CyberGhost vs Mullvad

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

Three Deloitte audits and a Romanian base outside the intelligence alliances, from the third Kape-owned brand on this page.

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 3 for CyberGhost. We publish no rating for VPNs, so the audit count is the one criterion that decides.

Criterion: Independent no-logs audits
CyberGhost: 3
Mullvad: 4

CyberGhost 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.

CyberGhost and Mullvad compared fact by fact from their reviews; a check marks the side a decidable criterion favours.
Fact	CyberGhost	Mullvad
Independent audits	3, latest 2025	4, latest 2024 (favoured on this row)
Real-world tests	0	1
Incidents on record	0	0
Market exits	0	0
Owner	Kape Technologies	Mullvad VPN AB
Jurisdiction	Romania	Sweden
Eyes alliance	Outside	Fourteen Eyes
Price	From $2.19/mo on the 2yr plan	Flat EUR 5/mo, any term
Money-back	45 days	14 days
Crypto accepted	bitcoin	bitcoin, bitcoin cash, monero
Anonymous signup	No	Yes
Free tier	None	None
Servers	Vendor states thousands of servers across around 100 countries, running in ephemeral RAM-only containers	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.

CyberGhost

2025Audit by Deloitte Audit Romania: third assurance engagement under ISAE 3000 (Revised), covering the server network, configuration and change management, incident response and the dedicated IP token system
2024Audit by Deloitte Audit Romania: second assurance engagement on the no-logs policy
2022Audit by Deloitte Audit Romania: first assurance engagement, inspecting the VPN server network and management systems against the stated no-logs policy

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 CyberGhost or Mullvad better for privacy?

Mullvad carries more independent audits of its no-logs claim: 4 against 3 for CyberGhost. 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 CyberGhost or Mullvad with bitcoin?

CyberGhost takes bitcoin (processor: BitPay). 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, CyberGhost or Mullvad?

CyberGhost: From $2.19/mo on the 2yr plan. Mullvad: Flat EUR 5/mo, any term. Money-back: CyberGhost 45 days, Mullvad 14 days. Prices are from each vendor's own page as of the review date.

Where are CyberGhost and Mullvad based?

CyberGhost: Romania (outside the five, nine and fourteen eyes alliances). 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: CyberGhost and Mullvad, each with its sources, and every VPN we review.

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