Surfshark Review 2024: Powerful and budget-friendly

Surfshark was first launched in 2018. Since then, it has attracted a massive fan base due to its unlimited connections and low-cost subscriptions. 

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Bleeping Computer Rating: 9.4

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What impressed us:

• Secure apps for all popular platforms. You can use Surfshark on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Firestick. It also provides setup instructions for Linux and routers
• Super-fast WireGuard protocol. When it comes to speeds, this VPN delivers impressive performance ideal for HD streaming, torrenting, and gaming
• Watertight security features. Surfshark offers a choice of protocols and includes a kill switch, obfuscation, and AES encryption
• Works with streaming services. Unlike many competing VPNs, Surfshark works with Netflix, iPlayer, Hulu, and many other platforms
• RAM-only servers
• Applications audited by respected third-party
• Unlimited simultaneous connections. When you pay for a Surfshark subscription, you get unlimited use of the VPN on any number of devices. That means you can share your account with friends and family
• Massive global server network. You can connect to servers in over 100 countries, and it lets you pick static or dynamic IPs in the app

What it could improve:

• Doesn’t work reliably in China. By its own admission, Surfshark has stability issues in China. It is working to improve connectivity for people there and provides manual connection options for anybody in China who has problems using the main VPN apps.
• No port forwarding feature. This will be an issue if you want to seed torrents or want to host publicly accessible servers (such as game servers) on your machine.
• Based in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands has decent consumer data protection laws (GDPR), it is also part of the Nine Eyes surveillance agreement with the US and the UK. In 2017, it passed a highly criticized internet surveillance bill.
• Does not provide dedicated IPs. If you want to rent an IP address only you use, you will need to shop elsewhere.
• Doesn’t tell you where virtual servers are processing data. Virtual servers provide an effective way for a VPN to provide IPs in more countries. However, they can cause privacy concerns if users don’t know where their data is actually being handled.
• Can’t get obfuscation and a reliable kill switch on macOS. You have to make do with one or the other.

Editor’s opinion:

Surfshark will thoroughly impress anybody looking for a cheap VPN that they can use on an unlimited number of devices. The apps are extremely easy to use and are available for all popular platforms. 

I found Surfshark to be fast enough to make video calls and stream in HD. However, some servers are faster than others, and connection speeds can be a little sporadic from one day to the next. Despite this, I had no problems doing data-intensive tasks on the servers I picked.

I also enjoyed the extras, such as browser extensions, MultiHop, malware filtering, and ad blocking, which helped web pages to load faster and saved my mobile data!

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Surfshark – Overview

Surfshark may only be a few years old, but it has quickly proven that the road to VPN success is to emulate the best things from leading competitors. 

A no-logs policy means that Surfshark has no records of what its users do while connected. AES encryption protects your data against hackers, eavesdroppers, and government snoops, and a kill switch prevents you from leaking data outside of the VPN tunnel.

The WireGuard protocol gives you fast speeds for streaming, gaming, and videoconferencing. And Surfshark works with many popular streaming services, such as Netflix, iPlayer, and Hulu.

The lack of port forwarding rules out using Surfshark to seed torrents. We also found some servers to be slower than others, so you have to use some trial and error to find the best server for leaching.

Its headquarters in the Netherlands also put us off slightly. The country engages in high levels of internet surveillance and works closely with countries like the UK and the US as part of the Nine Eyes surveillance treaty.

Keep scrolling to find out whether we recommend Surfshark – and to find out whether it is the right VPN for your needs.

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Surfshark – Highlights

• Works with Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, iPlayer, and HBO Max
• AES-256 encryption to protect your data privacy
• Network of shared IPs (lets you pick between dynamic and Static IPs)
• Average global download speeds of 188 Mbps
• Starts at just $2.09 per month
• Provides a 30-day money-back guarantee to test its service

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Surfshark VPN Review

Below, you will find the results of our in-depth review process. We tested Surfshark VPN for two weeks using dedicated test servers, home broadband, and various devices running different operating systems. 

Below, you can see our results across seven important categories: Features, Pricing, Streaming, Speeds, Privacy, Security, and Customer Service.

Features

Surfshark is a versatile VPN thanks to its wide choice of useful features. To help you understand exactly what you pay for, we have outlined each of those features, how they work, and what advantages they provide:

Global server network

Over the last couple of years, Surfshark has been growing its country count. As a result, it has asserted itself as one of the most impressive VPNs on the market. Users can pick from more than 3,200 servers in 100+ countries, so it's a solid choice VPN for traveling abroad. Below, you can see how Surfshark compares to other popular services.

Those servers are divided into five different regions; North America, Latin America, the Middle East & Africa, Europe, and Asia Pacific. This makes it easy to locate the server you need and to get a new IP address in the location you require to access specific online services.

To cater to US subscribers who want to access state-level services (such as regional TV broadcasts), Surfshark provides servers in 24+ US cities. That is more American servers than just about any other VPN we have used.

Servers on the East and West coast help to benefit international users who want to access US services while getting the best speeds. You can use these options to connect to a server that is closer to you.

Overall, the size of Surfshark’s network impressed us. However, it is worth noting that some of those servers are virtual locations. These locations are clearly labeled with a “V” symbol in the app (nothing to do with vegan):

The benefit of virtual servers is that you can get an IP address in that location and use the VPN to access regional services. The drawback is that it is impossible to tell where the VPN is physically handling your data because it does not publish this information. 

This creates privacy considerations because it is impossible to know which jurisdiction your data is being proxied – and whether that server might potentially be vulnerable to being raided by local authorities. 

For this reason, we would recommend using non-virtual servers for privacy purposes. This will give you full transparency over where your data is being processed.

Surfshark was quick to remind us that its no logs policy applies to both physical and virtual server locations. This means that there is no persistent VPN usage data (such as IP addresses, session information, browsing history, or connection timestamps) to collect. 

Surfshark’s servers are also diskless. This allows the provider to pull the plug and clear all data on its servers instantly should the authorities arrive on site.

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Kill switch

A VPN kill switch cuts your internet if the VPN connection fails. This prevents you from inadvertently revealing what you are doing to the local network administrator or your ISP. The kill switch also prevents you from accidentally exposing your actual location (IP address) to the websites you use.

Surfshark has a system-wide kill switch in nearly all of its apps (keep reading for certain exceptions). You can use the VPN with a kill switch on Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux, FireTV/Firestick, and Android TV. This makes Surfshark’s kill switch one of the most comprehensive on the market.

We like that you can set the kill switch to Soft or Strict. When we set it to “soft,” the kill switch only kicked in if the VPN connection unexpectedly dropped. When set to “strict,” the kill switch cut our internet every time we disconnected the VPN – even when we disconnected manually. 

The “strict” kill switch prevents you from ever using the internet without the VPN, which is useful if you have an elevated threat model.

Windows kill switch testing

We tested the kill switch on Windows by purposefully crashing the VPN client. It worked to cut our internet completely. This means that it is a system-wide internet kill switch that prevents all apps from communicating with the internet.

Mac kill-switch testing

On Mac, things get a touch confusing. The kill switch works differently on the Mac app you get from the Apple App Store and the app available on Surfshark’s website.

The kill switch on the Mac app you get from the Apple App Store doesn’t actually cut your internet. Instead, it reconnects you as quickly as it can. As a result, you could actually leak data to your ISP while the VPN attempts to re-establish your connection. 

The version you get directly from Surfshark’s website cuts your internet system-wide. As a result, we strongly recommend that you download the Mac app directly from Surfshark’s website. The kill switch on the other version is not effective.

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Auto-connect

On Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android, Surfshark has an auto-connect feature. You turn this feature on manually in settings to make it work. It will auto-connect the VPN when you access an untrusted network – or if the kill switch engages.

Note that auto-connect will only work on networks that are set to untrusted. If you want the kill switch and auto-connect features to work together – you will need to leave your home network set to untrusted. We did this and found it to work perfectly.

Also note that when you turn on auto-connect, by default, it is set to connect you to the fastest server available, not the last server you used. This means that the VPN will usually reconnect you to a different server location than the one you were last using. 

To avoid this, we manually set auto-connect to use the server we wanted. In the image below, you can see how we set the app to reconnect to the New York server.

This is worth remembering because it can easily lead to confusion. If you are in the middle of streaming, for example, the VPN could reconnect you to a different location and stop your streaming service from working. 

If this happens, you will need to switch the server back manually. We would prefer Surfshark to reconnect you to the last server used. This would make auto-connect work with the kill switch more seamlessly. 

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Bandwidth allowance and data use

One thing we like about Surfshark is that it never throttles your bandwidth or enforces download limits. This meant we could leave the VPN at all times, which ensured that we kept everything we did online private from our ISP and government snoops.

We used the VPN while watching Netflix, YouTube, and iPlayer. We also used it when browsing the web, shopping for Black Friday deals, and downloading torrents. We could do all these things without any problems.

Our connection speed remained constant, and we never had to worry about running out of data, which is how we like our VPN to perform.

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Split tunneling

By default, Surfshark will route all your traffic through the VPN. That means that the VPN will protect every application and all traffic coming from your device. 

To make the VPN more versatile, Surfshark gives you a split tunneling feature called Bypasser. This lets you pick URLs or apps that you want to exclude (Bypass VPN) or include (Route via VPN) in the VPN tunnel.

The benefit of this feature is that you can do some things with VPN protection and others while using your normal, unprotected internet. This is useful if you want to use a foreign IP address for some services while still using your home IP with others.

The availability of both app bypassing and URL bypassing makes Surfshark’s split tunneling feature one of our favorites. We found it easy to use and are confident that newbies will have no trouble setting it up.

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MultiHop

Surfshark is one of the few VPNs that provide MultiHop connections. This provides additional privacy by chaining your VPN connection through two different servers. It also provides an additional layer of security by encrypting your traffic twice.

Surfshark lists its MultiHop servers in the app. This makes it easy to pick your preferred server chain. The only limitation is that you must pick from 12 pre-set routes. You cannot specify your own MultiHop route.

This feature is useful if you are in a restrictive country that censors important websites or services, as it helps you access restricted information with an additional layer of protection.

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Obfuscated servers

When you use a VPN, local networks and ISPs will not know what you are doing online. However, they could use packet inspection to detect that you are using a VPN to conceal your browsing habits. Obfuscation is an advanced VPN feature that prevents ISPs from detecting VPN use.

Obfuscation stops your ISP from knowing you are using a VPN by making your traffic appear to be regular browsing. Surfshark provides this stealth feature using a custom obfuscation protocol called “Camouflage.” 

It took us a minute to figure out that you don’t need to turn on camouflage mode manually. Instead, Surfshark provides stealth by default when you switch to OpenVPN UDP or OpenVPN TCP in Settings > VPN Settings > Protocol.

A big caveat we discovered is that the OpenVPN protocol is only available in the App Store version for Mac. If you want obfuscation and a watertight kill switch (which is only included in the Mac app on Surfshark’s website), you will need to shop elsewhere.

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No Borders mode

This is a unique Surfshark feature that makes connecting easier in countries that block VPN traffic. When enabled, the Surfshark app will monitor where you are. If it detects that you are in a restrictive country, it will limit you to a list of servers purposely set up to bypass censorship. 

Depending on where you are, No Borders mode will block the WireGuard and OpenVPN UDP protocols. This forces you to use OpenVPN TCP over port 443, which helps to make traffic appear like regular HTTPS. This provides additional protection against traffic blocking.

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Extra features

Surfshark provides a few additional features that you don’t always find with competing services:

Rotating IP regularly switches your IP address in the server location you picked. This helps to provide additional privacy by making the websites and online services you use believe you are a new visitor. Note that if you are logged into a website, you will not get this benefit because the provider will know who you are. Rotating IPs can also help to prevent VPN blocks by stopping your online account from being connected to a specific IP address.

Invisible on LAN makes your computer, smartphone, or tablet invisible on the local network. This prevents other people on the network from detecting your device. This helps to provide additional security if you are using public WiFi or if you are living in shared accommodation. Just remember to switch this feature off if you want your device to be found by other devices on your network – such as a wireless printer.

CleanWeb provides ad blocking, tracker blocking, and malware blocking whenever the VPN is connected. This helps to provide you with additional protection as you surf the web. Not that this is different from the full antivirus you get with Surfshark One, which scans for and removes malware from your device (more on this below).

Surfshark provides a free Smart DNS service with every subscription. This helps you unblock US streaming services on devices that will not let you install a VPN directly. This is useful for spoofing your location on consoles, smart TVs, and set-top boxes, for example. Pro tip: You set up the Smart DNS feature in the member’s area of Surfshark’s website (not in the app).

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Surfshark One

This is not a standard VPN feature. Instead, it is an optional extra you can bolt onto your VPN subscription for a few extra bucks. Surfshark One adds an antivirus, an identity monitoring service, and a secure search engine to your plan. This helps to turn Surfshark into a comprehensive online security suite. Surfshark One costs $1.49 per month when you add it to any Surfshark VPN plan. 

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Subscriptions & Pricing 

When it comes to pricing, it is almost impossible to beat Surfshark. The VPN is surprisingly cheap, considering the vast number of features it provides. We also like that its subscription plans are easy to comprehend. They all offer unrestricted access to all of Surfshark’s features, no matter which plan you choose. Not all VPNs make things so straightforward.

Besides being cheaper than many competing VPNs, it also allows an unlimited number of connections. This means you can use the VPN on every device you own and share your account with friends and family if you want to. This makes Surfshark outstanding value for money, and you could even split the bill if you wanted.

A single month with Surfshark costs $12.95. Out of the three plans available, we found this one to be a little pricey. For example, you can get a single month with NordVPN for a dollar less. With PrivateVPN you’ll pay just $9.90. So, if you only need a VPN for a short time, you may legitimately have a reason to shop elsewhere.

The good news is that as soon as you commit for a year, the cost of a subscription shrinks by 69%. This reduces the cost to just $3.99 per month. 

If you commit for two years, things get even more exciting. You only pay $2.05 per month, which we think is something worth phoning home about.

All things considered, Surfshark’s pricing blew us away. We think it is easy to understand why this VPN has attracted such a massive following in a few short years.

Money-back guarantee

As with most of its competitors, Surfshark comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. This means that you can test it yourself with your own streaming accounts – or compare it to other VPNs that interest you. It also gives you the opportunity to test its VPN apps on your own devices to see whether you enjoy using them.

Payment options

You can pay for Surfshark with a credit or debit card or using PayPal. It also accepts Bitcoin to let you sign up using a burner email if you prefer. 

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Speeds

We tested Surfshark using a dedicated test server in Ohio. Our test server has a 5 Gigabit internet connection. This allows us to check the VPN’s top speeds.

To get the best possible results, we used the desktop version of Speedtest by Ookla. We tested each VPN location using the closest test server available. We used the WireGuard protocol for all of our tests because this is the fastest VPN protocol available with Surfshark.

To give you a balanced understanding of how the VPN performs, we tested servers in New York, London, and Hong Kong. We tested each of those locations at three-hour intervals. We turned our results into averages for each location – and a global average.

We acknowledge that our test server is faster than the average home internet connection. For this reason, we also test the VPN using a regular home broadband setup. This allows us to include the average drop in speed that we experienced on each server in a “real world” setting.

In the table below, you can see the results of the tests performed using our dedicated test server. As you can see, the global average was 188 Mbps.

Location	Test 1	Test 2	Test 3	Average
UK (London)	257 Mbps	105 Mbps	216 Mbps	192 Mbps
US (New York)	149 Mbps	152 Mbps	315 Mbps	205 Mbps
Hong Kong	241 Mbps	117 Mbps	147 Mbps	168 Mbps
Global				188 Mbps

Next, we tested the VPN using an Asus Zenbook 14 laptop. My connection speed without the VPN on the day of testing was 33 Mbps (Cogeco broadband in Canada). Below, you can see the results of our home broadband tests while connected to servers in the UK, US, and Hong Kong:

• UK London server. Download speed of 31 Mbps. This is a 3% drop.
• US New York server. Download speed of 30 Mbps. This is a 3.5% drop.
• Hong Kong server. Download speed of 31 Mbps. This is a 3% drop.

We think the results of our home broadband tests were extremely impressive. Surfshark barely changed the speed of our internet, even when we connected to servers thousands of miles away in Hong Kong. This kind of stability makes Surfshark perfect for torrenting, streaming in HD, gaming, and making video calls.

Streaming

Most people nowadays want a VPN to access their streaming services on vacation. To see how Surfshark performs, we connected to various server locations to see whether we could change location, log in and use popular streaming services.

First, we tested Surfshark to watch Netflix. We could stream US Netflix, which is the library that most people want to access. Impressively, Surfshark also worked to access Netflix Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Czech Republic, and Argentina. 

What’s more, Surfshark works to stream Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Sky Go, BT Sport, Hotstar, Disney+, HBO Max, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, ABC, Peacock, and CBS. You can also watch DAZN Canada and DAZN Italy, but not other regions. 

This makes Surfshark a truly formidable VPN for streaming. Especially considering its excellent WireGuard protocol, which lets you stream in HD without playback issues. 

Security

The security features provided by a VPN are crucial for protecting you online. To help out consumers, we check each VPN using a precise testing method. This allows us to understand whether the VPN will protect you against hackers, government snoops and tracking conducted by websites, ISPs, and WiFi hotspots.

We also checked under the hood to see how Surfshark implements its encryption. And we tested Surfshark for IP, DNS, and WebRTC leaks to ensure the service always protects your data inside the VPN tunnel.

Protocols and encryption

Surfshark provides a choice of reliable VPN protocols. In the apps, you get to pick between OpenVPN UDP, OpenVPN TCP, IKEv2, and WireGuard. Surfshark implements these protocols securely, which means the VPN protects your data against eavesdroppers.

For anybody who wants technical specifications, we have included how Surfshark implements its OpenVPN protocol below:

• AES-256-GCM cipher, with RSA-2048 for key exchange and Perfect Forward Secrecy (ECDH).

This is reliable encryption that is future-proof. As a result, the VPN will protect you against hackers, government snoops, and anybody else who tries to monitor you online.

The key difference across platforms is that Surfshark provides IKEv2 on iOS and Android. As a result, on mobiles, you can pick between OpenVPN UDP/TCP, WireGuard, and IKEv2. 

On Mac, things get a touch confusing. The protocols available differ depending on the version you install. The macOS app available in the App store gives you different protocol options depending on which version of macOS you have:

• 10.12 IKEv2
• 10.13 IKEv2 and OpenVPN
• 10.14 IKEv2, OpenVPN, and WireGuard

As you can see, you get more protocol options if you have a more recent Mac operating system. Also, Surfshark does not support versions of macOS earlier than 10.12.

The macOS version available directly from Surfshark’s website provides the IKEv2 and WireGuard protocols only. Thus, if you want to use OpenVPN, you will need to install Surfshark from the Apple App Store.

For those wondering, Surfshark implements its IKEv2 protocol using AES-256-GCM cipher for encryption and SHA2-384 for authorization. This makes the protocol both secure and futureproof.

Leak tests

Next, we tested for leaks using our dedicated test server. We performed the tests using Incognito mode to ensure that cookies/cache did not influence our tests. We tested the VPN using browserleaks.com:

As you can see, the VPN did not leak our IP address. It was also clear of DNS leaks and WebRTC leaks. This means that the VPN works as it is meant to.

We were happy to see that Surfshark proxies DNS requests to its own servers. This means that neither your ISP (nor any third-party DNS services) will ever see your DNS queries.

Additional security features

To provide you with additional security, Surfshark has a CleanWeb feature in all of its apps. Recently, it even added CleanWeb to its Firefox and Chrome browser extensions. 

This feature scans your traffic for malware and blocks trackers and adverts. This helps to protect you against online snooping, reduces page load times, and saves on the amount of data you consume on your mobile internet plan.

We tested the ad block on websites that we know contain many ads and pop-ups and found the feature to work well. We also liked the Invisible on LAN feature, which helps to protect you by concealing your computer from other devices on the local network. This is great if you are using public WiFi or live in shared accommodations like school dorms, for example.

Privacy

Jurisdiction 

Surfshark is based in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, in recent years, the Dutch government has been increasing its surveillance capabilities, which makes it a dubious place for a VPN (or any privacy service) to be based.

In addition to being part of the Nine Eyes surveillance treaty, which means Holland works hand-in-hand with countries like the UK and the US to engage in online surveillance, in 2017, the Dutch government also passed an internet surveillance bill. That law allows government agencies to conduct mass surveillance on the internet with little oversight and is a sign that privacy rights are being encroached on.

Thankfully, VPNs are still not required to keep usage logs. This means that despite the shift towards increasing online surveillance, Surfshark VPN can still provide a solid no-logs policy. 

As a result, Surfshark remains a secure VPN that should not have any useful data to hand over to the Dutch authorities should they come knocking with a warrant.

In addition, Surfshark has now turned its entire infrastructure over to diskless servers that run in RAM. This means that even if one of its servers were to be raided, it could pull the plug on that server, and all the data would vanish.

Privacy policy

Surfshark’s privacy policy specifies that the VPN does not keep any data logs that could identify what its subscribers do while connected to the VPN. 

The privacy policy clearly states that the service does not “collect IP addresses, browsing history, session information, used bandwidth, connection time stamps, network traffic, and other similar data.” This qualifies the service as a “no-logs” VPN.

That said, the VPN keeps some analytical information for the purpose of keeping its service running smoothly. The policy states that it keeps the following information for 15 minutes each time you connect: 

• The VPN server you connect to
• Your user ID
• Connection timestamp

This data allows Surfshark to understand how subscribers are using the VPN to keep it running smoothly. Admittedly, we would prefer this data not to be processed at all. However, because it is deleted after 15 minutes, there is no data persistence, which is what matters.

It is worth noting that, like other businesses, Surfshark also collects some data from the visitors to its website. To provide its member’s service, the VPN keeps user email addresses and passwords (in an encrypted state). It also retains records of billing information and order history. 

For marketing purposes, it tracks visitors to its website (IP addresses and device identifiers). This is separate from the data collected via the VPN application itself. 

Customer support

Surfshark’s website is packed with useful resources. The VPN has set up guides, FAQs, and blogs that relate to online privacy and VPN use. These resources are designed to help new users set up and use the VPN.

We found these resources, which include manual setup guides, router setup guides, VPN app tutorials, and tech news, to be useful, well-written, and concise. Articles cover various subjects, including cybersecurity, internet censorship, and entertainment.

We were satisfied that the VPN attempts to provide transparent information about how it implements security on its platform. And other useful information regarding the VPN’s data practices. This helps to instill trust in the service, which is important.

Its live chat support is available to everybody 24/7. This means that you can chat with its representatives prior to purchasing a subscription if you want. This is perfect if you have any questions about the VPN.

We found the agents to be extremely polite and helpful. However, ‌some agents know considerably more than others. This is not really a problem because the agents will transfer you if necessary.

That said, on at least one occasion, the agent made a mistake that would have misled us if we didn’t know better. This shows that there are agents working for Surfshark that could do with further training (admittedly probably true of every organization). 

On the whole, however, we were impressed with Surfshark’s agents. They were extremely patient and could usually provide us with all of the information we needed.

If you prefer to communicate via email, you can contact the VPN this way instead. 

Is Surfshark easy to use?

Yes. Surfshark does an excellent job of making its apps accessible to new users. We found the apps to look good and to provide plenty of information about each feature. This allows beginners to use the VPN right out of the box. 

It is also worth noting that the VPN comes pre-set natively to provide high levels of protection. This means that you can start using the VPN right away, even before you get around to learning the more advanced features.

Overall, we found Surfshark to be suitable for beginners and advanced users alike. And, despite having a lot of useful features, anybody can get started and begin enjoying online privacy and freedom right away!

Our verdict

When it comes to getting a low-cost VPN that performs above its pay grade, Surfshark is pretty much alone in the water. Since it was first launched in 2018, the VPN has single-mindedly incorporated all the most important aspects of leading VPN brands. In doing so, Surfshark has created a solid VPN that is suitable for anybody’s needs.

Apps are available for all devices, and they work to provide watertight privacy levels. The availability of the modern WireGuard VPN protocol makes this VPN fast. As a result, you can use it to stream HD videos, watch live TV broadcasts, or play games without lag issues.

We found the resources on its websites to be thoughtful, and its live chat support means you can ask questions about using the VPN at any time of day. Being based in the Netherlands is a slight caveat, but the VPN implements a decent no-logs policy. And its encryption and security features are solid.

We were able to use Surfshark to access a huge number of streaming services, including Netflix. We think this makes it a great everyday workhorse, and it also allows torrenting, which makes it a decent all-rounder. 

The fact that it throws in malware filtering and ad blocking puts the icing on the cake, and its unlimited connection allowance undoubtedly makes it one of the most value-for-money VPNs we have ever reviewed.