Mullvad
Swedish commercial VPN service built on WireGuard, focused on privacy and anonymous accounts.
Recommended for anonymous sign-up with no personal details,123 a no-logging privacy stance commenters trust,4567 and fast servers in many countries.89 The most common complaint is that sites like Imgur, Reddit and Cloudflare-protected pages often block its IPs,1011121314 and some users left over a co-founder's political donation.151617
Why people recommend it
Privacy and trust · 3
Commenters trust its no-logging design and call it among the most trustworthy VPN providers.
“I use Mullvad because it physically prevents anyone from logging my data.”
“I use Mullvad through Tailscale’s exit‑node integration, and it’s awesome. They are the only provider I trust these days.”
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“I pay for and use Mullvad VPN. I believe they value everyone's privacy and I believe they are competent technologists.”
Anonymous signup · 3
Accounts are generated without personal information and can be paid for by post, crypto or Bitcoin.
“I use Mullvad and their sign-up process is even easier.”
“One thing I admire about Mullvad is that you technically don't need to provide personal information to set up an account”
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“I like the product I'll keep using it.”
Tailscale integration · 3
Users like using Mullvad servers as Tailscale exit nodes.
“I use Mullvad through Tailscale’s exit‑node integration, and it’s awesome. They are the only provider I trust these days.”
“But the Mullvad VPN exit nodes often runs into problems like cloudflare blocking.”
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“since that's what I use to connect to Mullvad”
Server locations · 2
Exit nodes in less common countries help with geo-specific results and fewer captchas.
“this was what always had me returning to mullvad”
“I use Mullvad, which makes this easier”
Speed and price · 2
One user on 5 Gbit fiber reports near-saturated speeds and calls it a steal for the price.
“excellent speeds most the time, ive never seen any other provider come close but only tried a few others. steal for the price.”
“except the YT app, Mullvad’s Albania wireguard did that”
Customer support · 1
Named as a company with great support.
“US Mobile, TJ's, Amazon, Apple, Mullvad, HN come to mind when I think of companies with great support and I recommend them because of it.”
Caveats and dissent
Blocked IPs · 3
Many sites, including Imgur, Reddit and Cloudflare-protected pages, block or challenge Mullvad IPs.
“I use Mullvad and I have not yet found a single Mullvad IP that can access Imgur.”
“Mullvad (IME, when I used to use it) was halfway unusable for e.g. Reddit”
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“But the Mullvad VPN exit nodes often runs into problems like cloudflare blocking.”
Founder controversy · 3
Some users stopped paying or are reconsidering after a co-founder funded a local political party.
“after it turned out one of the two Mullvad founders took my money and gave it to a local lunatic politician.”
“I'd rather not give money to Mullvad any more”
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“I was happy with Mullvad as they really took the anonymity thing seriously”
Slower in China · 1
One visitor in China says it works but is slower than a self-hosted WireGuard VPS.
“Mullvad works as a commercial provider, just slower.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the far-right Swedish Örebro party 6 mentions
- Ask HN: Mullvad Alternatives? 3 mentions
- Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity 2 mentions
- Shutting down our public encrypted DNS 2 mentions
- I'm Done with Mullvad 2 mentions
- Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party 2 mentions
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All comments 39
“I was happy with Mullvad as they really took the anonymity thing seriously”
“Mullvad (IME, when I used to use it) was halfway unusable for e.g. Reddit”
“nothing to leak (other than WireGuard packets fully encrypted to Mullvad's servers)”
“Our exit hop is Mullvad instead of Cloudflare+Fastly+Akamai”
“It does it for me if I use a VPN (Mullvad)”
“after it turned out one of the two Mullvad founders took my money and gave it to a local lunatic politician.”
“except the YT app, Mullvad’s Albania wireguard did that”
“this was what always had me returning to mullvad”
“we should use one of the VPN providers that aren't pushing for systems transparency”
“I love Mullvad even more. This will now be my 1st vpn.”
“I use Mullvad.”
“US Mobile, TJ's, Amazon, Apple, Mullvad, HN come to mind when I think of companies with great support and I recommend them because of it.”
“I'd rather not give money to Mullvad any more”
“Maybe I'll stick with Mullvad for the time being, maybe I won't”
“One thing I admire about Mullvad is that you technically don't need to provide personal information to set up an account”
“Mullvad is the best.”
“I like the product I'll keep using it.”
“I would have no choice but seriously lower my confidence in their VPN.”
“I use mullvad because I believe they are the best off the shelf choice.”
“I pay for and use Mullvad VPN. I believe they value everyone's privacy and I believe they are competent technologists.”
“I use Mullvad, I have no intention of switching.”
“Mullvad has been known to be right-adjacent for a long time, it's a big reason I use them.”
“I use Mullvad because it physically prevents anyone from logging my data.”
“I used Mullvad before this because they passed a bunch of tests and legally denied claims to user data.”
“excellent speeds most the time, ive never seen any other provider come close but only tried a few others. steal for the price.”
“I don't care if they know I use mullvad, I care they don't know I'm me”
“ideally a trustworthy VPN like Mullvad, IVPN, or Proton”
“But the Mullvad VPN exit nodes often runs into problems like cloudflare blocking.”
“I love mullvad but hate that most sites block mullvad ips”
“i’m not going to switch to an ai vibe code of Google Photos, Tailscale/Mulvadd VPN, or YouTube.”
“mullvadvpn”
“Mullvad works as a commercial provider, just slower.”
“I use Mullvad, which makes this easier”
“I use Mullvad and their sign-up process is even easier.”
“since that's what I use to connect to Mullvad”
“I use Mullvad through Tailscale’s exit‑node integration, and it’s awesome. They are the only provider I trust these days.”
“I use Mullvad and I have not yet found a single Mullvad IP that can access Imgur.”
“Tbh, I'm a customer. Before Mullvad, I used PIA.”
“Again, dive deep into how Mullvad does it.”