# Kaspersky

> Antivirus suites with a VPN and password manager on higher tiers

Kaspersky sells home security in three tiers: Standard for antivirus, firewall and scam protection, Plus with an unlimited VPN and a password manager, and Premium with identity protection and 24/7 remote IT support. Plans cover Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, and the global site lists Linux too. Its US site says renewal is unavailable to US customers and sends everyone else to kaspersky.com.

- **Category:** Antivirus & Malware Protection
- **Made by:** Kaspersky
- **Website:** https://www.kaspersky.com
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Kaspersky is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $64.99 per year at renewal (Standard, 1 device), after a first year for $49.99.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of Standard or Premium; a paid yearly plan starts unless you cancel.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $64.99 per year for 1 device at renewal, after a first year for $49.99 | Antivirus, firewall, scam and payment protection. First year $49.99; 3 devices $52.99 then $74.99, 5 devices $58.99 then $85.99. |
| Plus | $79.99 per year for 1 device at renewal, after a first year for $61.99 | Adds unlimited VPN, a password manager, data leak checks and a disk health monitor. 5 devices: $73.99 the first year, then $106.99. |
| Premium | $98.99 per year for 1 device at renewal, after a first year for $64.99 | Adds identity protection, remote access detection and 24/7 remote IT support. $64.99 also buys 15 months. 10 devices: $101.99, then $157.99. |

Read from https://www.kaspersky.com/premium on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kaspersky before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **First-year prices on every plan** (Other savings): For 1 device: Standard $49.99, Plus $61.99 and Premium $64.99 for the first year, against renewal prices of $64.99, $79.99 and $98.99. Source: https://www.kaspersky.com/premium
- **Premium for 15 months at the 1-year price** (Other savings): Premium for 1 device is also sold as a 15-month term for $64.99, the same as the first year, before renewing at $98.99 a year. Source: https://www.kaspersky.com/premium

## Key features

- **Real-time antivirus and firewall:** Every plan blocks viruses, malware and ransomware, removes existing infections and includes a two-way firewall.
- **Scam and payment protection:** AI-based scam protection, anti-phishing and a protected mode for online banking and shopping, plus crypto threat and stalkerware detection.
- **Unlimited VPN:** Plus and Premium include Kaspersky's VPN with no data cap. It cannot be downloaded or activated in some countries, including China and India.
- **Password manager:** Plus and Premium add a password manager and vault that autofills addresses and card details, with a password safety check.
- **Identity and remote support:** Premium adds an identity protection wallet, smart home Wi-Fi monitoring, 24/7 remote IT support and expert virus removal.
- **Kaspersky Safe Kids:** Premium includes a year of Safe Kids parental controls with GPS location, website filters and screen time limits.

## Good for

- Buyers outside the US who want antivirus, VPN and passwords in one plan
- Households that also run Linux computers
- People who want remote help from support staff with PC problems

## Worth knowing

- Kaspersky's US site says renewal is unavailable for US customers and points non-US buyers to kaspersky.com; it shows no US prices.
- Prices here are the US-dollar prices on the global site; each plan renews automatically at the higher standard price after the first term.
- Standard has no VPN or password manager; those start at Plus.
- The free trial turns into a paid yearly plan at the introductory price unless cancelled within 30 days.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Kaspersky's suites cover Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone, with an unlimited VPN and a password manager from Plus. Outside the US, five devices on Standard cost $144.98 over two years. For a US reader it's a dead end: Kaspersky's US site says renewal isn't available to US customers and shows no US prices.

- **Value for money: D.** Outside the US, Standard for 5 devices is $58.99 the first year, then $85.99, so two years cost $144.98, about $6.04 a month. A US reader can't count on that: the US site says renewal isn't available to US customers, so there's no second year to buy there.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** No free plan on record. The 30-day trial of Standard or Premium rolls into a paid year unless you cancel, so you're signing up to pay from day one.
- **Features: B.** Antivirus, a firewall, and scam and payment protection on every plan, then an unlimited VPN and a password manager from Plus, and identity protection, 24/7 remote IT help and Safe Kids on Premium. Standard has no VPN, but the core protection has no gap.
- **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. It's a program you install and it starts protecting, with nothing to build first.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone, so it's one of the few here with Linux. The VPN can't be activated in some countries, including China and India, and there's no API on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kaspersky's own pages on 17 October 2026. Its pricing page sent our reader to the Indian site when we went back to check it, so the dollar prices could not be compared again. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among antivirus apps

- Kaspersky's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 14 other antivirus apps we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on features (B, above 4 of 14) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $5.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.17 for the category: 8 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/antivirus

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Kaspersky you would be making an engine that recognises new malware as it appears. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 11 of the 14 other antivirus apps grade higher. It costs $64.99 a year.

- You could make: Ad and tracker blocking: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears.
- You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private.
- You could not: A password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Malware protection, VPN, Password manager, Ad and tracker blocking

## Alternatives

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.kaspersky.com/premium
- https://www.kaspersky.com/plus
- https://www.kaspersky.com/standard
- https://www.kaspersky.com/free-antivirus
- https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/premium-free-trial
- https://usa.kaspersky.com/renewal-center/home
- https://www.kaspersky.com

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/kaspersky
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