
There was more good news in my self-protection tests, where I launched a number of attacks on Avast One to see if malware could disable it. There are too many variables to make any guarantees, but it's at least possible that installing and setting up Avast One could leave your system faster than it was before. That's based on Avast One Essentials and without using any of Avast's speedup tools, either. Previously Avast software slowed me down a little more than average, but this time I found no measurable difference at all.

Premium protects 30 devices for $119.88 per year. This is actually a good feature to have because it keeps tabs on your personal information notifying you if it is used illegally or sold on the black web, and will help you recover your identity after a breach. The only tool added to Avast One Premium is identity monitoring. Also, you have unlimited VPN use and can connect to any server in over 50 locations worldwide. This mid-tier subscription doesn't add much more in the way of security tools, but the password manager and software updates are automatic, so you don't need to worry about them. The Family plan covers 30 devices for $5.79/mo ($69.48/yr.) For $4.19/mo ($50.28/yr) you can cover 5 devices at once. This is enough data for more than a day of continuous music streaming, or 10 hours of watching Netflix.Īvast One Individual and Avast One Family are the same program with the only difference being the number of devices you can protect.

The secure VPN is available for Essential users, but it's limited to only 5GB each week, with a single server location available.

You also have to manually check for software updates and start the process of downloading and installing them yourself. For example, you can use the password manager to look for any passwords that have been compromised, but this must be run manually. Essential has other tools, but they have limits.
