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Head to head

Surfshark vs Windscribe

Cheapest way to cover every device in the house. Against: the honest cheap monthly: no 2-year lock-in, and a 10 GB free tier.

Surfshark
Windscribe
Best plan
$2.49/mo · 2 years + 3 months·
$5.75/mo · 1 year
Up front
$67.23·
$69.00
Renews at
$79.00/yr
$69.00/yr·
Monthly
$16.45
$9.00·
Devices
Unlimited
Unlimited
Countries
100·
69
No-logs audit
Deloitte 2025·
none
Open source
no
yes·
Pay without a name
crypto
crypto
Based in
Netherlands (9 Eyes)
Canada (5 Eyes)
Netflix
iPlayer
·
Torrenting
·
Blocked networks
Speed
Refund
30 days·
3 days
Free tier
no
yes·

A dot marks the better number on that row. Numbers carry their dates on each provider’s page.

Which one, for which job

Surfshark

  • +Unlimited simultaneous devices
  • +Lowest intro price of the audited providers
  • +P2P on all servers
  • –Netherlands is a 9 Eyes country
  • –Not open source
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Windscribe

  • +$9 monthly with no commitment
  • +Free 10 GB a month tier
  • +Unlimited devices
  • –Canada, 5 Eyes
  • –No independent no-logs audit
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