Security & privacy tools / Mullvad
Mullvad
Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.
Where it stands
4.2 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 3 of 3 signals
- Website health5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
- Community4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Mullvad yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use Mullvad?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
Nothing is clearly stated yet.
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Does: VPN
Measured signals
5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Mullvad's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 390 ms.
- Security5 / 55 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
4 / 5 · 32 commenters88% of the 32 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Mullvad; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I trust mullvad to not log dns more than I trust my ISP and I live in the UK so unencrypted dns here is being logged and stored by order of the government. Keeping a fork of firefox in sync with mainline firefox to get…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Mullvad seems to be honest in the fact that their business model is selling VPNs and it's nice they are saying it's not enough. They are not saying that you might not need one though. With Mullvad already being a Mozilla…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I tried them some time ago before I found out how shady they are and encrypted connections were like 2 Mbit while Mullvad gave me many many times faster bandwidth with higher encryption. Their support was completely…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“> mullvad has time and again shown itself to be one of if not the best actors in the entire vpn space, but you still have no real way of knowing if they are being honest. There are parallels to the now-defunct Crypto AG”
Read in the thread
Threads: The Mullvad Browser (2023, 419 comments) · Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised (2023, 334 comments) · The ownership and future of Mullvad VPN (2021, 184 comments) · GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust (2025, 131 comments)
These facts may be out of date. One of the official pages they came from changed on 2026-11-10, after we last read it. Check the tool's own pages before you rely on a price or a limit.
- Free tier
- No free tier. The pricing page says there is no free plan.
- Paid plan
- 5 euro per month, flat rate including VAT; same rate for 1 month, 1 year or 1 decade. Equivalents shown: $5.60, GBP 4.18, SEK 55.02, A$7.97, CA$7.83. Accepted cryptocurrencies get a 10% discount. Cash accepted in several currencies.
- Signup
- An account number is generated on the site to pay. Whether an email is required is not stated.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says Mullvad never stores activity logs or metadata. Payment and support data are kept for limited periods (for example transaction IDs deleted after 20 days; support emails and problem reports erased after 70 days; some payment data kept for statutory periods). Personal data is stored and processed only within the EU/EEA.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Mullvad pricing, Mullvad privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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