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McAfee Total Protection pricing
McAfee Total Protection publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, McAfee Total Protection pricing is $29.99/year across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $29.99/year
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
McAfee Total Protection plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $29.99/year | 3 | Entry tier |
| Plus | $39.99/year | 3 | +$10.000000000000004/year, 1 more feature |
| Premium | $49.99/year | 4 | +$10/year, 1 more feature |
| Advanced | $74.99/year | 4 | +$24.999999999999993/year, 1 more feature |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$29.99/yearThe entry tier. It covers antivirus, firewall, 1 device.
Plus
$39.99/yearOver Basic, this tier adds:
- 5 devices
Premium
$49.99/yearOver Plus, this tier adds:
- VPN
Advanced
$74.99/yearOver Premium, this tier adds:
- Unlimited devices
What the product covers
The full McAfee Total Protection 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.
Other
- Real-time antivirus
- Firewall
- Safe browsing
- Password manager
- Secure VPN
- Identity monitoring
- Protection Score
- Parental controls
Integrations
- Windows Security
- macOS
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Edge
Security
- AV-TEST Certified
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Desktop support
- Mobile support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Japanese language support
- Portuguese language support
People bring McAfee Total Protection in for antivirus, internet security, identity protection. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to McAfee Total Protection are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cybersecurity
Too few 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Total Protection (this page) | $29.99/year | - | - | |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
| BeyondTrust | On request | quote | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
| Feedzai | On request | quote | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
| IDnow | On request | quote | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | - | vs McAfee Total Protection |
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 McAfee Total Protection badges page.
Before you pay for McAfee Total Protection
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: 4 tiers between $29.99/year and $74.99/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare McAfee Total Protection against the tools that do have one before committing.
McAfee Total Protection runs on windows, macos, ios, android, and is published by McAfee Corp of San Jose, California, USA. The full record is on the McAfee Total Protection review, and the rest of the category is under best cybersecurity tools.
McAfee Total Protection pricing questions
- How much does McAfee Total Protection cost?
- McAfee Total Protection publishes 4 tiers, from $29.99/year for Basic up to $74.99/year for Advanced. The cheapest paid tier is $29.99/year.
- Does McAfee Total Protection have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Plus on McAfee Total Protection?
- Plus costs $39.99/year against $29.99/year, and adds 5 devices.
- Is the Advanced plan on McAfee Total Protection worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited devices. It costs $74.99/year against $29.99/year for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside McAfee Total Protection have a free tier: Google Authenticator.
- What am I actually paying for with McAfee Total Protection?
- The record lists 24 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for antivirus, internet security, identity protection.
- Does McAfee Total Protection charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, 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 McAfee Total Protection 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 McAfee Total Protection against before paying?
- The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Hanwha Vision, BeyondTrust, Feedzai, IDnow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with McAfee Total Protection covering price, platforms and features.