Surfshark vs IVPN: where each one has servers
Both providers side by side, based on their official server lists: which countries they share, where only one of them has servers and how their features differ.
- Surfshark Partner 100 countries 54 with physical servers
- IVPN 42 countries 42 with physical servers
- In both 42 countries 41 physical in both
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Server countries on the map
Only Surfshark Only IVPN Both
A country counts even when the location is virtual. The lists further down show which ones are.
Which one to pick
This only uses the data on this page: locations and confirmed features. We don’t test speed or streaming.
Pick Surfshark if you want:
- more countries overall (100 vs 42)
- physical servers in more countries (54 vs 42)
- no device limit
- RAM-only servers
- a physical server in: Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Estonia, Indonesia, Latvia and 7 more
Pick IVPN if you want:
- a physical server in every country on its list (virtual-only countries at the other one: 46)
- open-source apps
Side by side
| Key facts | Surfshark | IVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 100 | 42 |
| Countries with physical servers | 54 | 42 |
| Virtual locations | 46 | 0 |
| Servers (as stated) | 4,500+ | 89 |
| Owner | Nord Security | independent |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | Gibraltar |
| Founded | 2018 | 2009 |
| Devices at once | unlimited | 5 |
| Free plan | no | no |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | no | yes |
| Servers run in RAM only | yes | no |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | yes |
| Locations checked | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 4, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Surfshark (58)
- Albania virtual
- Algeria virtual
- Andorra virtual
- Armenia virtual
- Azerbaijan virtual
- Bahamas virtual
- Bangladesh virtual
- Belize virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bolivia virtual
- Bosnia & Herzegovina virtual
- Brunei virtual
- Cambodia virtual
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica virtual
- Cyprus
- Ecuador virtual
- Egypt virtual
- Estonia
- Georgia virtual
- Ghana virtual
- Greenland virtual
- India virtual
- Indonesia
- Isle of Man virtual
- Kazakhstan virtual
- Laos virtual
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein virtual
- Lithuania
- Macau virtual
- Malta virtual
- Moldova virtual
- Monaco virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Montenegro virtual
- Morocco virtual
- Myanmar virtual
- Nepal virtual
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia virtual
- Pakistan virtual
- Panama virtual
- Paraguay virtual
- Philippines virtual
- Puerto Rico virtual
- Saudi Arabia virtual
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka virtual
- Thailand
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay virtual
- Uzbekistan virtual
- Venezuela virtual
- Vietnam virtual
Only IVPN (0)
None. Every country on IVPN’s list is on the other list too.
Countries in both (42)
- Argentina virtual: Surfshark
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States