AirVPN vs Mullvad

Comparing: two VPNs
Decided by: Independent no-logs audits
Last reviewed: 2026-08-26

AirVPNTakes bitcoin

Activist-run since 2010, taking bitcoin straight to its own wallet, with a three-day plan for two euros and no audit to its name.

MullvadTakes bitcoin

No email, no username, no password: a random account number, cash or Monero in an envelope, and a police raid that came away with nothing.

Verdict: Mullvad

Mullvad carries more independent audits of its no-logs claim: 4 against 0 for AirVPN. We publish no rating for VPNs, so the audit count is the one criterion that decides.

Criterion: Independent no-logs audits
AirVPN: 0
Mullvad: 4

AirVPN and Mullvad, fact by fact

Every row is from the two reviews as of their review dates, with sources on each. A check marks the side a decidable criterion favours; rows without one are information, not a score.

AirVPN and Mullvad compared fact by fact from their reviews; a check marks the side a decidable criterion favours.
Fact	AirVPN	Mullvad
Independent audits	None	4, latest 2024 (favoured on this row)
Real-world tests	0	1
Incidents on record	0	0
Market exits	0	0
Owner	AirVPN di Paolo Brini	Mullvad VPN AB
Jurisdiction	Italy	Sweden
Eyes alliance	Fourteen Eyes	Fourteen Eyes
Price	EUR 2 for 3 days, EUR 99/3yr	Flat EUR 5/mo, any term
Money-back	30 days	14 days
Crypto accepted	bitcoin, monero	bitcoin, bitcoin cash, monero
Anonymous signup	Yes	Yes
Free tier	None	None
Servers	Vendor runs a modest network of owned and rented servers across roughly twenty countries	Vendor publishes a live server list, running to roughly 550 servers, and marks which are owned rather than rented
Last reviewed	2026-08-26	2026-08-26

No-logs evidence, side by side

Dated audits and real-world tests from each review. An empty column is a finding: the claim has not been independently checked.

AirVPN

No independent audit or real-world test on record.

Mullvad

2024Audit by Cure53: fourth infrastructure audit, covering one OpenVPN and one WireGuard server plus the Ansible deployment code
2023At least six officers from the Swedish police National Operations Department searched Mullvad's Gothenburg office with a warrant seeking customer data: Mullvad showed the data did not exist and the officers left without seizing equipment or obtaining any customer information
2021Audit by Cure53: infrastructure audit that found no personally identifiable information or privacy leaks
2020Audit by Cure53: penetration test and source code audit of the apps across Windows, Android and iOS
2018Audit by Cure53: penetration test and source code audit of the VPN client app

Frequently asked questions

Is AirVPN or Mullvad better for privacy?

Mullvad carries more independent audits of its no-logs claim: 4 against 0 for AirVPN. We publish no rating for VPNs, so the audit count is the one criterion that decides. Audits, court and seizure records and incidents are dated on each review with their sources.

Can I pay AirVPN or Mullvad with bitcoin?

AirVPN takes bitcoin and monero (processor: In-house). Mullvad takes bitcoin, bitcoin cash and monero (processor: In-house, on self-hosted full nodes). Each review quotes the vendor's own refund sentence for crypto purchases verbatim.

Which is cheaper, AirVPN or Mullvad?

AirVPN: EUR 2 for 3 days, EUR 99/3yr. Mullvad: Flat EUR 5/mo, any term. Money-back: AirVPN 30 days, Mullvad 14 days. Prices are from each vendor's own page as of the review date.

Where are AirVPN and Mullvad based?

AirVPN: Italy (fourteen eyes member). Mullvad: Sweden (fourteen eyes member). A jurisdiction matters less than a court record showing what the provider could hand over; the reviews carry those where they exist.

The full reviews: AirVPN and Mullvad, each with its sources, and every VPN we review.

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