Surfshark VPN review | ITProPortal

Unlike most other VPN providers that typically put a strict limit on how many devices can connect at the same time (like three or five), Surfshark makes no such restrictions, so it’s one less thing to worry about.

The clients are not only rich in useful features, but also easy enough to download, install, and use. For example, the Windows app connects and disconnects in just a single click, and you’re getting a list of available Locations with server load information, as well as a Favorites list for your most used locations. Bonus features include MultiHop that gives you another layer of privacy by directing your traffic through two different VPN locations available as part of 13 preset routes.

There’s also a split-tunneling feature that Surfshark calls the Whitelister. Basically, it allows the creation of whitelists for apps, websites, and IP addresses that are safe enough or have to be let through your regular Internet connection to work properly. To keep pesky ads, trackers, and malicious links as far away from you as possible, Surfshark deploys its CleanWeb feature, while the NoBorders mode will try to get you online in places that usually block VPNs.

This VPN vendor’s mobile apps are more complex than you’d expect, following the same principle as the desktop versions, including Multihop connections, CleanWeb, a killswitch, the same protocol combinations, and the Whitelister. Android even has a few bonus features, like the choice of which encryption method you’d like to use, be it AES-256-GCM or Chacha20-Poly1305. You can also enable the option to automatically connect to the VPN whenever accessing various categories of networks, or the ‘use small packets’ option which provides better performance with certain mobile networks. 

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