad lists 50 countries, Surfshark lists 100. Mullvad's pricing page promises a refund within 14 days, Surfshark's within 30 days. Mullvad is based in Sweden, Surfshark in the Netherlands.

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Which is cheaper, Mullvad or Surfshark?

Mullvad starts at €5.00 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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