Security & Cybersecurity · pricing
Malwarebytes pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Malwarebytes. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Malwarebytes catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Malwarebytes review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Malwarebytes feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Malware detection & removal
- Ransomware protection
- Real-time protection
- Anti-exploit
- Anti-phishing
- Browser Guard
- VPN
- Brute Force Protection
Integrations
- Windows Security Center
- macOS Security
Security
- AV-TEST Certified
- Independent lab tested
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Desktop support
- Mobile support
Localization
- English language support
- German language support
- French language support
- Spanish language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
- Japanese language support
People bring Malwarebytes in for budget-conscious users performing manual scans via free version, organisations needing real-time malware and ransomware protection via premium subscription, users combining antivirus with privacy via premium plus privacy vpn bundle. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Malwarebytes are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Security & Cybersecurity
Too few security & cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malwarebytes (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Keygen | On request | subscription | - | vs Malwarebytes |
| Authy | Free | free | - | vs Malwarebytes |
| Cisco Duo | Free | freemium | - | vs Malwarebytes |
| Bitdefender VPN | On request | subscription | - | vs Malwarebytes |
| Burp Suite | Free, then $449/year | subscription | - | vs Malwarebytes |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs Malwarebytes |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Malwarebytes badges page.
Before you pay for Malwarebytes
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Malwarebytes runs on windows, macos, ios, android, and is published by Malwarebytes Inc of Santa Clara, California, USA. The full record is on the Malwarebytes review, and the rest of the category is under best security & cybersecurity tools.
Malwarebytes pricing questions
- How much does Malwarebytes cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Malwarebytes, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Malwarebytes have a free plan?
- Yes, Malwarebytes is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which security & cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside Malwarebytes have a free tier: Authy, Cisco Duo, Burp Suite, Avast One.
- What am I actually paying for with Malwarebytes?
- The record lists 22 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for budget-conscious users performing manual scans via free version, organisations needing real-time malware and ransomware protection via premium subscription, users combining antivirus with privacy via premium plus privacy vpn bundle.
- Does Malwarebytes charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Malwarebytes prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Malwarebytes against before paying?
- The closest security & cybersecurity tools in this directory are Keygen, Authy, Cisco Duo, Bitdefender VPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Malwarebytes covering price, platforms and features.