Mullvad vs Private Internet Access

Mullvad and Private Internet Access both list 50 countries. 0 countries are listed only by Mullvad, and 63 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

50 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for Mullvad in 50 of them and for Private Internet Access in 41. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 1 of Private Internet Access's 215 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and Private Internet Access's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
At 41 of Private Internet Access's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Private Internet Access's own list marks each one as virtual.
Private Internet Access's list shows which locations are virtual: 96 of 215. Mullvad's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 22 of the 50 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example Keminet SHPK in Albania. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
On a first visit, Mullvad's home page loads 0 advertising or analytics services and Private Internet Access's loads 4, 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
Private Internet Access

Metric	Mullvad	Private Internet Access
Countries	50	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	51
Locations	91	215
Servers listed	526	545
Marked as virtual	–	45 %
Measured	91	215
Matches the country	63	102
Server outside the country	0	42
Networks	27	20
Locations in shared networks	98 %	95 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	58 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	0	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	4
Lowest price per month	€5.00	$2.03
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$2.19
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	the list the provider's own published tools read

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	Mullvad	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 48 km	matches the country within 49 km	Keminet SHPK
Argentina	matches the country within 186 km	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 24 km 5 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 33 km 7 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 15 km	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	no shared network
Brazil	no conclusion possible matches the country within 74 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 62 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Bulgaria	matches the country within 72 km	matches the country within 40 km	no shared network
Canada	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 52 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Chile	matches the country within 82 km	matches the country matches the country within 78 km 2 locations	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 62 km	matches the country within 62 km	Datacamp Limited
Croatia	matches the country within 21 km	matches the country within 5 km	Datacamp Limited
Cyprus	matches the country within 10 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 71 km	matches the country within 55 km	Datacamp Limited
Denmark	matches the country within 236 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country within 603 km	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 40 km	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country within 481 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 360 km 3 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Greece	matches the country within 85 km	matches the country within 95 km	Datacamp Limited
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 27 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 35 km	matches the country matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Indonesia	matches the country within 193 km	matches the country within 110 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country within 146 km	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 182 km	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 435 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 30 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Malaysia	matches the country within 429 km	matches the country within 531 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 84 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
New Zealand	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Nigeria	matches the country within 99 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Norway	matches the country matches the country within 337 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 33 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Philippines	matches the country within 216 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 94 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Singapore	matches the country within 70 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovakia	matches the country within 47 km	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	matches the country within 68 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 115 km	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Sweden	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 98 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Switzerland	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Thailand	matches the country within 654 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 248 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Kingdom	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 80 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 134 km 5 locations	M247 Europe SRL
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	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country 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 matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country 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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 46 km 56 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Mullvad or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 50 (44 %)
only Mullvad: 0 (0 %)
only Private Internet Access: 63 (56 %)

only Private Internet Access (63)

Networks both use

4 networks host locations from both Mullvad and Private Internet Access.⁴

Datacamp Limited
Keminet SHPK
M247 Europe SRL
Zenlayer Inc

Mullvad or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, Mullvad or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Mullvad lists 50 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. Mullvad's pricing page promises a refund within 14 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days. Mullvad is based in Sweden, Private Internet Access in the United States.

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Which is cheaper, Mullvad or Private Internet Access?

Mullvad starts at €5.00 and Private Internet Access at $2.03 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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