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Price captures verified 2026-08-09; overall scores unpublished
Families should secure each adult email with MFA and place credit freezes where available before paying for household identity monitoring. Aura is the monitoring-oriented pack option when a leftover household job remains (Family from $32/mo billed annually on Aura.com/pricing as of 2026-08-09; Individual $12/mo annual for a single adult). Incogni Family from $15.99/mo billed annually fits when broker listings about relatives are the main leftover problem. Surfshark One only when a shared privacy bundle is the real purchase (Starter from A$3.49/mo on a 24-mo AUD geo capture the same day, not a USD guarantee). We do not invent family scores, insurance payouts, or parental-control substitutes.
Family monitoring shortlist
$12/mo billed annually (Individual)
Verified 2026-08-09 (reconfirmed), aura.json#aura-starting-price; re-check before purchase
14-day free trial + 60-day annual MBG advertised (Aura.com, 2026-08-09)
Family listing cleanup
$7.99/mo billed annually (Standard)
Verified 2026-08-09 (reconfirmed), incogni.json#incogni-starting-price; re-check before purchase
30-day money-back advertised (Incogni.com, 2026-08-09)
Household privacy bundle
From A$3.49/mo Starter (24-mo plan)
Verified 2026-08-09, surfshark.json#surfshark-starting-price; AUD geo on surfshark.com/pricing; USD not returned from research fetch (ISS-028)
30-day money-back advertised (surfshark.com/pricing, 2026-08-09)
Decision support
Qualitative fit only. We do not invent lab results, broker counts, or prices to close a shortlist.
There is no Security Checklist overall family identity champion yet, overall score not yet published; see the verification register. Qualitatively: Aura when household monitoring and adult identity tooling are the job; Incogni when people-search listings about relatives dominate; Surfshark One only when a shared privacy bundle is intentional.
Identity monitoring does not replace screen time tools or device supervision for children. Aura Family and Kids marketing mention parental/wellbeing extras on vendor pages; treat those as vendor-stated, not as a substitute for device settings you control.
If one guardian still reuses passwords or skips MFA, fix that free before a family suite. Shared recovery email is a household risk that no monitoring SKU erases.
Aura Family $32/mo annual ($50 monthly), Couple $22/$29, Individual $12/$15, Kids $10/$13 (2026-08-09). Incogni Family $15.99/mo annual; Family Unlimited $22.99. Re-verify same-day before recommending. Count adults who need seats before comparing stickers.
Aura states each adult member is backed by a $1,000,000 identity theft insurance policy for eligible losses (Family marketing shows up to $5M total at $1M per adult), vendor-stated, underwritten terms apply. We do not treat those figures as Security Checklist-tested payouts.
If you are unsure whether monitoring, removal, or a privacy bundle fits, finish free steps and then use /tools/identity-protection-finder/ or /tools/family-digital-safety-assessment/.
Qualitative fit only until scores and prices are verified. View Deal always routes through first-party tracking.
Aura
Monitoring
Household identity monitoring after freezes
Platforms
windows · mac · ios · android · web
$12/mo billed annually (Individual)
Free plan: See review
Incogni
Removal
Broker removals for relatives after DIY
Platforms
web
$7.99/mo billed annually (Standard)
Free plan: See review
Affiliate payout never sets ranking. Free remedies still come first in related guides.
Architecture and data-handling claims cited only from verified sources, never invented coverage stats.
Signup friction, dashboards, and the ongoing maintenance burden after day one.
Removal, monitoring, and bundle extras that change buy/no-buy outcomes.
Observed only when a Security Checklist test record exists.
Plan fit versus free opt-outs and freezes. Starting prices publish only from claim ledgers; scores stay N/Pub until test records exist.
Cells marked Pending mean the claim is not verified for publication yet.
| Feature | Aura | Incogni | Surfshark One |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household / family plan positioning | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Identity monitoring positioning | Yes | No | Limited |
| Data removal positioning | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| Pack affiliate CTA | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Official starting price captured (2026-08-09) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Published lab score on this site | Pending | Pending | Pending |
Internal links
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