I find that BitWarden is still a cheaper choice for most people, but 1Password offers some very nice features that you won’t find elsewhere. If you frequently travel across national borders, you’ll appreciate my favorite feature of 1Password: Travel Mode. This mode allows you to delete all sensitive data from your devices before traveling and restore them with one click after crossing the border. This prevents anyone, including law enforcement at international borders, from accessing your full password vault.
It is worth noting that 1Password uses a combination of two keys to unlock your account, your password and an additional generated secret key. While this adds an extra layer of security that protects against weak passwords, it also means that some of what you need to unlock your passwords is something you didn’t create. While 1Password ensures that you have this key in your “emergency kit,” I still prefer combining a self-generated password with a Yubikey.
In addition to being a password manager, 1Password can also function as an authentication app like Google Authenticator. For added security, it creates a secret key for the encryption key used, so no one can decrypt your passwords without this key. The downside is that if you lose this key, no one, not even 1Password, can decrypt your passwords. (This can be mitigated by setting up a custom group with Restore Accounts permission.)
1Password also offers tight integration with other mobile apps. Instead of having to copy and paste passwords from your password manager into other apps (leaving your password on the clipboard, at least for a moment), 1Password is built into many apps and can be autofilled. This is more noticeable on iOS, where communication between apps is more limited.
After registration, Download the app for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Chrome OS or Linux. There are also browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, Brave and Edge.
Best full-featured manager
Courtesy of Dashlane
I first encountered Dashlane several years ago. At that time it was the same as its competitors, without any outstanding features. However, updates over time have added some helpful features. One of the best is Site Breach Alerts, something that has since been added by other services as well. Dashlane actively monitors the darker corners of the web, looking for leaked or stolen personal data and alerting you when your data has been compromised.
Setting up and migrating from another password manager is easy, and you use a secret key to encrypt your passwords, similar to BitWarden’s setup process. In practice, Dashlane is very similar to the others on this list. The company doesn’t offer a desktop app, but I mostly use passwords in the web browser anyway, and Dashlane offers add-ons for all major browsers as well as iOS and Android apps. If a desktop app is important to you, you should be aware of this omission. Dashlane offers a 30-day free trial so you can test it out before you decide.
After registration, Download the app for Android and iOS and get the browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Edge.
Best DIY Options (Self Hosted)
Would you like to have more control over your data in the cloud? Synchronize your password vault yourself. The services listed below do not store any of your data on their servers. This means that attackers have nothing to target. Instead of storing your passwords, these services use a local vault to store your data. You can then sync this vault with a file syncing service like Dropbox. NextCloud; or Edward Snowden’s recommended service SpiderOak. In this scenario, there are two services to keep track of, which makes it a bit more complex. However, if you already use a file sync file service, this can be a good option.
Courtesy of Enpass
Enpass does not store any data on its servers. Synchronization occurs via third-party services. Enpass doesn’t handle syncing, but it does offer apps on every platform. That means once you set up syncing, it works like any other service. And you don’t have to worry about Enpass getting hacked because your data isn’t on Enpass’s servers. Enpass supports syncing via Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, Box, Nextcloud, or any other service that uses WebDAV. Unfortunately, SpiderOak is currently not supported. You can also sync your data over a local WiFi or Wi-Fi network.
All the features you’d expect from a password manager are included here, including auto-generation of passwords, security breach monitoring, biometric login (for devices that support it), auto-entry of passwords, and options to save others Data types, e.g. B. Credit cards and identification data. There is also a password monitoring feature to highlight any weak or duplicate passwords in your vault. One extra that I particularly like is the ability to mark passwords to make searching easier. Enpass also makes setting up syncing across your service of choice very easy. Enpass recently added support for passkeys.