Club Benefits
Surfshark, which we rate as the best cheap VPN, is running some of the best VPN deals right now. It's currently just $1.99 per month, and even better, the VPN company has partnered with mental health and wellbeing app Calm to give users “ultimate digital peace of mind.”
During this limited-time offer, grabbing a Surfshark 1-year or 2-year plan will get you a 12-month Calm Premium membership for free, provided you stick it out past the 30-day money-back guarantee.
Tom's Guide Surfshark + Calm exclusive offer
This Surfshark + Calm offer is exclusive to Tom’s Guide readers. Anyone who signs up for any one-year or two-year Surfshark plan will receive 12 months of Calm Premium for free.
Do note, however, that this is a limited-time offer valid only until March 23. Also, since there are only a limited number of Calm Premium codes available and the offer is first-come, first-served, Surfshark may run out of free Calm Premium vouchers before the event end date. So hurry up and get your mental health booster while you can!
Calm is a sleep, meditation, and relaxation app. In addition to a wide selection of meditations – including topics like confidence and saying yes to life – it also offers simple soothing sounds to help you relax. There’s also a Sleep Stories section, which features light bedtime stories read in soothing voices, including those of celebrities like Matthew McConaughey.
Calm Premium includes hundreds of hours of guided meditation covering anxiety, stress, sleep, and more. You also get exclusive music tracks, 100+ Sleep Stories, access to Calm Masterclass taught by world-renowned experts, and Calm Body programs, which are a series of video lessons focused on stretching and movement.
Finally, you should also note that you’ll be eligible to claim your Calm Premium coupon only after your Surfshark plan’s free trial or money-back guarantee period ends.
Three levels of subscription
Surfshark offers three very affordable plans, allowing you to choose one based on your protection needs. You can either pay for just the VPN or spend a little more to include extra cybersecurity tools.
- Surfshark Starter: $1.99 per month ($53.73 upfront)
- Surfshark One: $2.29 per month ($61.83 upfront)
- Surfshark One+: $4.19 per month ($113.13 upfront)
The Surfshark Starter plan might be the entry-level option, but it’s still packed with plenty for most general VPN users who don’t need the extra bells and whistles. In addition to its fast VPN and unlimited simultaneous connections, this plan includes Surfshark’s exclusive Alternative ID feature. At the tap of a button, it creates an entirely new online identity for you, complete with a full name, address, and email address. I also like how Surfshark offers the essentials, such as a built-in ad and pop-up blocker, split tunneling, and Surfshark’s dynamic multi-hop, which is similar to NordVPN’s Double VPN.
Surfshark One is a step up. As well as everything in the Starter plan, it also includes antivirus protection for all your devices, an AI-powered email scam checker to protect you from phishing attacks, personal data and ID leak alerts, and a web content blocker that allows you to block harmful online content from any device in your subscription – think of it as parental controls. Surfshark One users also benefit from a Safe Search feature, which allows you to get country-specific online search results without worrying about ads or data tracking.
The Surfshark One+ plan is the most comprehensive internet security package Surfshark has to offer. It costs just over $1.50 per month extra compared to the Surfshark One plan, but that’s fair value given that it includes identity theft coverage of up to $1 million for US residents. This includes mental health counseling, identity restoration, and reimbursement. The headline feature of this plan is Incogni, Surfshark’s own data removal service.
Regardless of the plan you pick, you'll get a generous 7-day free trial (Surfshark is one of the very few VPNs to offer this) as well as a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can test it out risk-free before committing.
How does Surfshark compare to other VPNs?
Surfshark sits comfortably as one of the best VPNs on the market, but that doesn’t make it an automatic choice for everyone. Other top providers, such as NordVPN ($3.39 per month for a 2-year plan) and ExpressVPN ($2.44 per month for a 2-year plan), also offer several unique features that might be more to your liking.
NordVPN, for instance, offers Meshnet and Threat Protection Pro. Meshet is a free tool that lets you link up 60 different devices at once – for file sharing or gaming – no matter where they are in the world. And Threat Protection Pro is an advanced cybersecurity solution that protects you from not just ads, but malware, phishing attempts, tracking and scams. NordVPN is also our best VPN for streaming, performing slightly better than Surfshark when it comes to unblocking sites from all over the world.
ExpressVPN has done well to become more affordable over the past few months. Its ease of use is one of its biggest strengths, and it’s arguably simpler to use than Surfshark, though Surfshark is also great for beginners. ExpressVPN’s biggest draw is its focus on privacy: not only does it offer a custom-built Lightway protocol, but it also undergoes regular third-party audits – something we’d like to see more of from Surfshark – and offers various dedicated features such as Identity Defender, Express Keys, and ExpressMailGuard.
However, if you’re simply looking for an all-in-one VPN that offers tried-and-tested protection, doesn’t log your data, and lets you cover your entire family under one subscription, then Surfshark is a great choice.
We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
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