Before claims are eligible
Liberty Home Guard
4.0/5
“Homeowners who value responsive support and a wide add-on catalog over the highest payout caps.”
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Choice Home Warranty
3.7/5
“Budget-focused homeowners who want a predictable flat service fee and straightforward plan choices.”
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§ 01Round by round
The Warranta verdict
Do you weight responsive support or a predictable per-claim cost? Liberty Home Guard answers the first, with a 4.2 customer-service score and a 40-plus add-on catalog. Choice answers the second with a flat $100 fee per claim. Choice's contract also caps its standard covered items higher, at $3,000 a year to Liberty's $2,000. Liberty is wrong for you if a longer track record matters; Choice is wrong if its $11.8 million Arizona Attorney General settlement (2026) and arbitration clause give you pause.
Round by round · 11 criteriaSourced ratings
| Criterion | Liberty Home Guard | Choice Home Warranty | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.0Wins | 3.7 | — |
| Pricing | 3.8 | 4.3Wins | — |
| Coverage | 3.9Wins | 3.6 | — |
| Claims process | 3.8Wins | 3.2 | — |
| Customer service | 4.2Wins | 3.3 | — |
| Contractor network | 3.7Wins | 3.5 | — |
| Pricing | Tie | Tie | Choice charges a flat $100 fee per claim but publishes no plan price. Liberty lists each customer's per-claim fee in their Account Summary rather than publishing one amount. |
| Annual caps | — | WinsWins | Choice's user agreement caps each covered item at $3,000 per 12-month period; Liberty's sample policy caps each covered item at $2,000, resetting every 365 days. Both set lower limits for some items. Choice's $3,000 is shared by the items listed in the same numbered section of its agreement, so air conditioning, heating and ductwork share one limit; Liberty lists them as separate covered items. |
| Customer sentiment | WinsWins | — | Liberty's 4.2 customer-service score leads Choice's 3.3; Liberty's claims sub-score (3.8) also beats Choice's (3.2). |
| Add-on flexibility | WinsWins | — | Liberty offers one of the broadest optional catalogs (40-plus, including limited roof-leak and re-key); Choice's add-on list is comparatively short. |
| Track record | Tie | Tie | Since 2013, more than 1,500 Arizona customers have submitted complaints against Choice, the Arizona Attorney General reports, and in 2026 Choice agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle that office's consumer-fraud suit. Liberty was founded in 2017. |
Liberty Home Guard
Founded 2017
4.0
Overall
Choice Home Warranty
3.7
Overall
Sources
- Liberty Home Guard BBB profile (BBB profile, accessed 2026-05)
- Choice Home Warranty BBB profile (BBB profile, accessed 2026-05)
- Liberty Home Guard plans page (Appliance Guard, Systems Guard, Total Home Guard) (Provider official, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Choice Home Warranty plan descriptions (Provider official, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Arizona Attorney General press release on its $11.8M settlement with Choice Home Warranty (announced Feb. 10, 2026) (State regulator, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Liberty Home Guard company information page (founded 2017) (Provider official, accessed 2026-10-07)
- Choice Home Warranty About page (Provider official, accessed 2026-05)
- Choice Home Warranty common questions ($100 trade service-call fee per claim) (Provider official, accessed 2026-09-23)
- Liberty Home Guard comparison page (per-claim fee varies by contract) (Provider official, accessed 2026-10-07)
- Liberty Home Guard sample policy (limits of liability: $2,000 per covered item, lower for some items and add-ons; limits reset every 365 days) (Provider official, accessed 2026-10-07)
- Choice Home Warranty user agreement (limitations of liability: $3,000 per 12-month period for each covered item, applied in the aggregate to items listed in the same numbered section) (Provider official, accessed 2026-10-07)
§ 02Who wins for you
If
“Annual caps matters most”
Choice's user agreement caps each covered item at $3,000 per 12-month period; Liberty's sample policy caps each covered item at $2,000, resetting every 365 days. Both set lower limits for some items. Choice's $3,000 is shared by the items listed in the same numbered section of its agreement, so air conditioning, heating and ductwork share one limit; Liberty lists them as separate covered items.
EdgeChoice Home Warranty
If
“Customer sentiment matters most”
Liberty's 4.2 customer-service score leads Choice's 3.3; Liberty's claims sub-score (3.8) also beats Choice's (3.2).
EdgeLiberty Home Guard
If
“Add-on flexibility matters most”
Liberty offers one of the broadest optional catalogs (40-plus, including limited roof-leak and re-key); Choice's add-on list is comparatively short.
EdgeLiberty Home Guard
If
“Pricing matters most”
Choice charges a flat $100 fee per claim but publishes no plan price. Liberty lists each customer's per-claim fee in their Account Summary rather than publishing one amount.
Evenly matchedToo close to call
Across 5 rounds, Liberty Home Guard takes more than it loses, but the right pick still turns on which of these criteria you weight. See the verdict above.
§ 03The figures, side by side
Liberty Home Guard
- Waiting period
- 30-day holding period on its sample agreement
- Eligibility notes
- No home-age limit; pre-existing conditions excluded
At a glance
Home age / pre-existing
Choice Home Warranty
- Service fee options
- $100
- Service fee range
- Flat $100 trade service-call fee per claim (may be lower with discounts)
- Waiting period
- 30 days after Choice receives the agreement fee, or sooner with proof of prior coverage and no lapse
- Eligibility notes
- No home-age limit; pre-existing conditions excluded
At a glance
Set in the contract
Across plan tiers
Before claims are eligible
Home age / pre-existing
Liberty Home Guard
4.0/5
“Homeowners who value responsive support and a wide add-on catalog over the highest payout caps.”
Choice Home Warranty
3.7/5
“Budget-focused homeowners who want a predictable flat service fee and straightforward plan choices.”
Round winners and the use-case cards above reconcile against Warranta’s rating methodology. Scores are on a 5-point scale.
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