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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

Alternatives to Mullvad VPN.

Swedish privacy-maximalist VPN (Amagicom AB, Gothenburg). Cross-reference: listed in our directory as a product.

ALTERNATIVES
5
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
4
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
2

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Mullvad VPN alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

IVPN
Gibraltar · Founded 2009
EU-BASED
★ #1 PICK

Gibraltar-incorporated VPN (IVPN Limited / ex-Privatus, founded 2009), Cure53-audited no-logs, open-source apps, independent ownership.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€6/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
AirVPN
Italy · Founded 2010
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #2 PICK

Italian hacktivist-founded VPN (Perugia, 2010), no-logs, port forwarding, but no longer serves Italian residents (Piracy Shield).

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€7/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
OVPN
Sweden · Founded 2014
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #3 PICK

Swedish founder-owned VPN (OVPN Integrität AB, est. 2014), fully owns hardware, diskless RAM-only, court-proven no-logs, legal-fees insurance.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 5 alternatives to Mullvad VPN compare?

All 5 alternatives, benchmarked against Mullvad VPN.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature IVPN AirVPN OVPN Proton VPN Opera VPN
Servers 514 servers 20000 servers
Countries 23 countries 140 countries
Simultaneous devices 2 devices 5 devices 4 devices 10 devices 6 devices
Protocols WireGuard OpenVPN IKEv2 WireGuard OpenVPN WireGuard OpenVPN WireGuard OpenVPN IKEv2
Kill switch Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Audited no-logs Yes No No Yes Yes
Port forwarding No Yes Yes Yes No
Platforms iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Windows macOS Android
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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