Monthly cost: $20
Yearly cost: No annual plan
Family plan: $35/month
No. of bureau scores: 3
No. of bureaus monitored: 3
Frequency of credit reports: None
Type of credit score: VantageScore 3.0
Credit-improvement simulator: No
Credit-lock/freeze button: No
Security software: AV, PW manager, VPN, parental controls
Investment account monitoring: Yes
Max. ID-theft coverage: $1 million
Data Breach Alerts: Yes
Medical Records Monitoring: Yes
Payday loan monitoring: Yes
Sex Offender Alert: Yes
Title Change Alert: No
Two Factor Authentication (2FA): No
By combining credit monitoring with hacking protection into a single package, IDShield 3 Bureau Monitoring is an inexpensive alternative to larger and costlier approaches to ID security. The malware defenses, VPN and password manager can help keep your identity yours while the three-bureau monitoring and dark web scans can warn of potential dangers to come. While its protection is comprehensive, the IDShield package lacks the ability to deliver full credit reports and doesn’t have any credit simulators or calculators. Unfortunately, the service lacks no two-factor authentication to make sure you actually are you.
