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DKanary vs Optery
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Kanary if…
- you're in its core audience: corporate executives and board members, public figures and creators
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Choose Optery if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($3.25/mo vs $20.83/mo)
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, families
Side by side
Feature Kanary Optery
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starting price$20.83/mo$3.25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyKanaryOptery
Full feature lists
K Kanary
- Scans data brokers, search engines, social media and AI/LLMs
- Managed removal requests for exposed personal data
- Scans monthly, weekly or daily
- Address confidentiality enrollment
- Attorney general escalation for removals
- Team orgs with SSO and admin-managed accounts
- API and dashboard for real-time stats
- Mobile app for reviewing results
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.
Kanary · kanary.com
Optery · optery.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Kanary | Optery |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $20.83 Core | $3.25 Core |
| 5 people | no published plan | $12.42 Extended |
| 20 people | no published plan | $12.42 Extended |
Work it out for your team
All plans and prices
Kanary
Core$250/year per account
Advanced$500/year per account
TeamPer seat, 5 seats minimum
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
Kanary
- Family members get 50% off
- Advanced plan covers social media and AI/LLM sources
- SOC 2, GDPR and NIST CSF 2.0 compliant
- Onboarding needs only a name, city/state and birth year
- No free plan
- Team plans require at least 5 seats
- Some Advanced configurations may cost extra
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