Kaspersky Total Security

No other suite has done as good a job at keeping up with Bitdefender as Kaspsersky Total Security. Its feature set largely mirrors that of the winning suite, and for the most part, the various components are well designed and well integrated. All the tools you could really want are built into the suite — including backup, file encryption, webcam monitoring, cloud-based parental controls and a password manager. It even includes a volume limited VPN for secure connections when you take your laptop onto public Wi-Fi hotspots.

It also managed perfect scores in the AV-Test benchmarks, and has only a modest impact on system performance. Overall, however, we don’t think it has quite the elegance of design that Bitdefender has, and right now, it does have a slightly higher price — although at $84 for three devices, it’s still a good deal.