Recommendations for a password manager

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#295179 10-Mar-2022 11:26

Looking for a reliable password manager to use across various devices, Windows, Android phone, and Macbooks, and for various accounts I have, e.g. personal, freelance work, work, university and so on!

Any suggestions please?

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#2884310 10-Mar-2022 11:28

keepass

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#2884317 10-Mar-2022 11:40

Bitwarden has the best free tier account out of the password managers.

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#2884319 10-Mar-2022 11:47

I use Free / Open Source KeePass2 on Android phones and tablets, home computer, work computer. There are clients for every platform. I keep the database sync'd using Dropbox / SyncThing so changes propagate to each device. KeePass isn't as polished as some of the commercial password managers, I mostly just copy and paste passwords out rather than using autofill, but it's worked well for me for years. There are plugins that do autofill if you want to use them.

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#2884325 10-Mar-2022 12:01

Keepass was (and still is) great for password management but to be honest Bitwarden is both opensource, has great mobile apps and works well.

It is personal preference with what you personally like better. I use both for different things, but Bitwarden is the one I use the most.

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#2884332 10-Mar-2022 12:08

+1 for BitWarden

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#2884339 10-Mar-2022 12:20

Lias:

+1 for BitWarden

same here

just work and has great integration on apps on android.

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#2884340 10-Mar-2022 12:21

I've been using Lastpass premium, has been good. Plugins for all major browsers, and android app too

What is the cost for bitwarden ?

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#2884345 10-Mar-2022 12:31

WyleECoyoteNZ:

I've been using Lastpass premium, has been good. Plugins for all major browsers, and android app too

What is the cost for bitwarden ?

free, but they do have a paid version

i move from lasspass when they started to limit you to one device type unless you paid for the premium version

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#2884346 10-Mar-2022 12:32

Bitwarden.

It's a smooth experience across multiple platforms/browsers. You can self-host it too if wanted.

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#2884370 10-Mar-2022 13:11

I'm still in the keepass camp, but might have to look into bitwarden.

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#2884381 10-Mar-2022 13:27

I’m another person who made the transition to Bitwarden when LastPass changed its free tier to something useless, and would also recommend it.

One feature I didn’t know it had until I recently got a new computer is integration with Windows Hello, which makes logging in much easier and quicker.

Biggest downside is the free version doesn’t come with much in the way of diagnostics, so not the best if you want to identify weak or duplicated passwords (something LastPass had). I finally got around to sorting out my crud passwords a few weeks back, and ended up identifying them via a csv file!

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#2884395 10-Mar-2022 13:57

Bitwarden and most other (lastpass etc) don't support non browser use like keepass does.

(RDP Sessions, desktop apps etc can be configured with keepass to auto type user/password etc).

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#2884396 10-Mar-2022 13:57

using dashlane premium here, would recommend

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#2884419 10-Mar-2022 14:27

I've used 1Password for a number of years, though am on a paid version. I think there is a free tier as well, but I've always found it really good. Mostly using it on a Mac, iPhone etc.

Have always found it good to use and no problems.

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#2884421 10-Mar-2022 14:30

+1 for 1Password here too.

Have almost the whole family using it.

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