Aura Review: Identity Theft Protection for Families
Aura
- Dark web and SSN monitoring for exposed data
- $1M identity theft insurance coverage
- Identity and 3-bureau credit monitoring
- Device and financial account protection tools
- 24/7 U.S.-based fraud resolution support
Aura is ideal for individuals, couples and families looking for robust identity protection, offering features like dark web monitoring, credit monitoring and identity theft insurance. All plans come with financial transaction monitoring and U.S.-based expert fraud remediation. You can use Aura with just about any device and browser.
Aura offers comprehensive identity protection with advanced monitoring tools, real-time fraud alerts and 24/7 U.S.-based customer support to safeguard your personal information. Family plans add parental controls and safe gaming features with online predatory alerts.
How Aura Works
Aura keeps you and your family safe online by monitoring your online accounts, your financial accounts and your credit, and alerting you when there's been a breach. Its online protection for children, which is included in the Family plan, has safe gaming features that monitor in-game voice and text and alert you to possible predators, scams and bullying.
Here are some of the ways Aura protects you and your family online.
- Monitors your online accounts and alerts you if your personal information, Social Security number and/or home title have been compromised
- Watches for and alerts you to suspicious activity in your financial accounts and credit file
- Provides tools to keep your kids safe online
- Employs an AI-powered call assistant to block scam and spam calls, though only with the Family plan
- Protects your devices with antivirus tools and a virtual private network for secure web browsing
- Provides 24/7 U.S.-based customer support so you can report identity theft right away
The level of protection you receive varies by plan. All plans provide the full range of ID monitoring and alerts for adults.
- Individual plan: $9.99 per month when billed annually or $12.99 monthly — covers one adult and 10 devices.
- Couples plan: $17.99 per month billed annually or $19.99 per month billed monthly — doubles the number of covered devices.
- Family plan: $24.99 per month with annual billing, or $49.99 per month billed monthly — covers five adults, unlimited kids and unlimited devices.
Protect Your Identity With Advanced Monitoring Tools
Aura protects your identity with dark web, credit and financial monitoring, fraud alerts and identity theft insurance to safeguard your information and recover from identity theft if it occurs.
Pros
- Low-cost plans provide excellent value
- Comprehensive identity monitoring features
- Fraud alerts to help you act quickly if your information or accounts are compromised
- $1 million identity theft insurance per adult — children ID theft included in family plan
- Expert U.S.-based fraud remediation
- Outstanding online protection for children
Cons
- Doesn't monitor buy-now-pay-later transactions
- Lower identity theft insurance limit than some competitors offer
- Instant credit lock not available for TransUnion or Equifax credit files
Why We Like It
LifeLock Standard
Identity Protection Features
Aura includes a well-rounded selection of identity protection features, such as dark web monitoring, home and auto title alerts, ID verification monitoring and expert fraud remediation, making it an excellent choice for keeping your private information safe.
These are the top features Aura uses to safeguard your identity:
- Dark web monitoring of your Social Security number and private information
- Home and auto title alerts if someone tries to claim your home or car as their own
- Stolen identity and account breach alerts
- Identity verification alerts when someone uses your information to verify their identity with a creditor, retailer or other company
- Identity recovery tools and fraud remediation
- $1 million in identity theft insurance per adult — the Family plan includes coverage for children
IdentityForce® a TransUnion® Brand
Outstanding Identity Protection With Real-Time Alerts
Aura constantly monitors the web and your credit and financial accounts for breaches and signs of fraud. Real-time alerts let you take immediate action, and in the worst case, get recovery assistance. Insurance reimburses losses resulting from identity theft.
Pros
- Comprehensive monitoring
- Real-time alerts if monitoring detects breaches and/or fraud
- Expert remediation and insurance
Cons
- No change-of-address monitoring
Why We Like It
User Experience
User experiences with Aura are mixed. Some users say alerts have helped them respond quickly to fraudulent attempts to open a bank account or credit in their names. Others report that the software frequently disconnects, leaving devices and transactions unprotected, or interferes with their devices' performance and ability to log in to financial accounts. Most complaints relate to software and VPN issues, rather than credit and ID monitoring.
That said, the mobile app gets rave reviews, earning 4.4 stars on Google Play and 4.7 stars on the App Store.
Identity Guard
Aura vs. Competitor Options
Here's how Aura stacks up against its competitors.
Aura vs. LifeLock
LifeLock offers three plans, so you can customize your protection. Premium plans have coverages Aura doesn't, such as phone takeover monitoring, BNPL alerts, social media monitoring and even stolen wallet protection.
LifeLock plans offer protection for adults, and there are family plans to protect your kids. Subscription plan prices do rise after the first year, though. For example, the Standard plan starts at $89.99 per year and rises to $124.99 per year thereafter.
Aura vs. Identity Force
Identity Force has two individual and two family plans, so you can choose your level of coverage. Although coverages are similar to Aura's, Identity Force is significantly more expensive. But to its credit, its Personalized Action Plan helps you select coverage based on your actual breach history and dark web exposure, and provides an Identity Vault for secure digital storage of your Social Security number, credit card and financial account information and important legal and medical documents.
Aura vs. Identity Guard
Identity Guard is initially more economical than Aura, but prices double upon renewal. You'll need the highest-level plan, which is $19.99 per month billed annually for the first year, to get the level of credit and financial account protection Aura includes in all of its plans.
Final Take
Aura is an excellent choice for individuals, couples and families looking for a comprehensive solution for protecting their digital lives. From monitoring to alerts to 24/7 customer support and expert remediation, Aura protects not only your identity but your privacy, credit and financial accounts as well.
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