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In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by Someone1234 »

yardie wrote: post #72
warpech wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bitwarden IMO beats LastPass and 1Password. Very polished, hassle free experience

I have 1Password and Bitwarden on my screen right now. Bitwarden does not hold a candle to 1Password. There is no Watchtower or MFA availability notification. Yes, BW is a password manager, and that is about it.

Those aren't core to actual password management though. Bitwarden is a very good password manager, and that's what it needs to be to fulfil its raison d'être.

If 1Password's claim to fame is functionality beyond password management, so be it, but that doesn't define it as better but rather broader scoped.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by stevenjohns »

vikingcaffiene wrote: post #87

Ugh. I have been a happy paying customer for many years now. I went all in on 1p specifically because they didn't do shit like this. When a CEO says things like "we need to grow aggressively" I hear "we need to find ways to foist new trash features no one asked for upon our users and then ignore them to get the big enterprise bucks". Time after time I see great products get ruined by that mindset. See Dropbox. See Ev…

Check out Bitwarden. This[0] event sealed the deal for me that I wouldn't use 1Password again, and Bitwarden was a great alternative.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20417832

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by braythwayt »

overcast wrote: post #66
bernierocks wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you asked me about 1password a few years ago, I would agree with you. Ever since they went to the cloud, I stopped using and recommending them to friends and family. I now use Keypss, which is free and doesn't require the cloud. The only reason they went to the cloud is because most people were buying one copy and sharing it with multiple people. It's a way for them to make more money, which is fine, but I really…

and the reason I went to their cloud solution, is so that I can sync passwords between my iPhone, Mac, PC, and Linux machines. It's $35.88 for an entire year of something that I use constantly, every day, and it works perfectly.

FWIW, if you have DropBox, they can sync passwords via DropBox, giving you many of the same benefits as their cloud solution.

You can use the pay-one-price license if you already have the motivation to use DropBox.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by overcast »

braythwayt wrote: post #94
overcast wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and the reason I went to their cloud solution, is so that I can sync passwords between my iPhone, Mac, PC, and Linux machines. It's $35.88 for an entire year of something that I use constantly, every day, and it works perfectly.

FWIW, if you have DropBox, they can sync passwords via DropBox, giving you many of the same benefits as their cloud solution. You can use the pay-one-price license if you already have the motivation to use DropBox.

That's not going to work outside of Mac or PC. Linux is a browser plugin.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by stevewodil »

stevenjohns wrote: post #92
vikingcaffiene wrote: post #87

Ugh. I have been a happy paying customer for many years now. I went all in on 1p specifically because they didn't do shit like this. When a CEO says things like "we need to grow aggressively" I hear "we need to find ways to foist new trash features no one asked for upon our users and then ignore them to get the big enterprise bucks". Time after time I see great products get ruined by that mindset. See Dropbox. See Ev…

Check out Bitwarden. This[0] event sealed the deal for me that I wouldn't use 1Password again, and Bitwarden was a great alternative. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20417832

Will add that my experience using Bitwarden has been nothing but positive so far! Happy with the product.

We are also considering using Bitwarden for Business at my company

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by stevewodil »

mathieuh wrote: post #82
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the Mac client doesn’t support biometric login (TouchID), which we’ve only had on these computers for about four years...

Are you on an old version? I’ve been using TouchID with 1Password on Mac and FaceID on iPhone for as long as I can remember them being a thing I think when they switched to subscription model they left people who didn’t switch on an old version

I believe they were referring to lack of TouchID support in Bitwarden, not in 1Password.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by woah »

bernierocks wrote: post #57
ghshephard wrote: post #31

This isn't really a typical Venture funding, and is definitely not a "Series A". Traditionally, at this point, 1Password would probably have just gone Public, without any need for venture funding. But, why go to the hassle of doing that when you can get most of the same benefits ($$$) without any of the pain (public reporting, SOX, etc...). The VCs at this point would be happy with a 3-4x return, because the risk is…

If you asked me about 1password a few years ago, I would agree with you. Ever since they went to the cloud, I stopped using and recommending them to friends and family. I now use Keypss, which is free and doesn't require the cloud. The only reason they went to the cloud is because most people were buying one copy and sharing it with multiple people. It's a way for them to make more money, which is fine, but I really…

I downvoted you because you’re complaining about downvotes

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by streblo »

Disappointed to see so much negativity in this thread. Password management is still an unsolved problem in most peoples lives. Think of your parents - are they using a good digital password manager, or do they still have a bunch of sticky notes with their passwords written out on them? Wouldn't it be better if they were using a password manager? Most people I know, especially the ones that aren't tech savvy, won't use a password manager until the UX and product experience are nailed. So far, 1Password is the only password management product I see making progress in that direction.

People complained when they upped their prices and moved to a cloud model (and in all fairness that transition wasn't handled perfectly), but honestly, the product is now way better, works on more platforms, and is totally seamless. I hope they use the investment money to continue to make the product better and to get it into more people's hands.

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