Mullvad VPN
Sweden
Anonymous, account-number-only VPN from Gothenburg with no email or signup.
European Alternative to:
A VPN from Gothenburg, Sweden, run since 2009. The thing that sets Mullvad apart is how little it asks of you: you sign up by generating a random account number. No email, no name, no phone. And you can pay in cash or Monero if you want to.
How it works
- Account = a random number. Nothing personal is attached to it
- Flat €5 a month. No annual discount, no five-year deal, no upsells
- Audited no-logging policy, checked by outside firms more than once, with servers running from RAM rather than disks
- WireGuard and OpenVPN, multi-hop, port forwarding and a kill switch
- Payment in cash, bank transfer, card, crypto or Monero
Beyond the VPN
Mullvad also co-developed the Mullvad Browser with the Tor Project. It's a hardened browser meant to be used alongside the VPN. The team has been working on defences against AI-assisted traffic analysis too.
Who it's for
Anyone who wants a no-nonsense VPN from a company that has gone out of its way not to know who its customers are. It won't unlock a Netflix region or hand you a flashy app full of extras. It gives you a fast, private tunnel and not much fuss.
Germany
Switzerland