Surfshark vs NymVPN: 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 100 countries 54 with physical servers
- NymVPN 62 countries 0 with physical servers
- In both 61 countries 0 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Surfshark Only NymVPN 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 62)
- physical servers in more countries (54 vs 0)
- no device limit
- a physical server in: Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Thailand
Pick NymVPN if you want:
- open-source apps
Side by side
| Key facts | Surfshark | NymVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 100 | 62 |
| Countries with physical servers | 54 | 0 |
| Virtual locations | 46 | 0 |
| Locations not confirmed | 0 | 62 |
| Servers (as stated) | 4,500+ | — |
| Owner | Nord Security | Nym Technologies |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | Switzerland |
| Founded | 2018 | 2018 |
| Devices at once | unlimited | 10 |
| Free plan | no | no |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | no | yes |
| Servers run in RAM only | yes | not confirmed |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | yes |
| Locations checked | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Surfshark (39)
- Algeria virtual
- Andorra virtual
- Armenia virtual
- Azerbaijan virtual
- Bahamas virtual
- Bangladesh virtual
- Belize virtual
- Bhutan virtual
- Bosnia & Herzegovina virtual
- Brunei virtual
- Egypt virtual
- Estonia
- Ghana virtual
- Greenland virtual
- Iceland
- Isle of Man virtual
- Laos virtual
- Liechtenstein virtual
- Luxembourg
- Macau virtual
- Malta virtual
- Monaco virtual
- Mongolia virtual
- Montenegro virtual
- Myanmar virtual
- Nepal virtual
- North Macedonia virtual
- Pakistan virtual
- Panama virtual
- Paraguay virtual
- Philippines virtual
- Saudi Arabia virtual
- Sri Lanka virtual
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Uruguay virtual
- Uzbekistan virtual
- Venezuela virtual
- Vietnam virtual
Only NymVPN (1)
- Russia not confirmed
Countries in both (61)
- Albania virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Argentina virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Australia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Austria not confirmed: NymVPN
- Belgium not confirmed: NymVPN
- Bolivia virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Brazil not confirmed: NymVPN
- Bulgaria not confirmed: NymVPN
- Cambodia virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Canada not confirmed: NymVPN
- Chile not confirmed: NymVPN
- Colombia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Costa Rica virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Croatia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Cyprus not confirmed: NymVPN
- Czechia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Denmark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Ecuador virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Finland not confirmed: NymVPN
- France not confirmed: NymVPN
- Georgia virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Germany not confirmed: NymVPN
- Greece not confirmed: NymVPN
- Hong Kong not confirmed: NymVPN
- Hungary not confirmed: NymVPN
- India virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Indonesia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Ireland not confirmed: NymVPN
- Israel not confirmed: NymVPN
- Italy not confirmed: NymVPN
- Japan not confirmed: NymVPN
- Kazakhstan virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Latvia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Lithuania not confirmed: NymVPN
- Malaysia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Mexico not confirmed: NymVPN
- Moldova virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Morocco virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Netherlands not confirmed: NymVPN
- New Zealand not confirmed: NymVPN
- Nigeria not confirmed: NymVPN
- Norway not confirmed: NymVPN
- Peru not confirmed: NymVPN
- Poland not confirmed: NymVPN
- Portugal not confirmed: NymVPN
- Puerto Rico virtual: Surfshark not confirmed: NymVPN
- Romania not confirmed: NymVPN
- Serbia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Singapore not confirmed: NymVPN
- Slovakia not confirmed: NymVPN
- Slovenia not confirmed: NymVPN
- South Africa not confirmed: NymVPN
- South Korea not confirmed: NymVPN
- Spain not confirmed: NymVPN
- Sweden not confirmed: NymVPN
- Switzerland not confirmed: NymVPN
- Türkiye not confirmed: NymVPN
- Ukraine not confirmed: NymVPN
- United Arab Emirates not confirmed: NymVPN
- United Kingdom not confirmed: NymVPN
- United States not confirmed: NymVPN