Mysterium VPN Review Australia

The price box and plan table on this page are kept current automatically. The written review below was last edited 26 Oct 2026; details in the text may have changed since.

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

Mysterium VPN

Price checked 12 NovTested 24 OctNumber 4 of 19 in our calculated order

BestVPN score 6.6 out of 10

• Speed6.6
• Streaming5.9
• Security8.0
• Value9.2
• Australia0.0

From our own tests and published figures, newest 12 Nov 2026. How we score

Our verdict

Good for watching Netflix UK or Netflix Japan from Australia

Mysterium VPN suits Australians who mainly want to stream from overseas. In October 2026 Netflix UK and Netflix Japan played, the first Netflix Japan pass in our tests. The catch is lag: every server, even Sydney, sat behind a distant relay. Streaming copes with that; video calls and online games do not.

From US$2.29 (about A$3.36) a month

Plus plan, paying for 2 years, US$54.96 upfront. Renewal price not shown on its pricing page. Lowest plan of each VPN we track: A$1.63 to A$18.33.

Black Friday deal ends soonVisit Mysterium VPNFrom US$2.29/mo · checked 12 Nov (Lowest monthly price (about A$3.36), on the Plus plan paid upfront for 2 years; checked on 12 November 2026)

Price and plan details read from www.mysteriumvpn.com.

Choose it if

• You want Netflix UK or Netflix Japan
• You want protection switched on from the start
• You want Australian TV on a Sydney server
• You want real local servers in India or Brazil

Skip it if

• You make video calls or play games (heavy lag)
• You want Netflix US or BBC iPlayer (both blocked)
• You want a Melbourne server (Sydney only)
• You torrent a lot (much slower than without the VPN)

Mysterium VPN: key facts

Money-back

30 daysVPNs we track: 7 to 45 days

Free trial

Not checkedCompare VPN free trials

Devices at once

6 to 15VPNs we track: 2 to unlimited

Server countries

108VPNs we track: 30 to 150

Australian cities

Not checked

Mysterium VPN test results

Speed, Australian server

71% keptOf our download speed with the VPN off. Tested 24 Oct 2026

DNS leaks

None foundTested 24 Oct 2026

Streaming

9 of 15 playedSBS On Demand✓ played9Now✓ playedABC iview✓ playedPrime Video✓ playedPluto TV✓ playedTubi✓ playedPrime Video US✓ playedNetflix UK✓ playedNetflix Japan✓ playedNetflix US✕ blockedBBC iPlayer✕ blockedChannel 4✕ blockedITVX✕ blockedPrime Video UK✕ blockedABEMA✕ blocked3 more opened but we did not play them. Tested 24 Oct 2026

Speed kept by the VPNs we have tested (2021 to 2026 rounds): 44% to 100% or more.

Tested on an account Mysterium VPN gave us free of charge (24 Oct 2026).

Mysterium VPN: what has changed

• 26 Oct 2026 Review text last edited
• 24 Oct 2026 Our latest test round: local speed, overseas speed, streaming, leaks, kill switch settings (drop test not run) and torrenting

No price or plan changes seen between 13 Oct 2026 and 12 Nov 2026.

We check Mysterium VPN's prices by hand every week (last checked 12 Nov 2026) and record every change we see.

What stood out

Mysterium was the slowest to Sydney of every VPN we have timed. Through its Sydney server in October 2026, Amazon’s Sydney data centre took 445 ms to reach, against 28 ms with the VPN off.

NordVPN, Surfshark and Proton VPN all got there faster than our line did without a VPN. A traceroute showed why Mysterium cannot: the first hop inside the tunnel was already a long way off, on both Sydney and California.

Its residential addresses, which the app calls “nearly undetectable”, did not get past Netflix US in our one try. We will test them properly before saying more.

From our tests in Melbourne, October 2026.

Who should buy Mysterium VPN?

Buy it if British or Japanese Netflix is why you want a VPN; no VPN had played Netflix Japan in our tests before October 2026. It also suits you if you want protection without touching a setting.

Skip it if you make video calls home, play online games or want pages to snap open. Skip it too for American Netflix, BBC iPlayer or a Melbourne server; the alternatives cover those.

Mysterium VPN tested from Melbourne: October 2026 results

Mysterium kept us private and played British and Japanese Netflix, but lag shaped everything else. I tested on the Mac mini in Melbourne on the evening of 24 October 2026, on WireGuard, with an account Mysterium supplied.

Streaming is fine, because video buffers ahead. A video call to the UK would have an awkward delay, fast games are out, and every new page takes a beat longer to start.

Leaks and server switching: nothing showed

Mysterium kept our real address hidden in every check in October 2026, with protection on before you touch a setting.

• Switching servers: my Melbourne address never appeared in a London to Tokyo switch on default settings. There were about 4 seconds with no connection, then Tokyo took over.
• DNS: no leak on Sydney, California, London, Tokyo, Mumbai, São Paulo or Johannesburg. Your internet provider could not see which sites you looked up.
• WebRTC: a direct browser test on the Sydney server found no address at all, home or VPN. BrowserLeaks’ own check never finished at this latency.
• IPv6: our line has no IPv6, so we could not test it.

The kill switch and DNS protection are both on and greyed out in Settings, so you cannot turn them off by accident. Many VPNs ship with the kill switch off.

Speed: enough for streaming, but it varied

Mysterium is fast enough to stream in Sydney, but its runs varied. The Sydney server kept 71% of our download speed in October 2026, the lowest of the seven VPNs in our current round. Surfshark kept 94%.

That left 31 Mbps, enough for 4K by Netflix’s own guidance. The first Sydney run was far slower: one download crawled before the next two recovered.

Speed kept

Melbourne home connection · October 2026

Australian server	71%
India	91%
Brazil	78%
United States	75%
Japan	66%
United Kingdom	42%
South Africa	3%

Download, upload and ping in Mbps, and how we measured

From our test bench Melbourne, October 2026

Australian server, tested from Melbourne, October 2026

Connection	Download	Upload	Ping
No VPN	43.8 Mbps	17.7 Mbps	15.8 ms
Mysterium VPN, Australian server	31 Mbps −29.1%	9.60 Mbps −45.8%	439.9 ms

Overseas servers, tested from Melbourne, October 2026

Server in	Download	Upload
United States	32.8 Mbps −25.1%	6.80 Mbps −61.9%
United Kingdom	18.5 Mbps −57.7%	5.50 Mbps −69.2%
Japan	28.8 Mbps −34.3%	3.70 Mbps −79.1%
India	39.9 Mbps −8.8%	6.20 Mbps −65.3%
Brazil	34.3 Mbps −21.6%	5.30 Mbps −70.3%
South Africa	1.10 Mbps −97.4%	1.20 Mbps −93.2%

Our own measurements on a Melbourne home connection of about 44 Mbps at the time, October 2026. Changes are against the speed of the same line with the VPN off, measured the same day.

Share of our download speed kept with Mysterium VPN on, against the same line with the VPN off, measured the same day.

Overseas, California kept 75%, London 42% and Tokyo 66%. Each had a slow first run, then left enough for HD streaming.

Locations: Sydney only, but real servers further afield

Outside Sydney, you get no home-city server: Australia means Sydney only. 9Now served us its NSW feed there.

India, Brazil and South Africa are real local servers: our IP checks placed them in Mumbai, São Paulo and Johannesburg. India kept 91% and Brazil 78%, plenty for local streaming.

Johannesburg was the exception, with a trickle on all three runs. That is too slow for video and slow even for web pages. The US is listed by state rather than city.

Australian TV and banking

Australian TV works on the Sydney server. SBS On Demand, ABC iview, 9Now and Prime Video all played in October 2026, once each loaded on its own.

Stan’s site loaded, but we have no Stan account to press play.

Everyday use in Australia

Melbourne home connection · dated per row

ABC iview	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
SBS On Demand	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
9Now	✓ PlayedIt served the NSW feed: 9Now placed the server in NSW.24 Oct 2026
Prime Video	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
Stan	Site opened, not playedNo account, so we could not press play.24 Oct 2026
Banking and myGov	✓ Opened normallyCommBank NetBank, NAB Internet Banking, myGov: log-on pages only; we did not sign in24 Oct 2026
Connection to Sydney (games)	445 ms with the VPN, 28 ms withouttime to connect to an AWS Sydney server, one sitting; not an in-game ping24 Oct 2026

"Site opened, not played" means the service's site loaded through the VPN but we had no account to play anything.

CommBank NetBank, NAB Internet Banking and myGov all opened their log-on pages normally with the VPN on. I did not sign in, so I cannot say whether a bank asks for more after that.

Gaming: the relay rules it out

Mysterium is the wrong VPN for online games, even in Sydney. In October 2026 its Sydney ping was 440 ms, higher than London’s 341 ms.

Tokyo’s ping was 281 ms, too slow for Japanese games. Our VPN for gaming guide compares ping across every VPN we have tested.

Overseas streaming: Netflix UK and Japan, not British TV

Mysterium got us the British and Japanese Netflix libraries in October 2026, but not the American one or British TV.

What played

Melbourne · our own tries, dated per service

Netflix US	✕ Blocked24 Oct 2026
Netflix UK	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
Netflix Japan	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
BBC iPlayer	✕ Blocked24 Oct 2026
Channel 4	✕ Blocked24 Oct 2026
ITVX	✕ Blocked24 Oct 2026
Prime Video	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
Pluto TV	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
Tubi	✓ Played24 Oct 2026
ABEMA	✕ Blocked24 Oct 2026

"Site opened, not played" means the service's site loaded through the VPN but we did not play anything.

• Japan (Tokyo): Netflix showed its Japanese library and played Vivant. ABEMA blocked us as outside its region, and TVer’s viewer survey stopped us before playback.
• United Kingdom (London): Netflix UK played The Rookie. BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, ITVX and Prime Video UK all refused us.
• United States (California): Netflix showed its VPN or proxy error. Pluto TV, Tubi and Prime Video played, the last on our Australian account.

Streaming services block VPN servers and let them back in, so each result holds for the evening we tested (24 October 2026).

Torrenting: allowed, and much slower

Torrenting is allowed but slow. On the Sydney server in October 2026, the official Debian torrent ran at about a third of its speed with the VPN off.

VPN	Our torrent speed	P2P policy	Kill switch	Port forwarding	Audited by
Mysterium VPN	1.74 MiB/s tested October 2026	Allowed in our test tested October 2026	Not checked	Not checked	–

Torrent speed is the average download rate we measured on an Australian server, with its date. Features and auditors are as each provider lists them; "Not checked" means we have not recorded it yet.

For a big download, expect a much longer wait. The app also lists P2P servers, which we have not tried.

Setting it up: one approval, then protected

Setting up takes one extra approval: the app installs a VPN profile, and macOS asks you to allow it. After that, there is nothing to switch on for protection.

The Blocker is set to None, so there is no ad or tracker blocking unless you pick it.

Still to test

We have tested Mysterium only in the evening; a morning sitting is due before 20 November 2026. A forced connection drop, the phone apps and the residential network are next.

Mysterium VPN deal in Australia (checked 11 Nov 2026)

Mysterium VPN price in Australia

Mysterium’s site blocks our price checker, so we check its pricing page by hand; the table shows the date. Prices are in US dollars, so your bank converts them.

GST may apply.

Checked 12 Nov 2026 Price and plan details read from www.mysteriumvpn.com.

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The lowest price is US$2.29 (about A$3.36) a month on the Plus plan when you pay for 2 years upfront. Mysterium VPN's pricing page does not show what the plan renews at.

In October 2026 two-year Plus cost less than two-year Basic, and it adds residential addresses and more countries. Basic suits you only if you never need a home-style address.

Refunds: the plan length decides

Pick your term with the refund in mind. Only the two-year plans give you 30 days to ask for your money back; monthly and one-year plans get 7 days.

Mysterium allows one refund per person, paid in US dollars, so the amount back can differ from what you paid. App store purchases follow the store’s rules. That is from its refund policy, read in October 2026.

Is Mysterium VPN safe? Privacy and audits

We have not yet read Mysterium’s privacy policy or checked for audits. Until we have, judge it on the tests above: no leaks, and protection on by default.

Mysterium VPN apps and features

We have tested only the Mac app. In October 2026 it had these settings:

• Kill switch and DNS protection: on by default and greyed out.
• Change IP on reconnect: on by default, so you get a new VPN address each time.
• Blocker: set to None, so no ad or tracker blocking unless you choose it.
• Speciality servers: Low latency, Max privacy and P2P sit above the location list. We have not tested them.
• Residential IPs: addresses the app says are “provided by real households”, which it calls less stable. A residential address comes from a home connection rather than a data centre.

Using Mysterium VPN in Australia

• Australian servers: see Mysterium VPN's server list for current Australian locations.
• Billing: charged in USD, so the Australian-dollar cost moves with the exchange rate.
• Refund period: 30 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 Mysterium VPN

For BBC iPlayer, Channel 4 or ITVX, Intego VPN played all three in October 2026, and AdGuard VPN did the same. For American Netflix, PureVPN, NordVPN and Proton VPN all played it.

To compare more results from our Melbourne round, see Surfshark. These are our three picks; each card shows the fact from our tests or data behind its label, with its BestVPN score.

• 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 monthBlack Friday deal ends soonVisit 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$2.99 (about A$4.38) a monthBlack Friday deal ends soonVisit Proton VPNProton VPN review

Mysterium VPN FAQ

How we keep this review current

Mysterium refuses our automatic checker, so we check its prices by hand each week and show the date. Every test result carries its date, and each retest is added here with its own.

Sources

Our results are from the evening of 24 October 2026, 5.55 pm to 7.02 pm, on the Mac in Melbourne, on an account Mysterium supplied. The location list, settings, defaults and residential description are from the app that evening.

Prices, plans, device limits and country counts are from Mysterium’s pricing page, checked by hand on 24 October 2026. The refund rules are from its help centre, read the same day.