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EasyOptOuts vs Optery Comparison

Feature
Overview
Rating7.57.1
Pricing
  • $1.67/moPersonal plan for 1 year
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  • Personal plan for 1 year: $19.99 a year
  • $3.99/moCore monthly
  • $3.25/moCore for 1 year
  • $14.99/moExtended monthly
  • $12.42/moExtended for 1 year
  • $24.99/moUltimate monthly
  • $20.70/moUltimate for 1 year
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  • Core for 1 year: $39 billed yearly
  • Extended for 1 year: $149 billed yearly
  • Ultimate for 1 year: $249 billed yearly
Free tierNoneFree scan, no removal
Sold separatelyYesYes
EstablishedNot specified2020
Coverage
Regions covered
United States
United StatesCanadaAustraliaOther regions
Brokers covered200 (vendor claim)
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US residents only. EasyOptOuts claims 200+ sites: its list names 141 sites it opts you out of directly and 74 more that it says rely on or redirect to covered brokers. Sites run by PeopleConnect, such as TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate and Intelius, are not covered.

630 (vendor claim)
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US figures for the Ultimate plan: 630+ sites, of which 405+ are covered without the optional Expanded Reach setting; Core covers 380+ and Extended 555+. Canadian plans cover 51+ to 69+ sites and Australian plans 35+ to 55+. Personal plans are also sold in New Zealand and South Africa, but not in Quebec, the UK or the EU.

Removal methodAutomatedAutomated + human review
Re-checksEvery 4 monthsMonthly
Proof & verification
Proof of removalStatus only
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After each round, an email lists the sites where your record was found and an opt-out request was filed. No screenshots.

Screenshots
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Every paid plan shows a status per site in the dashboard. Extended and Ultimate add a Removals Report with before-and-after screenshots about every 90 days. Sites reached only through Expanded Reach get no verified status.

Independent testsConsumer Reports (2024), Privacy Guides (2025)Consumer Reports (2024), PoPETs study (He et al.) (2025)
Process auditNone on recordNone on record
Your data
Data you hand over
NameDate of birthAddressEmailPhoneRelatives
NameAddressDate of birthEmail
What they do with itRemoval only
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The privacy policy says your data is shared with no one except to opt you out of supported sites, or when the law requires it. What you enter is typed into broker sites, which then handle it under their own policies.

Used for marketing
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Account data (name and email) is used to market Optery, and its retargeted ads with vendors such as Google may count as a sale or share under California law, with an opt-out. The policy says data in the removal profile is not used for marketing, and Optery does not sell data for money.

JurisdictionUnited States
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The terms of service are governed by California law. The team is US-based, and data is stored and processed on Google Cloud in the United States.

United States
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Optery, Inc. is a Delaware C corporation headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area; customer data is hosted on AWS in the United States.

OwnerIndependent company
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Founded by Ben and Tyler; the company describes itself as independent and self-funded.

Part of a larger group
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Surfshark acquired a majority stake in September 2026; Optery says it continues as an independent company with its own team, product and technology. Before that it was a venture-backed startup from Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch.

Security audit of the serviceNone on recordPrescient Assurance 2023
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SOC 2 Type II audit of Optery's security controls, commissioned and paid for by Optery. Optery says it passed for 2023, 2024 and 2025 and shares the report only with business customers under NDA.

Past data breachNoNo