Other option for freeloaders, like me, is to use keepass/keepassXC . Have the password file sync across devices with dropbox/google drive etc. Forever free. Open source so vetted by security experts. Can import/export data if you want to switch either way. And not bound a single cloud platform/subscription.
expiredglyff posted Oct 16, 2025 06:08 PM
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I don't care for how much 1Password is moving away from the average user and towards enterprise and VC-money-fueled distractions, but at this point it is still worth the $20 premium for us.
There was a period where you could purchase standalone or subscription, but the way to buy the standalone license differed from every single other version prior. Trying to look up how to buy a standalone license on the web site simply said (in the fine print) that the option was available. Skimming through the forums there were a ton of POd people bitching about it and 1PW staff consistently only talked about the pros and benefits of going cloud-based subscription. I never found a single instance where 1PW staff guided someone to how to purchase the standalone, or really even acknowledge that the option even existed. I finally happened (by accident!) to run across the spot where you could buy the standalone license but at that point it was no longer an option.
I understand their need for recurring revenue and eventual migration toward subscription/cloud-based, and was even happy that they were coming up with their own cloud solution with things like travel-mode, but how they handled that migration period felt really scummy and dishonest to me. The product page would say you could purchase a perpetual license, but not once did I find how to do it on their web site. I looked periodically over several months and -never- saw it documented or explained anywhere. Skimming through the forums I found very consistent responses from 1PW staff about all of the benefits and reasons for going cloud-based, which of course meant it had to be subscription-based, but not once did I see them say "Oh well, here's how to get standalone instead." The consistency with the messaging from 1PW staff pushing people toward cloud/subscription, and never mentioning that standalone was even an option still, was remarkable.
Hell, I even decided to give it a shot earlier this year and installed it. The very first thing I noticed was that it was impossible to keep anything local. ALL vaults have to be stored in the cloud. Based on how it purposefully caches the vault locally so it can still function when not connected to a network seems to imply that they could support local vaults, they just refuse to. Oh, and it really, really didn't want to let me keep the old version installed to use in parallel with the new version. I imagine there is a technical reason for that, but the combination of refusing to support local vaults AND refusing to allow me to keep the old software installed so I could have a local-only vault reignited the dying embers of my anger and I promptly uninstalled it.
I doubt my ranting was helpful to anyone but I did it to make a point (and because I really am still super annoyed and needed to vent). The point is I like the software and company enough, their security model is well thought out & explained, and this deal is good enough, that I -might- finally try the cloud version and (maybe) give up my standalone version.
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My wife and I both use one shared account on Bitwarden and it gets the job done very well. The ONLY reason to go with this free trial, then pay after, is to keep your logins private from your own family members.
For anyone with sense, get Bitwarden.
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For anyone with sense, get Bitwarden.
You can bash it all you want and talk down to people who use it but I seriously don't care.
You've seen one too many hacker movies.
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