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Mullvad

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Mullvad is a VPN service that helps keep your online activity, identity, and location private.

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Application types

Country of Origin

  • SE flagSweden
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  only as .deb and .rpm (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, RHEL,...), no Flatpak
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Chrome OS  Requires OpenVPN
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • F-Droid
  • WireGuard
  • Qubes OS
  • Tor  [http://o54hon2e2vj6c7m3aqqu6uyece65by3vgoxxhlqlsvkmacw6a7m7kiad.onion/](http://o54hon2e2vj6c7m3aqqu6uyece65by3vgoxxhlqlsvkmacw6a7m7kiad.onion/)
  • OpenWrt  Requires WireGuard or OpenVPN
  • Tomato
  • IPFire
  • pfSense
  • OpenVPN
  • DD-WRT
4.8 / 5 Avg rating (30)
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No Logs
  2.  WireGuard
  3.  Cryptocurrency payment
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Encrypted VPN
  6.  VPN Kill Switch
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  Online Anonymity
  9.  No registration required
  10.  Split Tunneling
  11.  SOCKS proxy client and server
  12.  Custom DNS
  13.  AES-256 Encryption
  14.  Block Trackers
  15.  OpenVPN
  16.  End-to-End Encryption
  17.  Dark Mode
  18.  Local network sharing
  19.  Shadowsocks

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  • Laji and anthonym016 liked Mullvad
    7 days ago
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    14 days ago
  • dr3084, EmilE1337 and Leonart liked Mullvad
    18 days ago
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Comment summary: Mullvad is praised for prioritizing privacy and security with features like the WireGuard protocol, anonymous payments, and no affiliate marketing. Users appreciate its open-source nature, effective customer support, and affordability. Despite some positive responses about speed, others report slower download speeds compared to competitors, notably ProtonVPN. Mullvad is noted for transparency, ethical practices, and cash payment options, yet lacks extensive device support, which garners criticism.
Top Positive Comment
seczamotu
Dec 13, 2018
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Mullvad are one of the only VPNs to support the cutting edge WireGuard protocol. I use this together together with SOCKS5, and get speed increases of up 1000% compared with OpenVPN.

Jimbo Styles
Dec 13, 2018

I wouldn't use a VPN based in the EU lmao

seczamotu
Dec 13, 2018

If there are genuinely no logs and they don't know who you are (because they don't ask for any personal information unlike with other VPN providers), then the jurisdiction is of less importance. For example, Edward Snowden has endorsed San Francisco based Signal, and his approval was validated when Open Whisper were recently compelled by a federal subpoena to hand over info on a certain account. Unfortunately for the US government, the logs showed only when the user first signed up for the service and when they most recently logged in.

The same would be true for Mullvad, which - by the way - is based in a far less draconian legal system than Open Whisper. Mullvad's sign up process, in literally 2 seconds, gives you an account without you having to provide ANY personal information of any kind. No name, no email address, nothing. This is because Mullvad uses a genius token based system.

Mullvad crystally clear explain on their website what they don’t log, how they're able to achieve it and why they don't want to keep logs on you. This inspires a lot of confidence.

Further, I would rather have a transparent and ethical EU based provider than a shady Panamanian (or wherever) based one that don't even reveal who the people and developers are behind the company. Mullvad, on the other hand, is developed and run by genuine privacy activists who are well known in the community.

If you appreciate the importance of open-source and transparency in general, then using one of your "non-EU" services represents the antithesis IMO.

[Edited by seczamotu, December 13] Reference: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/2017/10/03/mullvad-review/

Pepexl
Nov 26, 2024
0

VPN service is amazing, but 5 simultaneous clients for one account is ridiculous. They must add some devices per account. Then I'd give them 5 stars.

Nathaniel Blackburn
Sep 17, 2024
1

Exceptional service, innovative features and one of the only VPN providers that is truly worthy of being called "Privacy Focused"

TamerTube
Sep 20, 2023
2

100% private, you can even pay cash

Seabyte
Sep 12, 2023
3

Overall it's the best privacy-focused VPN provider. Speeds are amazing but sadly they no more support Port forwarding.

Duncan Briggs
Aug 11, 2023
0

Mullvad features an adult content blocker under Mullvad menu – Settings – VPN settings – DNS content blockers – Adult content. Unfortunately, this does not block proxy services.

nozqfkuv
Mar 30, 2023
0

It's an okay option. They put a great emphasis on security, privacy and anonymity, which is crucial for a VPN service. You can easily pay in Monero (you'll even save 50 cents/month), you don't need to provide an email address or anything. For €4.50, there's a lot you will get.

What's really concerning are the very slow speeds. Without the VPN, I'll get around 80 Mb/s in download. With Mullvad, I only get around 30. I used LibreSpeed with Clouvider in Frankfurt, Germany. And in Mullvad, I used Frankfurt servers as well. I also tested other nearby countries. Same for all. Also, most websites know immediately that I'm using a VPN. ProtonVPN, for example, doesn't have these issues. (Proton has its own issues, though. But keep in mind that many people consider Proton as a honeypot.)

Overall, Mullvad is pretty good. I just expect a bit more, honestly.

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What is Mullvad?

Mullvad is an ethical VPN provider based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

They keep no logs and an account number is the only thing you need to connect to Mullvad VPN. They ask for no email, no phone number; no personal information whatsoever. You can pay by Crypto or Cash.

Mullvad use the latest encryption methods and were one of the first VPN providers to start using the cutting edge WireGuard protocol. To help you obtain even higher connection speeds, they also provide a SOCKS5 service - which is used in addition to Wireguard/OpenVPN - so that you're no longer confined to the bandwidth of a single VPN connection.

They support Wireguard Multihop (like Tor), Killswitch, DNS content and ad-blocking. Their servers are blazing fast with some blasting out uplink speeds of 40Gb/s.

Visit the website for more details.

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Mullvad information

  • Developed by

    SE flagMullvad VPN AB
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs $5 per month.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8 (30 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • German

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Mullvad was added to AlternativeTo by Tritonio on Jul 8, 2011 and this page was last updated Nov 30, 2024.