Surfshark vs Windscribe

Surfshark and Windscribe both list 67 countries. 33 countries are listed only by Surfshark, and 5 only by Windscribe.¹

What our measurements show

67 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for Surfshark in 49 of them and for Windscribe in 66. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 2 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.
At 2 of Windscribe's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Windscribe's own list marks each one as virtual.
Both lists mark virtual locations: 33 % of Surfshark's locations and 2 % of Windscribe's.
In 35 of the 67 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, Surfshark's home page loads 6 advertising or analytics services and Windscribe's loads 0, 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

Surfshark
Windscribe

Metric	Surfshark	Windscribe
Countries	100	72
Countries not listed only as virtual	54	71
Locations	142	199
Servers listed	142	356
Marked as virtual	33 %	2 %
Measured	142	199
Matches the country	67	138
Server outside the country	17	2
Networks	19	58
Locations in shared networks	53 %	74 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	39 %	53 %
Third-party services loaded	8	1
Advertising or analytics services among them	6	0
Lowest price per month	$2.49	$5.75
Per month after the initial term	$8.25	$5.75
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	Surfshark	Windscribe	Same network⁴
Albania	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Argentina	virtual, as stated	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 29 km 5 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 22 km 10 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 42 km	matches the country matches the country within 39 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Belgium	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Bulgaria	matches the country within 37 km	matches the country matches the country within 42 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Canada	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 3 locations	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 within 28 km 10 locations	Datacamp Limited
Chile	matches the country within 182 km	matches the country within 107 km	Datacamp Limited
Colombia	matches the country within 44 km	matches the country within 45 km	Datacamp Limited
Croatia	matches the country within 5 km	matches the country within 6 km	Datacamp Limited
Cyprus	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 266 km 2 locations	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 57 km	matches the country matches the country within 52 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Denmark	matches the country within 257 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Ecuador	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 717 km	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 608 km	matches the country within 67 km	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 53 km	matches the country matches the country within 81 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 420 km 3 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 435 km 4 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Georgia	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 46 km	no shared network
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country within 360 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 344 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Greece	matches the country within 95 km	matches the country within 949 km	Datacamp Limited
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 28 km	matches the country matches the country within 20 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Hungary	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country matches the country within 7 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible matches the country within 117 km 2 locations	no shared network
India	virtual, as stated virtual, as stated 2 locations	virtual, as stated matches the country no conclusion possible within 243 km 3 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Indonesia	matches the country within 37 km	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 158 km 3 locations	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country matches the country within 48 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Israel	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country matches the country within 13 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Italy	matches the country matches the country within 16 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 21 km 3 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Japan	matches the country within 81 km	matches the country matches the country within 75 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Latvia	matches the country within 70 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 42 km	no shared network
Luxembourg	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 152 km	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 690 km	matches the country within 319 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country within 44 km	no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 807 km	matches the country within 47 km	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 168 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 114 km 3 locations	M247 Europe SRL
New Zealand	matches the country within 21 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 28 km 2 locations	no shared network
Nigeria	matches the country within 14 km	matches the country within 101 km	Datacamp Limited
North Macedonia	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 35 km 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 52 km	matches the country matches the country within 169 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Panama	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 12 km	no shared network
Paraguay	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 919 km	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 28 km	matches the country within 28 km	Datacamp Limited
Philippines	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 89 km	no shared network
Poland	matches the country matches the country within 88 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 96 km 3 locations	Artnet Sp. z o.o., Datacamp Limited
Portugal	matches the country no conclusion possible within 234 km 2 locations	matches the country within 592 km	no shared network
Romania	no conclusion possible	matches the country no conclusion possible within 25 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Serbia	matches the country within 42 km	matches the country within 20 km	M247 Europe SRL
Singapore	matches the country within 99 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 54 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Slovakia	matches the country within 140 km	matches the country within 52 km	no shared network
Slovenia	matches the country within 8 km	matches the country within 72 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 101 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 76 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
South Korea	matches the country within 115 km	matches the country matches the country within 255 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 40 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 45 km 3 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Sweden	matches the country within 20 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 23 km 4 locations	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 16 km 3 locations	no shared network
Taiwan	matches the country within 156 km	matches the country within 293 km	no shared network
Thailand	server outside the country	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 524 km 3 locations	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 195 km	matches the country within 159 km	Datacamp Limited
Ukraine	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country within 19 km	Datacamp Limited
United Arab Emirates	server outside the country	matches the country within 25 km	M247 Europe SRL
United Kingdom	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 125 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 64 km 6 locations	Clouvider Limited, Datacamp Limited, Hydra Communications Ltd
United States	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 conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 no conclusion possible 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 matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country 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 no conclusion possible 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 matches the country matches the country within 16 km 52 locations	Clouvider Limited, Datacamp Limited, Interconnecx, LLC and 1 more
Uruguay	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Vietnam	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 91 km 2 locations	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Surfshark or Windscribe

listed by both: 67 (64 %)
only Surfshark: 33 (31 %)
only Windscribe: 5 (5 %)

only Surfshark (33)

only Windscribe (5)

Networks both use

6 networks host locations from both Surfshark and Windscribe.⁴

Artnet Sp. z o.o.
Clouvider Limited
Datacamp Limited
Hydra Communications Ltd
Interconnecx, LLC
M247 Europe SRL

Surfshark or Windscribe: questions and answers

Which is better, Surfshark or Windscribe?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Surfshark lists 100 countries, Windscribe lists 72. Surfshark is based in the Netherlands, Windscribe in Canada.

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Which is cheaper, Surfshark or Windscribe?

Both state prices in the same currency: Surfshark starts at $2.49 and Windscribe at $5.75 per month for the initial term. After the initial term, Surfshark costs $8.25 and Windscribe $5.75 per month.