No. 15 of 25 ·Identity Theft Protection Services

Defend-ID

Name: Defend-ID
Price: 12.95 USD

Web · paid plans from $12.95/mo

Visit site Alternatives

Freedom report

One barScore 5.0

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Defend-ID is ranked #15 of 25 in identity theft protection services on Freedom251. It runs on Web. There is no free plan. Paid plans start at $12.95/mo.

Defend-ID plans and pricing

All plans

Gold Individual $12.95/mo MONTH/Individual Fully managed identity-theft recovery services · Annual TransUnion credit report with score · One-bureau credit monitoring with daily alerts · Internet dark-web monitoring · SSN monitoring · Expense reimbursement insurance up to $25,000 defend-id.com · 21 Sept 2026

Gold Family $15.95/mo MONTH/Family Fully managed identity-theft recovery services · Annual TransUnion credit report with score · One-bureau credit monitoring with daily alerts · Internet dark-web monitoring · SSN monitoring · Expense reimbursement insurance up to $25,000 defend-id.com · 21 Sept 2026

Platinum Individual $16.95/mo MONTH/Individual Fully managed identity-theft recovery services · Annual three-bureau credit report with scores · Three-bureau credit monitoring with daily alerts · Internet dark-web monitoring · SSN monitoring · Expense reimbursement insurance up to $1,000,000 defend-id.com · 21 Sept 2026

Platinum Family $21.95/mo MONTH/Family Fully managed identity-theft recovery services · Annual three-bureau credit report with scores · Three-bureau credit monitoring with daily alerts · Internet dark-web monitoring · SSN monitoring · Expense reimbursement insurance up to $1,000,000 defend-id.com · 21 Sept 2026

Gold — Individual $12.95/mo monthly Fully managed recovery · one-bureau credit monitoring · $25,000 expense reimbursement insurance defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026

Gold — Family $15.95/mo monthly Fully managed recovery · one-bureau credit monitoring · children public-record monitoring · $25,000 expense reimbursement insurance defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026

Compared on identity theft protection services

Free plan: No
Paid from: $12.95/mo
Dark-web monitoring: Yes
Bank account monitoring: Yes
SSN monitoring: Yes
Account takeover monitoring: Yes
Identity restoration: Yes
Identity-theft insurance: Yes

Best Defend-ID alternatives

See all 20

Two bars pocketOne idGuard Free tier No. 1€6.71/mo6.7 One bar TransUnion Credit Premium Free tier No. 2$29.95/mo6.4 One bar Homebody Paid plans No. 3—5.5 One bar Experian IDnotify Paid plans No. 4$9.99/mo5.4 One bar ID Assist Paid plans No. 5—5.4 One bar Allstate Identity Protection Paid plans No. 6—5.3

The record

Core service: defend-id searches for and monitors threats to users' identities and notifies them by text and email when it finds a threat.
Recovery: A personal Recovery Advocate takes over the recovery process and stays with the member until full recovery is achieved.
Monitoring: Personal plans include dark-web, SSN, criminal-data, address-change and credit monitoring, with daily alerts on the listed plans.
Credit bureaus: The service uses Equifax, Experian and TransUnion for identity authentication and credit products.
Breach response: defend-id4B provides pre-breach planning, post-breach regulatory response and notification services, managed fraud recovery, dark-web monitoring and business-fraud restoration.
Breach support: Breach-response support includes regulatory experts, access to an AmLaw 100 law firm, a dedicated fraud specialist, no deductibles and a stated 100% identity-fraud-restoration success rate.
Small-business focus: The company says its products and processes are designed for small employers and that protection can be activated today.
Enrollment: The partner offering provides fully digital enrollment, a stated 10-minute enrollment process and group sizes from 3 to over 100k.
Security: The privacy policy says registration and credit-report areas use SSL with 128-bit encryption and that physical, electronic and procedural safeguards protect information.
Support: The breach-response product lists a 24/7 customer support center, and the site publishes separate sales and recovery-support phone numbers.
Eligibility: The terms say defend-id services are provided in the United States and territories where U.S. law applies, and credit products are for U.S. residents and territories.
Cancellation: Individuals, business and group accounts can cancel through the defend-id portal account, subject to the plan's process.
Price from: $12.95/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Identity Theft Protection Services in 2026#15 of 25

Is Defend-ID yours?

Claim it for free: prove the domain, then correct facts, plans and screenshots. An editor reviews every change.

Claim it free Promote Defend-ID

Sources

defend-id.com/products/personalplans· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/understandingrisks/frequently-asked-que· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/products/breach-readiness-and-response· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/our-company· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/forpartners/· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/privacypolicy· checked 28 Sept 2026
defend-id.com/terms· checked 28 Sept 2026