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Mullvad VPN Review

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Should I use Mullvad VPN?

Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser. - mullvad.net

· 1 month ago

Buy if personal privacy is your top priority: anonymous signup, no-logs, open-source client, and a cheap flat price. Skip it if you need port forwarding, a free tier, bundled extras, or business team controls.

Confidence

High. Based on 40+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so quotes are short verbatim fragments.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

€5/month (~$5.83)

Single flat plan

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo

Best for

  • Privacy-maximalist individuals
  • Identity-protection seekers
  • Crypto users
  • Technical/Linux users

Not for

  • Anyone expecting a free VPN
  • Users depending on port forwarding
  • Companies needing centralized admin controls (Guess)
  • Feature hunters wanting bundled extras

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Port forwarding is gone; self-hosting or remote-access setups will break after switching

medium

No free tier or trial; one flat plan, so no cheap intro deal

low

Crypto payments get a 10% discount; card payments effectively cost more

low

5-device cap per subscription

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Anonymous numbered accounts; no email or personal info required
  • RAM-only servers and strict privacy-first, no-logging policy
  • Open-source client, publicly auditable on GitHub
  • Survived 2023 police search warrant with no customer data compromised
  • Cheap flat pricing with no pricing or extras gimmicks

Cons

  • Port forwarding removed; some users demanded refunds
  • Several CVEs, including a macOS installer privilege escalation
  • A 2023 user-data leak was reported by a researcher
  • Founder political-donation controversy raised trust questions
  • Critics call it overrated relative to the hype

Sources & method

- 12 sources - Privacy-first: no-logs, RAM-only, open-source; survived a search warrant without data exposure, but several CVEs have shipped.

official x3review x5security x3news x1
  • CVE-2024-55884 buffer overflow, Buffer overflow flaw in the Mullvad VPN client disclosed in the vulnerability database.
  • CVE-2026-32323 (macOS), Affects macOS with versions 2026.1 and below, per NVD detail.
  • macOS local privilege escalation in installer, Mullvad's own GitHub advisory; may allow local privilege escalation.
  • Reported user-data leak (2023), Reddit threads say a researcher found Mullvad leaking user data; severity unclear in sources.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • €5/month (~$5.83)

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Flat €5/month, no upsells
  • Ease of use: 4/5. GUI described as very simple
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Bare-bones; port forwarding removed
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. No-logs, RAM-only, open source; CVEs patched
  • €5/mo Starting price ~$5.83, one flat plan (PCMag)
  • 5 devices Devices covered per 12-month subscription
  • No Free tier paid only; 10% crypto discount
  • Bootstrapped Funding no outside funding raised (Tracxn)

Pricing

Single flat plan

€5/month (~$5.83)

  • 5 devices
  • No-logs, RAM-only servers
  • 10% discount paying with crypto

Security

Privacy-first: no-logs, RAM-only, open-source; survived a search warrant without data exposure, but several CVEs have shipped.

  • CVE-2024-55884 buffer overflowBuffer overflow flaw in the Mullvad VPN client disclosed in the vulnerability database.
  • CVE-2026-32323 (macOS)Affects macOS with versions 2026.1 and below, per NVD detail.⁹
  • macOS local privilege escalation in installerMullvad's own GitHub advisory; may allow local privilege escalation.⁸
  • Reported user-data leak (2023)Reddit threads say a researcher found Mullvad leaking user data; severity unclear in sources.

What users say

Users praise the simple GUI, cheap gimmick-free pricing, and privacy focus, while some criticize removed port forwarding and call it overrated.

“No pricing or extras gimmicks.”
Apple App Store review
“Ok, I asked for refund because of port forwarding”
Reddit, r/mullvadvpn
“Run this VPN for 2 months on Win10”
Trustpilot
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so quotes are short verbatim fragments.

Flat €5/mo, no-logs, anonymous accounts: a top pick for privacy purists; wrong for free-tier hunters or port-forwarding users.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so quotes are short verbatim fragments.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Pricing - Mullvad VPNmullvad.net
    official
  2. Mullvad VPN Review: A Radically Transparent, Privacy-First VPN (PCMag)pcmag.com
    review
  3. Mullvad VPN Review - The Most "Anonymous" VPN? (TheBestVPN)thebestvpn.com
    review
  4. Mullvad VPN is Overrated (Reddit)reddit.com
    review
  5. Reasonable alternatives to Mullvad? (Reddit)reddit.com
    review
  6. Read Customer Service Reviews of mullvad.net (Trustpilot)trustpilot.com
    review
  7. Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant (Mullvad blog)mullvad.net
    security
  8. macOS Local Privilege Escalation advisory (GitHub)github.com
    security
  9. CVE-2026-32323 Detail (NVD)nvd.nist.gov
    security
  10. The Best Mullvad Alternatives (Gizmodo)gizmodo.com
    news
  11. Mullvad (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org
    official
  12. No-logging of user activity policy (Mullvad)mullvad.net
    official

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