Is Capital One CreditWise good?

Capital One CreditWise is good because it’s a free way to check your credit score anytime. It will also send you email alerts when there’s important activity on your credit report, such as a hard credit inquiry or a new credit card account. Plus, it’s available to everyone who signs up on the CreditWise website, not just Capital One customers. One of the things that could be better about CreditWise is that its scores only update once a month. The credit score you get is the VantageScore 3.0 model, based on your TransUnion credit report.

Many credit card issuers – including American Express, Discover, and Barclaycard – have added free credit tracking services that send your credit score once a month, like Capital One. But CreditWise goes beyond that and not only alerts you to new credit activity, but also provides a lot of information on what affects your score and easy ways you can improve it.

CreditWise has 6 different sections on what factors are affecting your credit score. The sections can be found on the CreditWise dashboard and include on-time payments, your available credit, how much of your available credit you’re using, your oldest credit line, new accounts from the past 2 years, and recent inquiries.

You’ll receive a score in each of the sections – “below average,” “average,” “good,” or “excellent.” And CreditWise tells you how much each section impacts your overall score. For instance, “On-time Payments” has the greatest impact on your score, while “Available Credit” has the least impact. There’s also a “Score Improvement” section where you can find personalized suggestions for improving your credit score.

The biggest downside to Capital One CreditWise is that it only updates once a month. You can find services that send you daily updates, along with a lot of the same information CreditWise provides. Regardless of which credit score site you choose, staying aware of your credit score is a necessity.

CreditWise is a service for free credit scores and reports. It's pretty much the same as what you get on WalletHub and maybe Credit Karma, in the sense that it retrieves your score and report from TransUnion. I'd say it's worth it, considering that it's completely free. But you can get better deals even for a free service. I'm saying that because Capital One will only update your CreditWise account monthly, when competing sites provide daily updates.

In my opinion Creditwise can not be compared to Transunion, Experian, Equifax and IdentityIQ. You get what you pay for. Creditwise is like CreditKatma, full descripensies, does not update to align with the three credit bureaus. Dont trust it. It is worth paying to get correct and viable credit score. Also lenders never look at or use CreditWise or Credit Karma or any others like it to to gather credit wortiness.