Mullvad vs Proton VPN

Mullvad and Proton VPN both list 50 countries. 0 countries are listed only by Mullvad, and 99 only by Proton VPN.¹

What our measurements show

Proton VPN's list gives no server addresses, so none of its locations can be measured. The measurements on this page cover only Mullvad.
Neither list has a field for virtual locations, so the lists do not tell you whether either provider uses any.
Neither home page loads advertising or analytics services when opened as a first-time visitor.

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
Proton VPN

Metric	Mullvad	Proton VPN
Countries	50	149
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	–
Locations	91	195
Servers listed	526	18,744
Marked as virtual	–	–
Measured	91	–
Matches the country	63	–
Server outside the country	0	–
Networks	27	–
Locations in shared networks	98 %	–
In Fourteen Eyes countries	58 %	27 %
Third-party services loaded	0	0
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	0
Lowest price per month	€5.00	$3.49
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$6.99
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	a page on the provider's website

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	Proton VPN	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 48 km	not measurable	no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 186 km	not measurable	no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 24 km 5 locations	not measurable 5 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 49 km	not measurable	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 15 km	not measurable	no shared network
Brazil	no conclusion possible matches the country within 74 km 2 locations	not measurable	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 72 km	not measurable	no shared network
Canada	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 4 locations	not measurable 3 locations	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 82 km	not measurable	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 62 km	not measurable	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 21 km	not measurable	no shared network
Cyprus	matches the country within 14 km	not measurable	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 71 km	not measurable	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 236 km	not measurable	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 30 km	not measurable	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 40 km	not measurable	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 481 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 360 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 85 km	not measurable	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 27 km	not measurable	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 35 km	not measurable	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 193 km	not measurable	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 31 km	not measurable	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 182 km	not measurable	no shared network
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 435 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 429 km	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 84 km	not measurable	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 26 km	not measurable	no shared network
Nigeria	matches the country within 99 km	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country matches the country within 337 km 2 locations	not measurable	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 33 km	not measurable	no shared network
Philippines	matches the country within 216 km	not measurable	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 94 km	not measurable	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 30 km	not measurable	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	not measurable	no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 18 km	not measurable	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 70 km	not measurable	no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country within 47 km	not measurable	no shared network
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	not measurable	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 115 km	not measurable	no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 98 km 3 locations	not measurable	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 13 km	not measurable	no shared network
Thailand	matches the country within 654 km	not measurable	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 248 km	not measurable	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	not measurable	no shared network
United Kingdom	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 80 km 3 locations	not measurable 6 locations	no shared network
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	not measurable 22 locations	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Mullvad or Proton VPN

listed by both: 50 (34 %)
only Mullvad: 0 (0 %)
only Proton VPN: 99 (66 %)

only Proton VPN (99)

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both Mullvad and Proton VPN.

Mullvad or Proton VPN: questions and answers

Which is better, Mullvad or Proton VPN?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Mullvad lists 50 countries, Proton VPN lists 149. Mullvad's pricing page promises a refund within 14 days, Proton VPN's within 30 days. Mullvad is based in Sweden, Proton VPN in Switzerland.

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Which is cheaper, Mullvad or Proton VPN?

Mullvad starts at €5.00 and Proton VPN at $3.49 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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