Verdict
Effectively tied
Both services score within a hair of each other (9.4 vs 9.4). 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
VPSCrypto
9.4
Good
Privacy /100
Mullvad
100
Good
VPSCrypto
90
Good
Trust /100
Mullvad
96
Good
VPSCrypto
96
Good
Side by side
KYC level
L1Anonymous
L1Anonymous
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.
Anonymous offshore KVM VPS paid in Monero or Bitcoin — no ID, no KYC, all-NVMe storage, clean IPs, DDoS protection and root access in about 60 seconds, across 8 locations from $3.50/mo
Jurisdiction
Sweden
8 locations
Founded
2009
2026
Tor / .onion
Available
No
Categories
VPN, Privacy
VPS
Feature comparison 11
Mullvad
VPSCrypto
Bitcoin (BTC)
Accepts Monero (XMR)
Cash
—
Non-custodial
—
Open source
—
Tor (.onion) available
—
Lightning Network
—
Mobile app
—
Web app
Instant
—
Available worldwide
Read the full reviews
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