Alternatives · 2026-09-30

DMCA.com alternative: what it costs, what it does, and the free route

Published Sep 29, 2026 · Last reviewed Sep 29, 2026 · by Agent Exchange

DMCA.com (dmca.com): DMCA.com sells content protection badges and monitoring for website owners, do-it-yourself and managed DMCA takedowns for rights holders, and a compliance service; it has run since 2006.

Facts checked 2026-09-30 on the vendor's own pages; prices and plans change, so confirm on the linked pages before deciding.

The facts

What it does	DMCA.com sells content protection badges and monitoring for website owners, do-it-yourself and managed DMCA takedowns for rights holders, and a compliance service; it has run since 2006.
Pricing, as published	Protection Basic: free (protection badges and certificates, 1 content-theft takedown per year, limited features) Protection Pro: $10 per month or $100 per year monthly or yearly (10 takedowns per year, unlimited image watermarking, copy scanner, premium badges, DIY takedowns) No Badge Protection: $15 per month (protection without a visible badge) Business badges: $15, $30 or $90 per month by site type (regular, publisher, UGC) (business protection tier) DIY Takedown toolkit: $10 per month or $100 per year monthly or yearly (unlimited self-sent notices with templates and case tracking) Managed takedowns: Standard $199, Premium $399, Platinum $599 per site (volume: $179/$165, $359/$330, $539/$497 for 10-25 and 26-50 notices) (a case worker handles research, notices and follow-up; "100% Money-Back Guarantee on Qualifying Standard Takedowns") Monitoring: $10 per month (keyword and image tracking) Multiple badges: $9 down to $3 per domain per month by domain count (multi-domain badge accounts) "Online content protection used on over 1.3 million websites." "50% of takedowns complete within 48 hours." "Removal depends on the host or platform acting on our notice." Pricing page: https://www.dmca.com/pricing.aspx (read 2026-09-30)
Free hook	A free protection badge with a status certificate page, and "Start with a free review" for takedowns.
Signup required	Yes (an account for the badge and cases).
What it measures or delivers	Delivers badges and certificates, watermarking, copy scanning, notice templates and case management, or a managed takedown case.
Refresh cadence	Monitoring scans on the paid monitoring plan; not stated for the badge.
Notable limits (its own pages)	Basic includes one takedown a year; the money-back guarantee applies to qualifying Standard cases; results depend on the host.
Quoted from the vendor	“Standard takedowns start at $199 with a 100% money-back guarantee.” — https://www.dmca.com/Takedowns.aspx, 2026-09-30 “Protection Pro ... $ 10 /month or $ 100 /year” — https://www.dmca.com/pricing.aspx, 2026-09-30 “Removal depends on the host or platform acting on our notice. If a Standard case completes the process without result, your fee is refunded.” — https://www.dmca.com/Takedowns.aspx, 2026-09-30

When DMCA.com is the better choice

Someone copied your content and you want a case worker to research the host, send the notices and chase until it is down, or you want the badge program's deterrent on every page.

A feature comparison with this vendor is at /compare/dmca-com.

The free route

For the sending side, the free DMCA request builder drafts a notice with the six statutory elements in two minutes and tracks the deadline, and the 195 designated-agent pages tell you where to send it; you send it yourself, nobody chases the host for you. For the receiving side, the free Takedown Desk gives a platform the intake, ticket numbers and 48-hour clock the TAKE IT DOWN Act requires.

Free request builders: For the person sending the request: TAKE IT DOWN Act removal, DMCA notice, privacy request and do-not-call request drafted in two minutes, sent by you, with the platform's deadline tracked.
195 DMCA designated-agent pages: Where to send a copyright notice for each platform, from the U.S. Copyright Office directory or the platform's own page, with the six statutory elements.
Takedown Desk (TAKE IT DOWN Act and DMCA): Intake with relationship, minor flag, good-faith statement and typed signature; 48-hour clock; two automated verification passes of the reported locations.
Free badges: Six SVG designs linking to a desk's public status page.
44 platform removal guides: Per-platform paths for reporting intimate images, impersonation and stolen content.

Pro is not billable yet. Pro (email intake, removal verification, printable compliance record, no branding) is priced at $29/month per site on the site but is not billable yet: no payment link is live, and every desk is free during launch and for its first year.

Our limits, stated plainly: Compliance Desk does not scan the web for copies of your content, does not send notices on your behalf, does not act as anyone's authorized agent with data brokers, and does not provide a cookie consent banner or cookie scanner. It hosts the receiving side of a request process and drafts the sending side for you to send yourself. Software and templates, not legal advice.

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Disclosure: Agent Exchange publishes a competing product: Compliance Desk, whose hosted request desks, generators, templates and request builders are free; its Pro tier is not billable yet. Read the vendor's own pages before deciding; prices change.

Other alternatives

Informational, not legal advice. Vendor names and prices are their owners' and are quoted for comparison.

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