The Best Password Managers For 2023

This post lists some of the best password manager tools you can find online. Each tool supports different platforms and offers various features. Read on to learn about the details of each item.

1Password

1Password can work on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS platforms. You can also access data online and sync it across devices. However, it is not free unlike the above solutions, and you must opt for a premium plan. It does not have a two-factor authentication feature, unlike others, but you can choose for fingerprint method on Android and iOS devices.

One of my favorite features is its ‘Travel Mode’, which helps you to clear a device of sensitive data while traveling and get back all data when you are back. Moreover, its ‘1Password Watchtower’ gives you security updates about sites and the services you use. Last but not least, it also offers offline access and an option to restore deleted items.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Starts at $2.99/month
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Zoho Vault

You can use Zoho Vault on desktops like Windows, macOS, and Linux and mobile devices like Android, iOS, and Windows Phone, unlike others. It also has browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, except Microsoft Edge.

What I find interesting about Zoho Vault is its offline access feature, which allows you to download an encrypted file and access the passwords locally without network connection.

Moreover, it comes with two-factor authentication to increase security, allows syncing across all your devices, and generates and saves an unlimited number of passwords – all for free. You can also import passwords from other password managers but not from browsers.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $0.90/user/month
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Nowadays, a common internet user has dozens of accounts on websites, apps, and services, and there are often different passwords for different logins. To save time and energy that’s required in managing passwords manually (trust me, it’s a big hassle), you can opt for password manager tools, and in the following, you can read about some of the best ones in detail.

LastPass

LastPass helps in getting rid of passwords once and for all. If you have LastPass, then there is just one password you need to remember, and that is of LastPass itself.

This app allows configuring multi-factor authentication as well as fingerprint authentication to step-up the security of your stored passwords. Interestingly, there is a password generator to create strong passwords and a sharing option to share passwords and notes securely with others. However, if you’re looking for more like advanced sharing, emergency access, admin dashboard, user management, etc., then you need to opt for one of its premium plans.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $3.00/month
  • Browser support: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Dashlane

Dashlane can be used on various operating systems like Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. It can also be installed as a browser extension as well, but unlike LastPass, it does not support using multiple devices in its free plan. Using Dashlane, you can create and save passwords and save notes and other critical information securely.

Dashlane allows two-factor authentication, which includes fingerprint authentication too. You can also share passwords and notes with anyone in a secure way, but this is a premium feature along with others like secure backups, Yubikey support, admin console, etc.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Starts at $2.00/user/month
  • Browser support: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

RoboForm

RoboForm can be used on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS devices and web browsers as well. It allows syncing of passwords across all of them, but only in its premium version, like Dashlane. This app, to my surprise, adapts to and works well with online services having two-page login forms like that of Google’s and Yahoo’s.

The app allows creating strong login passwords and secure sharing of passwords with others. Moreover, in its paid plans, it offers more features such as web access, multi-device sync, secure, shared folder, digital inheritance of your passwords, two-factor authentication, group sharing, access permission, advanced reporting, and many more.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $1.99/month
  • Browser support: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Sticky Password

Sticky Password comes with multiple features of a handy password manager and allows using it on various devices like Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS platforms. You can sync data across devices and back it up through its cloud but only in its premium plan, sadly.

What I found interesting is you can also sync passwords across devices through your local Wi-Fi – again, it is not available in its free plan. This app comes with two-factor authentication as well as a fingerprint security option to protect your passwords. Moreover, these security features, along with its handy password generator, is available for all its users.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $39.99/year, or $99.99/lifetime
  • Browser support: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

KeePass

KeePass is a free alternative to most password managers on this list. It can be used on desktops running Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. There is no official mobile app of KeePass, but there are some third-party, ported apps like ‘KeePassDroid’ for Android and ‘KeePass Touch’ for iOS. However, it does not have browser extensions, unlike others.

KeePass can import the login details from other password managers like Password Keeper. It can create and save passwords, handle application passwords, and work as a portable app as well. Also, it boasts of all-time data encryption – even in the memory. However, this app does not feature cloud services like sync and backup, unlike its above competitors.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Free
  • Browser support: No
  • Mobile App: No

LogMeOnce

LogMeOnce works on desktop and mobile systems like PC, Mac, Android, and iOS devices, as well as web browsers. It offers a captivating feature called ‘Mugshot’. This feature tracks the failed logins and even captures a picture of the intruder along with his IP address. You can also report failed login attempts.

Another interesting feature is ‘PhotoLogin’, which captures the logging-in person’s photo and sends it to you to grant him access. LogMeOnce allows you to create secure passwords for new logins and import passwords from other password managers. It also offers two-factor and fingerprint authentication along with support for secure sharing and more features.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $2.50/month
  • Browser Extension: No
  • Mobile App: Yes

True Key

True Key by Intel Security can be used across a range of popular operating systems, namely Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. It also provides browser extensions for popular browsers, but Apple Safari is not on this list, unfortunately. It offers cloud sync and other password management essentials, but its free plan allows storing 15 passwords only.

Moreover, True Key offers multi-factor authentication features including support for facial and fingerprint recognition. You can also save additional info securely, such as credit card info, personal details, etc. It does offer a password generator like the rest of the password managers on this list, and it also boasts of encrypting local password data on your device.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Free
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Enpass

Enpass is a free multi-platform password manager for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. However, you can store just 20 passwords on its mobile app in the free edition. Enpass also works in all major browsers, including Opera.

What I find extraordinary is you can optionally sync your passwords using third-party cloud services like Dropbox, iCloud, and Google Drive – a feature missing in others. It allows to import of passwords from other password managers and features fingerprint authentication as well. Moreover, it also offers a password generator for creating hard-to-crack passwords.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Paid plans starts at $1.99/month
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Icecream Password Manager

Icecream Password Manager can be used on just Windows PC. It does offer browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox, which helps you save and fill passwords easily. It also allows storing critical information including bank account and credit card information.

Moreover, it automatically backs up the password data locally and optionally also allows to sync and storage of the data in Dropbox. Surprisingly, you can have multiple users using the same app with their login credentials. Lastly, it can also save and secure critical files like documents and images for safe-keeping them with encryption standards.

  • Platforms: Windows
  • Price: Free
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: No

SplashID

SplashID can be used on a single device for free, but its paid version works on any number of platforms and devices like Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. As you may expect from a minimalistic password manager, it lacks sync and backup options, too in its free edition. However, it offers all these in its pain edition, of course.

SplashID can sync data across all your devices using its cloud or your Wi-Fi network. You can also choose to store the password data locally and share secure records with others. However, it does not generate passwords, unlike its competitors.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $2.99/month
  • Browser Extension: No
  • Mobile App: Yes

Buttercup

Buttercup is a free and open-source cross-platform password manager. It works on desktop platforms like Windows, macOS, and Linux as well as mobile platforms like Android and iOS. Though it is younger than the above tools yet it provides all basic features and works on popular browsers too. It has a neat and clean interface with no fancy features.

Buttercup allows organizing the password data into groups for easy management and works almost out of the box on every platform. You can save the encrypted password archive on your computer locally or sync it to a cloud service like Dropbox. The latter option lets you sync it with other devices so that you can access your passwords everywhere.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Free
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

Keeper

Keeper can be used across platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone and all popular browsers, including Microsoft Edge. Keepers can also store crucial files and documents along with passwords. It comes with two-factor authentication to beef up security and can sync across devices through its cloud service. However, like 1Password, Keeper does not have a free plan.

You can also add and secure info like that of bank accounts and cards with this tool. Surprisingly, it supports multi-factor authentication as well as public hardware-based keys like YubiKey for better security. You can do a lot more like share records with others, grant emergency access to others, import data from other tools, record activity history, generate secure passwords, etc.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Price: Paid plans starts at £2.99/month
  • Browser Extension: Yes
  • Mobile App: Yes

mSecure

You can use mSecure on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS platforms. You can also store personal information as well as photo attachments into its vault and sync the data across all these devices. Moreover, you can also use fingerprint authentication on mobile devices. However, just like 1Password and Keeper, mSecure is not a free tool.

This tool features a robust backup and restore feature which auto-backups your data and even allows you to manually do the same or restore data from a backup whenever needed. Also another exciting feature is its batch editing mode, which lets you edit multiple items in one go. Moreover, you can also generate passwords and recover deleted items.

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows
  • Price: Free. Paid plans starts at $1.66/month
  • Browser Extension: No
  • Mobile App: Yes

Enjoy!

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Good information! Thanks! :slightly_smiling_face:
I’ve been using Bitwarden since a long time and before that I was using Dashlane.

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been using Bitwarden for half a year and remembering passwords has become no issue at all, before i had to keep a list of email id and passwords and which password goes to which site and the complex passwords usually was hard to type and i would get the incorrect password but now i just need to remember 1 really long password one pin code and another small code for my double-blind passwords

Why isn’t Bitwarden listed here? It is the best open-source password manager out there.

i using from Bitdefender btw

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Bitwarden/Vaultwarden has more features than just being open source.

  • Extremely large community…
  • self hosted or cloud option available
  • Bitwarden uses AES-CBC 256-bit encryption for your Vault data, and PBKDF2 SHA-256 to derive your encryption key.

Bitwarden always encrypts and/or hashes your data on your local device before anything is sent to cloud servers for storage. Bitwarden servers are only used for storing encrypted data.

Operating systems that support Bitwarden:

macOS
Linux
Windows

Browser extensions that come with Bitwarden support:

Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Opera
Microsoft Edge
Tor Browser
Brave

Mobile devices supported with Bitwarden:

Android
iOS

Two-factor authentication option for Bitwarden:
Bitwarden comes with a variety of two-factor authentication methods for free or with a premium plan. You can use a variety of methods depending on your requirements.

Here are the free authentications that Bitwarden offers:

Authentication apps like Google, Authy, Authenticator, etc.
Email

Paid authentication offerings:

Duo Security
YubiKey
FIDO U2F with the 420 Yubikey offer.
You will also receive a recovery key that you can safely store in an offline location.

AND NOW THE BEST THE BASE PLAN IS FREEEEE!!! (Cloud or self-hosted)

Really anyone can host their own Bitwarden/Vaultwarden instance at home.

E.g. Raspi 4 (4GB) Vaultwarden SD-Card with 64GB or alternatively external storage (USB-Stick/SDD/HDD…) to store the passwords.

All password managers where there is not the possibility to host them myself fall out for me. ZERO TRUST!!!

LoL, Did you ever heard about Bitwarden?
Bitwarden Competes 1pass and none of the others are even close to them.

@SaM If you have used one, could you please suggest which one is better under free option? I am currently using Dashlane. But not many websites rank it as #1. I have tried Bitwarden. But there is a problem with it. Its limit is only 5000 characters. But several (not 1, not 2 but serveral) of my passwords are much longer than that (well, I am a crazy :smiley:). So, I would really like to know if anything here is better than Dashlane and free in your opinion

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Try any of these 3, smillar features and best for freebie.

PassHub - Free

Best for Security-First Password Management

PROS

  • Highly secure.
  • Uses smartphone for authentication.
  • Flexible secure sharing.
  • Works on any platform.
  • Free.

CONS

  • No automated password capture or replay.
  • Limited import ability.
  • No report on weak or duplicate passwords.
  • No web form filling.

NordPass - Free

Best for Managing Passwords on a Single Device

PROS

  • Supports secure credential sharing
  • Supports multi-factor authentication via app and security key
  • Mandatory multi-factor authentication option for business accounts
  • Data breach scanner and actionable password health report
  • Audited

CONS

  • Pricier than competition
  • Free version cannot be used on multiple devices simultaneously

Norton Password Manager - Free

Best for Extra Web Protections

PROS

  • Fast setup process
  • Safety Dashboard evaluates credential strength
  • Unlimited password storage
  • Cross-platform syncing
  • Free

CONS

  • No secure credential sharing
  • No password inheritance options
  • Minimal import functions
  • Few form filling options for desktop users
  • Limited multi-factor authentication options for desktop users

Recommended for paid ones: LogMeOnce Password Management Suite Premium - Paid
Best for Abundance of Password Management Features

PROS

  • Syncs across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
  • Many options for authentication.
  • Secure Wallet fills credit card data, displays card images.
  • New, streamlined interface.
  • Vast number of features, many of them unique.

CONS

  • SMS-based two-factor authentication costs money.
  • Vast number of features may overwhelm users.
  • Displays advertisements. (Free version)

Good luck!

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Oh sure. Thanks you so much, @SaM . Will definitely try it

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This list is f**ked, only good one to use is BitWarden, used to use Lastpass but they made it so free users can’t use the pc extension and android app at the same time.

I’m surprised that Bitwarden is not mentioned in your list, however! I don’t think you’re right about Keepass. It is open source, it has support for browsers and many apps in the AppStore that are compatible with the KeePass database.