Verdict
Effectively tied
Both services score within a hair of each other (9.4 vs 9.1). Pick based on the specific feature you need — see the row-by-row breakdown below.
Note: Scores are our independent assessment. Both services have valid use cases — read each detail page before deciding.
Score breakdown
Overall /10
Mullvad
9.4
Good
BasicSwap
9.1
Good
Privacy /100
Mullvad
100
Good
BasicSwap
100
Good
Trust /100
Mullvad
96
Good
BasicSwap
86
Good
Side by side
KYC level
L1Anonymous
L0Trustless
Tagline
Swedish VPN with a 16-digit anonymous account number — no email, no personal data — accepting Monero, Bitcoin, Lightning and cash by mail, with a 2023 police raid that produced zero customer data.
Cross-chain atomic-swap DEX from the Particl Project, run locally as a self-hosted node with Docker — trustless BTC↔XMR swaps via adaptor signatures, no accounts, no fees, MIT-licensed.
Jurisdiction
Sweden
No HQ
Founded
2009
2020
Tor / .onion
Available
No
Categories
VPN, Privacy
Exchange, DEX, P2P
Feature comparison 12
Mullvad
BasicSwap
Bitcoin (BTC)
Accepts Monero (XMR)
Cash
—
Non-custodial
Open source
No signup required
—
Tor (.onion) available
Lightning Network
—
Peer-to-peer
—
Mobile app
—
Web app
—
Available worldwide
Read the full reviews
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