EasyOptOuts vs Kanary

EasyOptOuts

• US residents who want broker opt-outs at the lowest yearly price
• People wary of handing a removal service more data than needed
• Trying a removal service with a 150-day money-back guarantee

Kanary

• Public figures, executives and creators facing doxxing or harassment
• People who want social media and AI chatbot exposures covered
• Adding family members at half price

EasyOptOuts

• Works only for US residents; it is set up to handle US phone numbers and addresses only.
• There are no custom removal requests, and PeopleConnect sites such as Intelius and TruthFinder must be opted out of yourself.
• There is no family plan, so each person needs their own subscription; business plans start at 10 people.
• Payment goes through PayPal only, by card or bank account, and scans run every 4 months rather than monthly.

Kanary

• Built for US residents or people with a US address; Kanary says it has recently added UK users and helps others case by case.
• No free plan or trial; the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the first month only.
• Weekly and daily scans, unlimited custom removals and address confidentiality enrollment are Advanced options that may cost extra.
• Kanary says removal rates average 60 to 80% for hands-off members and 90 to 95% for those who answer identity checks.

EasyOptOuts

Fully automated opt-outs

Software searches each covered site and submits the opt-out on the spot when it finds you, so no staff or overseas contractors handle your details. EasyOptOuts says its team is entirely US-based.

200+ high-visibility sites

Covers the people-search sites most likely to show up in searches, such as Spokeo, Whitepages and MyLife, plus a few large brokers like Acxiom and LexisNexis. It skips sites where it cannot find you.

Rescans every 4 months

The first round of searches and requests takes up to two weeks; after that the whole process repeats every 4 months to catch records that come back.

Email summaries

After each round you get an email listing where you were found and what was requested, and it keeps following up with slower sites after the summary.

Minimal sign-up data

It asks only for your legal name, date of birth, current address and email, with other names, past addresses and phone numbers optional. No ID photo or power of attorney is needed.

Deletes your data on cancel

Cancelling from your account stops billing and immediately deletes everything EasyOptOuts holds about you, according to its FAQ.

Kanary

Threat model per person

Kanary weighs each exposure by how likely it is to lead to doxxing, impersonation or phishing and works on those first, not only the easy opt-outs. It says it has covered more than 68,000 sites.

Search engines, brokers, social and AI

Core covers search engines and data brokers. Advanced adds social networks such as LinkedIn, X and YouTube, and AI chatbots, with full-site monitoring.

Google cleanup

After a source page is cleaned, Kanary asks Google to drop the link, handles Google's doxxing and harassment removals for sites that will not cooperate, and updates your Google settings to block new results.

Approve before removal

Unfamiliar results get a quick approve or deny check from you in the app, and known business-safe sites are skipped, which suits people who need a public profile.

Scans and reports

Core scans and sends removal requests monthly and emails a report once a month; Advanced scans weekly and reports twice a month, with live stats on the dashboard.

Escalations on Advanced

Advanced can enroll you in a state address confidentiality program, escalate stubborn sites to an attorney general and research active incidents. Some of these may cost extra.

EasyOptOuts

• Personal Plan$19.99

  per year

  Automated removal from 200+ data brokers and people-search sites for one person, three scans a year and a 150-day money-back guarantee.

Kanary

• Core$250

  per year, billed yearly ($25 a month billed monthly)

  Search engines and data brokers, monthly scans and removal requests, managed removals and 24 to 48 hour email support. Family members $125 a year.

• Advanced$500

  per year, billed yearly ($50 a month billed monthly)

  Adds social media and AI chatbots, weekly scans and requests, attorney general escalation, priority support and incident research. Family $250 a year.

EasyOptOuts

• Nonprofit

  25% off for nonprofits and government

  EasyOptOuts offers nonprofits and government bodies a 25% discount, and says it will help people who cannot fit $19.99 into their budget if they get in touch.

Kanary

• Annual discount

  2 months free with yearly billing

  Kanary's pricing page shows Core at $250 a year against $25 a month, and Advanced at $500 a year against $50 a month, which it calls 2 months free.

• Other savings

  50% off each family member

  Family members added to an account cost half: $125 a year on Core and $250 a year on Advanced, or $12.50 and $25 a month.