Webroot Pricing 2026: Essentials to Total Protection, First-Year Deals vs Regular Price

Webroot costs $34.99 for the first year of Essentials on one device, $48.99 for three devices and $62.99 for five, against regular yearly prices of $49.99, $69.99 and $89.99. The identity plans run from $53.99 (Smart Protection) to $149.99 (Total Protection Family) in year one. Those are holiday-sale prices read on Webroot's US plan comparison page on 4 November 2026. Webroot prints no separate renewal price, so the regular price is the only full-year figure it publishes.

That last point is the budgeting problem. The old names (AntiVirus, Internet Security Plus, Internet Security Complete) are gone from Webroot's US store, the discount changes from month to month, and the "Holiday Deal" is not the cheapest first year Webroot has offered this autumn. This guide lists every current price, shows how the first-year offers moved in archived copies of Webroot's own pages, and explains what the terms say about year two.

Webroot prices at a glance

All prices are US dollars before sales tax, read on 4 November 2026 on Webroot's US homepage and comparison page, under a banner reading "Holiday Deal: Up to 50% Off". Every home plan is a one-year subscription. Webroot also offers a 14-day free trial for PC or Mac with no credit card.

What each Webroot plan includes

Essentials is the antivirus plan: real-time protection for PCs, Macs, phones, Chromebooks and tablets, a firewall and network monitor, Web Threat Shield, text scam detection and a breach monitor on mobile, a password manager and protection for personal data typed into AI chats. If you want antivirus and nothing else, this is the plan, and device count is the only choice you make.

Smart Protection adds a VPN for each covered device, Scam Check and ID Check, a scam expert hotline, up to $25k in scam reimbursement, and identity monitoring for one person with dark web and financial monitoring. Premium takes a different path: no VPN and no scam reimbursement, but credit bureau monitoring, PC cleanup tools and up to $1M in fraud expense reimbursement. Total Protection combines both and adds parental controls and unlimited cloud backup for one PC or Mac.

The overlap matters when you compare regular prices. Smart Protection for five devices lists at $30 a year less than Premium, our arithmetic, and the two cover different risks: the cheaper plan protects you from scams and public Wi-Fi, the dearer one from credit fraud. Buy for the risk you actually face, not for the plan name that sounds bigger.

Toolradar data: Toolradar, the software directory we run, tracks 888 security tools as of 4 November 2026, and 45% of them are free, freemium or open source. Webroot has no free plan beyond the trial, so the first question is whether built-in protection already covers you; our guide to whether Windows Defender is enough answers that before you pay anyone.

How Webroot's first-year deals moved in 2026

Webroot's regular prices have stayed put while the discounts rotate. The table compares the first-year price on Webroot's own comparison page in two archived copies, 1 September 2026 and 5 October 2026, with the live page on 4 November. A 9 March 2026 copy of the US homepage shows a spring sale for reference.

The holiday deal is not the best price for the Essentials plans. Essentials for five devices cost $44.99 in the October copy and costs $62.99 under the November banner, $18 more, our arithmetic. Three devices cost $7 more than in October and $14 more than in March. Premium, Premium Family and both Total Protection plans are back at the first-year prices they carried in March and October. Only the September copy, with smaller 25% to 40% discounts, was worse across the board.

The regular prices are older than the current names. A January 2025 copy of the homepage sold "Basic AntiVirus" for one device and "Plus AntiVirus" for three at the same $49.99 and $69.99 regular prices Essentials carries today, with Premium and Premium Family already at $129.99 and $249.99. Webroot renamed its plans; it did not reprice them.

If you are timing a purchase, the lesson is that a Webroot deal is always running but its size moves. Before buying a multi-device Essentials plan, check the comparison page twice a few weeks apart and buy on the lower reading.

What Webroot costs in year two

Webroot's store pages print a first-year price and a regular price, but no renewal line. Its consumer terms say three things about renewal. A subscription bought online with a card renews automatically at the end of its term. Renewal fees are charged "as described in Your Subscription Documentation or as set forth in a subsequent communication from Webroot". And Webroot "reserves the right to increase Fees in its discretion prior to any renewal Subscription Term".

So the regular price is the figure to hold in your budget, with the caveat that Webroot does not commit to it. Our Norton pricing guide shows how a rival handles the same question. The gap between first-year and regular price on today's table ranges from $15 on one device to $150 on Total Protection Family, and that is the minimum jump to expect on the second invoice.

Two details help. Existing customers can renew or upgrade through Webroot's renewal page with their keycode or by phone, rather than waiting for the automatic charge. And the terms give the original purchaser of a desktop version 70 days from purchase to request a refund if not satisfied.

Price per device at the regular price

Per-device figures are our arithmetic, rounded to the cent. A household with three or more devices should not buy the one-device plan: Essentials for three devices costs $20 more a year than for one at the regular price, and five devices only $20 more again. The identity family plans cost more per device but cover ten people's identities, which is where their value sits, not in the device count.

Which Webroot plan should you buy?

One computer and nothing else: Essentials for one device. It is the cheapest entry, and the only plan where buying more devices than you need costs real money, because the three-device plan is a $20 step up at the regular price.

A household of laptops and phones: Essentials for five devices. At $18 per device a year at the regular price it is the cheapest coverage per device Webroot sells, and it includes the password manager and mobile scam detection that most families want.

Worried about scams or public Wi-Fi: Smart Protection. It is the cheapest plan with the VPN and Webroot's scam reimbursement, and the five-device version lists below Premium. Skip it if you already pay for a VPN.

Worried about credit fraud: Premium, or Premium Family for a household. Credit bureau monitoring and the fraud expense reimbursement are what you pay the extra for, and the family plan covers ten identities at about the same price per device as Premium.

You want everything in one bill: Total Protection, which is the only plan with both the VPN and credit monitoring, plus backup and parental controls. Check that you would use at least two of those extras, or the cheaper plans cover you.

How Webroot compares on price

Webroot's year-two figure is less certain than a printed renewal price, which matters when you compare suites. Our antivirus renewal price index compares renewal pricing across the major brands. For brand-by-brand detail, see Bitdefender pricing, McAfee pricing, Malwarebytes pricing, ESET pricing and Avast pricing. Toolradar keeps profiles for Bitdefender and Malwarebytes.

For a verdict on the product itself, rather than its price list, read our Webroot review. If an all-in-one plan appeals mainly for its VPN, compare the standalone options in our VPN pricing index before paying for Smart or Total Protection.

FAQ

How much does Webroot cost in 2026?

Essentials costs $34.99 for the first year on one device, against a regular $49.99 a year, read on 4 November 2026. Three devices cost $48.99 and five $62.99 in year one. Identity plans start at $53.99 for Smart Protection and reach $149.99 for Total Protection Family in year one.

What does Webroot renew at?

Webroot does not print a renewal price on its store pages. Its consumer terms say renewals charge the card on file automatically and that Webroot may raise fees before any renewal term. The regular price shown beside each offer, $69.99 for three devices on Essentials for example, is the best guide to year two.

What happened to Webroot Internet Security Plus and Complete?

Webroot's US store no longer sells plans under the AntiVirus, Internet Security Plus or Internet Security Complete names. The current lineup is Essentials for antivirus on one, three or five devices, plus Smart Protection, Premium and Total Protection for identity, VPN and backup features. Existing customers renew through Webroot's renewal page with their keycode.

Is the Webroot holiday deal the cheapest time to buy?

Not for every plan. Essentials for three and five devices cost less in archived October 2026 and March 2026 copies of Webroot's pages than under the November holiday banner. Premium and Total Protection carried the same first-year prices in all three months.

Does Webroot have a free trial or refund policy?

Yes to both. Webroot offers a 14-day free trial for PC or Mac with no credit card. Its consumer terms let the original purchaser of a desktop version request a refund within 70 days of purchase if not satisfied.

Sources and method

We read Webroot's US pages on 4 November 2026: the US homepage, the plan comparison page, the free trial page, the renewal page and the Webroot Consumer Terms and Conditions. Past first-year prices come from web.archive.org copies of Webroot's own pages dated 10 January 2025, 9 March 2026, 1 September 2026 and 5 October 2026, linked above. Every figure is a printed US price before tax; per-device prices and differences are our arithmetic. We did not buy or install Webroot. The Toolradar figure comes from the Toolradar security category.

First-year prices change with Webroot's promotions, so check the comparison page before you buy.

Cite this: Cyberpresso, "Webroot Pricing 2026: Essentials to Total Protection, First-Year Deals vs Regular Price", November 2026.

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