Mullvad VPN / Perfect Privacy compared
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| Mullvad VPN | Perfect Privacy | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal company name | Mullvad VPN ABconfirmed | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed |
| Trademark holder, if different | Mullvad VPN ABprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim |
| Year founded | 2009provider claim | 2008provider claim |
| Headquarters (country) | SEconfirmed | DEconfirmed |
| Other relevant jurisdictions | Swedenprovider claim | DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed |
| Parent group / holding | Amagicom ABprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim |
| Beneficial owners publicly known | fully knownprovider claim | partly knownprovider claim |
| Ownership structure | founder ownedprovider claim | owners undisclosedprovider claim |
| Sister VPN brands in the group | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Group owns VPN review and comparison sites | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Runs an affiliate programme | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Typical commission rate | none (no classic affiliate commission program; reseller partnerships exist)provider claim | ? |
| YouTube and influencer sponsoring | noneprovider claim | unknownprovider claim |
| Acquisition history / former name | none disclosed on homeprovider claim | Originally Switzerland-based (from 2008); later operated by CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH in Hamburg, Germany; technical entity claimed as Webinvest International SA (Panama)provider claim |
| Operating status | activeconfirmed | discontinuedconfirmed |
| Discontinuation date | ? | 01/30/2026provider claim |
| Core statement of the logging policy | Kontonummer und Ablaufdatum sind die einzigen dauerhaft gespeicherten Kontodaten. Keine Speicherung von Verkehrsdaten, DNS-Anfragen, IP-Adressen, Verbindungszeitpunkten und Bandbreite je Konto.provider claim | No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Enforcement of the device limit | Zählung der gleichzeitigen Verbindungen laut Anbieter ausschließlich im Arbeitsspeicher, ohne dauerhafte Speicherung auf Datenträger.provider claim | Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim |
| Minimum account data required | Kontonummer und Ablaufdatum. Kein Benutzername, kein Passwort, keine E-Mail-Adresse.provider claim | username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Trackers and SDKs in the Android app | No third-party analytics SDKs described; first-party app telemetry sends app/OS version counters onlyconfirmed | None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim |
| Trackers in the iOS app | No third-party analytics SDKs described in no-logging policy; first-party version telemetry discussed primarily with Android examplesprovider claim | No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim |
| Trackers and cookies on the website | Laut Cookie-Richtlinie fünf Cookies: authToken, language, csrftoken sowie __stripe_sid und __stripe_mid des Zahlungsdienstleisters Stripe. Keine Analyse- oder Werbecookies genannt.provider claim | Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim |
| Data shared with third parties | Zahlungsdienstleister (unter anderem Stripe, PayPal, Swish) und Auftragsverarbeiter für Dienstleistungen. Laut Datenschutzerklärung keine Übermittlung außerhalb von EU und EWR.provider claim | Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim |
| Retention periods stated in the policy | Zahlungs- und Transaktions-IDs 20 Tage. Buchhaltungsunterlagen nach schwedischem Buchführungsgesetz sieben Jahre. Support-E-Mails 70 Tage. Nginx-Zugriffsprotokolle des Webservers bis zu fünf Minuten.provider claim | VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim |
| Independent no-logs audit | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| No-logs audit details | Assured Security Consultants, Serverprüfung 25.04. bis 13.05.2022, Bericht vom 21.06.2022: 0 kritische, 0 hohe, 11 mittlere, 9 niedrige Befunde. Fazit: die Konfiguration zeigte keine Anzeichen direkter Kundeninformationen.confirmed | No-logs policy described as involuntarily tested via police server seizures (notably 2016 Golem/heise reporting); vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepageprovider claim |
| Audit report published | full reportconfirmed | not publishedprovider claim |
| App and client audits | App-Audits im Repository dokumentiert: Assured und Cure53 (2018), Cure53 (2020), Atredis (2022), X41 D-Sec (2024), NCC Group Android (2025), Leviathan Security Android (2026). Dazu X41 D-Sec für Konto- und Zahlungsdienste (Bericht vom 20.01.2026).confirmed | Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim |
| Infrastructure and server audits | Cure53 prüfte vom 03. bis 14.06.2024 WireGuard- und OpenVPN-Relays im Whitebox-Verfahren und fand fünf Punkte, davon einen mittleren und einen niedrigen Befund. Zuvor Assured (2022) und Radically Open Security (2023).confirmed | No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim |
| Audit frequency | ? | irregularprovider claim |
| Tested in court or by authorities | Am 18.04.2023 durchsuchten Beamte der schwedischen Polizeieinheit NOA das Büro in Göteborg. Der Durchsuchungsbeschluss war am 17.02.2023 auf ein deutsches Rechtshilfeersuchen hin ergangen. Nach Anbieterangabe verließen die Beamten den Standort ohne Beschlagnahme und ohne Kundendaten.provider claim | 2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim |
| Transparency report | occasionalprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Warrant canary | noneprovider claim | staleprovider claim |
| Security incidents and data leaks | ? | Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed |
| Bug bounty programme | Kein Bug-Bounty-Programm mit Geldprämien. Meldungen per E-Mail, auf Wunsch PGP-verschlüsselt; der Anbieter sagt zu, gegen meldende Sicherheitsforschende nicht rechtlich vorzugehen.provider claim | ? |
| Handling of reported vulnerabilities | Veröffentlichte Offenlegungsrichtlinie: Vorfälle mit Bezug zu Kundendaten werden nach Behebung öffentlich beschrieben, Vorfälle ohne Kundendatenbezug nur intern behandelt.provider claim | ? |
| Open source clients | allconfirmed | someprovider claim |
| Open source server side | partialprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Reproducible builds | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Available on F-Droid | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Listings by independent bodies | Privacy Guides führt Mullvad neben Proton VPN und IVPN als einen von drei empfohlenen VPN-Anbietern und nennt dabei Audits, Monero- und Barzahlung sowie die Offenlegung von eigenen und gemieteten Servern.confirmed | Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim |
| WireGuard | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over UDP | noconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over TCP | noconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| IKEv2/IPsec | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Proprietary protocol | noneprovider claim | Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim |
| Legacy protocols still offered | OpenVPN removed (removal announced; WireGuard-only network in relays API)provider claim | SSH2 tunnelprovider claim |
| Default data cipher | ChaCha20 mit Poly1305-Authentifizierung (AEAD nach RFC 7539)provider claim | AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim |
| Weakest accepted cipher | ? | AES-256provider claim |
| Key exchange and authentication | Noise_IK-Handshake mit Curve25519-ECDH, BLAKE2s als Hash und HKDF zur Schlüsselableitungprovider claim | OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim |
| Post-quantum key exchange | on by defaultprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Obfuscation methods | Vier Verfahren in der App: Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO), WireGuard über QUIC (UDP 443), WireGuard über Shadowsocks und UDP-over-TCP (Ports 80, 443, 5001).provider claim | Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim |
| Usability behind the Great Firewall | per user reportsprovider claim | unclearprovider claim |
| Permanent lockdown | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Split tunneling | Anwendungsbasiert auf Windows, Linux, macOS und Android. Auf iOS laut Feature-Matrix nicht vorhanden.provider claim | yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim |
| Port forwarding | not availableprovider claim | availableprovider claim |
| HTTP proxy | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Traffic analysis defence | DAITA (Defense Against AI-guided Traffic Analysis) mit konstanten Paketgrößen, zufälligem Hintergrundverkehr und Musterverzerrung, aufgebaut auf dem quelloffenen Maybenot-Framework. Laut Feature-Matrix auf allen fünf Plattformen verfügbar.provider claim | Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim |
| Number of servers | 576 Serverconfirmed | 55 Serverprovider claim |
| Number of countries | 50 Laenderconfirmed | 23 Laenderprovider claim |
| Number of cities | 91 Staedteconfirmed | 35 Staedteprovider claim |
| Hardware ownership | mixedconfirmed | colocationprovider claim |
| Public status page | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Known upstream hosting providers | 14 Betreiber laut Relay-Liste: 31173, Blix, Creanova, DataPacket, HostRoyale, M247, PrivateLayer, Tzulo, Veloxserv, Zenlayer, hostuniversal, iRegister, techfutures, xtom.confirmed | 100% dedicated bare-metal / root servers (no cloud VPS); operators not individually named on fetched pagesprovider claim |
| Linux command line | native appprovider claim | manual config onlyprovider claim |
| Browser extension | own extensionprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Type of browser extension | controls the desktop appprovider claim | no extensionprovider claim |
| Router support | Dokumentierte Anleitungen für OpenWrt und pfSense, jeweils mit WireGuard.provider claim | VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim |
| Simultaneous devices | 5provider claim | unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim |
| Usable without an account | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Data required at signup | nothing requiredprovider claim | any email addressprovider claim |
| Account model | account number onlyprovider claim | email as loginprovider claim |
| Monero | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Monthly price | €5.00provider claim | €12.99provider claim |
| Effective price on the longest term | €5.00provider claim | €8.95provider claim |
| Flat pricing without permanent discounts | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Money-back window | 14 Tageprovider claim | 7 Tageprovider claim |
| Netflix regions reported | ? | Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim |
| Other streaming services | ? | CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim |
| SMTP and port 25 handling | TCP port 25 blocked (spam); ports 465/587 not singled out as blockedprovider claim | Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim |
| Official support in restrictive countries | Eigene Anleitung für Netze mit Filterung mit vier Verschleierungsverfahren. Zu China schreibt der Anbieter, dass alle Mullvad-Server in Asien blockiert seien, und empfiehlt Server in den USA.provider claim | ? |
| Documentation assessment | thorough and currentprovider claim | workableprovider claim |
| SSL Labs grade of the website | A+confirmed | ? |
| Tracker load of the website | Necessary cookies only (authToken, language, csrftoken) plus Stripe payment cookies when payingconfirmed | Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim |
| URL of the warrant canary | No dedicated warrant-canary page found this session (blog tag 404)provider claim | Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim |
| Length and readability of the legal documents | Clear plain-language ToS with explicit port blocks, price, and refund pointerprovider claim | Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim |
| Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms | Flat €5/mo since launch messaging on pricing page; 581 servers / 50 countries / 91 cities / 14 providers on servers pageconfirmed | Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim |
All sourced criteria (153)
| Mullvad VPN | Perfect Privacy | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal company name | Mullvad VPN ABconfirmed | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbHconfirmed |
| Trademark holder, if different | Mullvad VPN ABprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH / Perfect Privacy brandprovider claim |
| Year founded | 2009provider claim | 2008provider claim |
| Headquarters (country) | SEconfirmed | DEconfirmed |
| Other relevant jurisdictions | Swedenprovider claim | DE (Hamburg HRB 152750)confirmed |
| Intelligence alliance of the home country | 14 Eyesconfirmed | 14 Eyesconfirmed |
| Parent group / holding | Amagicom ABprovider claim | CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH (Hamburg)provider claim |
| Beneficial owners publicly known | fully knownprovider claim | partly knownprovider claim |
| Ownership structure | founder ownedprovider claim | owners undisclosedprovider claim |
| Leadership team publicly named | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Verifiable postal address for legal service | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Sister VPN brands in the group | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Group owns VPN review and comparison sites | noneprovider claim | none documentedprovider claim |
| Runs an affiliate programme | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Typical commission rate | none (no classic affiliate commission program; reseller partnerships exist)provider claim | ? |
| YouTube and influencer sponsoring | noneprovider claim | unknownprovider claim |
| Acquisition history / former name | none disclosed on homeprovider claim | Originally Switzerland-based (from 2008); later operated by CyberDock IT Solutions GmbH in Hamburg, Germany; technical entity claimed as Webinvest International SA (Panama)provider claim |
| Operating status | activeconfirmed | discontinuedconfirmed |
| Discontinuation date | ? | 01/30/2026provider claim |
| Core statement of the logging policy | Kontonummer und Ablaufdatum sind die einzigen dauerhaft gespeicherten Kontodaten. Keine Speicherung von Verkehrsdaten, DNS-Anfragen, IP-Adressen, Verbindungszeitpunkten und Bandbreite je Konto.provider claim | No user traffic logs; no IP addresses, access times/duration, or per-user bandwidth stored; account holds login, expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Activity and traffic logs | noneconfirmed | noneconfirmed |
| Connection logs | noneprovider claim | noneconfirmed |
| Storage of the real IP address | not storedprovider claim | not storedconfirmed |
| Storage of the assigned VPN IP | not storedprovider claim | not storedprovider claim |
| Precision of stored timestamps | noneprovider claim | noneconfirmed |
| Recording of transferred data volume | aggregate onlyprovider claim | aggregate onlyconfirmed |
| Enforcement of the device limit | Zählung der gleichzeitigen Verbindungen laut Anbieter ausschließlich im Arbeitsspeicher, ohne dauerhafte Speicherung auf Datenträger.provider claim | Unlimited simultaneous connections (vendor claim; mirrored in reviews)provider claim |
| Minimum account data required | Kontonummer und Ablaufdatum. Kein Benutzername, kein Passwort, keine E-Mail-Adresse.provider claim | username/password, account expiry, emailconfirmed |
| Telemetry in the apps | noneprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Trackers and SDKs in the Android app | No third-party analytics SDKs described; first-party app telemetry sends app/OS version counters onlyconfirmed | None — vendor claimed in-house development without third parties (Wayback home)provider claim |
| Trackers in the iOS app | No third-party analytics SDKs described in no-logging policy; first-party version telemetry discussed primarily with Android examplesprovider claim | No iOS app (CyberInsider con); N/A for first-party iOS SDKsprovider claim |
| Trackers and cookies on the website | Laut Cookie-Richtlinie fünf Cookies: authToken, language, csrftoken sowie __stripe_sid und __stripe_mid des Zahlungsdienstleisters Stripe. Keine Analyse- oder Werbecookies genannt.provider claim | Google Analytics with anonymizeIp; advertising cookies disclosedprovider claim |
| Data shared with third parties | Zahlungsdienstleister (unter anderem Stripe, PayPal, Swish) und Auftragsverarbeiter für Dienstleistungen. Laut Datenschutzerklärung keine Übermittlung außerhalb von EU und EWR.provider claim | Payment processors (Paymentwall, PayPal, Stripe, Bitcoin processors); Google Analytics on website with anonymized IPprovider claim |
| Retention periods stated in the policy | Zahlungs- und Transaktions-IDs 20 Tage. Buchhaltungsunterlagen nach schwedischem Buchführungsgesetz sieben Jahre. Support-E-Mails 70 Tage. Nginx-Zugriffsprotokolle des Webservers bis zu fünf Minuten.provider claim | VPN: no connection data retained; account credentials/email/expiry retained for billing/supportprovider claim |
| EU representative named under GDPR | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Independent no-logs audit | yesconfirmed | noprovider claim |
| No-logs audit details | Assured Security Consultants, Serverprüfung 25.04. bis 13.05.2022, Bericht vom 21.06.2022: 0 kritische, 0 hohe, 11 mittlere, 9 niedrige Befunde. Fazit: die Konfiguration zeigte keine Anzeichen direkter Kundeninformationen.confirmed | No-logs policy described as involuntarily tested via police server seizures (notably 2016 Golem/heise reporting); vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepageprovider claim |
| Audit report published | full reportconfirmed | not publishedprovider claim |
| App and client audits | App-Audits im Repository dokumentiert: Assured und Cure53 (2018), Cure53 (2020), Atredis (2022), X41 D-Sec (2024), NCC Group Android (2025), Leviathan Security Android (2026). Dazu X41 D-Sec für Konto- und Zahlungsdienste (Bericht vom 20.01.2026).confirmed | Vendor claimed regular internal/external audits on Wayback homepage; no named app-audit firm/report URL foundprovider claim |
| Infrastructure and server audits | Cure53 prüfte vom 03. bis 14.06.2024 WireGuard- und OpenVPN-Relays im Whitebox-Verfahren und fand fünf Punkte, davon einen mittleren und einen niedrigen Befund. Zuvor Assured (2022) und Radically Open Security (2023).confirmed | No public infra audit report found; involuntary 2016 seizure treated as practical no-logs test in secondary sourcesprovider claim |
| Audit frequency | ? | irregularprovider claim |
| Tested in court or by authorities | Am 18.04.2023 durchsuchten Beamte der schwedischen Polizeieinheit NOA das Büro in Göteborg. Der Durchsuchungsbeschluss war am 17.02.2023 auf ein deutsches Rechtshilfeersuchen hin ergangen. Nach Anbieterangabe verließen die Beamten den Standort ohne Beschlagnahme und ohne Kundendaten.provider claim | 2016 Netherlands server seizure reported; no customer data recovered (vendor/community narrative on archived pages and reviews)provider claim |
| Transparency report | occasionalprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Warrant canary | noneprovider claim | staleprovider claim |
| Security incidents and data leaks | ? | Police seizures of VPN hardware/servers reported (heise 2010; Golem 2016); operator framed seizures as validating no-logs (no user data found)confirmed |
| Bug bounty programme | Kein Bug-Bounty-Programm mit Geldprämien. Meldungen per E-Mail, auf Wunsch PGP-verschlüsselt; der Anbieter sagt zu, gegen meldende Sicherheitsforschende nicht rechtlich vorzugehen.provider claim | ? |
| Handling of reported vulnerabilities | Veröffentlichte Offenlegungsrichtlinie: Vorfälle mit Bezug zu Kundendaten werden nach Behebung öffentlich beschrieben, Vorfälle ohne Kundendatenbezug nur intern behandelt.provider claim | ? |
| Open source clients | allconfirmed | someprovider claim |
| Open source server side | partialprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Reproducible builds | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Available on F-Droid | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Listings by independent bodies | Privacy Guides führt Mullvad neben Proton VPN und IVPN als einen von drei empfohlenen VPN-Anbietern und nennt dabei Audits, Monero- und Barzahlung sowie die Offenlegung von eigenen und gemieteten Servern.confirmed | Historically recommended in privacy community reviews; CyberInsider and SafetyDetectives reviewed it; recommendations withdrawn after Jan 2026 shutdownprovider claim |
| WireGuard | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over UDP | noconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| OpenVPN over TCP | noconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| IKEv2/IPsec | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Proprietary protocol | noneprovider claim | Stealth VPN (DPI obfuscation wrapping VPN to look like HTTPS)provider claim |
| Legacy protocols still offered | OpenVPN removed (removal announced; WireGuard-only network in relays API)provider claim | SSH2 tunnelprovider claim |
| Default data cipher | ChaCha20 mit Poly1305-Authentifizierung (AEAD nach RFC 7539)provider claim | AES-256 (OpenVPN)provider claim |
| Weakest accepted cipher | ? | AES-256provider claim |
| Key exchange and authentication | Noise_IK-Handshake mit Curve25519-ECDH, BLAKE2s als Hash und HKDF zur Schlüsselableitungprovider claim | OpenVPN / IPsec industry standards (details not fully specified on feature pages)provider claim |
| Perfect forward secrecy | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Post-quantum key exchange | on by defaultprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Own DNS resolvers | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| DNS leak protection | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| IPv6 handling | routed through tunnelconfirmed | routed through tunnelprovider claim |
| WebRTC protection or guidance | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Obfuscation methods | Vier Verfahren in der App: Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO), WireGuard über QUIC (UDP 443), WireGuard über Shadowsocks und UDP-over-TCP (Ports 80, 443, 5001).provider claim | Stealth VPN (HTTPS-like masking against DPI)provider claim |
| Usability behind the Great Firewall | per user reportsprovider claim | unclearprovider claim |
| Kill switch | system-wideprovider claim | system-wideprovider claim |
| Permanent lockdown | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Split tunneling | Anwendungsbasiert auf Windows, Linux, macOS und Android. Auf iOS laut Feature-Matrix nicht vorhanden.provider claim | yes (app split-tunneling per SafetyDetectives review of the service)provider claim |
| Multihop | freely combinableprovider claim | freely combinableprovider claim |
| Tor integration (Onion over VPN) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Port forwarding | not availableprovider claim | availableprovider claim |
| SOCKS5 proxy | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| HTTP proxy | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Smart DNS | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Ad and tracker filtering in DNS | configurableprovider claim | configurableprovider claim |
| Malware and phishing filter | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Custom DNS servers allowed | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Local network access toggle | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Auto connect rules | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Private device network (mesh) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| GPS location override (Android) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Traffic analysis defence | DAITA (Defense Against AI-guided Traffic Analysis) mit konstanten Paketgrößen, zufälligem Hintergrundverkehr und Musterverzerrung, aufgebaut auf dem quelloffenen Maybenot-Framework. Laut Feature-Matrix auf allen fünf Plattformen verfügbar.provider claim | Stealth VPN Technology / NeuroRouting historically offeredprovider claim |
| IPv6 inside the tunnel | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Obfuscation without configuration | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Number of servers | 576 Serverconfirmed | 55 Serverprovider claim |
| Number of countries | 50 Laenderconfirmed | 23 Laenderprovider claim |
| Number of cities | 91 Staedteconfirmed | 35 Staedteprovider claim |
| Virtual locations | no virtual locationsprovider claim | no virtual locationsprovider claim |
| RAM-only servers (diskless) | entire networkconfirmed | entire networkprovider claim |
| Hardware ownership | mixedconfirmed | colocationprovider claim |
| Own AS (autonomous system) | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| 10 Gbps ports | some serversconfirmed | some serversprovider claim |
| P2P and file sharing | entire networkprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Public server list | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Public status page | noprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Known upstream hosting providers | 14 Betreiber laut Relay-Liste: 31173, Blix, Creanova, DataPacket, HostRoyale, M247, PrivateLayer, Tzulo, Veloxserv, Zenlayer, hostuniversal, iRegister, techfutures, xtom.confirmed | 100% dedicated bare-metal / root servers (no cloud VPS); operators not individually named on fetched pagesprovider claim |
| Windows app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| macOS app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Linux app with GUI | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Linux command line | native appprovider claim | manual config onlyprovider claim |
| Android app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| iOS app | native appprovider claim | native appprovider claim |
| Android TV app | not availableprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Apple TV app | not availableprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Fire TV app | not availableprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Browser extension | own extensionprovider claim | not availableprovider claim |
| Type of browser extension | controls the desktop appprovider claim | no extensionprovider claim |
| Router support | Dokumentierte Anleitungen für OpenWrt und pfSense, jeweils mit WireGuard.provider claim | VPN Routers documentation linked in footerprovider claim |
| Native build for Apple Silicon | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Command line documented | yesconfirmed | yesprovider claim |
| Simultaneous devices | 5provider claim | unlimited / personal multi-device use allowed; no sharing credentialsprovider claim |
| Usable without an account | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Data required at signup | nothing requiredprovider claim | any email addressprovider claim |
| Account model | account number onlyprovider claim | email as loginprovider claim |
| Cash by mail | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Monero | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Bitcoin | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Lightning | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Retail gift cards | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| PayPal | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Credit and debit card | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| SEPA payment | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Monthly price | €5.00provider claim | €12.99provider claim |
| Effective price on the longest term | €5.00provider claim | €8.95provider claim |
| Price change at renewal | same priceprovider claim | same priceprovider claim |
| Flat pricing without permanent discounts | yesprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Free tier and its limits | noneprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| Money-back window | 14 Tageprovider claim | 7 Tageprovider claim |
| Cancellation path | cancel in accountprovider claim | cancel in accountprovider claim |
| P2P policy in the terms of service | entire networkprovider claim | entire networkprovider claim |
| Streaming unblocking officially advertised | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Netflix regions reported | ? | Poor / largely incompatible with Netflix and Disney+ per CyberInsider testing notesprovider claim |
| Other streaming services | ? | CyberInsider: does not work well with streaming sites such as Netflix and Disney Plusprovider claim |
| Bandwidth cap | no limitprovider claim | no limitprovider claim |
| Data cap | noneprovider claim | noneprovider claim |
| SMTP and port 25 handling | TCP port 25 blocked (spam); ports 465/587 not singled out as blockedprovider claim | Not documented on fetched Wayback/review pagesprovider claim |
| Official support in restrictive countries | Eigene Anleitung für Netze mit Filterung mit vier Verschleierungsverfahren. Zu China schreibt der Anbieter, dass alle Mullvad-Server in Asien blockiert seien, und empfiehlt Server in den USA.provider claim | ? |
| 24/7 live chat | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Email or ticket support | yesprovider claim | yesconfirmed |
| Telephone support | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| German-language support | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| Documentation assessment | thorough and currentprovider claim | workableprovider claim |
| Self-hosted chat widget | noprovider claim | noprovider claim |
| Self-service account deletion | yesprovider claim | yesprovider claim |
| SSL Labs grade of the website | A+confirmed | ? |
| Tracker load of the website | Necessary cookies only (authToken, language, csrftoken) plus Stripe payment cookies when payingconfirmed | Privacy policy covered website cookies historicallyprovider claim |
| URL of the warrant canary | No dedicated warrant-canary page found this session (blog tag 404)provider claim | Historical warrant canary page (service discontinued)provider claim |
| Length and readability of the legal documents | Clear plain-language ToS with explicit port blocks, price, and refund pointerprovider claim | Technical privacy-focused documentation historicallyprovider claim |
| Marketing claims contradicting the provider's own terms | Flat €5/mo since launch messaging on pricing page; 581 servers / 50 countries / 91 cities / 14 providers on servers pageconfirmed | Discontinued service — historical claims onlyprovider claim |