NordVPN vs Surfshark

NordVPN and Surfshark both list 98 countries. 52 countries are listed only by NordVPN, and 2 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

• Of the 98 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for NordVPN in 56 of them and for Surfshark in 51. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
• At 62 of NordVPN's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. NordVPN's own list marks each one as virtual, so the list tells you this itself.
• 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.
• Both lists mark virtual locations: 58 % of NordVPN's locations and 33 % of Surfshark's.
• In 32 of the 98 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
• When opened as a first-time visitor, NordVPN'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

• NordVPN
• Surfshark

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	NordVPN	Surfshark	Same network4
Albania	matches the country no conclusion possible within 11 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Algeria	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Andorra	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 45 km	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Armenia	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 25 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 28 km	matches the country within 74 km	CDNEXT
Azerbaijan	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bahamas	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bangladesh	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 407 km	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Belize	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bhutan	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bolivia	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 43 km	matches the country within 31 km	–no shared network
Brunei	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 40 km	matches the country within 37 km	–no shared network
Cambodia	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 34 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	CDNEXT
Chile	matches the country within 165 km	matches the country within 182 km	CDNEXT
Colombia	matches the country within 44 km	matches the country within 43 km	CDNEXT
Costa Rica	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country within 5 km	CDNEXT
Cyprus	matches the country within 32 km	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 28 km	matches the country within 61 km	–no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 694 km	matches the country within 24 km	M247
Ecuador	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Egypt	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 28 km	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 78 km	matches the country within 66 km	–no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 455 km 4 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 684 km 3 locations	CDNEXT
Georgia	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 330 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 322 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Ghana	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 145 km	matches the country within 95 km	CDNEXT
Greenland	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 175 km	matches the country within 28 km	–no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country within 34 km	M247
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
India	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated virtual, as stated 2 locations	–no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 122 km	matches the country within 49 km	–no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 130 km	matches the country within 121 km	CDNEXT, M247
Isle of Man	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country within 122 km	CDNEXT
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 36 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 18 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 155 km 2 locations	matches the country within 28 km	–no shared network
Kazakhstan	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Laos	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Latvia	matches the country within 75 km	matches the country within 99 km	–no shared network
Liechtenstein	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country within 30 km	–no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 876 km	matches the country within 770 km	–no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 440 km	matches the country within 385 km	–no shared network
Malta	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 56 km	matches the country within 80 km	–no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 732 km	matches the country within 807 km	–no shared network
Monaco	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Mongolia	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Montenegro	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Morocco	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Myanmar (Burma)	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Nepal	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 76 km	matches the country within 82 km	–no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country within 21 km	CDNEXT, Host Universal Pty Ltd
Nigeria	matches the country within 72 km	matches the country within 14 km	CDNEXT
North Macedonia	matches the country within 541 km	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 52 km	–no shared network
Pakistan	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Panama	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Paraguay	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 29 km	matches the country within 29 km	CDNEXT
Philippines	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 108 km	matches the country matches the country within 92 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Portugal	matches the country within 65 km	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Puerto Rico	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 23 km	matches the country within 929 km	CDNEXT
Serbia	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country within 7 km	M247
Singapore	matches the country within 53 km	matches the country within 68 km	CDNEXT
Slovakia	matches the country within 138 km	matches the country within 140 km	M247
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	matches the country within 10 km	HR-CUSTOMER
South Africa	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country within 101 km	CDNEXT
South Korea	matches the country within 112 km	matches the country within 112 km	–no shared network
Spain	no conclusion possible matches the country within 50 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 44 km 3 locations	CDNEXT, M247
Sri Lanka	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 59 km	matches the country within 20 km	CDNEXT
Switzerland	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country within 14 km	BANDWIDTH-AS, CDNEXT
Taiwan	matches the country within 11 km	matches the country within 13 km	–no shared network
Thailand	virtual, as stated	server outside the country	–no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 264 km	matches the country within 291 km	CDNEXT
Ukraine	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country within 19 km	CDNEXT
United Arab Emirates	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	matches the country within 9 km	M247
United Kingdom	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 123 km 4 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 214 km 4 locations	BANDWIDTH-AS, Clouvider - Global ASN
United States	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country 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 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 matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 matches the country 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 within 28 km 55 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, Clouvider - Global ASN
Uruguay	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Uzbekistan	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Venezuela	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Vietnam	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	no conclusion possible	–no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only NordVPN (52)

• Afghanistan
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Angola
• Barbados
• Burkina Faso
• Bahrain
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Botswana
• Cape Verde
• Dominican Republic
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Guatemala
• Guam
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Iraq
• Jersey
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Comoros
• Kuwait
• Cayman Islands
• Lebanon
• St. Lucia
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Maldives
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Papua New Guinea
• Qatar
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Suriname
• El Salvador
• Chad
• Tajikistan
• Tunisia
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Tanzania
• Yemen
• Zambia

only Surfshark (2)

• Macao SAR China
• Saudi Arabia

Networks both use

9 networks host locations from both NordVPN and Surfshark.⁴

• BANDWIDTH-AS
• CDN77
• CDNEXT
• Clouvider - Global ASN
• HOSTROYALE
• HR-CUSTOMER
• Host Universal Pty Ltd
• LATITUDE-SH
• M247

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As of November 1, 2026.