Surfshark Review
Community-sourced VPN review based on real Reddit & Twitter discussions
Surfshark comes up a lot as a good-value VPN that’s easy to live with day to day. People like that it’s usually cheaper than the big-name alternatives, works well for streaming (Netflix, Hulu, YouTube...
What the Community Says
Surfshark comes up a lot as a good-value VPN that’s easy to live with day to day. People like that it’s usually cheaper than the big-name alternatives, works well for streaming (Netflix, Hulu, YouTube TV), and lets you use it on unlimited devices, which is great for families or lots of gadgets. When it’s behaving, it feels fast and stable enough for regular browsing, streaming, and even torrenting with features like a kill switch.
The biggest complaints are about trust and reliability: some folks don’t love the company connections/ownership and get a “big VPN brand” vibe that makes them uneasy about privacy. Streaming can also be hit-or-miss depending on the service and region (some platforms detect and block it), and a few people run into frustrating account or billing issues like renewals not matching what they expected. Support and refunds can feel slow or rigid when something goes wrong, which is a pain if you need quick fixes.
Strengths
- Unlimited devices
- Good value for the price
- Works well with popular streaming services
- Generally fast speeds
- Useful safety features like a kill switch
Weaknesses
- Billing and renewal issues
- Support can be slow or unhelpful
- Some streaming apps still detect/block it
- Trust concerns about company ownership/jurisdiction
- Occasional location/IP accuracy complaints
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Reviews about "Windows"
15 reviews"Surfshark and Mulvaad are great vpn options. I have been currently using Mulvaad in my windows pc, never got any issue in these 3 months."
"...ans that offer monthly billing instead of long commitments. I decided to try the monthly plan from Surfshark even though it costs more per month compared to their longer plans. Setup was quick on both my phone and laptop, and everything wo..."
"Surfshark. Inexpensive, works great and has a kill switch. Runs on Android, Windows and Linux. Don't know about the Apple universe."
"I went with Surfshark because it was cheap and the app didn’t confuse me. Worked fine on phone and laptop with zero effort."
"I have NordVPN and it works perfectly for me, I took advantage of Surfshark's Black Friday and I really have no complaints so far, I have it on my Windows 10 laptop and PC, an Apple TV, 2 Android TVs, 3 iPhones and 2 Samsungs so far without..."
"I'm In Zhuhai December 2025 and Surfshark is working for my desktop for $20/month, Windows 11. My own VPN, straight to my home in the US, stopped working about a day into my stay after working for 3 months in Vietnam. On my Samsung phone I'..."
"...re is a network change adguard goes off and never comes back on its own Before adguard I was with surfshark. Just like adguard I had long term subscription with them too. If it disconnects it would reconnect without me manually intervenin..."
"...re. Websites seem to have gotten wise and outright block VPNs out there but most don't. I feel like Surfshark has more setbacks than before but its still atleast decent. I would hope the bad rumors of them are false."
"@iHateApplee Didn't say you did. But the growth isn't Mac-only. Windows detections crush it (7x more: 419K vs 60K per Surfshark 2025). Attacks on users of macOS are rising with market share, yet Windows remains the malware magnet. No OS wins this crapshoot. https://t.co/09lwlB2A85"
"... 24 months is up if there's not some kind of solution to address that...and I'm unable to recommend Surfshark to anyone in the meantime. Suggestion 2: The way the windows client handles split tunneling is wonky, and the reverse of how I ..."
"...he time, and when they do work they can be slow. That might be because of the government outside of Surfshark’s control but still."
"@surfshark Hi @surfshark my desktop app and browser extension say that the Iceland location is temporarily unavailable, but it is still working on mobile. When will it be available again? Thanks"
"I have noticed issues with windows apps not working when surfshark is active, like mail clients, messangers, icloud app for windows. Support is clear miss in my case. Vpn itself has good speed in my case as I just want enc of traffic and al..."
"the surfshark app doesn’t work on my network on my laptop and pc. Apprently it’s a firewall issue, which i’ve tried to fix, with no avail. I have to manually connect without using their app while at home"
"...rk. (everything was automaticatly set tu use VPN, and ignore the bypasser) \[on windows 11\] 8- Surfshark split tunelling Hijack your DNS, even in apps that are not tunneled throught the VPN. My whole system dns was changed to "weird d..."