About Aura
Aura is a subscription service aimed at protecting individuals and families from identity theft and online scams. It combines credit monitoring, identity theft protection and insurance, a VPN, antivirus, a password manager and tools for removing personal data from broker sites, so one account covers many privacy and safety needs.
Parents get additional features such as parental controls, child online safety tools, messaging insights, a digital wellbeing score and monitoring of AI apps. The site also provides a free scan to see whether personal information has leaked, a quiz for picking a plan, and programs for managed service providers, partners and resellers.
Aura is proprietary and hosted by the vendor, and it works across devices. Its homepage says plans start at $10 per month and offers a free trial, with full plan details available on the separate pricing page.
Key features
- Credit monitoring and identity theft protection
- Identity theft insurance
- VPN and antivirus included
- Password manager and vault
- Online data removal from brokers
- Parental controls and child safety tools
Good fit for
- →Protecting a family from identity theft
- →Monitoring credit and personal data exposure
- Tags
- security
- identity-theft-protection
- credit-monitoring
- vpn
- privacy
- parental-controls
- consumer
Aura: questions and answers
- What is Aura used for?
- Aura is a consumer identity theft protection service that bundles credit monitoring, a VPN, antivirus and online safety tools for individuals and families. It is a good fit for protecting a family from identity theft, and monitoring credit and personal data exposure.
- How much does Aura cost?
- Paid plans for Aura start at $13 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
- Is Aura open source?
- No. Aura is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Security category, open-source options include Cryptomator, VeraCrypt and Onetime Secret.
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