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FEmail and phone masks that forward messages and keep your real identity private
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Cloaked vs Surfshark
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Cloaked if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious consumers, families
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Choose Surfshark if…
- you want the lower entry price ($2.49/mo vs $9.99/mo)
- you work on Windows, macOS, Linux
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, families
Side by side
Feature Cloaked Surfshark
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price$9.99/mo$2.49/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsiOS, Android, Chrome, WebWindows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome
CategoryEmail & phone aliasesVPN
CompanyCloakedSurfshark B.V.
Full feature lists
C Cloaked
- Unlimited masked email and phone aliases with inboxes
- Data removal from 1000+ people-search and broker sites
- Call Guard spam and robocall blocking
- 24/7 dark web and SSN monitoring alerts
- Up to $1M identity theft insurance
- Encrypted VPN
- Password manager with TOTP code generation
- Masked virtual cards via Cloaked Pay (beta)
S Surfshark
- 4500+ servers in 100 countries at 10 Gbps
- Unlimited simultaneous devices
- Split tunneling, rotating IP and double VPN
- Ad and cookie pop-up blocker
- Antivirus with real-time scans and webcam protection
- Scam text detection and AI email scam checker
- Data leak alerts for email, ID and credit cards
- Masked email and persona generator
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Cloaked · cloaked.com
Surfshark · surfshark.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Cloaked | Surfshark |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $9.99 Individual | $2.99 Surfshark Starter |
| 5 people | no published plan | $2.99 Surfshark Starter |
| 20 people | no published plan | $2.99 Surfshark Starter |
Work it out for your team
All plans and prices
Cloaked
Individual$14.99/mo, or $9.99/mo billed yearly ($119.99/yr)
Couple$19.99/mo, or $14.99/mo billed yearly ($174.99/yr)
Family$29.99/mo, or $24.99/mo billed yearly ($299.99/yr)
Surfshark
Surfshark Starter$2.49/mo ($67.23 for first 27 months), or $2.99/mo on 12-month plan ($44.85 for first 15 months), or $18.95/mo billed monthly
Surfshark One$2.49/mo ($67.23 for first 27 months), or $3.09/mo on 12-month plan ($46.35 for first 15 months), or $19.95/mo billed monthly
Surfshark One+$3.99/mo ($107.73 for first 27 months), or $6.99/mo on 12-month plan ($104.85 for first 15 months), or $22.85/mo billed monthly
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Cloaked
No changes since we started tracking.
Surfshark
- Nov 7, 2026Starting price: none → $2.49/mo; Surfshark Starter: £1.79/mo (£48.33 for first 27 months) → $2.49; Surfshark One: £1.79/mo (£48.33 for first 27 months) → $2.49; Surfshark One+: £2.89/mo (£78.03 for first 27 months) → $3.99
Strengths and limitations
Cloaked
- Aliases, data removal, VPN and password manager in one subscription
- Unlimited phone and email aliases
- Includes up to $1M identity theft insurance
- Couple and Family plans for up to four people
- Available only in the US and Canada
- No free plan; cheapest plan is $9.99/mo billed yearly
- Cloaked Pay is still in beta and Family Sharing is not yet released
Surfshark
- Unlimited devices on one account
- 4500+ servers in 100 countries with RAM-only, audited no-logs setup
- Antivirus certified by AV-Test
- 30-day money-back guarantee and 24/7 support
- No free plan
- Identity theft coverage limited to US residents, excluding New York State
- Incogni data removal only for US, UK, EU, Swiss and Canadian residents
- Scam call protection not yet available
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 7, 2026. Editorial policy