Kanary Data Removal Alternative: Kanary vs DeleteMe, Incogni and Deindex Pricing
Kanary sells managed data removal from $250 a year per person, with a premium tier for doxxing and executive risk. Deindex files each removal under a named legal basis and keeps dated proof, and a household of five costs $294 a year. Run the scan to see what is listed about you first.
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The short answer
Kanary data removal costs $250 a year per person on Core and $500 on Advanced, which makes it pricier than DeleteMe ($129) and Incogni ($95.88) for one person. It is worth that price if you are a doxxing target who needs social media, AI results and escalation handled. If you want listings off people-search sites with proof per removal, Deindex covers five people for $294 a year.
The honest picture
What Kanary actually is
Pricing
Core $250/yr per account, family members 50% off ($125/yr each); Advanced $500/yr per account, family members $250/yr each. Monthly billing is also offered, and the yearly price is advertised as two months free. Team plans need 5 seats minimum. 30-day money-back guarantee on the first month. Verified September 2026.
Where Kanary is strong
A managed service built around risk: Advanced adds weekly scans, social media and AI/LLM results, unlimited custom removals, address confidentiality enrollment and attorney general escalation, and Team plans come with SSO, an API and SOC 2.
Where it falls short
It is one of the more expensive options for a single person and gets costly for a household, since every family member is billed as a separate discounted account. Kanary does not publish the legal basis or a dated before-and-after screenshot for each removal.
Compared, honestly
Deindex vs Kanary
Every row below is something you can verify yourself on each provider's own site, including the rows where they are ahead. Where a fact is not published anywhere we could find it, the table says so instead of guessing.
| Feature | Deindex | Kanary |
|---|---|---|
| Free exposure scan before you pay | Yes | No No free plan on its pricing page; paid plans start at $250/yr. |
| Legal basis cited per request (GDPR Art. 17 / CCPA §1798.105) | Yes | No Not published per request. |
| Before/after evidence locker (dated screenshots) | Yes | No Not published; results come as emailed monthly reports and a dashboard. |
| Monthly billing option | Yes | Yes Monthly or yearly; yearly is advertised as two months free. |
| Family coverage (multiple people, one plan) | Yes | Partial No flat family plan; each added member is 50% off ($125/yr on Core). |
| Evidence attached per removal | Yes | No Not standard; see evidence-locker row above. |
| Social media and AI/LLM result coverage | No | Yes On Kanary Advanced. Deindex covers data brokers, people-search sites and Google results. |
| Attorney general escalation and address confidentiality enrollment | No | Yes Kanary Advanced; Kanary says some configurations cost extra. |
| Team plan with SSO and API | Partial | Yes Kanary Team, 5 seats minimum. Deindex Business includes SSO and admin roles; an API is not published. |
Results depend on each site's policy. Some removals are not guaranteed, by Deindex or by any provider in this category. See the full honest scope on our terms page.
Price, side by side
How much does Kanary cost?
Kanary Core costs $250 a year for one account, and Kanary Advanced costs $500 a year. Each family member you add is half price: $125 a year on Core, $250 on Advanced. Kanary also sells monthly billing, and says the yearly plan works out to two months free, so the monthly rate lands around $25 for Core and $50 for Advanced.
The household maths is where the gap opens. A family of five on Kanary Core is $250 plus four members at $125, or $750 a year. On Advanced it is $1,500. Deindex Family covers the same five people for $294 a year, DeleteMe charges $329 for four and Incogni $191.88 for five.
| Service and plan | One person | Two people | Five people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanary Core | $250 | $375 | $750 |
| Kanary Advanced | $500 | $750 | $1,500 |
| DeleteMe | $129 | $229 | $329 (4 people max) |
| Incogni Standard | $95.88 | $191.88 (Family) | $191.88 |
| Deindex | $174 | $294 (Family) | $294 |
Published yearly US prices, September 2026. Prices change, so check each site before you buy.
Two plans, two jobs
What Kanary Core and Advanced actually remove
Core is the everyday plan: it scans search engines and data brokers once a month, files managed removal requests monthly, and answers email within 24 to 48 hours. That is roughly the same job DeleteMe, Incogni and Deindex Personal do, and at $250 it is the most expensive way to buy it.
Advanced is a different product. It adds social media and AI and LLM results to the sources Kanary watches, weekly removal requests with weekly or daily scans, unlimited custom removals, help enrolling in a state address confidentiality program, and escalation to a state attorney general when a site will not comply. Kanary marks several of those as configurations that may cost extra.
Kanary vs DeleteMe
Is Kanary better than DeleteMe?
Kanary is better than DeleteMe if your risk goes beyond people-search sites, because Advanced reaches social media, AI results and escalation that DeleteMe does not sell. DeleteMe is better value for ordinary broker removal: $129 a year against $250, human privacy experts on every plan, and a four-person family plan at $329.
Neither service publishes the statute a request was filed under or keeps a dated before-and-after screenshot per listing. If you need to hand that record to an employer, a security team or a lawyer, that is the gap Deindex fills.
Where Kanary wins
When Kanary is the better buy
Pick Kanary Advanced if you are being actively targeted and the threat lives on social platforms or in AI answers as much as on broker sites. Weekly scans, attorney general escalation and address confidentiality enrollment are real extras, and Deindex does not offer them. For $500 a year, Advanced is also cheaper than our Executive plan at $894 a year.
Pick Kanary Team if you are buying for a company. A 5-seat minimum, unlimited admin accounts, SSO, an API and SOC 2 make it straightforward to roll out to executives or at-risk staff.
Where Deindex wins
When Deindex is the better buy
Pick Deindex if the problem is your home address, phone number and relatives on Whitepages, Spokeo, TruePeopleSearch and the other people-search sites, and you want to see the proof. Every request names the mechanism it went out under, a CCPA and CPRA delete, GDPR Article 17, or the broker's own opt-out, and every resolved listing gets a dated before-and-after screenshot.
Deindex is also far cheaper for a household. Five people cost $294 a year on Family, less than two Kanary Core accounts. And you can run the scan before you pay, to see which sites list you by name.
Why people switch
Why people move from Kanary to Deindex
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You pay Kanary Core for several family members and want one flat household price instead of stacked accounts.
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You need a dated before-and-after screenshot for each listing, to show a security team, employer or lawyer that it came down.
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You want each request filed under a named legal basis and re-filed automatically when a broker relists you.
If you are still shortlisting, our ranked breakdown of the best data removal service puts Kanary next to every other option on price and legal basis. Want to try the free route first? The data broker opt out list covers what Kanary and Deindex both file on your behalf, and the wider guide to removing your information from the internet explains what no provider can take down.
Our differentiator
We sell proof and legal standing, not a count.
Every provider in this category, Kanary included, will tell you how many opt-out requests it sent. Deindex tells you which legal mechanism each request was filed under, GDPR Article 17, CCPA §1798.105, the broker's own opt-out policy, or Google's personal-information removal tool, and attaches a dated before-and-after screenshot to every resolution. That is what you hand a security team or a lawyer, a number on a dashboard is not evidence.
We also tell you what we cannot remove. Court records, news articles, and anything outside legal removal scope stay published, and we say so upfront rather than take your money for a promise we cannot keep. Currently 50+ data brokers and people-search sites are in the catalog.
Kanary alternative FAQ
Before you switch
Kanary is worth it for people facing doxxing or targeted harassment, because Advanced covers social media, AI results and attorney general escalation for $500 a year. For routine people-search removal, Core at $250 a year costs more than most rivals doing the same job, so DeleteMe, Incogni or Deindex are better value.
Kanary is a legitimate paid data removal company with published prices, SOC 2 compliance and a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first month. It says it works best for US residents and has extended service to UK users. As with any removal service, some sites refuse or relist, so no provider can guarantee every listing stays down.
Kanary does not sell a flat family plan. Instead, each family member added to your account is 50% off: $125 a year on Core or $250 on Advanced. A household of five costs $750 a year on Core. Deindex Family covers five people for $294 a year and DeleteMe covers four for $329.
Kanary is more hands-on and covers more kinds of exposure on Advanced, while Incogni is automated and much cheaper at $95.88 a year for its Standard plan. If you want the lowest price for broad broker opt-outs, Incogni wins. If you need custom removals and escalation for a real threat, Kanary Advanced is the stronger fit.
Yes. Kanary says you can cancel anytime, with a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first month, and you can upgrade, downgrade, pause or switch plans. If you cancel, brokers can relist you over time, so decide who will keep re-filing before your plan ends.
Compare the numbers yourself: Kanary charges Core $250/yr per account, family members 50% off ($125/yr each); Advanced $500/yr per account, family members $250/yr each. Monthly billing is also offered, and the yearly price is advertised as two months free. Team plans need 5 seats minimum. 30-day money-back guarantee on the first month. Verified September 2026. Deindex Personal is $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed yearly. We are not always the cheapest option in the category, EasyOptOuts and Incogni both undercut us, and we say so. What we add is a cited legal basis and dated evidence on every removal.
Yes. Enter your name, city and state at the top of this page and the scan checks our catalog of data brokers and people-search sites right away, with no card. You see the full count and the first five sites by name immediately, and a free account opens the rest of the report.
Neither service can remove news reporting, court filings, or other lawfully published public records, and any provider claiming otherwise is not being straight with you. See the honest scope on our terms page.