hide.me vs Surfshark

hide.me and Surfshark both list 57 countries. 0 countries are listed only by hide.me, and 43 only by Surfshark.¹

What our measurements show

57 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for hide.me in 52 of them and for Surfshark in 45. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 2 of hide.me's 64 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and hide.me's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
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.
Surfshark's list shows which locations are virtual: 47 of 142. hide.me's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 15 of the 57 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 Europe SRL in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
On a first visit, hide.me'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

hide.me
Surfshark

Metric	hide.me	Surfshark
Countries	57	100
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	54
Locations	64	142
Servers listed	64	142
Marked as virtual	–	33 %
Measured	64	142
Matches the country	58	69
Server outside the country	2	16
Networks	17	20
Locations in shared networks	86 %	55 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	30 %	39 %
Third-party services loaded	0	8
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	6
Lowest price per month	£2.50	$2.49
Per month after the initial term	£2.50	$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 that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider 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	hide.me	Surfshark	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 51 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 209 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Australia	matches the country within 983 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 78 km	matches the country within 74 km	Datacamp Limited
Bangladesh	matches the country within 47 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Brazil	matches the country within 60 km	matches the country within 31 km	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 41 km	matches the country within 37 km	Datacamp Limited
Cambodia	server outside the country	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Canada	matches the country within 83 km	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 107 km	matches the country within 182 km	Datacamp Limited
Colombia	matches the country within 67 km	matches the country within 43 km	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 6 km	matches the country within 5 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 65 km	matches the country within 61 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 667 km	matches the country within 24 km	no shared network
Egypt	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Finland	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	matches the country within 66 km	no shared network
France	matches the country matches the country within 407 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 420 km 3 locations	no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 333 km 2 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 79 km	matches the country within 95 km	Datacamp Limited
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 97 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country within 34 km	M247 Europe SRL
Iceland	matches the country within 28 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 87 km	matches the country within 49 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country within 51 km	Datacamp Limited
Italy	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 19 km 2 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 30 km	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 957 km	matches the country within 770 km	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 332 km	matches the country within 385 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country within 49 km	Datacamp Limited
Moldova	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country within 807 km	no shared network
Morocco	server outside the country	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	matches the country within 82 km	Datacamp Limited
New Zealand	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country within 21 km	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country within 52 km	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 36 km	matches the country within 29 km	no shared network
Philippines	matches the country within 196 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 124 km	matches the country matches the country within 88 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Portugal	matches the country within 553 km	matches the country matches the country within 234 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 865 km	no conclusion possible	Datacamp Limited
Serbia	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country within 42 km	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 83 km	matches the country within 99 km	Datacamp Limited
Slovakia	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country within 140 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 123 km	matches the country within 101 km	no shared network
South Korea	matches the country within 213 km	matches the country within 112 km	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 40 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 59 km	matches the country within 20 km	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country matches the country within 19 km 2 locations	matches the country within 19 km	Datacamp Limited
Taiwan	matches the country within 32 km	matches the country within 13 km	no shared network
Thailand	matches the country within 525 km	server outside the country	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 114 km	matches the country within 291 km	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country within 19 km	Datacamp Limited
United Arab Emirates	matches the country within 27 km	no finding	M247 Europe SRL
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 204 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 2 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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 21 km 24 locations	no shared network
Vietnam	matches the country within 34 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by hide.me or Surfshark

listed by both: 57 (57 %)
only hide.me: 0 (0 %)
only Surfshark: 43 (43 %)

only Surfshark (43)

Networks both use

2 networks host locations from both hide.me and Surfshark.⁴

Datacamp Limited
M247 Europe SRL

hide.me or Surfshark: questions and answers

Which is better, hide.me or Surfshark?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. hide.me lists 57 countries, Surfshark lists 100. hide.me's pricing page promises a refund within 30 days, Surfshark's within 30 days. hide.me is based in Malaysia, Surfshark in the Netherlands.

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Which is cheaper, hide.me or Surfshark?

hide.me starts at £2.50 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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