Mozilla Monitor vs Optery (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mozilla Monitor if

• Fits if you only want to know whether your email turned up in a breach
• Works for a family checking up to 5 addresses

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want your details removed from people-search sites, as it doesn't do that
• Not for you if you want it to fix breaches, because the steps are yours to carry out
• Watch out: it monitors email addresses only, not phone numbers
• Watch out: Mozilla's help pages blocked our fetch, so we couldn't confirm whether a paid plan still exists

Pick Optery if

• Fits if you want to see where you're listed, with screenshots, before paying anything
• Works for one adult with one name and one city, on Core at $39 a year

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you've lived in several places, as Core covers one name and one city only; more starts at $149 a year
• Not for you if you live outside the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, or in Quebec
• Skip it if you want to try removals for free: there's no trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee, and none on business accounts
• Pricey if you're buying for a family: each member needs a plan, and the discount reaches 30% only at 4 plans
• Watch out: the free plan removes nothing and rescans only about every 3 months

Mozilla Monitor

• It checks breaches and does not remove personal information from people-search sites or data brokers; the pages we read mention no such service.
• It cannot resolve breaches for you: the steps, such as changing passwords, are yours to carry out.
• Monitoring is by email address; the pages we read do not list phone numbers or other identifiers.
• Mozilla's help pages blocked our fetch, so we could not confirm whether any paid Monitor plan still exists.

Optery

• Personal plans are for residents of the US, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and only for adults aged 18 and over.
• Core removes profiles for one name and one city and state only; unlimited name variations, past cities and a human agent start on Extended.
• There is no free trial; Optery offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on individual accounts instead, not on business accounts.
• Each account covers one person, so a family buys a plan for each member; the family discount reaches 30% only at 4 plans or more.

Mozilla Monitor

Breach scan

Searches known data breaches using just an email address.

Guided resolution steps

Because fixing a breach usually means manual steps such as changing passwords or placing a fraud alert, it gives instructions instead of fixing exposures itself.

Alerts for new breaches

Checks each newly detected breach against your address and emails you if you are in it.

Five email addresses

All subscribers can monitor 5 email addresses at no cost.

Breach database

A public list of reported breaches since 2007, showing the date each was added and which data types it exposed.

Optery

Exposure report with screenshots

The free account gets a report of where your name, address and phone number appear, with a screenshot and link for each profile found and a scan of Google and Bing results.

Monthly automated removals

Paid plans scan and file opt-outs at least once every 30 days, Optery says, and are opted out of newly supported brokers automatically. Core says it covers 375+ sites, Extended 555+ and Ultimate 625+.

Removals reports

Extended and Ultimate send a report about every 90 days with before-and-after screenshots showing which profiles were taken down, and assign a human Privacy Agent for cases the automation cannot handle.

Custom removal requests

Ultimate accepts unlimited requests for sites outside the automated list, 940+ sites in all by Optery's count, after your first 30 days. It also submits outdated pages to Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo.

Map blurring

Extended and Ultimate request that your home be blurred on Google Maps and Apple Maps street imagery.

Family administration

One administrator can invite relatives and friends, see each person's exposure and removal counts, and manage their plans and billing, while each person's detailed reports stay private to them.

Mozilla Monitor

• Free$0

  Breach scan, new-breach alerts and guided fix steps for up to 5 email addresses.

Optery

• Free Basic$0

  Exposure report with screenshots and self-service removal tools, with unlimited name variations and past cities for doing it yourself.

• Core$3.25

  per month, billed yearly at $39 ($3.99 billed monthly)

  Automated monthly removals from 375+ sites by Optery's count (150+ without Expanded Reach), for one name and one city and state, with no human agent.

• Extended$12.42

  per month, billed yearly at $149 ($14.99 billed monthly)

  Says it covers 555+ sites, with unlimited name variations and past cities, an assigned human Privacy Agent, removal reports about every 90 days and map blurring.

• Ultimate$20.70

  per month, billed yearly at $249 ($24.99 billed monthly)

  Says it covers 625+ sites automatically, plus unlimited custom removal requests for 940+ sites in all after 30 days, and priority email support.

Mozilla Monitor

No public discounts listed.

Optery

• Annual discount

  About 17% off with yearly billing

  Optery's pricing page says switching to yearly saves 17%: Core is $39 a year against $3.99 a month, and Ultimate $249 a year against $24.99 a month.

• Other savings

  Family discount of up to 30% off all plans

  Optery for Family lowers the price of every plan the more people you cover, reaching 30% off all plans at 4 plans or more, according to its help desk.