Mozilla VPN Review 2026: Is It Worth It?

Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, has sold its own VPN since 2020, and the most interesting thing about it isn’t the app, it’s what’s running underneath it. Mozilla VPN scores 3.05/5 in our testing, a modest result that gets more interesting once you realize its server network is actually Mullvad’s, one of the highest-scoring privacy VPNs we test.

Mozilla VPN at a glance

The Mullvad connection, and why it matters

Mozilla VPN doesn’t run its own server fleet. It licenses Mullvad’s WireGuard network and wraps it in a Mozilla-branded app, a partnership that’s been in place since the product launched. That’s a real technical advantage: Mullvad consistently scores 5/5 on speed and leak protection in our tests, and Mozilla VPN inherits the same WireGuard implementation and the same physical servers in many locations.

What Mozilla VPN doesn’t inherit is Mullvad’s jurisdiction, pricing, or several of its policies. Mullvad is a Swedish company that lets you pay in cash and never asks for an email address. Mozilla is a US-based nonprofit’s commercial arm, which places the VPN under US jurisdiction and the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. Two products, same pipes, different company sitting on top of them, and that difference shows up directly in our score: Mullvad lands at 4.04/5 overall, Mozilla VPN at 3.05/5.

Speed: inherited, and it shows

Speed scores 4/5, which tracks with what you’d expect from Mullvad’s WireGuard backbone running underneath a different frontend. Connection times are quick, and we didn’t see the throttling or congestion issues that drag down smaller providers running their own thinner server networks.

Privacy: audited, but the jurisdiction is the tradeoff

Mozilla VPN’s no-logs policy has been independently audited by Cure53, with a published report backing the claim, which puts it well ahead of providers that only promise no logging in their terms of service. Leak protection also tested clean at 5/5.

The catch is jurisdiction. The US is a Five Eyes country, and while that doesn’t automatically mean Mozilla VPN logs are compromised, it does mean the company operates under a legal system built around broad surveillance cooperation between allied governments. If jurisdiction outside the Five Eyes/Nine Eyes/Fourteen Eyes alliances is a hard requirement for you, this is the deciding factor, not the audit.

Want to compare all VPNs side by side? Check our full VPN comparison table with scores across 18 criteria.

Streaming: the weakest part of the package

Streaming scores just 2/5, noticeably behind Mullvad’s own 2/5 too, so this isn’t a case of Mozilla holding back a feature Mullvad has. Neither product is built with unblocking Netflix or BBC iPlayer as a priority. If streaming matters to you, Mozilla VPN is not the right pick regardless of how it performs on privacy fundamentals.

Bypassing restrictive networks and obfuscation

Mozilla VPN scores 2/5 here. It integrates with Tor for an extra layer of anonymized routing, a genuinely useful option for high-risk browsing, but it lacks obfuscated servers or Shadowsocks support, the features that actually help a VPN connection blend in on networks that actively try to detect and block VPN traffic, like those in Russia or China. If you need a VPN that works reliably under active censorship, look elsewhere.

Pricing and the missing free tier

Mozilla VPN costs $9.99 a month on a rolling basis, or roughly $4.99 a month if you commit to a year upfront, working out to $59.88 annually. There’s no 2-year option and, unlike ProtonVPN or PrivadoVPN, no free tier or free trial at all, just a 30-day money-back guarantee to fall back on if it doesn’t suit you.

Apps, platforms and features

Mozilla VPN covers Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, plus a Firefox browser extension, though notably no Chrome extension, an odd omission for a Firefox-first company but a real one if Chrome is your daily browser. There’s no support for smart TVs or routers directly, and the app itself is deliberately minimal: a map-based server picker, a connect button, and not much else. That simplicity is either a feature or a limitation depending on whether you want an uncomplicated VPN or one with granular controls. There’s no dedicated gaming or streaming server list either, another sign the app is built for people who just want a reliable connection turned on, not power users looking to fine-tune every setting.

Where it falls short on features

Mozilla VPN scores 0/5 on ad-blocking, a feature most competitors in this price range include as standard, and only 2/5 on customer support. Payment options are also limited (2/5), without the cash or cryptocurrency options Mullvad itself offers for anonymous sign-up. These gaps are consistent with a product that exists to extend Mozilla’s brand into the VPN space rather than to compete feature-for-feature with dedicated VPN companies.

Transparency and ethics

Mozilla VPN scores well here: 5/5 on ethics and 5/5 on ownership transparency, unsurprising for a company built around a public-benefit mission and a long history of publishing its own privacy practices in detail. Bug bounty transparency scores 4/5, also solid. That combination, a public-benefit parent company, a published audit, and an unusually transparent bug bounty program, is a genuinely different profile from most VPN vendors, even smaller ones with better raw performance scores.

How it compares to buying Mullvad directly

This is the real question for anyone considering Mozilla VPN: since the servers are the same, why not just use Mullvad? The honest answer is that Mozilla VPN’s app is simpler for someone who wants to install something from a brand they already trust and not think about it again, and its billing runs through a normal subscription rather than Mullvad’s more unusual account-number system. If you’re comfortable creating a Mullvad account directly, you get a lower price, cash payment options, and a non-Five-Eyes jurisdiction for a better overall score. If Mozilla’s brand and simpler onboarding matter more to you than squeezing out the best possible privacy posture, Mozilla VPN is a reasonable way to get most of the same underlying technology.

Who Mozilla VPN actually suits

Mozilla VPN makes sense if you trust Mozilla’s brand, want a genuinely audited no-logs VPN without researching a less familiar name, and don’t need streaming, obfuscation, or ad-blocking. It’s a weaker choice if any of those three matter, or if a non-Five-Eyes jurisdiction is a requirement rather than a preference.

Keep reading: Mullvad VPN Review 2026 and What Is a VPN’s Jurisdiction and Why It Matters.