MV
- Category
- VPN · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Paid
- Country
- Sweden
- Licensing
- FOSS
# PROS AND CONS
+ what works
- +Anonymous numbered accounts with no email or personal details
- +Flat €5 per month with no upsell tiers or multi-year discount games
- +Cash by mail and Monero accepted for fully unlinked payment
- +Diskless RAM-only server fleet, audited by Cure53
- +Client app is GPLv3 and source available on GitHub
− watch out for
- −Port forwarding was removed in 2023 after sustained abuse, no plans to bring it back
- −OpenVPN support was retired in January 2026; WireGuard is the only protocol now
- −No streaming-unblock marketing means some services actively block Mullvad exit IPs
- −Smaller server footprint than commercial competitors (around 40 to 50 countries)
# PRIVACY NOTES
Accounts are randomly generated numbers; no email, name, or phone is required to sign up. Payment is accepted in cash by mail and in Monero, Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Cash, alongside conventional methods, so a paid account can stay unlinked from identity. The full server fleet boots from RAM via the System Transparency stboot project, leaving no persistent disk state. Mullvad VPN AB is based in Gothenburg and operates under Swedish law; the company publishes recurring third-party infrastructure and app audits by Cure53 and Assured.
# REPLACES
icloud-private-relay
# TAGS
#wireguard · #swedish · #foss · #anonymous-signup · #ram-only
# DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU
# NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIED IT
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