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What is GeoSurf?
GeoSurf is browser toolbar that enables users to get the local perspective from more than 110 global locations. It is often used by online media professionals (buyers, campaign managers, sales, affiliates, and compliance teams) to view geo-targeted ads and web…
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$89
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Platinum Package
$139
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Diamond Package
$199
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is GeoSurf?
The GeoSurf Premium Gateway is an IP geolocation solution for global businesses. Users can validate, QA, and monitor their geo-targeted content from over 120 locations and be confident that what they’re seeing is an accurate portrayal of what’s really happening.
Secure and private
Because the vendor owns all of the servers on their premium proxy network and host them in tier 1 backbone data centers around the world, they tout a totally secure browsing experience for all users, with high levels of reliability, availability, and security. The vendor signs legally binding agreements with customers that their search history and any other data will never be released or used for any purpose.
Committed to customer service and support
The vendor says GeoSurf account managers are always available and constantly and consistently committed to service and support. Account managers ensure that every department knows the best way to utilize GeoSurf for their specific needs.
Transparent
GeoSurf is designed to provide accurate and reliable results. GeoSurf does not alter the ads or content users see in any way when surfing the web in different locations, which the vendor says is a differentiator from competitors.
GeoSurf Features
- Supported: Browser Toolbar
- Supported: Desktop Application
- Supported: Mobile Application
- Supported: API connection
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GeoSurf Competitors
- ExpressVPN
- GeoEdge
- hide my ass
GeoSurf Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | More then 120 countries supported |
| Supported Languages | English |
Frequently Asked Questions
GeoSurf is browser toolbar that enables users to get the local perspective from more than 110 global locations. It is often used by online media professionals (buyers, campaign managers, sales, affiliates, and compliance teams) to view geo-targeted ads and web content. This way, they can easily validate and monitor campaigns, see who is bidding on localized ad placements, generate new sources of business, and enhance current marketing activities. The interface is a straight-forward toolbar which allows users to select the location they want to surf from and with a click of a button, they are surfing the internet in real-time as if they were actually located in that area.
ExpressVPN are common alternatives for GeoSurf.
The most common users of GeoSurf are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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- Business Problems Solved
GeoSurf has been widely used by various departments and professionals to address a wide range of use cases. For instance, users have utilized GeoSurf to ensure worldwide compliance across multiple products by simulating different locations and checking for regulation restrictions. The SEO department has successfully leveraged GeoSurf to simulate traffic from various GEO locations and test their website's performance. Additionally, the media and affiliation departments have employed GeoSurf to verify ads published by advertisers.
Engineers at Fyber have found great value in GeoSurf as it allows them to test the features of their ad tech products and simulate their behavior in different regions around the world. The localization department has also benefited from using GeoSurf as a VPN to test foreign user accounts and ease the localization process. Furthermore, professionals in various industries have relied on GeoSurf to change browsing locations on a daily basis, enabling them to access sites that are not accessible in their location and ensuring they can complete their work effectively.
Moreover, GeoSurf has proved its usefulness for quality assurance purposes. Users have employed it to view video-on-demand services across 18 Latin American countries, helping identify potential QA issues and provide support. Users have also utilized GeoSurf to test products with different IP addresses, replicating how real customers outside of the corporate network would experience them. Whether it's monitoring ad campaigns based on specific locations or troubleshooting geo location queries, GeoSurf proves to be a valuable tool.
The marketing department has adopted GeoSurf for research and testing purposes. Its ability to access more than 120 global locations from one place helps marketers gain insights into different markets quickly and efficiently. Additionally, GeoSurf has been instrumental in pulling geo-targeted screenshots for clients upon campaign launch and providing functionality tests for international products that require accessing sites from specific country IPs.
Overall, GeoSurf serves as an indispensable solution for a wide range of use cases across industries, empowering users to test products, troubleshoot issues, and gain valuable insights into various markets and regions.
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April 03, 2017
GeoSurf Review
I'm using it mostly to understand how our ads look in different locations.
- Hiding an IP
- Simulate a location
- Ease of use
- Device simulation
- Location simulation
- IP hiding
March 31, 2017
Multi country and device - all in one tool!
My team uses GeoSurf to test how our clients' websites and apps work when visiting them in different countries, as we have to do this for dozens of countries from one location. This is particularly important for our In-App business, as many apps only work in certain locations. Not many people in the company use it, I think, but the ones that use it tend to use it a lot.
- GeoSurf is fairly easy to use.
- A lot of countries and even regions within some countries (like in Australia, US, UK) can easily be specified to be the location used.
- It works well on both desktop browsers and on mobile phones (which is something not all tools offer).
- I mentioned that it is good to specify certain regions in a few countries; it would be good to have more regions in far more countries though. Especially in areas like Russia or China this would be very helpful.
- Last time I used it, the Mobile Emulator didn't have all the different mobile browser types that are relevant in some parts of Asia or Africa (like Opera Mini or UC Browser). That could be very helpful in our business.
March 31, 2017
GeoSurf Review
In our department GeoSurf is used as a VPN to test foreign user accounts for localization purposes. This helps ease the localization process as many of our products are released worldwide in many different countries. It is currently only used by one department but that could change in the future, as our department heads see changes in the industry.
- Unlimited IP Switching.
- Instant Setup and Easy Accessibility with Tool Bar Interface.
- Extension and Plug-in Convenience.
- Expensive.
- Slow for some countries.
- Really only fit for large to mid sized organizations.
March 31, 2017
Geosurf for Analysis
Select teams use Geosurf to reproduce the user experience across the locales supported by our site. It ensures that ads and partners present exactly as they did to the user.
- Geosurf offers the most relevant locales
- Geosurf is very responsive when an IP address stops working or is blocked
- The mobile emulator is particularly helpful
- There doesn't appear to be quality control across IP addresses, at least those supplied to my team. We are the ones that notice when they stop working. Geosurf could be more proactive in finding failing sites.
March 29, 2017
Solid product
I manage the department that is in charge on all of our Marketing tools and technologies. In that capacity, I make decisions about purchasing new technologies and changing/implementing current technologies and systems. As such, GeoSurf is a tool I purchased for dozens of users in Marketing, including myself. It helps us to look at how our services are being seen in other geographies, operating systems and mobile devices, which we couldn't have done without a VPN tool.
- simulating other geographies
- simulating mobile OS
- The automatic login seems not to work at times
- The way it works makes our IT department to adjust security settings from time to time
March 28, 2017
GeoSurf Review
In our department GeoSurf is used as a VPN to test foreign user accounts for localization purposes. This helps ease the localization process as many of our products are released worldwide in many different countries. It is currently only used by one department but that could change in the future, as our department heads see changes in the industry.
- More than 120 locations of choice.
- Better than VPN because they have actual servers in the locations.
- More than one IP can be used per mobile device.
- Expensive monthy cost.
- Really only fit for large to mid sized organizations.
- No individual plans for independent/small businesses.
March 28, 2017
GeoSurf Review
Geosurf is used only by the marketing department.
We use it mostly for two reasons:
We use it mostly for two reasons:
- To search by country and for each [country], to find the most viewed website according to specific topics.
- We also use it when we have to test our marketing material.
- I don't think I use all the potentialities of it, I use it actually only for the reasons I gave before
- Same as previous reply, I don't have enough knowledge of it to find some improvements to do.
March 24, 2017
Highly recommended to use GeoSurf
We are using GeoSurf to change IP adress to be able test our products from different location. Mosty Canada, Austria, Germany.
- Changing IP address to different countries
- More countries available to choose from
- Sometimes it's hard to switch from country to country
March 24, 2017
GeoSurf Review
We currently use Geosurf to test ad creatives in different proxies. This allows us to view what treatments are running in other domains, allowing us to QA ads we normally would not see.
- Proxying
- Low latency
- QA
March 24, 2017
GeoSurf is easy to use and reliable
Our monetization team uses Geosurf to take screenshots for international advertising campaigns and also for troubleshooting purposes.
- It's very easy and super convenient to use, since it's easily accessible via the toolbar menu of my browser and I can turn it on and off without any issues.
- The additional mobile emulator is a nice feature, it's more reliable than any methods I have to test mobile otherwise.
- It's great at what it does. It does one thing and it does it very well and is very reliable.
- I like the tool, but if I needed to cut costs this is probably the first thing that would go. It's nice to have and it works great, but most things we spend money on have much broader capabilities.
- We had some issues where all of our users we using a single sign on and there were some surprise overage fees. It would be great if there were automated alerts or usage reports to see who is using the tool, and how often (which may also help justify the expense).
March 24, 2017
Geosurf is Reliable
We use geosurf to help view our video on demand service across 18 Latin American countries for QA issues and support
- Has the ability to select multiple countries
- Has more than one connection in larger countries for better reliability and coverage
- Connects with little issues and at a fast speed
- Does not disconnect user on any instance
- Not all countries are available
- Some countries fail to connect because of software update
- Speeds begin to slow at early evening times
March 24, 2017
Very Happy with this tool
I am aware of my department (international) using this tool in order to functionally test our international products. The majority of our products require the user to be accessing the sites from specific country IPs. This tool allows us to do this.
- There is a very handy toolbar that integrates well with my browser (Chrome).
- With a couple of clicks, I can change the country that I'm in.
- This tools meets my requirements, currently nothing to improve upon.
March 23, 2017
Just amazing
[It's a] great solution if you are a professional who needs to change browsing locations on a daily basis. [It's] great to reveal sites that are not accessible in your location. Also allows you to interact with sites from different countries. It allows you to see how pages will look on various mobile devices. [It's] great for monitoring ad campaigns based on a specific location.
- Browsing
- Location
- Professional
- Pricing
March 22, 2017
Surfing the Geo with GeoSurf
We use Geosurf for 2 main purposes:
- Emulate mobile environment
- Emulate different geo locations
- Ease of mobile emulation
- Ease of geo location changes
- I don't really like the part where all the tabs are refreshed when i initiate emulation to either mobile or geo location. I tend to have multiple tabs opened and this is really frustrating.
- I noticed I tend to get logged out using the Chrome toolbar. Is there really a need to log a user out from the toolbar?
March 21, 2017
From one country to another
It's used by the operations departments in order to access our websites around Europe and test the products.
- Location
- Research
- Device
- Every time you have to log into the app
March 21, 2017
ironSource - Geo Surf
GeoSurf Allows us to mimic our product behaviour in different countries. It's one of the only VPNs that works alongside proxy apps. It's being used though many departments especially our mobile department.
- Fast connection
- Works with proxy
- Great Service
- Mac app is a bit out dated
- Sometimes hangs
March 21, 2017
The perfect tool for global advertising specialists
We use it for our digital acquisition campaigns to check if our ads are appearing correctly in other countries and if our agency's [ads] followed our brand guidelines.
- Easy to activate and to switch to other countries.
- It allows for selecting almost every important country that a marketer would be interested in.
- I can pick a continent, a country and sometimes even regions within a country.
- It doesn't go down to the city level, which is annoying when you manage paid search campaigns with geo-located settings on.
- It doesn't work for China.
- I had the issue for several days where I select US but I am redirected to Israel.
March 17, 2017
Making Geo Testing Websites a Breeze
[It's used for] testing webpages outside of our country of origin for geo-targeted campaigns and sites. We have offices in other countries so it's important certain features and services work, and we always find it useful to have a service that helps us do this remotely.
- It works! Some other services claim they do, but I often find limitations which makes them useless.
- It has a Mobile VPN, again something not all the others do.
- It's safe and secure, and that is very important when dealing with "not so trusting" locations.
- Perhaps have a checkbox to remember password. Since I use long random passwords and a password manager I never remember the password and always have to do a run around to get it.
- Maybe a debugger for when it's not working properly. I have had [issues] before where a country made all sites not work.
March 16, 2017
Why GeoSurf Rocks!
It is being used as a global gateway. It is being used across the whole organization. It addresses the business problem that our server is based out of Hong Kong while we are based in Australia.
- It is safe and secure.
- Customizable and easy to use.
- Allows testing that I simply would not be able to do otherwise.
- Price.
- Look and feel.
- Ease of use for a beginner.
May 28, 2013
Very satisfied with the new upgrade
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- It enables me to surf the internet like a local user, this way I can check that geotargeting is working properly, research new markets, and validate funnels.
- Sometimes there are error messages when I switch to using my browser without a proxy, but clearing cache & cookies (as they recommend on their site) fixes the problem.