# Mullvad VPN > Flat-rate Swedish VPN with anonymous numbered accounts Mullvad VPN is a VPN from Mullvad VPN AB in Sweden that charges one flat monthly rate however long you pay for. Accounts are a generated number with no email address, and payment can be made in cash or cryptocurrency. The app is open source under GPL-3 and covers up to five devices. - **Category:** VPNs - **Made by:** Mullvad VPN AB (since 2009) - **Website:** https://mullvad.net - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Mullvad VPN is a paid product, starting at €5 per month, the same rate for any length paid ahead. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Flat rate | €5 per month, whether you pay for 1 month, 1 year or longer | Every feature on up to 5 devices, VAT included. The page gives $5.62 as the dollar equivalent. No sales or term discounts. | Read from https://mullvad.net/en/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mullvad VPN before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **10% off when paying with cryptocurrency** (Other savings): Mullvad discounts payments made in its accepted cryptocurrencies by 10%, citing lower fees and less administration. Source: https://mullvad.net/en/pricing ## Key features - **Anonymous accounts:** Signing up generates an account number; no email or other personal details are asked for, and cash or cryptocurrency are accepted. - **DAITA:** Defense Against AI-guided Traffic Analysis, a feature in the app meant to make encrypted traffic harder to analyze. - **Quantum-resistant tunnels:** Quantum-resistant VPN tunnels can be switched on in the apps on every supported platform. - **Multihop and obfuscation:** Route traffic through two or more servers in different jurisdictions, and use obfuscation to get past firewalls that block VPNs. - **DNS content blocking:** Built-in toggles block ads, trackers and malware through Mullvad's DNS, except on Android, where custom DNS entries do the same job. ## Good for - People who want a VPN account with no email or name attached - Paying in cash or cryptocurrency - Short-term use at the same price as a long commitment ## Worth knowing - Priced in euros: €5 a month, which the page converts to about $5.62. - Covers up to 5 devices, and offers neither port forwarding nor dedicated IP addresses. - No free trial; the 14-day money-back guarantee excludes cash payments, and the VPN page also excludes crypto payments. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Mullvad is the privacy purist's VPN: you get an account number instead of an email, you can pay in cash, and it's the same €5 a month however long you sign up for. The apps are open source. But there's no trial, no port forwarding, and it covers five devices. - **Value for money: C.** €5 a month flat, about $5.62, whether you pay for one month or a year ahead, so two years come to €120. That's a little above the middle of what VPNs charge, with no first-term discount to expire. Paying in cryptocurrency takes 10% off. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free: there's no trial, and the 14-day money-back guarantee excludes cash and, on the VPN page, crypto payments too. A money-back guarantee isn't a trial anyway. - **Features: C.** Anonymous numbered accounts, DAITA against traffic analysis, quantum-resistant tunnels, multihop, obfuscation and DNS blocking. But the listing names the gaps: 5 devices, no port forwarding and no dedicated IPs. - **Ease of use: C.** 4.1 from about 1,500 App Store ratings, below most VPNs here. You sign up with a generated account number rather than an email, so keep that number somewhere safe. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, with open-source apps. There's no integration list or API on record, so it stops at B. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mullvad's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among VPNs - Mullvad VPN's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 16 other VPNs we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 16) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $5.60 a month, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 9 of the 15 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/vpn ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Mullvad VPN you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 14 of the 16 other VPNs grade higher. It costs $67.24 a year. Mullvad VPN is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Ad and tracker blocking: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.1 out of 5 from 1,465 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1488466513 **Tags:** VPN, Open source, Ad and tracker blocking ## Alternatives - [Proton VPN](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-vpn): Open-source Swiss VPN with a free plan that has no data cap. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mullvad-vs-nordvpn) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://mullvad.net/en/pricing - https://mullvad.net/en/vpn - https://mullvad.net/en/help/faq - https://mullvad.net/en/open-source - https://mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/windows - https://mullvad.net/en/download/browser/extension Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mullvad Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).