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Alternatives to McAfee Total Protection
22 security & cybersecurity tools sit alongside McAfee Total Protection in this directory. Below is what separates each from McAfee Total Protection on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- McAfee Total Protection starts at
- $29.99/year
Why people look past McAfee Total Protection
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the McAfee Total Protection entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for McAfee Total Protection carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
McAfee Total Protection publishes 4 tiers, from $29.99/year up to $74.99/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the McAfee Total Protection pricing page breaks each one down.
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 $6.010000000000002 a year dearer, at $36/year.
- 3 tiers to McAfee Total Protection's 4.
The world's #1 rated antivirus
- Starts $10 a year cheaper, at $19.99/year.
Complete protection for your digital life
- Can be used without paying; McAfee Total Protection cannot.
Simple to setup, secure cloud backup, multi device support
- Can be used without paying; McAfee Total Protection cannot.
The leading toolkit for web security testing
- Can be used without paying; McAfee Total Protection cannot.
- Starts $419.01 a year dearer, at $449/year.
- 3 tiers to McAfee Total Protection's 4.
No-code drag-and-drop authentication platform.
- Can be used without paying; McAfee Total Protection cannot.
- Starts $219.01 a month dearer, at $249/month.
Every McAfee Total Protection 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 McAfee Total Protection badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Kaspersky Total Security , Free
- Authy , Free
- Burp Suite , Free, then $449/year
- Descope , Free, then $249/month
- Cisco Duo , Free
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Avast One , Free, then $2.99/month
Cheaper than McAfee Total Protection (8)
Entry price under McAfee Total Protection's $29.99/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Bitdefender Total Security , $19.99/year
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Avast One , Free, then $2.99/month
- IBM QRadar , Free
- CyberGhost VPN , $2.19/month
- CrowdStrike Falcon , $7.99/month
- ExpressVPN , $6.67/month
- Acunetix , Free
What you would be giving up
McAfee Total Protection is most often brought in for antivirus, internet security, identity 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 McAfee Total Protection is broadly right and the question is cost, the McAfee Total Protection pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Security & Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best security & cybersecurity tools ranks them.
McAfee Total Protection 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 McAfee Total Protection alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to McAfee Total Protection?
- 22 other security & cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Norton 360, Bitdefender Total Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Authy. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to McAfee Total Protection?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Kaspersky Total Security, Authy, Burp Suite, Descope, Cisco Duo.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to McAfee Total Protection?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under McAfee Total Protection's $29.99/year: Bitdefender Total Security at $19.99/year, HashiCorp Vault at Free, Avast One at Free, then $2.99/month, IBM QRadar at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to McAfee Total Protection?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from McAfee Total Protection?
- McAfee Total Protection is most often brought in for antivirus, internet security, identity 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 McAfee Total Protection?
- HashiCorp Vault is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these McAfee Total Protection alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Security & Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare McAfee Total Protection against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against McAfee Total Protection 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 security & cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Security & Cybersecurity category, 22 tools beside McAfee Total Protection. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.