Equifax, like all the other credit bureaus, now must show transparency in offerings for credit monitoring and automatic monthly costs since April 2. Unlike Experian, Equifax is much clearer in costs associated with monitoring products they are offering. It is obvious that when you get your free scores you are also paying for 3 in 1 monitoring. Of course they are using the 3 new free scores as a lure and consumers could very well assume they are getting 3 scores for each credit bureau when in reality it is supplying 3 more Equifax scores at various times during the year. Although these new rules that have recently gone into affect are giving consumers a better view of what they are signing up for it is still far from clear.