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Alternatives to Bitdefender Total Security
23 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Bitdefender Total Security in this directory. Below is what separates each from Bitdefender Total Security on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Bitdefender Total Security starts at
- $19.99/year
Why people look past Bitdefender Total Security
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Bitdefender Total Security entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Bitdefender Total Security starts at $19.99/year. Across the 4 cybersecurity tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $17.49/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Bitdefender Total Security carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Powerful protection against evolving threats
- Starts $16.01 a year dearer, at $36/year.
Complete protection for your digital life
- Can be used without paying; Bitdefender Total Security cannot.
Award-winning antivirus trusted by millions
- Starts $10 a year dearer, at $29.99/year.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Can be used without paying; Bitdefender Total Security cannot.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
Priced and rated the same as Bitdefender Total Security on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- Starts $17.99 a month cheaper, at $2/month.
Every Bitdefender Total Security alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Bitdefender Total Security badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Kaspersky Total Security , Free
- Google Authenticator , Free
Cheaper than Bitdefender Total Security (2)
Entry price under Bitdefender Total Security's $19.99/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Entrust Identity as a Service , $2/month
- Camio , $4.99/month
What you would be giving up
Bitdefender Total Security is most often brought in for antivirus, internet security, endpoint protection. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Bitdefender Total Security is broadly right and the question is cost, the Bitdefender Total Security pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Bitdefender Total Security runs on windows, macos, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Bitdefender Total Security alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Bitdefender Total Security?
- 23 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Norton 360, Kaspersky Total Security, McAfee Total Protection, Google Authenticator. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Bitdefender Total Security?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Kaspersky Total Security, Google Authenticator.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Bitdefender Total Security?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Bitdefender Total Security's $19.99/year: Entrust Identity as a Service at $2/month, Camio at $4.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Bitdefender Total Security?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Bitdefender Total Security?
- Bitdefender Total Security is most often brought in for antivirus, internet security, endpoint protection. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Bitdefender Total Security?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Bitdefender Total Security alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Bitdefender Total Security against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Bitdefender Total Security covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 23 tools beside Bitdefender Total Security. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.