Optery vs Redact (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Optery: it is first in our ranking of data removal services, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Optery grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Optery
Data broker removal with a free exposure report and screenshot proof
Redact
Bulk-delete old social media posts, with broker removal for teams
Which one is for you
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
Pick Redact if
- Fits if you want to wipe old posts from several social accounts
- Works for people who want a one-time lifetime purchase
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want data brokers asked to remove you, as that is Enterprise only
- Tight on the free plan: only the last 30 days on most platforms
- Watch out: Premium allows 2 accounts per platform and Ultimate 5
- Watch out: LinkedIn and Slack need Ultimate at $14.99 a month
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAOpteryGood | 2.4GPARedactFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BCore is $3.25 a month billed yearly at $39, the second-lowest price in this category, and Optery says it covers 375+ sites. But it's one name and one city and state only. Past addresses, name variations and a human agent need Extended, at $149 a year. | B$7.99 a month on yearly billing for Premium, at the cheaper edge of data-removal tools, and lifetime plans cost $245 and $385. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree Basic gets you an exposure report with screenshots, a scan of Google and Bing results and do-it-yourself opt-out tools, rescanned about every 3 months. What it won't do is remove anything for you, and that's the job you'd be paying for. | CA free plan with deletion for the last 30 days on most platforms, and a whole Reddit history. Older posts need Premium. |
| Features | BRemovals Optery says run monthly, at 375+ sites on Core and 625+ on Ultimate, before-and-after screenshot reports, custom requests on Ultimate, map blurring and a family admin. Nothing in the core job is missing, though custom requests, map blurring and the human agent sit on the dearer plans. | CIt deletes posts fully across many platforms, with edit-first and scheduling. That is a smaller job than data-removal, because broker removal is Enterprise-only. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, but there's next to nothing to set up. You sign up, look through the report with its screenshots and links, and a paid plan files the opt-outs for you from then on. | CNo store rating on record. You connect each social account before it can delete. |
| Platforms and integrations | BThe web plus iPhone and Android apps. There's no computer app and no integrations on record, so it stops at B. Personal plans are only for adults in the US, Canada outside Quebec, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android apps, with no integrations or API listed. |
| Best for | a free exposure report, then paid removals | deleting old social media posts in bulk |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Optery and Redact. How we grade
Price against what you get
Optery starts at $3.25 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Redact starts at $7.99 a month and scores 2.3.
Optery scores higher and starts $4.74 a month lower. Of the other data removal services on the chart, none scores higher than Optery for less, and 1 scores higher than Redact for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Optery also covers reports.
- Redact also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Optery | Redact | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3.25 per month, billed yearly at $39 ($3.99 billed monthly) | $7.99 per month, billed yearly at $95.88 |
| Free plan | Free Basic: an exposure report with screenshots, a scan of Google and Bing results and self-service opt-out tools. Optery rescans free accounts about every 3 months and removes nothing for you. | Free: deletes the last 30 days of content on most platforms, anonymizes a whole Reddit history, desktop and mobile apps included. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Optery | Redact Holdings, Inc. |
| Price read from | optery.com | redact.dev |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Redact
- Individual plans delete content you posted; data broker removal appears only on the Enterprise platform.
- Free deletion on most platforms stops at the last 30 days.
- Premium allows 2 accounts per platform and Ultimate 5.
- Work platforms such as LinkedIn and Slack need Ultimate.
Key features
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.
Redact
- Mass deletion
- Bulk-delete posts, messages, comments and likes, with filters such as age or keyword.
- Many platforms
- The site says it supports 35+ sites. Premium unlocks the major ones; Ultimate adds LinkedIn, Slack, Stack Exchange, email and GitHub.
- Edit before delete
- Replaces content with your own text before deleting, which the pricing page says is to beat archive bots.
- Scheduled deletions
- Premium can run deletions automatically on a schedule.
- On-device processing
- The free plan description says all processing happens on your device.
- Workforce privacy
- The Enterprise platform adds data broker removal and exposed data monitoring for staff.
Plans
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.
Redact
Free$0
Deletes the last 30 days of posts on Twitter/X, Discord, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and others; Reddit history at any date.
Premium$7.99
per month, billed yearly at $95.88
Unlimited deletion with no date limit, custom edit text, scheduled deletions and 2 accounts per platform.
Ultimate$14.99
per month, billed yearly at $179.88
Premium plus LinkedIn, Slack and other work platforms, advanced filters, priority support and 5 accounts per platform.
Premium Lifetime$245
one-time, no renewal
Premium's features, paid once with no subscription to renew.
Ultimate Lifetime$385
one-time, no renewal
Ultimate's features, paid once with no subscription to renew.
Enterprise PlatformCustom
Workforce privacy for teams: SSO/SAML, compliance archiving, data broker removal and exposed data monitoring. Sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
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.
Redact
- Lifetime license
Lifetime licenses
Premium Lifetime is $245 and Ultimate Lifetime is $385, each paid once, per Redact's pricing page.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Optery or Redact?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Optery is cheaper to start with: $3.25 a month, against $7.99 a month for Redact. Optery starts at $3.25 per month, billed yearly at $39 ($3.99 billed monthly), and Redact starts at $7.99 per month, billed yearly at $95.88.
Which has a free plan, Optery or Redact?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Optery and Redact have a free plan.
Which platforms do Optery and Redact run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Redact lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. Both list a web app and iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.