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Aura
✓ verifiedPaid

All-in-one digital-safety subscription protecting families from identity theft, fraud and online threats, with parental controls.

2.5M visits/mo762 saves
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Bark
✓ verifiedFree trial

Parental-control service that AI-monitors kids' texts, apps and social media, plus screen time, web filtering and GPS location.

1.6M visits/mo
Pricing
Standard: $25/mo
Custom: Contact for Pricing
Kids: $10/mo billed annually
Individual: $12/mo billed annually (1 adult)
Couple: $22/mo billed annually (2 adults)
Family: $32/mo billed annually (5 adults)

Free trial available

Bark App (Android): $14/mo (or $99/yr)
Bark App (iOS): $20/mo (or $148/yr)
Bark Watch: $22/mo
Bark Home: $6/mo (or $79 one-time)

Free trial available

Core features
  • End-User Connectivity Monitoring
  • Application Availability Monitoring
  • Device Performance Monitoring
  • SDK Integration
  • AI-Troubleshooting
  • Self-Service Resolution
  • Identity theft protection with insurance
  • 3-bureau credit monitoring and lock
  • Antivirus, VPN and password manager
  • Online data removal from brokers
  • Parental controls and safe-gaming alerts
  • Dark-web and financial-fraud alerts
  • AI content monitoring across 29+ risk categories
  • Screen-time schedules and limits
  • Website and app blocking
  • GPS location tracking and alerts
  • Dedicated Bark Phone, Watch and Home devices
  • Contact and app-download approvals
Use cases
  • Healthcare & Remote Patient Monitoring: Ensuring patients have access to online appointments and RPM devices.
  • Customer Experience: Elevating customer satisfaction and maximizing ROI by prioritizing the end-user experience.
  • Employee Experience: Monitoring device connections, network quality, and application performance to ensure employees have the tools they need.
  • Education: Providing end-to-end network visibility to support student learning from classroom to home.
  • Protecting against identity theft
  • Monitoring family credit and finances
  • Keeping kids safe online
  • Removing personal data from broker sites
  • Alerting parents to online dangers
  • Limiting and scheduling kids' screen time
  • Filtering inappropriate content
  • Tracking a child's location
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