ExpressVPN vs Mullvad

ExpressVPN and Mullvad both list 50 countries. 63 countries are listed only by ExpressVPN, and 0 only by Mullvad.¹

What our measurements show

• ExpressVPN's list gives no server addresses, so none of its locations can be measured. The measurements on this page cover only Mullvad.
• ExpressVPN's list shows which locations are virtual: 104 of 226. Mullvad's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
• On a first visit, ExpressVPN's home page loads 5 advertising or analytics services and Mullvad's loads 0, 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

• ExpressVPN
• Mullvad

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

Country by country

Each row is a country that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider 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	ExpressVPN	Mullvad	Same network4
Albania	not measurable	matches the country within 48 km	–no shared network
Argentina	not measurable	matches the country within 186 km	–no shared network
Australia	not measurable 8 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 24 km 5 locations	–no shared network
Austria	not measurable	matches the country within 49 km	–no shared network
Belgium	not measurable	matches the country within 15 km	–no shared network
Brazil	not measurable 2 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country within 74 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Bulgaria	not measurable	matches the country within 72 km	–no shared network
Canada	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 4 locations	–no shared network
Chile	not measurable	matches the country within 82 km	–no shared network
Colombia	not measurable	matches the country within 62 km	–no shared network
Croatia	not measurable	matches the country within 21 km	–no shared network
Cyprus	not measurable	matches the country within 10 km	–no shared network
Czechia	not measurable	matches the country within 71 km	–no shared network
Denmark	not measurable	matches the country within 236 km	–no shared network
Estonia	not measurable	matches the country within 30 km	–no shared network
Finland	not measurable	matches the country within 40 km	–no shared network
France	not measurable 6 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 481 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Germany	not measurable 5 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 360 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Greece	not measurable	matches the country within 85 km	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	not measurable 3 locations	matches the country within 27 km	–no shared network
Hungary	not measurable	matches the country within 35 km	–no shared network
Indonesia	not measurable	matches the country within 193 km	–no shared network
Ireland	not measurable	matches the country within 31 km	–no shared network
Israel	not measurable	matches the country within 182 km	–no shared network
Italy	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible within 435 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Japan	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Malaysia	not measurable	matches the country within 429 km	–no shared network
Mexico	not measurable	matches the country within 55 km	–no shared network
Netherlands	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country within 84 km	–no shared network
New Zealand	not measurable	matches the country within 26 km	–no shared network
Nigeria	not measurable	matches the country within 99 km	–no shared network
Norway	not measurable	matches the country matches the country within 337 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Peru	not measurable	matches the country within 33 km	–no shared network
Philippines	not measurable	matches the country within 216 km	–no shared network
Poland	not measurable	matches the country within 94 km	–no shared network
Portugal	not measurable	matches the country within 30 km	–no shared network
Romania	not measurable	matches the country within 34 km	–no shared network
Serbia	not measurable	matches the country within 18 km	–no shared network
Singapore	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country within 70 km	–no shared network
Slovakia	not measurable	matches the country within 47 km	–no shared network
Slovenia	not measurable	matches the country within 7 km	–no shared network
South Africa	not measurable	matches the country within 115 km	–no shared network
Spain	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Sweden	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 98 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Switzerland	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 13 km	–no shared network
Thailand	not measurable	matches the country within 654 km	–no shared network
Türkiye	not measurable	matches the country within 248 km	–no shared network
Ukraine	not measurable	matches the country within 17 km	–no shared network
United Kingdom	not measurable 8 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 80 km 3 locations	–no shared network
United States	not measurable 63 locations	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 shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only ExpressVPN (63)

• Andorra
• United Arab Emirates
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bangladesh
• Bermuda
• Brunei
• Bolivia
• Bahamas
• Bhutan
• Belarus
• China
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Algeria
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Greenland
• Guatemala
• Guam
• Honduras
• Isle of Man
• India
• Iceland
• Jersey
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Cambodia
• South Korea
• Cayman Islands
• Kazakhstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Liechtenstein
• Sri Lanka
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Latvia
• Morocco
• Monaco
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Myanmar (Burma)
• Mongolia
• Macao SAR China
• Malta
• Nepal
• Panama
• Pakistan
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Taiwan
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both ExpressVPN and Mullvad.

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As of November 1, 2026.