Mullvad vs Hotspot Shield: where each one has servers
Both providers side by side, based on their official server lists: which countries they share, where only one of them has servers and how their features differ.
- Mullvad 50 countries 50 with physical servers
- Hotspot Shield 85 countries 0 with physical servers
- In both 45 countries 0 physical in both
Server countries on the map
Only Mullvad Only Hotspot Shield Both
A country counts even when the location is virtual. The lists further down show which ones are.
Which one to pick
This only uses the data on this page: locations and confirmed features. We don’t test speed or streaming.
Pick Mullvad if you want:
- physical servers in more countries (50 vs 0)
- a physical server in every country on its list (virtual-only countries at the other one: 1)
- open-source apps
- a physical server in: Albania, Cyprus, Nigeria, Serbia, Slovenia
Pick Hotspot Shield if you want:
- more countries overall (85 vs 50)
- more devices at once (10 vs 5)
- a free plan
Side by side
| Key facts | Mullvad | Hotspot Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 50 | 85 |
| Countries with physical servers | 50 | 0 |
| Virtual locations | 0 | 1 |
| Locations not confirmed | 0 | 84 |
| Servers (as stated) | 566 | 1,800+ |
| Owner | independent | Pango Group (Point Wild) |
| Headquarters | Sweden | United States |
| Founded | 2009 | 2008 |
| Devices at once | 5 | 10 |
| Free plan | no | 500 MB a day, 1 device, US only |
| Independent audit published | yes | yes |
| Open-source apps | yes | no |
| Servers run in RAM only | yes | not confirmed |
| Obfuscation to bypass VPN blocks | yes | not confirmed |
| Locations checked | Nov 3, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 |
Server countries on the map
Only Mullvad (5)
Only Hotspot Shield (40)
- Algeria not confirmed
- Armenia not confirmed
- Azerbaijan not confirmed
- Bahamas not confirmed
- Bangladesh not confirmed
- Belarus not confirmed
- Belize not confirmed
- Bhutan not confirmed
- Bosnia & Herzegovina not confirmed
- Brunei not confirmed
- Cambodia not confirmed
- China not confirmed
- Costa Rica not confirmed
- Ecuador not confirmed
- Egypt not confirmed
- Georgia not confirmed
- Iceland not confirmed
- India virtual
- Isle of Man not confirmed
- Kazakhstan not confirmed
- Kyrgyzstan not confirmed
- Laos not confirmed
- Latvia not confirmed
- Liechtenstein not confirmed
- Lithuania not confirmed
- Luxembourg not confirmed
- Malta not confirmed
- Moldova not confirmed
- Monaco not confirmed
- Montenegro not confirmed
- Nepal not confirmed
- Pakistan not confirmed
- Panama not confirmed
- Russia not confirmed
- South Korea not confirmed
- Taiwan not confirmed
- United Arab Emirates not confirmed
- Uruguay not confirmed
- Venezuela not confirmed
- Vietnam not confirmed
Countries in both (45)
- Argentina not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Australia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Austria not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Belgium not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Brazil not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Bulgaria not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Canada not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Chile not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Colombia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Croatia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Czechia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Denmark not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Estonia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Finland not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- France not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Germany not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Greece not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Hong Kong not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Hungary not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Indonesia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Ireland not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Israel not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Italy not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Japan not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Malaysia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Mexico not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Netherlands not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- New Zealand not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Norway not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Peru not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Philippines not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Poland not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Portugal not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Romania not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Singapore not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Slovakia not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- South Africa not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Spain not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Sweden not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Switzerland not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Thailand not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Türkiye not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- Ukraine not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- United Kingdom not confirmed: Hotspot Shield
- United States not confirmed: Hotspot Shield