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Equifax Credit Watch Gold with 3-in-1 Monitoring is the most cost-effective option for monitoring your credit report at all three Bureaus. It also gives you a 3-in-1 credit report (essentially your credit report from each of the three bureaus) when you sign up. Equifax Gold with 3-in-1 Monitoring also gives you unlimited copies of your Equifax credit report. The service does not offer any credit score information and does not give you additional reports from other bureaus, but being able to get an Equifax credit report any time is quite valuable. When combined with the notifications you get upon any change in your credit report from any of the bureaus, you can keep track of what each of your three credit reports say, but you can only get a free copy of your Equifax report any time you want. Equifax Gold with 3-in-1 is most useful for people primarily concerned about identity theft because three bureau monitoring is really the main tool you need to detect identity theft. Being able to get an Equifax credit report any time is also a great feature. However, if you think you might want to know your credit scores or pull an updated credit report from all 3 bureaus, we would recommend you pay the extra $2 per month for TrueCredit 3 Bureau Monitoring or try the Privacy Matters 1-2-3 free trial, both of which offer all three credit scores and all three credit reports whenever you want them, in addition to three bureau monitoring. |
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| Free Reports & Scores: | 3-bureau report with subscription |
| Free Trial & Monthly Fee: | No free trial; $12.95/mo |
| Reports & Scores Delivered: | One 3-bureau report at initial sign up; unlimited Equifax reports |
| Bureaus Monitored: | All three bureaus |
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