OmniWatch Review 2024: A New Service With Potential [Tested]

OmniWatch is a new identity theft protection with lots of potential. It provides many great features to help keep you safe, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and antivirus software and a virtual private network (VPN). 

However, with it being a newer service, it still has some work to do as far as offering different types of monitoring features and providing family plans. 

We’ll provide more details on OmniWatch's pricing, tested features, and more in this review.

OmniWatch review at a glance

4.5

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Identity Protection

OmniWatch

• User-friendly identity theft protection service
• $2 million in identity theft coverage

Our experience

OmniWatch has a straightforward setup process. You'll provide basic information like your name and date of birth, along with your Social Security number (SSN) and phone number to verify your identity. 

The information on the dashboard is limited but easy to understand. The Alerts tab shows any data breach or credit alerts. You can also input additional phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses for monitoring from the Identity tab.

The Credit tab is definitely the most extensive. Premium plans also provide access to your credit report and scores from all three credit bureaus. 

We thought the layout and design of the credit reports were nice, displaying summaries of our most recent breach alerts, credit score, and identity items being monitored. 

OmniWatch also kept us informed about all its features via email, along with helpful tips and explanations for new users.

Overall, OmniWatch is a fairly simple service that appears to work well. We also like that it proudly displays its uses of AES-256 encryption, whereas other services make you hunt for that information.

Who is OmniWatch best for?

• Recommended for basic identity protection for individuals

OmniWatch offers two different plans: Basic and Premium. There are no family plans, so it's a service that's best for solo coverage. 

Both plans provide similar services, but the Premium plan gives credit scores and monitoring with all three credit bureaus as well as $25,000 in ransomware protection.

All OmniWatch plans offer up to $2 million in identity theft insurance. This protection can help reimburse you for any funds lost due to theft. 

The policy does have some limitations; there are designated amounts for categories like travel expenses, lost wages, and initial legal consultations.

OmniWatch also provides identity restoration experts who are available 24/7. This service can help you regain access to accounts, file paperwork on your behalf, and support you through the identity restoration process so you can resolve identity theft losses quickly.

OmniWatch prices and subscriptions

OmniWatch's price is between $10.00-$20.00/mo. There are two plan tiers, Basic and Premium, and they can only be paid monthly.

Although the Basic and Premium plans seem similar, the Premium plan gives you three-bureau credit monitoring and reports, while the Basic plan gives you only credit monitoring and reports for TransUnion. The Premium plan also provides up to $25,000 in ransomware protection and additional antivirus coverage.

OmniWatch is on the higher end of identity theft protection. But other services increase in price after the first year, or don't include its bonus VPN and antivirus features. OmniWatch also offers up to $2 million in coverage, which is more than LifeLock's starting plan. 

Here's OmniWatch's starting prices compared to other services: 

• Identity Guard: $8.99/mo
• LifeLock: $7.50/mo (billed annually) for first year
• Aura: $9.00/mo (billed annually)
• OmniWatch: $10.00/mo

We didn’t notice any option to add an adult or children to the plans, so OmniWatch may not be the best option if you’re trying to protect your entire family.

OmniWatch features

If you’re looking for dark web or credit monitoring, OmniWatch provides both of those services. It also comes with extras for device protection like antivirus software and a VPN. 

However, OmniWatch doesn’t include many other services that other identity monitoring solutions include, like financial activity monitoring and social media monitoring.

What does OmniWatch protect against?

With OmniWatch, you can monitor the dark web for your personal information, including your SSN, phone number, physical address, and email address. It also provides credit monitoring and reports as well as TransUnion Credit Lock feature so you can surveil and protect your credit profile.

In the event of identity theft, OmniWatch provides coverage for up to $2 million in identity theft insurance and up to $25,000 in ransomware protection on the Premium plan. It also provides identity theft restoration agents to support you through the process of restoring your identity.

Identity monitoring

Identity theft monitoring can include several different sources of information. OmniWatch scans the dark web for any of the information you supply in your profile including name, email address, phone number, and physical address.

OmniWatch will also alert you if any of your information is involved in a data breach and is found on the dark web. At the top of your account, OmniWatch displays recent data breaches on a ticker, which we found helpful to see the latest breaches that affected us.

Unfortunately, OmniWatch’s identity monitoring stops at the dark web. The service doesn’t monitor any other sources. The best identity theft protection services can monitor additional items like your financial activity, USPS changes, modifications to your home title, and social media accounts.

Credit monitoring

OmniWatch Basic provides TransUnion credit monitoring and reports. OmniWatch Premium adds credit reports and monitoring with Experian and Equifax. 

If there’s a credit monitoring alert, you can receive notifications via email or by phone.

Credit reports and credit scores

Monitoring your credit report and credit score can help you discover identity theft when it happens. It also allows you to determine your creditworthiness in case you’re looking to apply for anything that uses credit. 

When shopping for a car or applying for a credit card, you may be asked about your credit score to help give the lender an idea of where your interest rate and approval may end up.

OmniWatch provides monthly TransUnion credit reports and scores with all plans. The Premium plan also provides TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax credit reports every 90 days.

Identity restoration services

In the event that your identity is stolen, it can be daunting to figure out how to get everything back in your control. Identity restoration services are a great way to help take some of the pressure off you.

OmniWatch offers identity restoration services with both of its plans. With OmniWatch, you get access to restoration specialists 24/7. These specialists can walk you through what you need to do when your identity is stolen and assist in filling out the necessary documentation.

You'll also get up to $2 million of identity theft insurance with all plans. 

Bonus features

Although OmniWatch is a newer service, we were impressed by its extras. All plans include a VPN and antivirus protection for one devices. The Premium plan provides antivirus protection for two more devices plus an ad blocker.

Unfortunately, we had issues setting up the antivirus protection because our account didn't list a registration key.

We were able to download the VPN, which is pretty basic. It's focused on keeping your connection encrypted in unsecure networks with AES-256 encryption. 

Does OmniWatch keep your data safe?

OmniWatch is new to the market, so the company hasn’t experienced any data breaches or concerns. We evaluated the company’s privacy policy to see if there was anything of note.

In its privacy policy, OmniWatch says, “We may share your Personal Information with advertisers and other third parties as part of our service to you.” However, OmniWatch notes that it won’t share any of your financial information with these advertisers or third parties unless it’s for performing OmniWatch core services like billing and fulfillment.

Under the Interest-Based Ads section, OmniWatch admits that it may share this personal information with advertisers for targeted advertising on unaffiliated third-party sites. 

OmniWatch collecting data to conduct its services is reasonable, but we don’t like that it shares data for users to receive targeted ads. At least it provides some links for opt-out pages, but we wish it wasn’t sharing data for this purpose at all.

OmniWatch compatibility

OmniWatch is only available online, so you can access it from any web-based portal. It doesn’t have an app or browser extension to access your identity monitoring.

OmniWatch customer support

OmniWatch has a few options for customer support: You can access customer support through email, phone, or a chat. If contacting customer support via phone, you’re limited to the hours of operation, which are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (PT).

If you’re an OmniWatch user, you can access identity restoration services 24/7. However, for questions outside of that, you’re still limited to the customer support hours

OmniWatch also offers a help center where you can find answers to some questions. Most of these questions are targeted at specific situations and how you should respond. They also don’t provide a lot of information about the features or specifications of the service.

Top alternatives

While OmniWatch is still in its infancy, there are several other more established identity monitoring solutions you can explore. Here are a couple that we recommend:

Service
Price	Starts at $9.00/mo (billed annually)	Starts at $7.50/mo (billed annually) for first year	Starts at $8.99/mo
# of people covered	1 - 5 adults, unlimited children	1 - 2 adults, up 5 children	1 - 5 adults, unlimited children
Types of identity monitoring	Identity and SSN, account breach, home and auto title, criminal and court records	Identity and SSN, dark web, phone takeover, home title, social media	Dark web, high-risk, bank account, social media, credit and debit card
ID theft insurance	Up to $1 million	Up to $1.05 million through $3 million, depending on plan	Up to $1 million
Credit monitoring
Identity restoration services
Details	Get Aura	Get LifeLock	Get Identity Guard

OmniWatch FAQs

Bottom line: Is OmniWatch good?

There’s work to be done for OmniWatch to be a competitor in the crowded identity monitoring space. While OmniWatch does provide some identity theft information, other solutions give you access to more monitoring sources such as financial activity, home title, and USPS monitoring. 

However, we were impressed that it provides up to $2 million in identity theft insurance as well as an additional $25,000 in ransomware protection, which is more than most identity theft protection services. 

Overall, we’d think OmniWatch has potential as the new identity theft protection service on the market, especially if you're just seeking an individual plan with basic protection. 

If OmniWatch doesn't have everything you're seeking, you can view our best identity theft protection services list for further guidance. You can also learn about how OmniWatch compares to Aura, our top recommended service. 

4.5

AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.

Editorial Rating

Learn More

On OmniWatch's website

Identity Protection

OmniWatch

• User-friendly identity theft protection service
• $2 million in identity theft coverage

Author Details

Andrew Adams

About the Author

Andrew Strom Adams is a freelance writer focused on online privacy and digital security. He writes on various topics to help individuals protect themselves on the internet. Andrew has worked in legal marketing, technology, and startups. He has more than 12 years of experience in marketing and communications. He holds an M.B.A. from Westminster College and a B.A. in journalism from Oklahoma Baptist University. When he’s not writing, he’s playing with his two kids or watching reality TV.

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