Since Microsoft Defender is a part of Microsoft 365, it’s included in the price of both the individual and family plans. It only costs $6.99 for an individual subscription, which can be installed on up to five devices. If you want it for the whole family, with up to six people for five devices each, it will run you $9.99 a month. Even if you want to install Microsoft Defender on your Android devices, the price remains the same. Both plans are fairly identical, with only one difference.
The obvious difference is the number of people covered by each plan. The family plan will protect more individuals, while the individual plan is only for a single person. Otherwise, both plans provide security against viruses, phishing, and identity theft monitoring.
There is the matter of storage on Microsoft’s OneDrive, which is only 1TB for the individual plan and 6TB for the family plan. However, the family plan still only allows each person on it to have 1TB of storage, so you’re not getting more per person. Once you add all the devices you need to the plan, you can check their security from the Microsoft Defender dashboard. More enhanced cyber threat detection subscriptions are available with Microsoft Defender’s small business and enterprise solutions.
