Optery helps people find and remove personal information from data brokers and people-search sites. Its free platform provides visibility into where information appears online: Free Basic includes personalized exposure reports with screenshots, scans of Google and Bing results, self-service removal tools, and quarterly reports. Paid plans add monthly automated scans and removals, although brokers may add profiles again after an opt-out. Exposure and removal reports provide live screenshots showing where profiles were found or removed. Optery offers an API for partner applications, including programmatic access to customer exposure screenshots. Platforms include Android, iOS, web, API, and extension. Core is 3.99 USD per month, billed yearly at $39; Ultimate is 24.99 USD per month, billed yearly at $249. Ultimate includes custom removal requests for 950+ sites total after 30 days. The company says customer data in transit is protected by TLS 1.2 or higher and data at rest is encrypted with AES-256, with keys managed through AWS KMS. Optery also says its customer support specialists are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Who it is for
Optery suits people seeking visibility into data-broker listings and removal options, including those who want to start with free reports and self-service tools. Its API is aimed at partner applications and businesses adding data-removal services.
What is good
- Free Basic includes personalized exposure reports and screenshots.
- Free plan scans Google and Bing results.
- Paid plans include automated scans and removals.
- API provides programmatic access to exposure screenshots.
What to know first
- Brokers may add profiles again after an opt-out.
- Ultimate custom removals are eligible after 30 days.
- 30-day money-back guarantee excludes business accounts.
Verdict
Optery provides free exposure reporting and self-service removals, with paid plans adding automated monitoring and removal. Consider the possibility of profiles returning and the 30-day wait for Ultimate custom requests.
Optery plans and pricing
All plansCompared on data removal services
- Free plan
- Yes
- Broker coverage
- 380 sites
- Recurring monitoring
- Yes
- Removal frequency
- periodic
- Custom removal requests
- Yes
- Family coverage
- Yes
- Request handling
- assisted
- Identity types covered
- household
