Aura Identity Theft Protection Plans and Pricing

Aura’s Pricing At a Glance

Aura makes it easy to choose a plan. It has three subscriptions, and each one includes almost all of Aura’s features. All you have to decide is how many people you want to cover. There’s also a Kids plan, but we consider it more of an add-on — if you only buy that plan, you get parental controls and child safety tools, but no identity theft protection.

Aura’s Three Plans

The Family subscription is the only one that comes with extra features that are meant to keep kids safe. These tools include child Social Security number monitoring, child three-bureau credit freeze, parental controls, and cyberbullying and predator alerts.

Your monthly cost will vary depending on the plan length. You can save money, though, by purchasing a full year of coverage up-front. If you’re not comfortable with that, paying month-by-month is an option — doing that will cost you a bit more, but will provide great flexibility.

Aura Plans and Pricing

Finally, to sweeten these deals, Aura tacks on a number of customer-friendly policies, like,

•  14-day free trial
• 60-day money-back guarantee with annual payment plans
• 24/7 customer support

We especially like the 60-day money-back guarantee. It means that even if you sign up for an annual plan, you can cancel your protection if you find a better deal next month.

Aura Key Features

Here’s a quick look at what features come with Aura’s subscriptions:

Again, the only real difference between these plans (besides the number of individuals they protect) is those extra features designed to protect children with the Family plan. If you don’t have kids, you’re not going to pay for anything you don’t need. Let’s take a closer look at each plan separately to see how they work.

Aura’s Individual Plan

As far as identity protection and credit monitoring. Aura’s Individual plan is about as comprehensive as we’ve seen. Here’s a quick list of the key protections:

• Account Monitoring
• $1 Million in Identity Theft Insurance
• Personal Information Monitoring
• Social Security Number Monitoring
• Bank Account Detail Monitoring
• Investment Account Monitoring
• Home Title Monitoring

Aura’s antivirus and VPN functions

To these core identity and credit monitoring features, Aura adds a collection of digital device protections. Individual plans come with:

• A VPN (Virtual Private Network)
• Anti-malware software
• A password manager
• An ad and malicious site blocker

Maybe our favorite of these bonus protections is something Aura calls Email Alias. In simple terms, it generates false email addresses when you sign up for new accounts with online sites. These mask your true identity so you get less spam while making you less vulnerable to data breaches.

Now, for its price, we think this is a solid identity protection plan for individuals. We’ve seen services charge upwards of $20 per month for the same protections, so $15 per month or $144 yearly is pretty reasonable.

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Aura’s Couple Plan

Take everything included in Aura’s Individual plan, and double it — that’s the Couple plan. Despite the plan’s name, you don’t actually have to be romantic partners to purchase the Couple plan — you can be roommates, siblings living together, or just friends. You’re essentially getting two individual accounts which you will manage separately, so it’s safe to share a subscription.

Still, we like the simplicity of the plan. When it comes to features, you just double everything in the Individual plan. That includes device protections, so both you and your co-subscriber get access to the VPN, antivirus software, and safe browsing tool for 10 devices each. Similarly, the insurance coverage applies to each member. In case both you and your co-subscriber both fall victim to identity theft, you won’t have to share the $1,000,000 insurance limit.

The pricing is also pretty affordable — $29 per month or $180 per year. If you’re sure Aura is the right pick for you, we strongly recommend picking the yearly plan since you’ll end up saving more than $150.

Aura’s Family Plan

This subscription provides the best value for large households — either families with multiple children, or several adults living together (like a couple sharing the house with a parent, or siblings living together). That’s because the Family plan provides protection for up to five adults. Each adult member gets device protection for up to 10 devices, $1,000,000 in insurance coverage, and all the identity and credit monitoring features.

The five-member limit only applies to adults. Aura supports an unlimited number of children, though keep in mind kids will also have to share device protections with adult members. If your child has a smartphone, for example, and they use the VPN and antivirus on it, that will count against the device limit of one of the adult members. The same applies to the insurance coverage.

The Family subscription adds child monitoring. As opposed to identity monitoring for adults, child monitoring only protects children’s Social Security Numbers, notifying you if your child’s SSN is used to take out loans or for other nefarious activities.

What’s more, the Family plan provides access to parental controls. This allows parents to block and filter websites and apps, manage screen time limits, and track internet usage. Parents also get access to child safety tools, like cyberbullying and predator alerts, and 24/7 in-game voice and text monitoring.

The Family subscription is also pretty affordable, considering everything it offers. It’s priced at $45 per month, or you can opt for the yearly plan and pay $240 upfront (and save around $300 if you want to use Aura for the foreseeable future).

Beyond Identity Theft

If we’re talking about value, we should also mention that Aura offers three additional services, at no extra charge, designed to proactively protect your identity – an antivirus software, a password manager, and a VPN.

The antivirus protects your devices from malware that might compromise your data. The VPN secures your internet traffic, ensuring nobody can track your online activities. And the password manager secures your login credentials and also helps you generate strong passwords.

Final Thoughts on Aura

We believe Aura’s subscriptions provide excellent value. They come with essential and advanced credit monitoring and identity protection features, and also add extra security tools, like an antivirus, a VPN, and a password manager.

Plus, the provider has plans for everyone: single adults, adults living together, and families (and even includes family-centric features, like parental controls and child safety tools). And you get all of this for a great price — not to mention that Aura also has a free 14-day trial and a 60-day refund for its long-term plans.

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