By: Cristina | Last updated February 29, 2020 
When it comes to your online protection, you can never be too careful. We spend most of the day connected to the internet, whether it is from our phone, desktop computer, laptop, at home, at the office and so on. And in a lot of cases, we connect to public WiFi networks, which are unsafe and can compromise our data.
How can a virtual private network protect you?
A VPN is a great way to stay protected and anonymous online. A virtual private network works by encrypting your data and changing your IP address, depending on the server you choose to connect to. Most VPN providers offer hundreds and even thousands of servers spread all over the world. So, when you connect to one of those servers, your IP address changes accordingly, making it look like you are located in a totally different area on the globe, than in reality. For instance, you can connect to a server in Singapore even though you are in reality located in the US and you will get a Singapore IP address.
While the main purpose of a VPN is to offer you protection when surfing the web, users often use VPNs for other purposes, too: to use torrents and keep their anonymity, to bypass geographic restrictions and censorship and stream content, using Netflix and other platforms.
Surfshark is a relatively new VPN service based in the British Virgin Islands. While it doesn’t yet have the reputation of major players in the industry, such as NordVPN, ExpressVPN and so on, that is just a matter of time and Surfshark is rapidly growing in popularity. The main reason for that is the fact that it’s a great value for the money, offering impressive features at some of the lowest rates on the market.
Just like most VPN providers out there, Surfshark is a subscription based service. Surfshark has 3 types of subscriptions to choose from: a 1-month subscription, 12-month subscription and a 24-month subscription plan.
The 1-month subscription costs $11.95/month.
The 12-month subscription is $5.99/month.
The 24-month subscription is $1.99/month.
Surfshark has over 800 servers in over 50 countries around the world: in Europe, US, Canada, India, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and others.
One of the best things about Surfshark is that it allows an unlimited number of simultaneous devices, which is something not even major competitors will offer.
Surfshark comes with a 30-day money back guarantee and 24/7 customer service.
There are no bandwidth limits and Surfshark has a zero logs policy, meaning they will respect their customers’ privacy.
Surfshark is very serious when it comes to your protection and has several useful tools:
- a kill-switch feature
- a camouflage mode so that your privacy can’t even be compromised by your ISP
- AES-256 GCM encryption
- OpenVPN and IKEv2/IPsec support
- Private DNS & leak protection
- A MultiHop feature that allows you to connect to multiple countries simultaneously, to increase your protection
All in all, we really consider Surfshark a great value for the money and a great VPN to consider. It is fast, reliable, it respects users’ privacy, has great security tools and allows unlimited simultaneous devices.
