Get four extra months of Surfshark VPN with this exclusive deal

This limited-time Surfshark deal cuts the price of its best-value VPN plan for Independent readers
VPN provider Surfshark is offering a limited-time deal that lowers the price of its best-value subscription, and includes four extra months for free, instead of the usual three.

Starting on 1 April and running for two weeks, the deal sees Surfshark’s Starter plan cut from the equivalent of £1.49 a month to just £1.39 – and you’ll get an additional four months free.

Exclusive to readers of The Independent , this means new Surfshark customers get 28 months of VPN access for the price of 24.

The price before VAT is £38.92 – the equivalent of just £1.39 a month and a saving of 89 per cent on the usual Surfshark Starter price.

With VAT included, the total for 28 months of VPN access is £46.70.

Surfshark boasts a connection speed of up to 460Mbps, which can make your web browsing quicker than with rival products.

Surfshark’s VPN includes access for an unlimited number of devices, so you can protect the internet connection of your computer, tablet and smartphone with one subscription plan.

The service includes access to over 4,500 RAM-only servers in 100 countries, along with built-in blocking of ads and cookie pop-up notices.

There are also tools for creating masked email addresses and personal profiles, to help sign up for websites more privately, and without handing over your own personal information.

Surfshark’s VPN service has a no-logs policy, which aims to ensure none of your online activity is tracked.

With strong encryption and added security features, Surfshark seeks to offer comprehensive protection, plus unlimited simultaneous connections and an integrated ad blocker extension.

A VPN (virtual private network) is a piece of software designed to make your online activity more private and secure.

It does this by routing your internet traffic through an encrypted connection and hiding your IP address.

This means that, even if you accidentally use an insecure public wifi network in a cafe, hotel or airport, your internet connection is better protected and your activity remains private.

Connecting to the internet through a VPN also makes you less visible to advertisers and trackers.

Put simply, for many users a VPN is an affordable, low-effort way to improve everyday online privacy.

And because it works across unlimited devices, a Surfshark Starter subscription ensures your internet use remains protected, no matter which device you use.

Surfshark offers three different VPN services: Starter, One and One+.

A subscription to the Starter tier normally costs £12.29 (excluding VAT) for a single month, but falls to the equivalent of £1.49 a month when paying for 24 months up front – and you get three months extra for free.