Mullvad Review

Community-sourced VPN review based on real Reddit & Twitter discussions

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Community Verdict
Highly Recommended

Mullvad has a really strong reputation for privacy, and it’s one of the few VPNs people trust when they say “no logs.” It’s also loved for letting you sign up without an email and pay in very private...

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Best for: Privacy-focused users who want minimal personal info tied to their account People who want a straightforward VPN for everyday browsing and torrenting Anyone who values a VPN that doesn’t rely on referral links and influencer promos
90% Positive Reviews
473 recommend, 53 warn
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708 reviews from 577 people
Best For
Privacy-focused users who want minimal personal info tied to their account, People who want a straightforward VPN for everyday browsing and torrenting, Anyone who values a VPN that doesn’t rely on referral links and influencer promos
Approval Rate
90% positive
473 recommend · 53 warn
Reviews
708
328 Reddit · 364 Twitter
Unique Reviewers
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What the Community Says

Community Rating 7.5/10

Mullvad has a really strong reputation for privacy, and it’s one of the few VPNs people trust when they say “no logs.” It’s also loved for letting you sign up without an email and pay in very private ways (even by mail), plus it avoids the whole influencer/affiliate marketing vibe that turns some folks off. Day to day, people often describe it as fast and stable, especially with WireGuard, and solid for general browsing and torrenting.

The biggest downside is that it’s not the best pick if streaming is your main goal—some people run into services like ESPN or other apps not working reliably. There are also complaints about features changing over time (like port forwarding being removed), which can be a dealbreaker for certain setups. And while many call the price fair, others feel it’s a bit expensive for a “simple” VPN if you’re not specifically buying it for privacy-first features.

Strengths

  • Strong privacy focus
  • No email required
  • Anonymous payment options
  • Fast speeds (especially with WireGuard)
  • Good for torrenting
  • Trusted “no-logs” reputation
  • No influencer/affiliate marketing feel

Weaknesses

  • Streaming can be hit or miss
  • Port forwarding no longer supported
  • Can feel pricey for a basic VPN
  • Some apps/services may block it
Best for: Privacy-focused users who want minimal personal info tied to their account People who want a straightforward VPN for everyday browsing and torrenting Anyone who values a VPN that doesn’t rely on referral links and influencer promos
Not ideal for: People who mainly want a VPN for streaming sports and TV apps Users who specifically need port forwarding for their setup Bargain hunters who want the cheapest plan possible

Summary generated 1 week ago from 708 community mentions

What People Are Saying

50 reviews

"Operational security. A mullvad es a windscribe (nagyreszt) hasznalhatok teljesen anonim modon, pl a mullvad elfogad postai uton keszpenzes fizetest. Open source kod (mullvad), specifikusan a cenzura elkerulesere szant vpn-protokollok (mind2). Nem tartanak logokat, nem adnak ki a hatosagoknak semmit. Ellentetben pl a nordvpn-el, ahol egy data breachet masfel evig titkoltak, 2025os auditnal tele volt gyengepontokkal a kodbazisuk, es ha kell kiadjak a fiokinformacioid a hatosagoknak."

r/askhungary 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Tuta mail är också värt att nämna, baserad i Tyskland. När det gäller VPN så är Mullvad det bästa alternativet, som är svenskt och det enda VPN-företaget vad jag vet som har en bevisad "no logs" policy när de fick besök av polisen."

r/sweden 2 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Proton VPN or Mullvad VPN are the best choices. Not owned by big companies and are privacy focused to the core!"

r/seclab 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Just in case I've bought a couple of accounts of mullvad VPN (Swedish) 12 months @ £60 per year. Best VPN company by far and will not cooperate with authorities, they also have a proven no logging policy. They were raided 2 years ago and police got nothing because they truly saved nothing (unlike many that say no logging, but do). Whether this is just a windbag attempt by old men or the government pushing it - the writing is on the wall. They want everything and they want to make the least amount of effort to get it (ie normal policing). They start with a little thing like banning chok..."

r/europe 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Personal VIew mix with professional testing (my business does audits) **Top ones I would personally use on Linux** * Mullvad - Best combination of true privacy, service, and cost * Mozilla (uses Mullvad servers) * Proton would be higher if it had feature parity with the Windows client. **Ones I would personally avoid** * PIA (Private Internet Access): Ties to Government (Israel) * NordVPN: Had a security breach that could cause major issues and didn't notify users until it was leaked online. As someone in the business, their explanation was BS. They are also linked to Tesonet who is a dat..."

r/linuxquestions 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"PIA is no longer a reputable VPN service. They were bought out by an Israeli company and will 1000% sniff your traffic and will share their subscriber info to any paying entity. Nord, Mullvad, and Proton are near the top for best service. Mullvad is an absolute must if you are privacy and opsec minded. Payment options are endless and do not require any account creation. You can mail them $20 and they'll send a card to wherever you want. Some good info here for all VPNs available below. [That one privacy guy](https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/) Fantastic guide overall! The fact the CAF still s..."

r/canadianforces 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad is by far the best VPN, and the most private and secure. Proton is maybe second. Most VPNs nowadays are sold to share your data and aid the police state, and many are Israel-based even. For the nonprofits like Mullvad and Proton, I think we should be reaching out to them, because I think they're much more responsive and sensitive to issues with privacy and authoritarian states, etc. It may simply be it hasn't been brought up before."

r/bds 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad VPN based in Sweden, the best VPN with respect full privacy, they don't ask any personnal data to create an account, not even an email, nothing. Single price, 5€/month, no bullshit."

r/buyfromeu 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Tailscale with Mullvad plug-in. Incredible combination"

r/security 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"btw, in case anyone is paranoid about this stuff, your IP gives your location, and that's about it. if you regularly use a vpn (and chelshead should know this, since she's shilled for the worst vpn companies), it's especially non useful information. i work in moderation and have access to tools she doesn't and even i can't do much with an IP address. it can help tie together burner accounts, but again, vpns make this unreliable. tldr, be careful, don't click on sus links, use a good vpn (i rec mullvad and only mullvad), but if she gets your IP address, there's little she can actually do with..."

r/ccsuarezsnark 2 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Best free ones are gonna be either proton VPN or windscribe free. If you can get a paid Mullvad is only approximately €5 a month ($5.91). All of these are reputable VPNs."

r/imsaracing 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad. The one and only. Don't use trash. Perfect Privacy was quite better, but... well, they're down after 17 years. Exit-Scam, so fuck off them and use Mullvad. Works well, without any trouble"

r/linuxquestions 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"MULLVAD!! you can send them cash in an envelope and remain 100% anonymous if you want to. (I do not, but that is awesome)"

r/buyfromeu 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad (Sweden) is as good as it gets. The team behind it is also really commited into web freedom, a bit like Tuta."

r/buyfromeu 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Louder for the people in the back! MULLVAD! MULLVAD! MULLVAD!"

r/buyfromeu 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Nah, Mullvad is goated"

r/buyfromeu 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"personally i love mullvad, its fast, even when using multi-hop, its reliable too. i have a wireguard connection up 24/7 and its rare that it drops. and the few times it has, i think it was more a problem on my router than their connection. its also reasonably priced. i used nord for a little while, but i never got anywhere near the same speed that i do with mullvad. other than that it was pretty reliable too"

r/vpn_reviewer 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"No question about it. Mullvad is hands down the best VPN. No if and or buts"

r/degoogle 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"I see you‘re new and you don’t know much about VPNs.. you don’t mention what you need it for, but lets say for privacy. Forgot them all, you only have 2 (maybe 3 if you want streaming) options. 1: Mullvad (the best one) 2: IVPN 3: Windscribe So when you want it for privacy Mullvad first, than IVPN. If you want privacy and also streaming support, than choose Windscribe. Proton is also ok, but that’s it, no other one… don’t fall for their marketing…"

r/vpnreviews 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Proton gets review bombed on trustpilot by people who don't understand how VPNs work lol. Their service is actually solid, been using it for like 2 years with zero issues For email I'd go with Tuta personally - clean interface and the encryption is pretty seamless. Mullvad is the gold standard for VPN if you don't need the bundled stuff"

r/degoogle 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Tuta’s a solid choice for email, plus their customer support is pretty responsive if you run into any issues. For VPNs, if privacy is your main concern, Mullvad is hard to beat; their no-logs policy and simplicity are really refreshing. You can't go wrong with either!"

r/degoogle 2 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad is the best, most safe option so far. Those free ones are just a scam. They will sell your data out if they need to. Also, a VPN is basically like a tunnel that keeps your data safe by hiding your IP address from hackers or whoever else. It protects your identity."

r/vpn_reviewer 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad, працює взагалі без проблем і не вимагає НІЯКИХ даних. Можна заплатити криптою"

r/reddituatalks 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Or just use Mullvad for $5 a month. It is better, safer, and cheaper. Cipher is already squeezing enough money out of ignorant people."

r/360hacks 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"If you care for privacy use Mullvad. If you don’t… use Mullvad. And if you don’t want to use Mullvad then you can always use Mullvad. I hope the message has been clear. Use Mullvad"

r/vpn_question 3 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad is the way to go. Very stable and functional, cheap, but most importantly really privacy focused and fully transparent …"

r/vpnfortorrenting 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Mullvad or Proton are top of the list. I've never heard of Witopia but they're US based so they get a hard NO from me. Mullvad and Proton do not log activity and they prove it with 3rd party audits. I read somewhere recently that one of them, Mullvad or Proton, was raided by authorities 2x in the last couple of years. Both times they got nothing. There were no log files to be got."

r/stlouis 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"As a security professional who speaks at a lot of conferences and advises on privacy, Mullvad is the best. The ONLY other one I would recommend is ProtonVPN if you want an easier experience. The "top" VPN providers you see on advertisements are almost all owned by companies with ties to the Israeli government. Mullvad does not advertise or use paid social influencing to promote. Both have packet transformation techniques that can disguise your traffic to hide the fact you are using a VPN. I could go on and on."

r/stlouis 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"I strongly suggest Mullvad VPN. The benefits, no lock in contract, and no email address or bank card details demanded like the other VPN providers do. 5 euro's a month. AU $8.90, AU $2.225 for 1 week. I have zero problems downloading programs and movies and games using qBittorrent with a Mullvad Sydney server connected. I have volunteered as a Beta user which Mullvad requests feedback if any problems or issues occur. Mullvad has extreme integrity and transparency. I suggest you check out their website. This is a screenshot I took after the latest Beta update. I intend to be a loyal subscri..."

r/mullvadvpn 2 months ago View on Reddit →

"In order of  preference. Mullvad  Proton  Windscribe. All 3 have valid audits. All have good security and plenty of features. Windscribe has all the bells and whistles, including some that you probably don't need. Mullvad does exactly what it says it does, and  does it day in, day out. Proton is kinda between the 2."

r/it 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"I can't speak on what actual professional company's use (probably self-hosted solutions) but the most privacy respecting VPN on the consumer market is Mullvad, they never ask for your name and you can pay with all sorts of cryptocurrency and also Cash if you want. They have been audited and have a very strict no logs policy."

r/it 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"I use NordVPN, but I wouldn't actually recommend it. It's just more than enough than what I need it for. I had a user ask me what are good VPNs to use and I recommended him Mullvad and Proton, while also telling him to avoid ExpressVPN. Real talk, I think Mullvad may be the best."

r/it 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Nearly all VPN providers sell your data including most paid ones. There's a reason why PIA, Nord VPN and others can sponsor half the internet's creators. This video does a great job at unpacking this and brings evidence the claims made: [https://youtu.be/1opKW6X88og](https://youtu.be/1opKW6X88og) Proton is one of the few good ones together with iVPN and Mullvad. The last one is the best one as you can physical mail them the money so there is no digital payment trail either."

r/protonmail 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"I'd recommend Mullvad VPN. They're the most privacy-respecting VPN and collect no personal information from you (you don't even make an account - they give you a 16-digit account number that you use to log in). You can even pay with cash by mail or crypto, safeguarding your anonymity. Also, there is no "subscription", you pay in advance for the time you wish to use at a rate of €5/month."

r/vpnreviews 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Mulvad, proton, or nord. Mulvad is the best for privacy due to their ability to pay in relatively anonymous ways, and their no log policy. They also have the easiest to tie into homelab infrastructure due to their use of wireguard server/peers. Proton also has a no log policy but their commercial interests are suspect in my eyes at times. It does come with most proton mail subscriptions though. So depending on your degoogling journey it might be the right option for you. The other factor here though is while you're degoogling you should make an effort to not use single suites of services t..."

r/degoogle 1 week ago View on Reddit →

"Surfshark and Mulvaad are great vpn options. I have been currently using Mulvaad in my windows pc, never got any issue in these 3 months."

r/fitgirlrepack 2 weeks ago View on Reddit →

"NordVPN's user database has been hacked at least twice. ProtonVPN and MullvadVPN are the only one's worth trusting."

r/vpn_question 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"ExpressVPN was bought by a data broker... And NordVPN was hacked at least twice. I would not use either. ProtonVPN or MullvadVPN are the only ones I trust."

r/vpn_question 1 month ago View on Reddit →

"Exactly. Anyone looking for a proper VPN btw, that won't get hit by the ban, and won't bend to the UK government, take a look at Mullvad. Years ago when they were raided, they just let the police in because they had literally NO logs of anything, at all. All the VPNs you get advertised on YouTube say they don't keep logs, but they do and police reports prove it. ExpressVPN / PIA / Surfshark etc - these are all completely useless if there's a ban or the Government comes knocking. Does anyone know of any other proper VPNs that can actually be counted on?"

@Bobby_P_90 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"The offices and homes of Mullvad employees and their families have been raided multiple times by their government, not one piece of custom information has ever been found. There are also many technical reasons they are superior to Proton. And Obscura is a double hop VPN that exits via Mullvad."

@TradFidiGuy 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"If you really want to use a VPN, my personal recommendation is Mullvad. It's cheap and private and just works; no worthless frills or shady business practices."

@whomst_______ 2 weeks ago View on Twitter →

"@SIGNAL_RETURN @ProtonMail Love Mullvad, the best VPN you can get at an affordable price!"

@watDaRainy 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"@SIGNAL_RETURN @ProtonMail Yeah Mullvad is the only VPN you should ever pay for. I think every email provider will suffer similar limitations for encryption, but Proton is such a cash grab atp so I understand the distrust."

@MittensAnon 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"@StarkPrivacy mullvad forever my goat"

@dev_vechs 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"@0xMiaWallace @ILikeTheFA mullvad literally, court proven no logs and no account info either (gives you a unique account number) and also doesnt suck"

@nekonya_02 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"@elhombre_negro @JOKAQARMY1 YES. People who have any experience know that Mullvad is the best. They have been court-tested to NOT log, and they don't advertise. Any VPN company that advertises is most certainly trash."

@SirSuperSus 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"Mullvad is amazingly good. Use it on my PC and my phone for 2-3 years now, nonstop. Speed is amazing, playing games trough it is no problem. The price is also very low at 5$/Month. With every way of paying avaiable. Even sending them cash in a letter is possible."

@arara_tech 1 week ago View on Twitter →

"@grok @Digitalizedx @DanKornas @ProtonVPN No it’s not reliable. Owned by an Israeli company, they used to distribute malware, and now own multiple VPNs and an antivirus and the review sites that recommend them. Mullvad is the only reliable VPN."

@nile_nomad 2 weeks ago View on Twitter →

"@akuro_kijin Mullvad VPN. It's truly anonymous. No email needed, you can even pay in cash if you want. No logs. I get way better download speeds with them than I did with Proton VPN, which slowed to a halt after about 2gb. Based in Sweden 🐐 €5 about $5.50 per month. Worth it!"

@ItsCass9 2 weeks ago View on Twitter →

"@faust_knows_all Use mullvad vpn if it gets banned. Best vpn of all time."

@faustfucker02 1 week ago View on Twitter →