Mullvad vs OVPN

Mullvad and OVPN both list 20 countries. 30 countries are listed only by Mullvad, and 0 only by OVPN.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 20 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for Mullvad in 20 of them and for OVPN in 20. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
So far, no measured location of either provider has its server outside the listed country without being marked as virtual.
Neither list has a field for virtual locations, so the lists do not tell you whether either provider uses any.
In 14 of the 20 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 in Austria. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, Mullvad's home page loads 0 advertising or analytics services and OVPN's loads 1, before anything is clicked.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

Mullvad
OVPN

Metric	Mullvad	OVPN
Countries	50	20
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	–
Locations	91	32
Servers listed	526	96
Marked as virtual	–	–
Measured	91	32
Matches the country	63	24
Server outside the country	0	0
Networks	27	7
Locations in shared networks	98 %	94 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	58 %	75 %
Third-party services loaded	0	4
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	1
Lowest price per month	€5.00	$4.22
Per month after the initial term	not stated	not stated
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	a public list the provider does not document

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country both providers list where at least one of them has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	Mullvad	OVPN	Same network⁴
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 24 km 5 locations	matches the country within 31 km	M247
Austria	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country within 26 km	M247
Canada	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 4 locations	matches the country within 44 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 236 km	matches the country within 201 km	M247
Finland	matches the country within 40 km	matches the country within 84 km	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 481 km 3 locations	matches the country within 683 km	M247
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 360 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 325 km 3 locations	CDNEXT, M247
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 435 km 2 locations	matches the country within 744 km	no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	matches the country within 43 km	M247
Netherlands	matches the country within 84 km	matches the country within 85 km	no shared network
Norway	matches the country matches the country within 337 km 2 locations	matches the country within 288 km	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 94 km	matches the country within 94 km	CDNEXT
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country within 40 km	M247
Singapore	matches the country within 70 km	matches the country within 76 km	M247
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	matches the country within 42 km	M247
Sweden	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 98 km 3 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country within 32 km 4 locations	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country within 24 km	M247
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	matches the country within 29 km	CDNEXT
United Kingdom	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 80 km 3 locations	matches the country within 64 km	M247
United States	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 21 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 39 km 8 locations	CDNEXT, M247

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Mullvad or OVPN

listed by both: 20 (40 %)
only Mullvad: 30 (60 %)
only OVPN: 0 (0 %)

only Mullvad (30)

Networks both use

2 networks host locations from both Mullvad and OVPN.⁴

CDNEXT
M247

Mullvad or OVPN: questions and answers

Which is better, Mullvad or OVPN?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Mullvad lists 50 countries, OVPN lists 20. Mullvad's pricing page promises a refund within 14 days, OVPN's within 10 days.

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Which is cheaper, Mullvad or OVPN?

Mullvad starts at €5.00 and OVPN at $4.22 per month for the initial term. The prices are in different currencies or were requested from different countries, so they cannot be compared directly.

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