Surfshark

Surfshark's headline feature is arithmetic: one subscription, unlimited simultaneous device connections. Every other provider in this category prices per device or caps the count somewhere between one and ten; Surfshark drops the limit entirely, which matters for a family or a small office covering laptops, phones and a router all at once.

Dynamic MultiHop lets you manually chain two VPN locations for the same reason Perfect Privacy and Proton VPN's Secure Core exist — so a single compromised exit server never sees both who you are and where you are going — and a kill switch and 4,500+ servers round out the basics.

Surfshark B.V. is registered in Amsterdam, so EU jurisdiction and GDPR apply directly rather than through an adequacy decision.

Surfshark's own timeline lists a first independent audit by Cure53 in 2018, a RAM-only server network since 2020 and Deloitte verifications of its no-logs policy in 2023 and again in 2025, so the no-logs claim has been checked from outside; the apps are not open source, though.

Since a 2022 merger Surfshark belongs to Nord Security, the group behind NordVPN. Pricing follows the industry's standard discount ladder: a Starter plan advertised from about €2.49 a month runs only on a heavily discounted 24-month commitment, well below Mullvad's flat €5 with no such trap.

What Surfshark does well

• Unlimited simultaneous device connections on every plan
• Dynamic MultiHop across two manually chosen locations
• EU company: Surfshark B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 4,500+ servers, among the larger networks here
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Where Surfshark falls short

• Part of Nord Security since 2022, so not independent of NordVPN
• Apps are not open source
• Headline price needs a 24-month commitment; renews far higher
• No cash or cryptocurrency option for anonymous payment

Standout feature. Unlimited devices on one subscription: Surfshark is the only provider here with no cap on simultaneous connections at all.