Surfshark’s Black Friday sale is already live, and its headline offer is a free step-up. For two years, Surfshark One, the VPN plus antivirus and breach alerts, is priced like the VPN-only Starter plan. That’s up to 88% off, and a free quarter comes on top.
The One+ plan and the one-year terms are discounted too, so the cheapest plan isn’t the obvious buy anymore. Here’s what each plan costs and what it adds.
Surfshark Black Friday Deal: One at the Starter Price
- Surfshark One: under $2.50 a month for 27 months, adding antivirus and breach alerts. Our pick
- Surfshark Starter: the same price for the VPN, ad blocker, and Alternative ID
- Surfshark One+: about $4 a month, adding data removal by Incogni
- Bonus time: 3 free months with every long-term plan
- Risk-free start: a free first week, then Surfshark’s money-back window
Surfshark Black Friday Prices for Every Plan
| Starter | One | One+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 years + 3 months | $2.49/mo | $2.49/mo | $3.99/mo |
| Paid upfront (27 months) | $67.23 | $67.23 | $107.73 |
| 2-year discount | 87% | 88% | 83% |
| 1 year + 3 months | $2.99/mo ($44.85 upfront) | $2.99/mo ($44.85 upfront) | $6.99/mo ($104.85 upfront) |
| Month to month | $18.95 | $19.95 | $22.85 |
On two years, Surfshark One and Starter now cost the same, so the antivirus and leak alerts come at no extra charge. That’s also why the One plan shows the deepest discount in the sale. The one-year plans are cheaper upfront, yet they cost more per month for a shorter discounted stretch.
Surfshark doesn’t sell lifetime plans either. Lifetime VPNs do exist, FastestVPN among them, but a one-time payment leaves a VPN company with little reason to keep its servers and apps up to date.
Which Surfshark Plan Is the Best Black Friday Buy?
Surfshark One adds three security tools to the VPN. Surfshark Antivirus checks apps and files in real time, schedules full scans, and stops apps from using your webcam without permission. Alert sends a notice if your email, card number, or ID number shows up in a breach. Scam protection flags fraudulent text messages and checks suspicious emails before you click a link. With the two plans at the same price, we’d pick One every time.
Surfshark Starter is the VPN with Surfshark’s privacy extras. It includes the ad blocker, a cookie pop-up blocker, and Alternative ID, which creates a masked email address and a made-up persona for sign-ups on stores you don’t trust. That last one comes in handy in late November, when every shop offers a discount code in exchange for your email.
Surfshark One+ adds Incogni, which asks data brokers and people-search sites to delete your personal details. US residents, except in New York State, also receive identity theft coverage of up to $1 million. Incogni works only for residents of the US, UK, EU, Switzerland, and Canada, so outside those regions, the One plan covers what you’d use.
How to Claim Surfshark’s Black Friday Discount
The sale price is already set on Surfshark’s checkout, so no promo code is involved.
- Use the button below to open Surfshark’s sale page.
- Pick 24 months for the lowest rate per month and three free months.
- Select Surfshark One, or another plan, and create your account.
- Choose a payment method: card, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, or crypto.
- Install the Surfshark app on your first device.
Buying on Surfshark’s website also unlocks a free week before the first charge on the 12-month and 24-month terms. It requires a payment method and covers three devices until the paid plan begins. After the first payment, Surfshark’s 30-day money-back guarantee takes over. App Store subscribers, however, deal with Apple for any refund.
Setting Up Surfshark After You Subscribe
After checkout, download Surfshark for your device and log in with the account details from your order. Then pick a country from the list and click it, or press Quick-connect for the fastest nearby server. Surfshark connects in a few seconds, hides your IP address, and encrypts your traffic.
From there, our guide on how to use a VPN covers the settings worth enabling next, starting with the kill switch.
Should You Wait for Cyber Monday?
No. Surfshark launched its Black Friday prices in mid-October, ahead of most VPNs, and the same offer stays on through Cyber Monday, the Monday after the Thanksgiving weekend. Surfshark hasn’t announced a separate Cyber Monday discount. In recent years, the sale price lasted until early December, so there’s little to gain by waiting.
Your price is locked for the whole first term from the day you subscribe. To compare Surfshark with the other big discounts, our roundup of Black Friday VPN deals puts them side by side.
What Every Surfshark Plan Includes
Starter, One, and One+ are built on one VPN, so what follows is part of every Surfshark subscription.
Streaming and Speed
Surfshark finished our speed tests with a 9.6% average loss, which you won’t notice while streaming in 4K or downloading a game. It has 4,500+ servers in 100 countries, all on 10 Gbps ports, and no data limits.
Streaming results were strong too. Surfshark unblocked Netflix US, BBC iPlayer, Prime Video and Channel 4, which also makes it a good VPN to watch sports online when a match airs only at home.
CleanWeb Ad Blocker
Starter subscribers receive the same ad blocker as One+ users. Called CleanWeb, it stops ads, trackers, and known malicious sites, and its cookie pop-up blocker hides consent banners before they cover the page.
During the shopping weeks, that means cleaner product pages and fewer fake deal sites making it to your screen. CleanWeb works in the Surfshark apps and in the browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
Security and Privacy
Surfshark’s security toolkit is on every plan:
- Kill switch, which blocks internet access until a dropped VPN reconnects
- WireGuard, OpenVPN and IKEv2 protocols
- Camouflage Mode, which hides the fact you’re using a VPN
- Dynamic MultiHop, a double VPN connection you build from two locations
- Rotating IP, which changes your IP address without disconnecting
- Bypasser split tunneling for apps that should skip the VPN
- Dedicated IP addresses as a paid add-on
Independent auditors have checked Surfshark’s no-logs policy, and RAM-only servers erase their data at every restart. Private DNS also handles your DNS requests on Surfshark’s own servers instead of your ISP’s.
P2P traffic is allowed on every Surfshark server, and with the kill switch enabled, Surfshark is safe for torrenting.
Tor users can also launch Tor Browser while connected for Onion Over VPN protection on the dark web.
Unlimited Devices
No Surfshark plan limits the number of devices, so the phones, laptops and TVs in one home can share a subscription. Surfshark apps cover computers, phones, Apple TV, Android TV and Fire TV. A PlayStation, an Xbox or a Samsung TV connects through a router instead.
Final Thoughts
Surfshark’s Black Friday deal works best as an upgrade. For the price of its VPN-only plan, Surfshark One adds an antivirus, leak alerts, and scam protection, tools many households otherwise pay for separately. The VPN underneath did well in our Surfshark review, with fast speeds and the big streaming catalogs unblocked.
The One+ plan is worth the extra money only where Incogni works. Everywhere else, Surfshark One includes everything you’d use. If you’re still unsure, start with the free trial on Surfshark’s website. Cancel within the first seven days, and you won’t be charged.
FAQ
Is there a lifetime deal on Surfshark VPN?
No. Surfshark bills monthly, yearly, or every two years, and long plans renew automatically after the first term, so no one-time payment covers the service permanently.
Is there a Surfshark 3-year deal?
No. Surfshark doesn't offer three-year plans. Its longest subscription covers two years plus three extra months, which is also the term with the lowest monthly price.
Is a Surfshark promo code required for Black Friday?
No. Surfshark builds its Black Friday discount into its long-term plans, so the sale price and the three extra months show up at checkout with no code to enter.
Does the Surfshark Black Friday deal include antivirus?
Yes, on Surfshark One and One+. Surfshark Antivirus checks files in real time and schedules full scans, while Surfshark Starter leaves the antivirus out and sticks to privacy tools.
Can a Surfshark Black Friday purchase be refunded?
Yes. Discounted Surfshark plans bought on its website are covered by the standard 30-day money-back guarantee. Purchases made through Apple's App Store follow Apple's refund rules.
