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IDeleteMe vs Optery
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose DeleteMe if…
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, families
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Choose Optery if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, families
Side by side
Feature DeleteMe Optery
Pricing modelContact for pricingFreemium
Starting price—$3.25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyAbine, Inc. · since 2010Optery
Full feature lists
D DeleteMe
- Scans hundreds of data brokers and people-search sites
- Opt-out and removal requests sent on your behalf
- Year-round monitoring with repeat removals
- Progress reports and account dashboard
- Opt-outs sent only to brokers holding your data
- Removes name, address, phone, relatives, photos, email
- Business plans covering employee PII exposure
- Free opt-out guides and account deletion guides
O Optery
- Free Exposure Report with screenshot proof
- Automated opt outs from up to 625+ data brokers
- Monthly rescans and repeat removals
- Custom removal requests for 940+ sites on Ultimate
- Before-and-after Removals Reports
- Blurring of your home on Google Maps and Apple Maps
- Family plans and business accounts with SSO/SCIM/SAML
- Public API and multi-factor authentication
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
DeleteMe · joindeleteme.com
Optery · optery.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | DeleteMe | Optery |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | no published plan | $3.25 Core |
| 5 people | no published plan | $12.42 Extended |
| 20 people | no published plan | $12.42 Extended |
All plans and prices
DeleteMe
BusinessCustom
Optery
Free BasicFree
Core$3.99/mo or $3.25/mo billed yearly ($39)
Extended$14.99/mo or $12.42/mo billed yearly ($149)
Ultimate$24.99/mo or $20.70/mo billed yearly ($249)
Strengths and limitations
DeleteMe
- Ongoing removals throughout the subscription, not a one-time sweep
- First progress report within seven days of signup
- Avoids blind opt-outs that would share data with brokers
- Running since 2010 with 141M+ opt-out removals reported
- Cannot delete Google results directly; it removes the source sites first
- Business pricing is only available by contacting sales
- Removal timelines depend on each data broker's process
Optery
- Free plan includes an Exposure Report and self-service tools
- Screenshots show where profiles were found and removed
- 30-day money-back guarantee on individual accounts
- Low-cost Core plan from $3.25/mo billed yearly
- Core plan removes only 1 name and city/state and has no human agent
- Money-back guarantee does not cover business accounts
- Some brokers take multiple weeks to remove profiles
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 9, 2026. Editorial policy