Nobody on our team has sat through a Defencify course, so this is not a verdict on the teaching. It is a buying guide written from what the brand itself publishes on defencifytraining.com, with the gaps called out where they exist. The cheapest state course is the Arizona DPS 8-hour at $53.99; the biggest listed discount is the California bundle covered further down.
What Defencify sells
Defencify is a self-paced online training provider for US security guard licensing. Everything is digital, so there is no physical shipping, and the student logs in and finishes the modules in their own time. The homepage lists five course families: New Guard License, Renewal Training, Advanced Competencies, Firearm Training, and Harassment Prevention Training. On top of that the brand sells enterprise packages (Academy Architect, PostReady, ProficiencyCheck) aimed at private security companies, but those are quoted individually and no price appears on the public pages.
The brand says it has been running since 2017, that 92% of its students complete the course they enroll in, and that it has trained over 250 security companies. Those are the company's own figures with no third-party audit attached, so treat them as marketing numbers rather than independent benchmarks.
Course lineup and prices
The homepage hides the price list behind a "Get Pricing" button, but every course has its real price on the product page. The cheapest item on the catalogue is the Harassment Prevention Training (1-hour and 2-hour versions) at $24.99. Guard card courses start at $53.99 for the Arizona DPS unarmed 8-hour, which is also the price of the California BSIS Refresher bundle 8-hour. Alabama Initial/Refresher 8-hour sits higher at $79.99.
Three state courses are listed at $108.99: Minnesota 12-hour DPS, Utah Basic 8-hour, and the Denver Colorado New Guard 16-hour. All three were showing as Sold out on the brand's own product pages when we checked in October 2026, so if you need one of those states today, email the brand before you plan anything else around that purchase.
For California new guards the most useful item is the California BSIS 32-hour bundle. Bought separately, the Mandatory 16-hour ($63.99) plus the Electives 16-hour ($63.99) adds up to $127.98. The bundle lists at $98.99, which is $28.99 less than buying the two courses on their own — about a 22% saving on the sum of the individual prices.
Beyond the state courses there is an Access Control Fundamentals 1-hour at $29.99, an Advanced Competencies Human Response 4-hour at $149.99, a Bronze Certification at $99.99, and a Bronze+Silver+Gold bundle at $159.80. Silver and Gold are not sold on their own at any price we could find on the public catalogue, so the bundle saving against a three-certification total cannot be calculated from what the brand publishes.
State coverage
Defencify lists courses for 21 US states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. If your state is not on that list — Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Nevada are four common examples — Defencify does not have a course for you right now, and buying one anyway will not satisfy your state licensing board.
The brand describes itself as staying "current with the licensing rules in each state," but it does not publish a full list of accrediting agencies state by state. Two state agencies do appear inside the course titles — "California BSIS" for the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services and "Arizona DPS" for the Department of Public Safety — but for the other 19 states you will need to confirm the approval status directly with your own state's licensing authority before purchasing.
Try before you buy
There are two no-cost ways to sample what Defencify offers. The homepage and the FAQ both link to a "Try a Course Free" signup, and the Regulatory Intelligence Assistant tool has a seven-day free trial. These are the only two trial routes the brand mentions.
What Defencify does not spell out is which specific course the free trial unlocks, whether all 21 state courses are included, or whether finishing the trial version can produce a valid certificate. The FAQ page simply offers the signup without those details. If a trial-to-certificate path matters for you, write to admin@defencifytraining.com and ask before you register.
Refunds, access, and student terms
The refund policy is 7 days, measured from the day of purchase: "If 7 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can't offer you a refund." Refunds go back to the original payment method, and slow refunds should be flagged to admin@defencifytraining.com. The policy page does not say whether starting the course or taking the final exam before day 7 forfeits the refund — that is a gap worth clarifying by email before you click "buy" on a bundle you are not sure about.
Course access runs for one year from the moment you first open the course, not from the purchase date. Certificates are downloadable or printable from the student dashboard once the course is complete. Students must be 18 or older, pass whatever background check their state requires, and anyone with a prior record should contact their state agency about "Disqualifying Convictions" before enrolling.
What Defencify does not publish
Working from the brand's own homepage, FAQ, refund page, and course pages, these are the specific things the brand does not put in writing:
- A complete list of accrediting agencies for each of the 21 states. Only "California BSIS" and "Arizona DPS" appear in course titles.
- Specific prices for the Firearm Training courses. The family is listed on the homepage, but the prices only appear once you click into individual products — and several were not visible on the public catalogue when we looked.
- Individual prices for the Silver and Gold Certifications. We can see Bronze at $99.99 and the three-tier bundle at $159.80, but there is no public breakdown of what Silver and Gold cost on their own.
- Whether you can still get a refund after starting the course or sitting the exam, inside the 7-day window.
- Which course the "Try a Course Free" offer applies to, and whether its completion produces a certificate.
- The exact cookie window for the affiliate program, the payout threshold, and the payment method (PayPal, bank, or other).
- Enterprise pricing (Academy Architect, PostReady, ProficiencyCheck) — these are custom quotes.
Who should skip Defencify
Four groups should probably look elsewhere:
- Anyone living or working in a state that is not on the 21-state list. Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Nevada guards in particular will not find a course that applies to them here.
- Anyone who specifically needs Firearm Training and wants to see the price before enrolling. Defencify markets the category but does not list the price publicly, which makes side-by-side comparison impossible.
- Anyone who may need a refund after starting the course material. The 7-day window is clear, but the "started-the-course" question is not, and that gap could cost you the full course price.
- Anyone under 18, or anyone with a prior record who has not yet checked their state's Disqualifying Convictions rules. Buying first and sorting eligibility afterwards is the wrong order and the brand's refund policy may not catch you.
Check before you pay
- Three state courses were showing Sold out in October 2026: Minnesota 12-hour DPS, Utah Basic 8-hour, and Denver Colorado New Guard 16-hour. Confirm stock before planning around any of those three.
- Course access is one year from the first time you open the material, not from the purchase date — so if you buy ahead of a hiring deadline, start the course when you are ready to finish it.
- The 7-day refund window may or may not survive the moment you begin learning. The brand's refund policy does not address that case; email admin before you start if it matters.
- A code "DEFIFPO2022" appears on the Defencify Partners page offering 15%, but it sits next to an IFPO certification section and the context does not make clear whether it applies to Defencify's own courses or to IFPO's product bought on a different site. It has not been checked in a live cart, so we are treating it as unverified until tested.
- The homepage and FAQ carry no promotional banner, so headline prices are the standing prices unless a bundle shows a saving on its own product page.
Using Defencify deals
Defencify does not run a public promo code on its homepage, and the deals on the StackWell Pick store page are built from savings that already exist in the brand's own catalogue — the California bundle saving against the sum of the individual courses, the entry-level $53.99 state courses, the harassment class at $24.99, and the three-tier Bronze+Silver+Gold bundle at $159.80. There is no code to paste; the price shown on the brand's product page is the price you pay.
If a promo code appears in your checkout at any point, it is not one we have confirmed through a live purchase, and we would not describe it as "verified" on the store page unless and until it goes through a cart test.
Bottom line
Defencify is a legitimate option if you need unarmed guard training in one of its 21 covered states, you are comfortable buying a self-paced online course, and the course you need is not one of the three currently sold out. The clearest money-saver on the catalogue is the California BSIS 32-hour bundle at $98.99. Before you buy, confirm your state's approval status with its licensing agency, and factor in that your one-year access clock starts when you open the course, not when the receipt arrives.
For the current deal list and the full set of courses available on the brand, see our Defencify store page — it is the shorter view of everything above, with the live links to each course.
