Best Antivirus Software · FREE
Best free Antivirus Software (2026)
4 antivirus software that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Avast at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: Avast, AVG, Comodo, Bitdefender.
- Data current through: 2026-10-12. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 3 of 4 rows below are marked.
Comparison
| # | Antivirus Software | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avast STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Budget users wanting a full-featured forever-free antivirus | avast.com |
| 2 | AVG STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Budget users wanting a genuine forever-free antivirus (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS) | avg.com |
| 3 | Comodo | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Security-focused users who want prevention-based (not just detection-based) protection | antivirus.comodo.com |
| 4 | Bitdefender STALE · 2026-09-26 | $2.08/mo | Yes | — | — | Windows-primary households wanting strong detection with low system overhead | bitdefender.com |