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I am intereted in getting one of the MyFico products and am trying to decide between the quarterly TU product or the monthly EQ one. I got new credit cards so i want to know how they impact me, as well as the fact that my car loan is pushing over the 6 month mark and may start to boost me a bit. So my question is, is there a better report...that is to say one that's more commonly used?
I know my EQ report shows 1 CA while my TU shows 3...not sure why that is, but i'm going to guess my EQ score is higher...
Per services, it boils down to getting either SW or TUQM. IMO, go with SW. TUQM is basically a pre-paid service where you get a new report every 3 months and you don't get any score updates until you get that new report. In other words, you don't get any score alerts like you do with SW. Plus for the same price overall for TUQM, you can apply a myFICO discount code (google before buying anything) and get your TU reports.
If you subscribe to SW, you get 2 free reports for your EQ FICO report initially with one being used when you sign up. At the 12 months mark, you'll get two more reports you can use any time. Plus with SW, all future SW reports, aside from the free ones, are $10.95 each ($5 off vs. buying FICO standard. ALWAYS make sure you set and reset your Target score within Settings EVERY time your EQ FICO changes to match EXACTLY to your current EQ FICO. If you do this, you'll get a SW alert for a score change everytime your score changes. Be sure to read the SW Guide within Product Feedback to get a sense of what you get alerts for and what you won't get alerts for (e.g. you won't get alerted to a dropped baddie, but you may get a score alert if it resulted in a score change).
SW is more than 2x as expensive as TUQM and TUQM comes with 4 full reports. For me the decision comes down to 2 things:
1. Which report are more interested in EQ or TU?
2. How frequently do you need score updates? Generally unless there is a lot going on quarterly should be plenty. Beware, however, that the only thing that TUQM monitors between reports is obvious ID theft indicators like new addresses. SW is more complete with new accounts, score changes and address changes.
I'm using TUQM myself and think it's fine, but I'm cheap.