IDShield vs LifeLock Pricing, IDShield vs LifeLock Family Plans, and Which One Removes You From Data Brokers
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IDShield costs $14.95 a month with one credit bureau or $19.95 with three, which is $179.40 or $239.40 over a year; LifeLock Core costs $124.99 a year with two bureaus. For two adults and children, IDShield Family is $359.40 a year and LifeLock Core $344.99. IDShield assigns a licensed private investigator for restoration on every plan; LifeLock offers a 60-day refund on annual plans. Both remove you from some data brokers, IDShield through Privacy Check and LifeLock every 90 days, and neither publishes how many.
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IDShield and LifeLock are the two identity theft suites most often put side by side, usually because someone has been offered IDShield by a LegalShield associate or an employer and wants to know if LifeLock is the better deal. On price, LifeLock usually wins. On what happens after a theft, IDShield usually wins. On data broker removal, neither tells you how much you are getting.
IDShield figures are from its individual and family plan pages, FAQ and blog; LifeLock figures are from its US plan page, read 25 September 2026. We sell a competing data removal service, so every number below is the vendor's own.
IDShield vs LifeLock pricing for one person
IDShield has two individual plans that differ only in credit monitoring: $14.95 a month with Experian, or $19.95 with all three bureaus. It prints monthly prices only. LifeLock has three tiers, each sold yearly or monthly, and it charges the same yearly price at renewal as in year one.
| Plan | Monthly | A year | Credit | Removal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDShield, 1 bureau | $14.95 | $179.40 | Experian | Privacy Check |
| IDShield, 3 bureaus | $19.95 | $239.40 | 3 bureaus | Privacy Check |
| LifeLock Core | $12.49 | $124.99 | 2 bureaus | Every 90 days |
| LifeLock Advanced | $19.99 | $199.99 | Yes | Every 90 days |
| LifeLock Total | $34.99 | $349.99 | Yes | Every 90 days |
The IDShield yearly figures are twelve monthly payments. Its FAQ does mention annual billing, but no annual price appears on the plan pages, and annual members may only cancel after their first 12 months. LifeLock Core at $124.99 is $54.41 less than a year of IDShield's cheapest plan and monitors one more bureau.
IDShield vs LifeLock family plans
This is where the two converge. IDShield's family plan covers you, a spouse or domestic partner, and every dependent child under 18 living with you, with the same features as the individual plan. LifeLock sells separate plans for two adults and for two adults with up to ten children.
| Plan | Covers | A year | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDShield Family, 1 bureau | 2 adults + kids under 18 | $359.40 | $29.95 |
| IDShield Family, 3 bureaus | 2 adults + kids under 18 | $419.40 | $34.95 |
| LifeLock Core | 2 adults + up to 10 kids | $344.99 | $34.49 |
| LifeLock Advanced | 2 adults + up to 10 kids | $479.99 | Not listed |
| LifeLock Total | 2 adults + up to 10 kids | $749.99 | Not listed |
For a couple with children, IDShield Family at $359.40 and LifeLock Core at $344.99 are within $15 of each other. Paid monthly, IDShield is actually cheaper: $29.95 against $34.49. If you want three-bureau monitoring for the whole household, IDShield Family at $419.40 undercuts LifeLock Advanced by $60.59.
Which is better for restoration, IDShield or LifeLock?
IDShield. Every IDShield plan assigns a dedicated licensed private investigator if your identity is stolen, and IDShield calls its restoration guaranteed. Both suites include up to $3 million of coverage at the top end, but LifeLock ties the amount to the tier: Core carries $1.05 million in total with $25,000 for stolen funds, and only Total reaches $3 million with $1 million for stolen funds. IDShield quotes up to $3 million on every plan, underwritten by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, an Assurant company.
LifeLock's advantage is the guarantee. Annual LifeLock plans come with a 60-day money-back guarantee. We did not find a comparable refund window on IDShield's pages, and its FAQ requires cancellation in writing, by email with your membership number.
Does IDShield or LifeLock remove you from data brokers?
Both do some of it, and neither publishes a number. That is the part most comparisons skip, and it matters because people-search listings with your address, age, phone number and relatives are what make targeted scams cheap to run.
IDShield's Privacy Check scans "several top data broker sites" and helps you remove what it finds. IDShield's own blog post launching the feature says Hello Privacy performs the scan and removal, so the engine is a partner's. There is no published list and no stated rescan interval. You see what was found and decide what to remove.
LifeLock's Core, Advanced and Total plans include a lighter version of Norton's Privacy Monitor Assistant that works through "a smaller set" of brokers about every 90 days, again with no published count. The full version is sold separately at $109.99 a year. Our breakdown of what LifeLock data broker removal covers goes through the footnotes.
So if removal is part of why you are buying, neither suite lets you check what you get. For comparison, Aura publishes 425+ sites on every adult plan for $144 a year, IDX Privacy publishes over 100 brokers for $139.92, and a standalone service like EasyOptOuts itemizes 216 domains for $19.99. Our full IDShield review prices a year of IDShield against all of them.
What about the LegalShield bundle?
Many people meet IDShield through LegalShield, which sells legal plans through independent associates and employer benefits, and offers the two together. The IDShield features are the same whether you buy it alone or bundled. If the legal half is what draws you, be honest about how often you will use it. When your question is a one-off, such as whether a collector can pursue you for an account a thief opened, it can be quicker to look up the legal question in plain English first and then decide whether you need a membership at all.
IDShield or LifeLock, which should you buy?
Buy LifeLock Core if you are one adult and want the lowest yearly price for credit monitoring, insurance and some broker removal, with a 60-day refund window on annual plans. Buy IDShield if you want a licensed investigator to own your case after a theft, or you are covering a family and prefer to pay monthly. Either way, run the scan at the top of this page first. It shows which people-search sites publish you today, and whether the handful of brokers either suite works through covers them.
If it does not, add a removal service with a published list rather than paying for the next tier up. Our ranking of the best data removal services prices the field, and the Aura data removal review covers the suite that does publish its count.
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