Malwarebytes Premium price and plans
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Malwarebytes Premium costs $3.75/mo for the Premium (first year) plan. A free tier is available. It renews at $59.99/yr, so the entry price is not what you keep paying.
Price
From $3.75/mo · Free version available
Last checked
September 2026
Best for
Cleanups and second layer
Category
Specialists
About Malwarebytes Premium
Malwarebytes earned its name as the tool that removes what other scanners miss. Adware, browser hijackers, and potentially unwanted programs. The free version is removal-only. Premium adds real-time protection and plays nicely alongside Microsoft Defender, which is exactly how many professionals run it. It skips the suite extras (no firewall, no parental controls), and its lab results are good rather than chart-topping. For cleanups and as a second layer, unbeatable.
Malwarebytes Premium pricing
Malwarebytes Premium costs $3.75 per month, or $44.99 per year on the Premium (first year) plan. There is a free tier as well. List prices on annual billing, checked on 11 June 2026; paying monthly usually costs more.
Every plan Malwarebytes Premium sells, with the yearly price next to the monthly one.
Free (scanner only)
- On-demand scan and removal
- No real-time protection
- Great as rescue tool
Premium (first year)
- Real-time protection
- Runs next to Defender
- Renews around $59.99/yr
What Malwarebytes Premium costs after the first year
Not verified on September 8, 2026: a second reader rejected our registration against the saved copy of Malwarebytes's page, so no amount from that reading is shown. Our catalogue entry, dated June 11, 2026, lists $44.99 for the first year and around $59.99 a year at renewal on the Premium (first year) plan; an older catalogue figure, shown as a fallback until the page is read again.
Both of our data pages list this product as not verified this month: the Renewal Price Index for year two and the Price Index for the entry price.
Source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/pricing, read . Amounts in the currency the vendor bills in.
Independent lab results
No AV-TEST score for Malwarebytes Premium in the rounds we read on September 8, 2026.
AV-Comparatives included Malwarebytes Premium in its Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026, published June 15, 2026. The lab asks for written permission before its ratings are reproduced, so the result is on the lab’s page rather than here.
AV-Comparatives: Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026“The cleanup champion. When something slips through, Malwarebytes is what technicians reach for, and it runs happily next to Defender or any suite. As your only protection it is thinner than the big suites, but as a second layer it is the best money in this market.”Editorial team, via AntivirusShortlist
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