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hide.me VPN vs Surfshark

Compare speeds, free options, subscription prices and renewal terms to see which VPN fits your needs.

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Speed

Speed
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Paid · Download

No data

No data

Paid · Upload

No data

No data

Free · Download

1 Mbps

No data

Free · Upload

1.11 Mbps

No data

30-Day Speed History

Free options

Free options
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Free options

The free plan offers unlimited data and one connection, without registration, a payment card or ads. Provider pages disagree about speed limits and the number of free locations; check the available servers in the app.

No permanent free plan. New customers can try the VPN for 7 days when choosing an annual or two-year subscription. Payment details are required; cancel before the trial ends to avoid a charge. The trial allows three simultaneous devices, compared with unlimited VPN connections after payment.

Pricing

Pricing
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Paid plan

Premium

Surfshark Starter

1 month

1 month / $11.99

$11.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $11.99

$11.99 per month (Same monthly price)

Consumer offering; Business/Reseller contracts excluded.

1 month / $16.45

$16.45 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $16.45

$16.45 per month (Same monthly price)

1 year

13 months / $54.99

$4.23 per month

At renewal: 13 months / $54.99

$4.23 per month (Same monthly price)

Consumer offering; Business/Reseller contracts excluded.

15 months / $50.85

$3.39 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $79.00

$6.58 per month (+94%)

2 years

26 months / $69.99

$2.69 per month

At renewal: 26 months / $69.99

$2.69 per month (Same monthly price)

Consumer offering; Business/Reseller contracts excluded.

27 months / $67.23

$2.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $79.00

$6.58 per month (+164%)

Direct purchases only. Monthly equivalents include bonus time; the full amount is charged upfront. Taxes and eligibility may differ.

Managing your subscription

Managing your subscription
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Automatic renewal

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, SEPA, Sofort

Renews automatically.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Bank transfer

No automatic renewal. Another paid period requires a manual payment.

Bank transfers are paid manually.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Cryptocurrency

No automatic renewal. Another paid period requires a manual payment.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

Renews automatically.

For plans other than monthly subscriptions, a renewal notice is sent 30 days before expiry.

Your card may be pre-authorized before the subscription expires.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

Renews automatically.

How to turn off renewal

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, SEPA, Sofort

Through the link in your purchase email or Through support

Through the link in your purchase email

  1. Follow the cancellation link in the payment confirmation email.

Through support

  1. Alternatively contact support@hide.me.

Canceling your subscription does not automatically request a refund.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

If you purchased through the App Store or Google Play, open the subscription settings in that store, select the VPN and cancel the subscription.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

In your VPN account

  1. Sign in to your Surfshark account.
  2. Open your profile menu and select Subscription.
  3. Open Payments.
  4. Select Cancel renewal and confirm.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

If you purchased through the App Store or Google Play, open the subscription settings in that store, select the VPN and cancel the subscription.

Access after cancellation

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, SEPA, Sofort

Remaining access after cancellation is not established.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website, App Store, and Google Play

Credit card

Available until the paid period ends.

Removing a card from your VPN account

It is unknown whether the saved card can be removed.

Removing the card requires deleting the VPN account.

Refund conditions

Refund conditions
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What can be refunded and under what conditions

Purchases on the VPN website

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

Refund amount & fees

Full refund under these conditions.

Conditions

You must not have claimed a refund before.

How to request a refund

  1. Email support@hide.me before the refund window ends.

App Store & Google Play purchases

If you paid through the App Store or Google Play, you can request a refund through that store. Requests are assessed under the store’s rules; approval is not guaranteed.

Purchases on the VPN website

Credit card

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

If you start with the direct seven-day trial, the window begins with the first paid charge.

Important limitations

We could not confirm how non-refundable extras affect the refund amount for a bundle.

Conditions

Only one refund is available per service.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact Surfshark live chat to request a refund.

App Store & Google Play purchases

If you paid through the App Store or Google Play, you can request a refund through that store. Requests are assessed under the store’s rules; approval is not guaranteed.

Additional conditions from the VPN provider

Subscriptions purchased through Google Play

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

Important limitations

We could not confirm how non-refundable extras affect the refund amount for a bundle.

Conditions

Only one refund is available per service.

Exclusions

Renewal payments are not covered by the provider’s guarantee.

Prepaid and gift-card purchases are excluded.

Trials lasting 30 days or longer are excluded.

Purchases that violate the terms of service are excluded.

Some extras, including Anonymous Dedicated IP and Alternative ID-related purchases, are excluded.

How to request a refund

  1. Within 48 hours of purchase, request a refund through Google Play.
  2. For later requests, contact Surfshark support.
What is not covered by refunds

Purchases on the VPN website

Renewal payments are not covered by the provider’s guarantee.

Purchases that violate the terms of service are not eligible.

Purchases on the VPN website

Credit card

Renewal payments are not covered by the provider’s guarantee.

Prepaid and gift-card purchases are excluded.

Trials lasting 30 days or longer are excluded.

Purchases that violate the terms of service are excluded.

Some extras, including Anonymous Dedicated IP and Alternative ID-related purchases, are excluded.

Ownership & jurisdiction

Ownership & jurisdiction
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Who runs the VPN?

eVenture Limited (registered in Malaysia) is the company named as providing the VPN service. Consumer service operator; separate Business/Reseller agreements and store seller allocation not reviewed.

Surfshark B.V. (registered in Netherlands) is the company named as providing the VPN service. Direct consumer VPN contracting entity; separate bundled-service operators not assigned.

Which laws apply?

The subscription terms specify Malaysian law.

The terms specify British Virgin Islands law and courts. Mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence still apply.

Audits

Each audit covers particular systems and a particular point in time. A provider announcement is distinct from a publicly available audit report.

Audits
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No-logs policy

No-logs review

Securitum · 2024

What was checked: VPN configuration, deployment procedures and a sample server container supplied by hide.me. The report describes the March 2024 system state.

Findings: The review supported the no-logs policy and found no privacy-compromising issue in the examined VPN container.

Read the audit report

No-logs review

Deloitte Lietuva UAB · 2025

What was checked: No-logs server configuration and supporting operations, examined in May–June 2025.

Findings: The reasonable-assurance report supported compliance with the described no-logs setup.

Limitations: The audited setup allows temporary user IDs and connection timestamps, deleted within 15 minutes after disconnection.

Read the audit report
App security

No independent audit found for this area.

Application security

SecuRing · 2025

What was checked: Desktop and mobile apps and browser extensions, tested from February to April 2025.

Findings: The public attestation reports no critical vulnerabilities. It does not publish the full finding list or confirm that all findings were fixed.

Read the auditor’s summary
Infrastructure security

No independent audit found for this area.

Server and infrastructure security

SecuRing · December 2025

What was checked: Selected VPN infrastructure, tested in December 2025.

Findings: The report found a medium-severity TLS configuration issue and recommended improving HTTP redirects.

Fixes: The public material does not confirm whether the reported issue was subsequently fixed.

Limitations: These findings describe the tested versions at that time, not the current state of every app or server.

Read the audit report

Dausos protocol security

Cure53 · 2026

What was checked: The Dausos VPN protocol and related components, tested in February–March 2026.

Findings: Ten findings were reported. The eight within the protocol scope were medium severity or lower; the two most severe concerned external hosting infrastructure.

Fixes: The summary says most findings were addressed and submitted for verification; it does not establish that every fix was verified.

Read the auditor’s summary

Apps, protocols & servers

Apps & devices

Apps & devices
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Computers & mobile devices

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux

TV devices

Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

Browser extensions

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Manual setup

PaidWindows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Routers, NAS

FreeWindows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS

PaidWindows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Routers, Raspberry Pi, NAS

FreeNot applicable

Connection details

Connection details
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Simultaneous connections

Paid10

Free1

PaidUnlimited

FreeNot applicable

WireGuard

Supported

Supported

OpenVPN

Supported

Supported

IKEv2/IPsec

Supported

Supported (Not available in: Windows app)

SSTP

Supported

Not supported

SoftEther

Supported

Not supported

Provider-specific technologies

—

Dausos

Network

Network
Apps, protocols & servershide.me VPNSurfshark
Servers

2,600+

4,500+

Countries

Paid57

Free7

Paid100

FreeNot applicable

Locations

Paid92

Free8

PaidNot applicable

FreeNot applicable

Features

Features
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Auto-connect

Supported

Supported

Kill Switch

Supported

Supported

Split tunneling

Supported

Supported (Bypasser)

VPN traffic obfuscation

Supported

Supported

Multi-hop

Supported

Supported (Dynamic MultiHop)

Tor over VPN

Not supported

Not supported

P2P / torrenting

Supported

Supported

Ad blocking

Supported (SmartGuard)

Supported (CleanWeb)

Tracker blocking

Supported (SmartGuard)

Supported (CleanWeb)

Malicious website blocking

Supported (SmartGuard)

Supported (CleanWeb)

Port forwarding

Supported

Not supported

Dedicated IP

Not supported

Supported (Paid add-on)

Shared static IP

Not supported

Supported

Automatic IP rotation

Not supported

Supported (Rotating IP)

Streaming

Based on providers’ published information. “Not supported” means the service was not listed in the reviewed materials; playback has not been tested.

Streaming
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Netflix

Supported

Supported

Amazon Prime Video

Supported

Supported

Disney+

Supported

Supported

HBO Max

Not supported

Supported

Hulu

Supported

Supported

Crunchyroll

Not supported

Supported

BBC iPlayer

Supported

Supported

DAZN

Supported

Not supported

Other services (48)
Streaming
Featureshide.me VPNSurfshark
Paramount+

Not supported

Not supported

Apple TV+

Not supported

Not supported

Peacock

Not supported

Not supported

YouTube TV

Not supported

Not supported

iQIYI

Not supported

Not supported

WeTV

Not supported

Not supported

Viki

Not supported

Not supported

ESPN+

Not supported

Not supported

F1 TV

Not supported

Not supported

beIN Sports

Not supported

Not supported

fuboTV

Not supported

Not supported

Kayo Sports

Not supported

Not supported

JioHotstar

Not supported

Not supported

ZEE5

Not supported

Not supported

SonyLIV

Not supported

Not supported

Vidio

Not supported

Not supported

Canal+

Not supported

Not supported

ITVX

Not supported

Not supported

Channel 4

Not supported

Not supported

NOW TV

Not supported

Not supported

France.tv

Not supported

Not supported

TF1+

Not supported

Not supported

RTL+

Not supported

Not supported

Joyn

Not supported

Not supported

ARD

Not supported

Not supported

ZDF

Not supported

Not supported

RaiPlay

Not supported

Not supported

Mediaset Infinity

Not supported

Not supported

Movistar Plus+

Not supported

Not supported

RTVE Play

Not supported

Not supported

Viaplay

Not supported

Not supported

U-next

Not supported

Not supported

TVING

Not supported

Not supported

Coupang Play

Not supported

Not supported

Wavve

Not supported

Not supported

FPT Play

Not supported

Not supported

VieON

Not supported

Not supported

VTV Go

Not supported

Not supported

Vision+

Not supported

Not supported

RCTI+

Not supported

Not supported

Exxen

Not supported

Not supported

puhutv

Not supported

Not supported

M6+

Not supported

Not supported

Videoland

Not supported

Not supported

NPO Start

Not supported

Not supported

Ziggo Go

Not supported

Not supported

RTÉ Player

Not supported

Not supported

RTBF Auvio

Not supported

Not supported

Censorship

Relevant mainly where VPN services are blocked

If you are in the US, a European country, or elsewhere and VPN services are not blocked on your network, these results need not rule this VPN out of your purchase decision. A failed test under blocking in Russia does not, by itself, mean the VPN is poor quality or will not work where you live. Consider its speed, features and price for your needs.

Censorship
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Does it work on restricted networks?

In our tests in Russia, this VPN bypassed VPN blocking: we successfully connected to a VPN server and transferred data through the connection.

In our tests in Russia, we could not establish a working VPN connection that allowed data transfer under VPN blocking.