Surfshark and IPVanish are premium virtual private network services that mask your IP address and internet activity so you can browse privately.
In this review, I compare Surfshark and IPVanish based on pricing, speed, features, customer support and ease-of-use and recommend which service to choose based on your use case and requirements.
Surfshark offers three different VPN plans, and each plan can be purchased as a monthly, yearly or two-year subscription.
Surfshark's full VPN feature set is included in the Starter Plan.
Surfshark provides significant discounts for committing to a one-year or two-year subscription, so I don't recommend signing up for a pricier monthly plan if you can avoid it, especially since you get a 30-day money-back guarantee on long-term subscriptions.
Like Surfshark, IPVanish pushes customers towards one- or two-year plans by offering steep discounts; they also add-on three free months of service to these plans.
Surfshark vs. IPVanish: Feature comparison Supported devices.
Surfshark has 3,200+ RAM-only servers in 107 locations in 100 countries; 37 of these servers offer static IP addresses for IP-sensitive applications.
Surfshark also offers 12 multihop VPN duos that allow you to route VPN traffic through two servers in different locations for greater anonymity, as shown below.
While using Surfshark connected to the fastest server option, I measured an average download speed of 76.77 Mbps and an upload speed of 80.53 Mbps with 2 ms of latency.
IPVanish offers better speeds if you let it connect to your optimal server location, but Surfshark performs slightly better when using servers further away.
Surfshark VPN includes the CleanWeb feature for both browsers and apps that blocks ads, cookies and pop-ups.
Both Surfshark VPN and IPVanish have no-logs policies, meaning they do not retain logs relating to your Internet activities while connected to their services.
Surfshark's VPN servers are 100% RAM-only, meaning they cannot retain any usage data after being rebooted.
Surfshark lets you pay with cryptocurrency to remain completely anonymous.
Surfshark has a robust self-help center, email ticketing support and 24/7 live chat.
Surfshark offers multiple additional security and privacy products for an additional cost.
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I evaluated Surfshark VPN and IPVanish based on five categories: pricing, core VPN features, ease of use, customer support and hands-on analysis.
I used seven-day free trials of Surfshark Starter and IPVanish to test their performance, capabilities, usability and customer support experience.
This Cyber News was published on www.techrepublic.com. Publication date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:43:11 +0000