Why should I keep my Optery subscription active on an ongoing basis?

Keeping your subscription active means your profiles are continuously monitored and removal requests are sent on your behalf, you're automatically covered as new data brokers are added to your plan, and you get regular reports showing evidence of your removals. Most of our customers keep their subscription active for these reasons.

Many customers ask about the benefits of an ongoing subscription, and why Optery isn't sold as a one-time fee for removals. Here's how it works.

What some customers do

Some customers activate their subscription for a few months, monitor their removals progress, and then cancel their plan to go back to the Free Basic tier once they're satisfied or progress has slowed.

The Free Basic tier sends Exposure Reports about every 3 months (as long as you've logged in within the last ~3 months). When these customers see more profiles pop back up on their Exposure Report, they re-activate their subscription.

The benefits of staying subscribed

There are significant benefits to keeping your subscription active on an ongoing basis:

1. Monthly scans and removals

Optery performs monthly automated scans and removals for paying customers. If your profile pops back up unexpectedly, it gets flagged and we submit a new removal request right away.

2. Automatic coverage for new data brokers

Optery regularly adds new data brokers to its coverage. When your subscription is active, you're automatically covered as new data brokers are added to your plan.
Example: You sign up in March when we cover 200 data brokers, then cancel in June. In August, September, and October, Optery adds 15 new data brokers each month. By November, you'd be missing coverage for 45 additional data brokers.

3. Breakthroughs with difficult data brokers

Sometimes we work with a Dishonorable Data Broker for several months before getting a breakthrough. Once they start honoring opt outs, we can get a waterfall of profiles removed from that data broker, and active subscribers benefit right away.

4. Removals Reports with evidence

Extended and Ultimate plan users receive Removals Reports about every 3 months, with before and after screenshots showing evidence of your removals. These reports give you peace of mind by letting you see the results for yourself.

Updated on: 27/09/2026