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McAfee pricing (2026)
McAfee starts at $2.50/mo (McAfee Basic) as checked on 2026-09-05, read from McAfee's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Households with unlimited devices needing a single subscription. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $2.50/mo (McAfee Basic)
- Free tier: No · 30-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Households with unlimited devices needing a single subscription; Users who want bundled VPN, password manager, and identity protection; Families wanting parental controls alongside antivirus
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-05
McAfee plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Basic STALE · 2026-09-05 | $2.5 | — | Flat monthly | 1 device. $29.99/yr (=$2.50/mo) introductory; renews at $84.99/yr. Antivirus, firewall, password manager. | mcafee.com |
| McAfee Plus STALE · 2026-09-05 | $3.33 | — | Flat monthly | 5 devices. $39.99/yr (=$3.33/mo) introductory. Adds VPN access. | mcafee.com |
| McAfee Premium STALE · 2026-09-05 | $4.17 | — | Flat monthly | Unlimited devices. $49.99/yr (=$4.17/mo) introductory. Adds parental controls, personal data cleanup. | mcafee.com |
| McAfee Advanced STALE · 2026-09-05 | $7.5 | — | Flat monthly | Unlimited devices. $89.99/yr (=$7.50/mo) introductory. Adds identity theft insurance up to $1 million. security.org/security.org also notes a $119.99 first-year Family variant. | mcafee.com |
Last verified 2026-09-05. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Official mcafee.com pages repeatedly timed out or returned socket errors on 2026-06-14. Prices sourced from security.org/antivirus/mcafee/ (reputable 2026 pricing-comparison page). Plan structure verified against mcafee.com navigation/product listing.
Price changes
Price on record
$2.50/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of McAfee, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by McAfee. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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McAfee Basic. Introductory pricing, knowingly left in place. This row holds $2.50, which its own note states plainly: "$29.99/yr (=$2.50/mo) introductory; renews at $84.99/yr" — a renewal of $7.08 a month. Its three siblings are recorded on the same introductory basis and none of their renewals is published anywhere we can read. Substituting $7.08 into Basic alone would put the one-device plan above the five-device Plus at $3.33 — an ordering no buyer will ever meet, and a worse falsehood than the one it would fix. So the vendor stays on the basis it is consistently recorded on, every note says the figure is introductory, and the known renewal stays in this note where a reader can see it. First-year pricing is universal in this category: norton, bitdefender, avast and avg are all recorded the same way. Our renewal-basis check reports this row on every run rather than excluding it.
Capabilities
Integrations: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, D-Link routers (Secure Home Platform), Arris routers (Secure Home Platform).
Key features: Identity theft insurance up to $1M in Advanced plan; Personal Data Cleanup removes personal info from data broker sites; Unlimited device coverage on Premium and Advanced tiers; Secure Home Platform for IoT router-level protection (D-Link/Arris partnership); 99.9% Android malware detection rate in independent testing.
Plan limits: Basic: 1 device; Plus: 5 devices; Premium and Advanced: unlimited devices; iOS and Android apps: free subscriptions (no paid tier required for mobile); Renewal price significantly higher after first year (e.g. Basic renews at $84.99/yr).
Frequently asked questions
How much does McAfee cost?
McAfee starts at $2.50/mo (McAfee Basic); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-09-05.
What are cheaper alternatives to McAfee?
Cheaper antivirus software than McAfee (entry $2.50/mo) include Bitdefender at $2.08/mo. Verified 2026-09-05.
Does McAfee support HIPAA?
McAfee's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does McAfee have a free plan?
No — McAfee publishes no free tier; it offers a 30-day free trial.
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