Proton VPN vs Surfshark

Proton VPN and Surfshark both list 97 countries. 52 countries are listed only by Proton VPN, and 3 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

• Proton VPN's list gives no server addresses, so none of its locations can be measured. The measurements on this page cover only Surfshark.
• 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. Proton VPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
• When opened as a first-time visitor, Proton VPN'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

• Proton VPN
• 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	Proton VPN	Surfshark	Same network4
Albania	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Algeria	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Andorra	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Argentina	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Armenia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Australia	not measurable 5 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 27 km 5 locations	–no shared network
Austria	not measurable	matches the country within 74 km	–no shared network
Azerbaijan	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bangladesh	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Belgium	not measurable	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Bhutan	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bolivia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	not measurable 2 locations	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Brazil	not measurable	matches the country within 31 km	–no shared network
Brunei	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bulgaria	not measurable	matches the country within 37 km	–no shared network
Cambodia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Canada	not measurable 3 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Chile	not measurable	matches the country within 182 km	–no shared network
Colombia	not measurable	matches the country within 43 km	–no shared network
Costa Rica	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Croatia	not measurable	matches the country within 5 km	–no shared network
Cyprus	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Czechia	not measurable	matches the country within 61 km	–no shared network
Denmark	not measurable	matches the country within 24 km	–no shared network
Ecuador	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Egypt	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Estonia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Finland	not measurable	matches the country within 66 km	–no shared network
France	not measurable 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 684 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Georgia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Germany	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 322 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Ghana	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Greece	not measurable	matches the country within 95 km	–no shared network
Greenland	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	not measurable	matches the country within 28 km	–no shared network
Hungary	not measurable	matches the country within 34 km	–no shared network
Iceland	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
India	not measurable	virtual, as stated virtual, as stated 2 locations	–no shared network
Indonesia	not measurable	matches the country within 49 km	–no shared network
Ireland	not measurable	matches the country within 121 km	–no shared network
Israel	not measurable	matches the country within 122 km	–no shared network
Italy	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 18 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Japan	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 28 km	–no shared network
Kazakhstan	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Laos	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Latvia	not measurable	matches the country within 99 km	–no shared network
Liechtenstein	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Lithuania	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 30 km	–no shared network
Luxembourg	not measurable	matches the country within 770 km	–no shared network
Macao SAR China	not measurable	matches the country within 53 km	–no shared network
Malaysia	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 385 km	–no shared network
Malta	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Mexico	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 80 km	–no shared network
Moldova	not measurable	matches the country within 807 km	–no shared network
Monaco	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Mongolia	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Montenegro	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Morocco	not measurable 2 locations	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Myanmar (Burma)	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Nepal	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Netherlands	not measurable	matches the country within 82 km	–no shared network
New Zealand	not measurable	matches the country within 21 km	–no shared network
Nigeria	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 14 km	–no shared network
North Macedonia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Norway	not measurable	matches the country within 52 km	–no shared network
Pakistan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Panama	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Paraguay	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Peru	not measurable	matches the country within 29 km	–no shared network
Philippines	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Poland	not measurable	matches the country matches the country within 92 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Portugal	not measurable	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Puerto Rico	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Romania	not measurable	matches the country within 929 km	–no shared network
Saudi Arabia	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Serbia	not measurable	matches the country within 7 km	–no shared network
Singapore	not measurable	matches the country within 68 km	–no shared network
Slovakia	not measurable	matches the country within 140 km	–no shared network
Slovenia	not measurable	matches the country within 10 km	–no shared network
South Africa	not measurable	matches the country within 101 km	–no shared network
South Korea	not measurable	matches the country within 112 km	–no shared network
Spain	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 44 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Sri Lanka	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Sweden	not measurable	matches the country within 20 km	–no shared network
Switzerland	not measurable	matches the country within 14 km	–no shared network
Taiwan	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 13 km	–no shared network
Thailand	not measurable	server outside the country	–no shared network
Türkiye	not measurable	matches the country within 291 km	–no shared network
Ukraine	not measurable	matches the country within 19 km	–no shared network
United Arab Emirates	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 9 km	–no shared network
United Kingdom	not measurable 6 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 214 km 4 locations	–no shared network
United States	not measurable 22 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	–no shared network
Uruguay	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Uzbekistan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Venezuela	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Vietnam	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only Proton VPN (52)

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Bahrain
• Belarus
• Congo - Kinshasa
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cameroon
• China
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Haiti
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Comoros
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Nicaragua
• Oman
• Papua New Guinea
• Palestinian Territories
• Qatar
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Senegal
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• El Salvador
• Syria
• Chad
• Togo
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Tunisia
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Kosovo
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

only Surfshark (3)

• Bahamas
• Belize
• Isle of Man

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both Proton VPN and Surfshark.

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As of November 1, 2026.