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SMalCare vs Sucuri
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose MalCare if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($8.25/mo vs $9.99/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: wordpress site owners, web agencies
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Choose Sucuri if…
- you're in its core audience: small business site owners, bloggers
Side by side
Feature MalCare Sucuri
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price$8.25/mo$9.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyMalCare · since 2014GoDaddy Mediatemple, Inc.
Full feature lists
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- Off-server deep malware scans of files and database
- One-click malware removal with backup first
- Firewall that learns from a 400,000-site network
- Virtual patching for 39,000+ known vulnerabilities
- Login protection, CAPTCHA and two-factor authentication
- Country geoblocking and bot protection
- Searchable activity log of logins and changes
- Post-cleanup report showing how attackers got in
S Sucuri
- Unlimited manual malware and hack removal
- Cloud-based web application firewall with DDoS protection
- Anycast CDN and caching for faster page loads
- Monitoring for malware, blocklists, DNS, uptime and SEO spam
- Blocklist monitoring and removal
- Server-side file scanner for backdoors and tampering
- SSL certificate support and monitoring
- Free WordPress security plugin and website backups
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Work it out for your team
All plans and prices
MalCare
Free$0
Protect$99/yr per site ($299 for 5 sites), about $8.25/mo
Repair$299/yr per site ($899 for 5 sites)
Fortify$499/yr per site ($1,499 for 5 sites)
Sucuri
Basic Firewall$9.99/mo
Pro Firewall$19.98/mo
Basic Platform$229/yr
Pro Platform$339/yr
Business Platform$549/yr
Junior Dev$999.98/yr
Multi-Site & CustomPrice upon request
Strengths and limitations
MalCare
- Free plan includes weekly scans, basic firewall and 2FA
- Scans run on MalCare servers, not the host
- Published 0.2% false positive rate
- 14-day refund window and prorated plan changes
- Free and Protect plans do not remove malware
- Plans are billed yearly only
- Activity logs only on Repair and Fortify
- Works only with WordPress
Sucuri
- Every plan includes unlimited manual malware cleanups
- Works with any CMS
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- 24/7 security team
- Each standard plan covers only one site
- First ticket response on the Basic Platform plan can take 30 hours
- Multi-site and enterprise pricing is only available on request
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 11, 2026. Editorial policy