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Proton 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
SpeedProton VPNSurfshark
Paid · Download

690.65 Mbps

No data

Paid · Upload

848.82 Mbps

No data

Free · Download

392.85 Mbps

No data

Free · Upload

30.46 Mbps

No data

30-Day Speed History

Free options

Free options
Free optionsProton VPNSurfshark
Free options

The free plan offers unlimited data without ads or a payment card. It allows one simultaneous device and automatically selects servers in 10 countries; registration is required.

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
PricingProton VPNSurfshark
Paid plan

VPN Plus

Surfshark Starter

1 month

1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month (Same monthly price)

1 month / $16.45

$16.45 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $16.45

$16.45 per month (Same monthly price)

1 year

12 months / $53.88

$4.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+56%)

15 months / $50.85

$3.39 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $79.00

$6.58 per month (+94%)

2 years

24 months / $83.76

$3.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+100%)

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
Managing your subscriptionProton VPNSurfshark
Automatic renewal

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

Renews automatically.

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

In your VPN account

  1. Open Subscription in your Proton account.
  2. Complete the cancellation confirmations.
  3. Submit the requested cancellation reason.

Deleting a saved payment method does not cancel your subscription.

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, App Store, and Google Play

Available until the paid period ends.

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

You can remove the card in your VPN account.

  1. Open your Proton account settings.
  2. Delete the saved payment method.

Removing the card requires deleting the VPN account.

Refund conditions

Refund conditions
Refund conditionsProton VPNSurfshark
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

Important limitations

Refunds outside the guarantee are considered at Proton’s discretion.

Refund amount & fees

Full refund under these conditions.

Conditions

Cancel your subscription and request the refund within the 30-day window.

Only one refund request is allowed per user.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact Proton support 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 store’s refund policy applies subject to conditions.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact Proton support to request a refund.

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.

Cash and bank-transfer payments are excluded.

Accounts terminated for violating the terms of service are excluded.

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
Ownership & jurisdictionProton VPNSurfshark
Who runs the VPN?

Proton AG (registered in Switzerland) is the company named as providing the VPN service. We could not confirm whether this company handles purchases in every country and through every store.

Proton Foundation is a shareholder in Proton AG. Registered in Switzerland.

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 VPN operator is based in Switzerland. This does not establish that Swiss law is the only law that applies to every customer.

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
AuditsProton VPNSurfshark
No-logs policy

No-logs review

Securitum · May 2026

What was checked: Production VPN systems and the handling of user activity, DNS queries and connection metadata.

Findings: The auditors found no evidence of retained logs identifying a user or their internet activity in the examined systems.

Limitations: The review sampled free and paid production servers with Proton engineers operating the systems under auditor direction. It did not inspect every server or cover business VPN servers.

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

Application security

Ruben Santamarta · 2025

What was checked: Source-code review of Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux and browser-extension clients; final report published in November 2025.

Findings: Two low-risk issues were found: a Windows permission-prompt bypass and potential VPN-token exposure in the browser extension.

Fixes: The Windows issue was fixed. The extension issue was accepted as a low risk, with mitigation planned; the report does not confirm that later mitigation was completed.

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

Read the audit report

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
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNSurfshark
Computers & mobile devices

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, iPadOS, Chromebook

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux

TV devices

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeAndroid TV, Fire TV

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeNot applicable

Browser extensions

Chrome, Firefox

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Manual setup

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Routers, NAS

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

Connection details

Connection details
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNSurfshark
Simultaneous connections

Paid10

Free1

PaidUnlimited

FreeNot applicable

WireGuard

Supported

Supported

OpenVPN

Supported (Manual setup)

Supported

IKEv2/IPsec

Supported

Supported (Not available in: Windows app)

Provider-specific technologies

Stealth (based on WireGuard)

Dausos

Network

Network
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNSurfshark
Servers

20,000+

4,500+

Countries

Paid149

Free10

Paid100

FreeNot applicable

Locations

No data

No data

Features

Features
FeaturesProton VPNSurfshark
Auto-connect

Supported

Supported

Kill Switch

Supported

Supported

Split tunneling

Supported

Supported (Bypasser)

VPN traffic obfuscation

Supported (Stealth)

Supported

Multi-hop

Supported (Secure Core)

Supported (Dynamic MultiHop)

Tor over VPN

Supported

Not supported

P2P / torrenting

Supported (Selected servers)

Supported

Ad blocking

Supported (NetShield)

Supported (CleanWeb)

Tracker blocking

Supported (NetShield)

Supported (CleanWeb)

Malicious website blocking

Supported (NetShield)

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
FeaturesProton VPNSurfshark
Netflix

Supported

Supported

Amazon Prime Video

Supported

Supported

Disney+

Supported

Supported

HBO Max

Supported

Supported

Paramount+

Supported

Not supported

Hulu

Supported

Supported

Apple TV+

Supported

Not supported

Peacock

Supported

Not supported

Crunchyroll

Supported

Supported

YouTube TV

Supported

Not supported

BBC iPlayer

Supported

Supported

DAZN

Supported

Not supported

ESPN+

Supported

Not supported

F1 TV

Supported

Not supported

fuboTV

Supported

Not supported

Kayo Sports

Supported

Not supported

JioHotstar

Supported

Not supported

ZEE5

Supported

Not supported

SonyLIV

Supported

Not supported

Canal+

Supported

Not supported

ITVX

Supported

Not supported

Channel 4

Supported

Not supported

NOW TV

Supported

Not supported

France.tv

Supported

Not supported

TF1+

Supported

Not supported

RTL+

Supported

Not supported

Joyn

Supported

Not supported

ARD

Supported

Not supported

ZDF

Supported

Not supported

RaiPlay

Supported

Not supported

Mediaset Infinity

Supported

Not supported

Movistar Plus+

Supported

Not supported

RTVE Play

Supported

Not supported

Wavve

Supported

Not supported

M6+

Supported

Not supported

Videoland

Supported

Not supported

NPO Start

Supported

Not supported

Ziggo Go

Supported

Not supported

RTÉ Player

Supported

Not supported

RTBF Auvio

Supported

Not supported

Other services (16)
Streaming
FeaturesProton VPNSurfshark
iQIYI

Not supported

Not supported

WeTV

Not supported

Not supported

Viki

Not supported

Not supported

beIN Sports

Not supported

Not supported

Vidio

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

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

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
CensorshipProton VPNSurfshark
Does it work on restricted networks?

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

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