Different tools cover different parts of a DROP cycle. None of the products below is endorsed by CalPrivacy. This page is not legal advice, and it is not a claim that any tool makes a legal duty met.
Prices below were read from public pages as of Nov 9, 2026. They change. Confirm each vendor’s live pricing page before you buy.
The jobs inside a DROP cycle
From CalPrivacy’s broker processing materials, a cycle includes downloading lists, standardizing and hashing, matching, deleting or exempting, directing service providers and contractors, reporting status, and repeating on the published cadence.
Source: Processing DROP requests.
Tools usually cover one of these jobs:
- Hash and match lists: browser or server matchers.
- Pull and report automation: cycle automation products.
- Run several of those steps for you: managed operations services.
- Track vendor asks and an evidence file: a desk organizer. That is Drop Ledger’s lane.
Public pricing as of Nov 9, 2026
These figures are what the linked pages showed on that date. They are not a ranking.
Drop45. Public pages emphasize browser-side standardize, hash, and match, plus exports such as worklists, status files, suppression, and audit evidence on Pro. The published price signal was free up to 500 records per run, and Pro at $49 per month. Sources: drop45.org and the summary on OptOutReady’s comparison.
DropDue. Public pages emphasize recurring DROP cycle runs, with a self-serve option, an automated option, and a done-for-you option. Copy checked on Nov 9, 2026 listed Automated at $4.90 per day and Done for you at $490 per month, and also offered a self-serve tier. Source: dropdue.com.
OptOutReady. Their comparison page describes matching, deletions, vendor directives, filing, and an evidence record. Published tiers on that page were Match Engine at $500 per month, Cycle Operations from $750 per month, and Audit Shield from $1,500 per month. Source: OptOutReady compare.
Drop Ledger. A workspace for vendor acknowledgment links, a reminder queue on Evidence and Ops, and an evidence export for your own records. It does not access DROP. Founding prices are Cycle $149, Evidence $249, and Ops $299 per month. Free is one cycle, up to three vendors, acknowledgment links, and a watermarked export preview. Source: Drop Ledger pricing.
Enterprise platforms, including a DataGrail DROP module, and quote-only broker platforms also exist. OptOutReady’s comparison page maps a wider set. Prices there for enterprise tools are often unpublished or contract-only.
When a matcher is the fit
A matcher such as the Drop45 model described above fits if someone in-house already makes exemption calls, deletes in your systems, sends vendor directives, and files status in DROP.
Drop45’s public pages, and the third-party comparison linked above, emphasize matching and export files. They do not describe a vendor acknowledgment desk. That is a difference of scope, not a criticism.
When cycle automation or managed ops is the fit
Automation in the style DropDue describes, or managed operations in the style OptOutReady describes, fits if you want scheduled pulls, filing help, or a team to run steps you do not want to staff. Read each vendor’s data-handling terms. They differ. One public model is browser-only hashing. Another uses credentials for automated pulls.
When Drop Ledger is the fit
Drop Ledger fits if the gap is knowing which vendors were asked in this window, collecting acknowledgments or exceptions, and keeping a dated evidence export.
Drop Ledger does not download CalPrivacy lists, hash identifiers, upload status files, or decide Deleted versus Exempted. It does not file status in DROP, and it does not change any timeline CalPrivacy publishes.
You can use a matcher and Drop Ledger together. They are not substitutes.
Limits, stated plainly
- Matchers do not build your vendor inventory.
- Managed services cover more of the cycle and are priced for that scope.
- No product on this page, including Drop Ledger, decides an enforcement outcome.