Kanary review

Yearly fees run $250 to $500, so the price depends on the tier you pick. A family plan is listed at $125 and covers the same service for a household. Compare that with $19.99 yearly at EasyOptOuts if entry price is your main concern.

There is no free plan, which means nothing on Kanary is available at no cost. The entry point is a free trial of 14 days, which lets you see the monthly scans on Core before paying. Anything beyond that sits behind a subscription.

Core includes monthly scans, which is the slower end of the removal options. Advanced moves to weekly or daily scans and adds weekly removal requests plus unlimited custom removals. Both tiers run on the same US and GB coverage, so the tier decides how often the work happens rather than where.

Coverage runs across US and GB, so one subscription handles both markets. Kanary is headquartered in the US and the legal entity is Kanaries Inc. If you are outside those markets, the service is not a fit.

Kanary is available on web, ios and android, so you can run it in a browser or from a phone. The mobile apps cover the same removal work as the web dashboard. Support is offered through email, help centre and community.

The trial runs for 14 days, which is long enough for a monthly scan cycle to finish. The length comes from a review of the service, so the trial terms on the site at signup are the ones that apply. After the trial, a paid plan is needed to keep removals running.

Account data is deleted immediately on cancellation, and application logs are kept for a short period before being deleted. That means nothing is retained as an archive after you close the account. Removal subscriptions stop once the plan ends.

On yearly fees Kanary is one of the pricier options, at $250 to $500 against $19.99 yearly for EasyOptOuts. Surfshark lists €121.23 yearly, and Privacy Bee runs $96 to $804 yearly, so the spread across the category is wide.