Defend-ID
Ranked in Identity Theft Protection Services ·No free plan on record· paid from $12.95/mo
About
Defend-ID monitors identity threats and sends alerts by text and email when it finds them. Personal plans include dark-web, Social Security number, criminal-data, address-change, and credit monitoring, with daily alerts on the listed plans. A personal Recovery Advocate manages the recovery process and stays with the member until recovery is achieved. Gold plans provide one-bureau credit monitoring and expense reimbursement insurance up to $25,000; Platinum plans provide three-bureau monitoring and insurance up to $1,000,000. Family plan descriptions include children’s public-record monitoring. Gold Individual costs 12.95 USD per month, Gold Family costs 15.95 USD per month, Platinum Individual costs 16.95 USD per month, and Platinum Family costs 21.95 USD per month. The service also offers defend-id4B for organizations, covering breach planning and response, managed fraud recovery, dark-web monitoring, and business-fraud restoration. Defend-ID says its services are designed for small employers. Services are provided in the United States and territories where U.S. law applies; credit products are for U.S. residents and territories.
Who it is for
It suits individuals and families seeking identity monitoring with managed recovery, as well as small employers considering breach-response services. Credit products are limited to U.S. residents and territories.
What is good
- Text and email alerts for identity threats.
- Recovery Advocate stays through recovery.
- Platinum includes three-bureau credit monitoring.
- Family plans include children’s public-record monitoring.
- Breach response includes a 24/7 support center.
What to know first
- No free plan.
- Gold plans include one-bureau monitoring.
- Services are limited to U.S. jurisdictions.
- Plans require monthly payment.
Verdict
Defend-ID pairs identity monitoring with a managed recovery process, with monitoring and insurance varying by plan. Organizations can also consider defend-id4B for breach response and business-fraud restoration.
Compared on identity theft protection services
- Free plan
- Nodefend-id.com
- Paid from
- $12.95/modefend-id.com
- Dark-web monitoring
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- Bank account monitoring
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- SSN monitoring
- Yesdefend-id.com
- Account takeover monitoring
- Yesdefend-id.com
- Identity restoration
- Yesdefend-id.com
- Identity-theft insurance
- Yesdefend-id.com
Facts
- Core service
- defend-id searches for and monitors threats to users' identities and notifies them by text and email when it finds a threat.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Recovery
- A personal Recovery Advocate takes over the recovery process and stays with the member until full recovery is achieved.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Monitoring
- Personal plans include dark-web, SSN, criminal-data, address-change and credit monitoring, with daily alerts on the listed plans.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Credit bureaus
- The service uses Equifax, Experian and TransUnion for identity authentication and credit products.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Breach response
- defend-id4B provides pre-breach planning, post-breach regulatory response and notification services, managed fraud recovery, dark-web monitoring and business-fraud restoration.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Breach support
- Breach-response support includes regulatory experts, access to an AmLaw 100 law firm, a dedicated fraud specialist, no deductibles and a stated 100% identity-fraud-restoration success rate.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Small-business focus
- The company says its products and processes are designed for small employers and that protection can be activated today.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Enrollment
- The partner offering provides fully digital enrollment, a stated 10-minute enrollment process and group sizes from 3 to over 100k.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says registration and credit-report areas use SSL with 128-bit encryption and that physical, electronic and procedural safeguards protect information.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Support
- The breach-response product lists a 24/7 customer support center, and the site publishes separate sales and recovery-support phone numbers.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Eligibility
- The terms say defend-id services are provided in the United States and territories where U.S. law applies, and credit products are for U.S. residents and territories.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Cancellation
- Individuals, business and group accounts can cancel through the defend-id portal account, subject to the plan's process.defend-id.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- defend-id.com/products/personalplans· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/understandingrisks/frequently-asked-que· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/products/breach-readiness-and-response· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/our-company· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/forpartners/· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/privacypolicy· checked 28 Sept 2026
- defend-id.com/terms· checked 28 Sept 2026