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I have used BitWarden for 2+ years. Super solid, free, and open-source.
Migrated from keepass and seahorse. Migrating did require some time and effort, mostly because seahorse had no proper export function.
I still need to dive into what features premium offers over free, I'll gladly pay, just never had the need for that.
LastPass costs $36 per year. Operating on the principle of being the customer and not the product, that seems very reasonable for a secure way to store and share the keys to my digital life. That said, it does make it a little bit harder for me to onboard my friends and family when they ask. One of the selling points has always been "Yes, you can use it on your phone and laptop" and "no, it doesn't cost anything".
I'm all in for paying for services that handle your personal data. If you don't pay them, how do they make money? So I'm okay with this. Something to consider, however, is the alternatives. Bitwarden seems cheaper[0]. Anyone has a preference for either? [0] https://bitwarden.com/pricing/
Don't use a service, use (Free) software and handle your personal data yourself. https://keepassxc.org/ is one option to do so.
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FYI Bitwarden is only $10 a year. Before Bitwarden I used a combination of Keepass and Google Drive to sync all my passwords between devices. That was a workable solution, but Bitwarden is certainly easier, and I think more polished too.
Cheers for the info, I'll look into it. I'm not against paying for the service (I've used the hell out of LastPass) I just not a fan them pulling my use case from under me.
I started using Lastpass as well, but moved to Keepass as soon as they were eaten up by Logmein. I moved to Keepass and I keep the keyfile on OwnCloud. It works very well, and even better than Lastpass (at least as it was when I last used it). Keepass has actual desktop clients, so you don't have to use a janky web-app.
LastPass is making a huge change to their Free product and giving users only a month to adjust. This is irresponsible at best. I completely empathize with the notion that good software is worth paying for, but a widely-used password manager needs to provide more time for users to transition into another product if they choose not to convert to paid.
Caveat Emptor.
Caveat Liberum?
Those of you looking for an alternative, consider moving your data to a Keepass database. Its a more or less open file format, which a lot of different tools can read. My goto tool currently is Keeweb - https://keeweb.info/ . Its basically a SPA, can be used offline or online. Keeweb + a google drive hosted keepass database file keeps my passwords available and synced across 5-6 different devices.
You have to use a different client on every device because the official client is Windows only, and I’ve even experienced bugs a client I used that caused me to lose data entered into secure notes.
And while a single page app client is nice, it’s not good for password managers. 1Password integrates with the iOS password management API and browsers to fill in passwords and even credit card info, and I’m guessing most competitors like Bitwarden (open source just like Keepass!) do the same.
Saving ~$10-50 a year on something as useful and vital as a password manager in order to “roll your own” is such a bad tradeoff.
I switched off of Keepass when I almost accidentally lost data due to a client sync conflict. I had to go back to my Dropbox history and do a bunch of surgery to repair the damage. It’s just not worth it.
The title is slightly off. The limit is to a single device type, not device. If you only use LastPass on 2 devices of the same type (on your desktop and your laptop or if you only use it on your Mobile and your Tablet) you will be fine to stay on Free, However if you use it on your Desktop and your Mobile (like me) you will need to swap password managers or pay up for the service. Before LogMeIn brought them the serv…
> Starting March 16, 2021, LastPass Free will only include access on unlimited devices of one type.
Just switched to Bitwarden. Took me ~15 minutes to get the browser extension + app installed and to complete the migration using the export/import features.
- field detection is much poorer in Bitwarden (ie. it will fill both signup and login fields in some websites... including HN)
- Bitwarden timeout doesn't survive browser restarts (at least, this was the last time I've tried it), making it difficult to use for people with a complex password and frequent browser closing/opening