I thought Apple had bought them? Am I thinking of a different password management app?
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
#102This 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…
> Ever since they went to the cloud, I stopped using and recommending them to friends and family.
The whole point of using a password manager is that the passwords I create and use on my {desktop, laptop, work machine, phone} are immediately and seamlessly available to me on all of the other platforms.
As far as I know it is Cloud integration which enables this absolutely necessary and table-stakes functionality. Is that not true? Does e.g. Keepass provide this essential functionality without a Cloud integration of some kind?
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#103I feel like I've spent an absolute fortune on 1password over the last decade. I'm pretty sure it was, what, $70 when I got it 6+ years ago? Now I'm paying monthly (2.99 or 4.99/mo x .. 3-5 years?) which is pretty ironic considering a lot of us initially left LastPass to go to 1pass because it was 100% offline (I'm aware you can do local vaults still). At least the QOL updates have been coming faster lately, especiall…
> I feel like I've spent an absolute fortune on 1password over the last decade. I'm pretty sure it was, what, $70 when I got it 6+ years ago? Now I'm paying monthly (2.99 or 4.99/mo x .. 3-5 years?)
Our pricing intuition around software is so weird. That's $370 over six years. If you went to a theater and watched a movie alone every couple of months, you spent more on tickets than you did on 1Password in that time.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#104I hope this isn't a bad sign for the future of 1Password. I've been a customer as a consumer for about ten years, and my team has been using it for four years. The nice thing about them is that they have always had a great consumer product (and the teams product has also been excellent). Since they didn't need to take on the funding, I wonder if having a fund on board will result in focussing on the wrong things (e.g…
Wanted to piggyback on this thread since I've been thinking about using a password manager for awhile and have never gotten around to it.
What's the best service level for 1password for a small office, like 10 people or so, that want to just share basic passwords for things like social media accounts, mailchimp login, adobe password, and stuff like that?
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#105Disappointed 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 us…
> but honestly, the product is now way better
It is not. 1Password 7 for Mac is a UX regression IMHO. Most of my common workflows have become more clunky. There's useless UI elements I can't get rid of taking up prime real estate (Watchtower). And, while this is subjective, I think it's also uglier than 1Password 6.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#106Earlier 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…
> Ever since they went to the cloud, I stopped using and recommending them to friends and family. The whole point of using a password manager is that the passwords I create and use on my {desktop, laptop, work machine, phone} are immediately and seamlessly available to me on all of the other platforms. As far as I know it is Cloud integration which enables this absolutely necessary and table-stakes functionality. Is…
I'm not in a rush to put the holy grail of my personal info into someone's cloud service that I can't manage or securely delete. I think that KeePass + [Dropbox,Google Drive,etc] is the best solution. You can easily get these files on to your phone for passwords on the go.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Am I the only one who considers this a good thing? This company over the years has, multiple times, basically ripped the rug out from under its users (moving to online vaults, hiding native app, switching from a single fee to monthly charge) so I really don't see it as a positive. From comments in here it seems like they'll be focusing on Enterprise. That just leads me to assume they'll listen to consumer feedback…
What do you mean native app? I use the native apps all the time and it’s a pretty prominent thing that you get redirect to when you press get started on their front page
They make it incredibly difficult to still pay the one-time fee for the software vs. doing the monthly charge. Like, hiding it. They have threads on their support forum of users complaining how deceptive it is. It's clear they want your vault on their servers and you paying the monthly fee instead of using Dropbox and paying a one-time fee.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bitwarden will be the most recommended. I tried it to move off of 1password a few months ago, there was a time where 1password kept breaking the extension in every OS I was using. I can't remember exactly what was missing but there were several things I was used to in 1password that weren't available in bitwarden that made it feel clunkier to me. It's UI is definitely the closest you'll get to 1pass. I think a big re…
How mature is Bitwarden? I know its open source, but IIRC the business address for Bitwarden is a random house in Jacksonville, Florida? And that was only found on Reddit or something. If its open source thats great, but most people are not building the clients for iOS and MacOS at home. We trust the builds that they host to be true to the source. 1password lists its physical address on its home page (and I think eve…
As far as I know, Bitwarden is a one-person company run by a guy who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. So the business address being a random house there would be exactly what I'd expect.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#109This 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…
The cloud storage isn't mandatory. Just keep using Dropbox (uhh, a different cloud?) if it bothers you. This is what I do, along with a perpetual license.
Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A
#110I'm happy for them, but I'm worried about what this means for the product and its future. They now need to hit $1BB or die trying. And most of the time that means die.
Maybe they might have some life-changing enterprise thing up their sleeves. I don't know. We don't know. I'm wishing them well, I just am bracing for impact.