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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

Alternatives to Surfshark.

Lithuanian-founded, now part of Nord Security Group (Panama incorporation). NL operating presence.

ALTERNATIVES
6
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
5
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
2

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Surfshark alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

AirVPN
Italy · Founded 2010
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

Italian hacktivist-founded VPN (Perugia, 2010), no-logs, port forwarding, but no longer serves Italian residents (Piracy Shield).

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€7/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Mullvad VPN
Sweden · Founded 2009
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #2 PICK

Swedish founder-owned VPN (Mullvad VPN AB / Amagicom AB, Gothenburg, 2009), anonymous numbered accounts, Cure53-audited, flat €5/month.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Opera VPN
Norway · Founded 1995
EU-HOSTED
★ #3 PICK

Oslo-heritage browser VPN (Opera Norway AS): Deloitte-audited free browser proxy + paid VPN Pro, but ultimately Chinese-controlled via Kunlun Tech (Opera Limited, Cayman/NASDAQ). Listed as a warning.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 6 alternatives to Surfshark compare?

All 6 alternatives, benchmarked against Surfshark.

Head-to-head

Surfshark head-to-head with a European option

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature AirVPN Mullvad VPN Opera VPN IVPN Proton VPN OVPN
Servers 514 servers 548 servers 20000 servers
Countries 23 countries 50 countries 140 countries
Simultaneous devices 5 devices 5 devices 6 devices 2 devices 10 devices 4 devices
Protocols WireGuard OpenVPN WireGuard WireGuard OpenVPN IKEv2 WireGuard OpenVPN IKEv2 WireGuard OpenVPN
Kill switch Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Audited no-logs No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Port forwarding Yes No No No Yes Yes
Platforms iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Windows macOS Android iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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