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Mullvad VPN
€5/month flat rate, billed in EUR — no free tier, and no discount for paying further in advance · Open source
Price checked at source August 29, 2026.
A flat €5/month, no-frills VPN from a Swedish privacy company — anonymous accounts, no logging, and an open-source app, with no free tier and no multi-year discount to chase.
Our take
Mullvad’s entire pitch is refusing the tricks the rest of this section runs on — one flat €5/month price whether you pay for one month or several, no ballooning renewal rate, and no email required to sign up (accounts are a randomly generated number). Its app source code is public on GitHub, and the company points to its own externally-commissioned security audits rather than asking for trust on faith. The tradeoff for that simplicity is the opposite of NordVPN or Surfshark: there is no free tier, no bundled extras, and pricing is quoted in euros rather than dollars since Mullvad VPN AB is based in Sweden.
- Price
- €5/month flat rate, billed in EUR — no free tier, and no discount for paying further in advance
- License
- Open source
- Requires
- macOS Sonoma (14) or newer, per the official macOS download page.
- Get it via
- Direct
- Developer
- Mullvad VPN AB
Do you use Mullvad VPN?
Who made this
Sweden
Mullvad’s own About page names its parent company, Amagicom AB, as 100% owned by founders Fredrik Strömberg and Daniel Berntsson, who remain actively involved in the company — an unusual level of ownership transparency for a VPN provider whose whole pitch is minimal disclosure.
What it does
Anonymous accounts
No email or personal info required to sign up — accounts are identified by a randomly generated number.
No-logging policy, externally audited
Mullvad commissions independent audits of its app and infrastructure (most recently by X41 D-Sec and Leviathan) rather than asking users to trust an unverified no-logs claim.
Open-source app
The VPN app’s source code is public on GitHub (mullvad/mullvadvpn-app).
The deal
- €5/month flat, no tiers, no free plan
- 14-day money-back guarantee (excluded for cash and crypto payments)
Worth knowing: Mullvad prices in EUR, not USD — €5/month is the verified figure from the developer’s own site; priceUSD is left unset here rather than guessing a live exchange-rate conversion.
Mullvad VPN — questions people ask
Does Mullvad have a free tier?
No — it’s €5/month flat with no free plan, unlike ProtonVPN in this same section.
Why is Mullvad priced in euros?
Its legal entity, Mullvad VPN AB, is based in Sweden, per the company’s own site — pricing is set in EUR rather than USD.
Is Mullvad’s app open source?
Yes — the source code is public on GitHub, and the company publishes independent third-party security audits of the app and its infrastructure.
Is Mullvad VPN free?
Mullvad VPN costs €5/month flat rate, billed in EUR — no free tier, and no discount for paying further in advance.
Does Mullvad VPN work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — Mullvad VPN lives in the screen, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download Mullvad VPN?
Mullvad VPN is available via Direct.
Is Mullvad VPN open source?
Yes — Mullvad VPN is open source.
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Listing hand-verified August 29, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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