Aura

Aura is a consumer online safety and identity protection service that bundles credit monitoring with credit lock, identity theft alerts, suspicious transaction alerts for linked bank and retirement accounts, data broker removal through its Privacy Assistant, a Vault for encrypted files and passwords, spam call and scam text protection, a VPN that blocks known scam and phishing sites, antivirus for Android, PC, and Mac, and a password manager. Family and Kids plans add Digital Wellbeing Score, parental controls, and Safe Gaming with cyberbullying alerts for PC games. The page states identity theft insurance up to $1 million per adult member in the guarantee section and up to $5 million in another section, a 60-day money-back guarantee for eligible annual plans, and U.S.-based 24/7 support. Plans start at $10 per month, and a free trial is offered.

Key features

• Credit monitoring across Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax with Experian Credit Lock
• Identity theft protection with alerts when SSN, online accounts, or personal info are compromised
• Suspicious transaction alerts for linked banking and retirement accounts
• Privacy Assistant to help remove personal info from data brokers and people search sites
• Vault encrypted lockbox for digital files and passwords
• Spam call protection and call screening
• VPN with 100+ virtual locations that blocks known scam and phishing sites
• Antivirus for Android, PC, and Mac
• Password manager
• Dark web and data breach alerts
• Digital Wellbeing Score and parental controls (Family and Kids plans only)
• Safe Gaming with cyberbullying alerts for over 200 PC games (Family and Kids plans only)
• Online data removal from Google search results and people-search sites
• Works across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and popular browsers

Best suited for

• Individuals seeking identity theft and credit fraud protection
• Families wanting online safety and parental controls for children
• Users wanting bundled security tools such as VPN, antivirus, and password management
• People wanting to reduce spam calls, texts, and data broker exposure

Pricing

Plans start at $10 per month; free trial offered; 60-day money-back guarantee applies only to annual plans purchased through Aura's websites or customer support