Mullvad VPN Review Australia

Reviewed by Laurence Deer, founder and reviewer in Melbourne, testing VPNs since 2019

Mullvad VPN

Price checked 3 NovNot tested yetNumber 15 of 16 in our calculated order

BestVPN score: not scored, because we have not tested Mullvad VPN yet. How we score

Our verdict

Good for maximum privacy at one flat price

Mullvad suits Australians who want a VPN that knows as little about them as possible: a random account number, one flat price and cash accepted. Top10VPN's August 2026 tests found little speed loss, but Netflix and BBC iPlayer were blocked. The catch is a 14-day refund window and prices in euros.

From €5.00 (about A$8.00) a month

Flat rate plan, paying for 1 month, €5.00 upfront. Renews at €5.00 every month. Lowest plan of each VPN we track: A$1.58 to A$17.84.

Price and plan details read from mullvad.net.

Choose it if

• You want an account with no email or name attached
• You want a price that never jumps at renewal
• You want a server in your own Australian city
• You want a provider that publishes its audits

Skip it if

• You want Netflix or BBC iPlayer from overseas
• You need port forwarding for torrent seeding
• You want to pay in Australian dollars

Mullvad VPN: key facts

Money-back

14 daysVPNs we track: 7 to 45 days

Free trial

NoneCompare VPN free trials

Devices at once

5VPNs we track: 2 to unlimited

Server countries

50VPNs we track: 30 to 150

Australian cities

Not checked

Protocols and features

Protocols

WireGuard

Features

Kill switch, Multi-hop (two servers), Obfuscation, Split tunnelling

As Mullvad VPN's own site lists them, read 2 Nov 2026.

Mullvad VPN test results

We have not tested Mullvad VPN ourselves yet. Figures on this page come from its own website, with the date we read them. How we test

Mullvad VPN: what has changed

• 26 Oct 2026 Review text last edited

No price or plan changes seen between 13 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026.

Prices are read from Mullvad VPN's website every morning (last read 3 Nov 2026) and its feature pages weekly; we record every change we see.

What stood out

Mullvad’s no-logs promise has met a search warrant. Mullvad says Swedish police arrived at its Gothenburg office in April 2023 and left with nothing, because the customer data they wanted did not exist.

An audit checks a promise on paper; a warrant checks it in practice. We have only Mullvad’s account of how it went.

The trade-off is in how you pay. Cash by post is the most private option, but Mullvad says refunds do not apply to cash. Pay by card for your first month, and switch to cash once you know it suits your NBN line.

Not yet tested by us. The speed and streaming points come from Top10VPN’s August 2026 review.

What other Mullvad reviews found

Speed looks good, especially close to home. Top10VPN’s August 2026 review recorded a 6% loss on nearby servers and 15% on international ones, and found torrenting almost unaffected.

Security.org’s July 2026 review measured about a 2% drop on a nearby server and 25% on a long-haul link to South Africa.

Streaming is the weak point. Top10VPN found Netflix and BBC iPlayer blocked, though Prime Video worked. If overseas television is why you want a VPN, look at NordVPN or Surfshark instead.

These reviewers test from outside Australia, so use their figures to compare providers, not to forecast your NBN line.

Mullvad price in Australia

Mullvad charges the same amount every month, however long you stay. There is no two-year deal and nothing to renew at a higher rate. That makes it dearer per month than rivals’ long-term offers, and the easiest of all to budget for.

Price includes VAT.

Checked 3 Nov 2026 Price and plan details read from mullvad.net.

Mullvad bills in euros, so the Australian-dollar figure is a conversion and your bank may add a foreign transaction fee. Here is what the flat rate adds up to over three years.

Is Mullvad safe? Privacy and audits

Mullvad’s case is that it collects so little there is not much to log in the first place. These are its own claims; we have not verified them.

• No personal details. Your account is a random number. Mullvad says it keeps no activity, IP address, DNS or connection-time logs.
• Anonymous payment. It accepts cash by post and Monero as well as cards and PayPal. Cards and PayPal leave the records Swedish accounting law requires.
• A real test. The 2023 police search of its Gothenburg office found no customer data, by Mullvad’s account.
• Audits. Mullvad lists an audit of its WireGuard setup by Assured Security Consultants in early 2026 and a review of its account and payment systems by X41 D-Sec.

Mullvad is based in Sweden and says it is wholly owned by its two founders, who started it in 2009. In a market full of takeovers, that is unusual.

Mullvad apps, devices and Australian servers

One Mullvad account covers five devices. That suits one person with a phone, laptop and tablet, but it is tight for a household.

Its server list shows five Australian cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. A server in your own city adds less delay, which matters if you leave the VPN on all day. It lists about 50 countries in all, fewer than NordVPN or Surfshark.

Every server runs WireGuard, a fast modern protocol; Mullvad says it retired OpenVPN in early 2026. The extras, by Mullvad’s description:

• Kill switch blocks your traffic if the VPN drops, so nothing leaves unprotected.
• Split tunnelling lets your banking app or Stan skip the VPN while everything else uses it.
• Multi-hop sends you through two servers in different places, at some cost to speed.
• DNS blocking filters ads, trackers and malware sites before they load.
• DAITA pads your traffic so its pattern is harder to analyse, and quantum-resistant tunnels guard against future code-breaking.

Using Mullvad in Australia

• Australian servers: see Mullvad VPN's server list for current Australian locations.
• Billing: charged in EUR, so the Australian-dollar cost moves with the exchange rate.
• Refund period: 14 days.

Australian law requires internet providers to keep customers' metadata for two years. A VPN encrypts the connection between your device and the VPN server, so your internet provider can see that you are using a VPN but not which sites you visit. It does not make you anonymous to the VPN provider itself, which is why the provider's logging policy and audits matter.

Alternatives to Mullvad

These are our three picks. Each card shows the fact from our tests or data behind its label, and its BestVPN score. For a similar privacy-first service, read our IVPN review. For streaming or a price in Australian dollars, start with our best VPN for Australia list.

• NordVPNOne of our picksBestVPN score 8.3/10From A$4.79 a monthBlack Friday deal ends soonVisit NordVPNNordVPN review
• SurfsharkMost popular with our readersMost clicks from readers in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore in the last 30 daysBestVPN score 7.2/10From A$3.49 a monthVisit SurfsharkSurfshark review
• Proton VPNFastest on Australian servers in our testsKept 99% of our download speed on a Melbourne server, 21 Oct 2026BestVPN score 8.7/10From US$3.49 (about A$4.98) a monthPartner offerVisit Proton VPNProton VPN review

Mullvad FAQ

How we keep this review current

We read prices and plans from Mullvad’s own website and show the date of the last check beside each figure. When we test Mullvad, the results will appear here with their date. The independent reviews we cite are linked below so you can read them in full.

Sources

• Mullvad’s own pages, read on 13 and 16 October 2026: pricing, servers, no-logging policy and its blog post on the 2023 search warrant.
• Independent tests: Top10VPN (August 2026) and Security.org (July 2026).