Optery Review (2026)Free Scan, Paid Removals From $3.25 a Month
By Daan Haket · Researched and written with an AI assistant · who does what
Core automates removals for one name and one city and state only, with no human handling exceptions; past addresses and name variations need Extended at $12.42 a month yearly.
people in the US who want their home address and phone number off people-search sites, from a free self-service scan up to a managed service with a human agent.
you only have one current address and are willing to file opt-outs yourself with the free report, or you need protection outside the countries Optery serves.
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Pricing (2026)
✓ Pricing re-verified 10 Oct 2026
Optery sells personal data-broker removal in four tiers. Free Basic costs nothing and needs no card: a personalised exposure report with screenshots, a scan of your Google and Bing results, and self-service removal tools, but no automated removals. Core is $3.99 a month, or $3.25 a month billed yearly ($39 a year): automated monthly removals from 380+ sites (150+ without enabling Expanded Reach), for at most one name and one city and state per user, fully automated with no human Privacy Agent.
Extended is $14.99 a month, or $12.42 billed yearly ($149): 555+ sites (325+ without Expanded Reach), unlimited name variations and past cities, an assigned human Privacy Agent, removal reports with before-and-after screenshots about every 90 days, and blurring your home on Google Maps and Apple Maps. Ultimate, marked most popular, is $24.99 a month, or $20.70 billed yearly ($249): 630+ sites (405+ without Expanded Reach), unlimited custom removal requests across 945+ sites once you have been a customer for 30 days, outdated-content removal submissions to Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo, and priority email support.
Yearly billing saves 17%. Individual accounts have a 'No Questions Asked' 30-day money-back guarantee. On that reading a site banner offered promo code FALL2026 for 20% off at checkout, with no end date shown. Family and business plans are priced on separate pages that we did not read for this review. Plans change — always verify the live price on their site.
What the pricing page doesn’t say
The advertised site counts assume Expanded Reach is enabled; without it Core covers 150+ sites instead of 380+. Custom removal requests on Ultimate only start after 30 days. Removals from data brokers take time and listings can reappear, which is why every paid plan rescans monthly. We have not used Optery ourselves.
What Optery does
Personal data removal service that scans people-search sites and data brokers for your name and address and files opt-out requests, from a free self-service report to managed removals with a human agent.
Core is cheap because it removes only one name and one address
The free tier is a real tool, not a teaser: it shows where your details are listed, with screenshots, and gives you the opt-out links to do the removals yourself. Core at $3.25 a month (yearly) automates removals from 380+ sites, but only for one name and one city and state, and nobody at Optery looks at the cases the automation cannot handle. If you have moved, changed your name or appear under spelling variations, those listings stay up on Core.
Extended at $12.42 is where the plan covers past addresses and name variations and adds a human Privacy Agent and screenshot reports every 90 days. Ultimate at $20.70 adds the remaining sites and custom removal requests after 30 days, which matters mainly for people with a public role or a safety reason to disappear. The site counts drop sharply if you leave Expanded Reach off, so check that setting after you sign up.
How to actually use Optery
Start with Free Basic and run the exposure report; it shows which brokers list you before you pay anything. Write down every name variation and past city you have used, because that list decides whether Core is enough or you need Extended. If you buy, switch Expanded Reach on, since the higher site counts on every plan depend on it. Use the 30-day money-back window to compare the first removal report against the free exposure report.
Distilled from Optery's own pricing page, read on 2026-10-10 in a headless browser (US view, monthly and yearly figures, the plan feature lists, the money-back guarantee and the promo banner). Optery is a PartnerStack partner of ours. We have not used Optery ourselves.
Optery vs NordVPN, side by side
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The natural comparison is NordVPN — NordVPN is in our dossiers too, but it hides your traffic and location while you browse; Optery removes the records data brokers already hold about you. They solve different privacy problems and are often used together..
Frequently asked questions
How much does Optery cost?
Read on 10 October 2026 (US, USD): Free Basic $0; Core $3.99 a month or $39 a year; Extended $14.99 a month or $149 a year; Ultimate $24.99 a month or $249 a year.
Is the free Optery plan useful?
Yes for finding listings: it gives an exposure report with screenshots and self-service removal tools. It does not remove anything automatically.
Does Optery Core cover old addresses?
No. Core removes listings for one name and one city and state per user. Unlimited name variations and past cities start on Extended.
Is this a hands-on review of Optery?
This is a researched assessment, not a hands-on test — where we've used a tool ourselves, we say so explicitly. We name what each tool is good and bad at, and we earn a commission only if you sign up, at no cost to you.
- Read 2026-10-10 on optery.com/pricing, US view, USD, monthly and yearly figures.
- A dated screenshot of that pricing page, kept on this site as the receipt.
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