Password Managers reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 477 Reddit reviews across 23 subreddits and 40 posts to rank the best Password Managers brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/sysadmin, r/msp, r/mac, r/tutanota, r/cybersecurity. Top-rated brands include Bitwarden (4.5/5), 1Password (4.5/5), Keeper (4.4/5).

Stats

Reviews477

Subreddits23

Posts40

Brands65

Products21

Top communities

r/sysadmin202 r/msp71 r/mac37 r/tutanota21 r/cybersecurity20

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Bitwarden

4.5

(120)

"It’s fantastic. Fairly priced, easy to use, and works across every device I have."

"Self host it too."

"It's super versatile for both cases."

"Self-hosted Bitwarden."

"Selfhosted bitwarden."

"Selfhosted bitwarden is great."

"I've actually been incredibly happy with Bitwarden for this use case."

"I switched from LastPass (paid monthly) to Bitwatden for free."

"Paid Bitwarden account for the technical teams."

"We moved from dashlane to bitwarden last month."

1Password

4.5

(93)

"1Password is still the most secure out of all of them due to the required random key."

"I’ve been using 1Password for a while now, and it’s been great. The interface is user-friendly, and it offers robust security features like two-factor authentication and end-to-end encryption."

"1Password - I’ve been a user since 2013."

"1Password. All the way"

"1Password all the way, been using it for years."

"1password with AzureAD SSO"

"Bonus: If you get a business subscription, all your 1Password users also get free family accounts."

"I think they felt it had better security overall."

"1Password, check out https://developer.1password.com."

"Definitely a big step up over lastpass."

Keeper

4.4

(42)

"It's great, uses sso , you can share credentials securely in groups."

"My org uses Keeper which is the best team-oriented locker I've personally used."

"Is going to be the best route for a team."

"Absolutely the best."

"Another vote for keeper here."

"1 vote for Keeper with SSO"

"Got my company to switch to Keeper after the whole lastpass ordeal and we love it."

"Keeper Security has been great for us."

"Just started using Keeper Security. It has an MSP / onsell ability."

"Seriously, just look at Keeper. They are fantastic, never breached, don't have issues."

KeePass

4.1

(32)

"Personally I use keepass."

"I've been using KeePass for as long as I can remember."

"Stick to keepass and its variants. Simple, local, no subscriptions, open source and it simply works."

"Keepass if you want to keep it local."

"Keepass"

"Keepass is the jam for personal use."

"KeePassXc"

"KeePass"

"KeePass. Or one of its derivatives if you're on Mac or Linux. I think only BitWarden is able to match it, in terms of feature set, but it too falls short compared to KeePass."

"Keepass or Macpass are what we use."

LastPass

3.6

(25)

"LastPass 😍"

"LastPass is amazing. I use it for my team and love it."

"We‘re using LastPass and are quite happy with it."

"We use Lastpass at my org, but I use Bitwarden personally."

"We do lastpass and have been happy with it."

"We rolled out LastPass quite easily - we used it as it seemed to be the most intuitive for our internal users."

"I'm a LastPass guy."

"LastPass works good too."

"Switched to LastPass for my day-to-day."

"LastPass. Free, has apps/extensions for every device/browser."

Dashlane

3.8

(15)

"Dashlane password manager- great for sharing logins and notes."

"I love Dashlane!"

"Dashlane is amazing. We use it at work and it's super!"

"I finally switched to Dashlane and have to say the quality of their apps and capabilities are better."

"Dashlane actually has a macOS app, I use it frequently"

"Dashlane or Keeper."

"We use Dashlane in my ~20 person org."

"I've been using Dashlane for years now."

"Dashlane"

"For personal use Dashlane works pretty well and the free Bitwarden."

Passbolt

4.4

(10)

"I recommend Passbolt."

"Passbolt self hosted for us. Very happy with it."

"We moved to 'Passbolt' (cloud) a few months ago."

"I like open source, I set up https://www.passbolt.com/ in my team had no complaints"

"You can self-host or choose cloud based depending on your preferences. Its open source and specifically built for collaborative use."

"Was a good, solid stuff when I reviewed it."

"Is good for teams"

"I really like the CE self hosted option for small groups."

"Passbolt has great sharing capabilities."

"Passbolt, Protonpass and Bitwarden"

KeePassXC

4.7

(9)

"Keepassxc for life!"

"Keepassxc"

"KeepassXC. It's the fork with the most maintained code."

"Keepassxc. Just always backup the database."

"KeePassXC has build in Yubikey integration."

"I'm in the offline storage, bring-your-own-sync camp."

"I'm on team KeePassXC (using StrongBox to open my database on iOS)"

"KeepassXC"

NordPass

4.0

(10)

"The UI of nordpass is just considerably better than everything else I've tried."

"I finally settled for nordpass."

"I use NordPass in my business, it does have the password sharing feature, and there seems to be no problems."

"I think NordPass is a good choice here, we are using it where I work."

"Nordpass works good for me."

"NordPass 👆🏻"

"Been using NordPass for a year now."

"I was pretty much set on NordPass as my new password manager."

"1. NordPass 2. 1Password 3. DashLane 4. LastPass 5. Bitwarden"

"Nordpass is my fav mainly because of the xchacha encryption."

#10

Passwordstate

3.9

(10)

"Offers all features of the other products in its class."

"If you are up to hosting, passwordstate is free for 5 users."

"We use PasswordState. And I have to say I quite like it."

"PasswordState, free for 5 users and fairly cheap for more."

"We use passwordstate works great for us."

"PasswordState. Local install, you control if you want people to access it outside the network/vpn or not."

"Passwordstate which I use at my job is free for 5 users with unlimited passwords"

"Check our passwordstate. Free for up to 5 users."

"Give Passwordstate a look if you want to stay away from the cloud."

"Passwordstate is free for 5 users."

#11

Password Boss

4.1

(8)

"We've had great luck with password boss."

"Has a great setup and they are MSP only."

"Sleeper option here is Password Boss."

"Password boss for password management"

"Password Boss"

"We've been reselling Password Boss. It's MSP friendly and the margins work well."

"Someone recommended Password Boss. Anyone have experience with this?"

#12

Securden

4.2

(6)

"Securden Password Vault is perfect."

"Securden Password Vault for Enterprises is an enterprise-grade offering that offers full-featured password management capabilities in a single package."

"It lets you centrally store, organize, securely share, and keep track of all passwords. It's an encrypted vault and all you need is an encryption key to unlock."

"You should consider implementing Securden Password Manager for Enterprises. It precisely meets all your requirements for managing passwords of users in your enterprise."

"Securden has an intuitive Password Vault for MSPs."

"Check out Securden Password Vault."

#13

Passportal

4.0

(6)

"Passportal with Active Directory sync."

"Passportal supports rotating passwords."

"Can consider passportal. it let you limit access as per role."

"Passportal! Typically despise SolarWinds products but I have been pleasantly surprised."

"Yea, we use Passportal and don't have any minimums on Site licenses."

"We’ve been using Passportal for about a year now and are generally happy."

#14

Thycotic

3.8

(6)

"Thycotic"

"For enterprise, I've used thycotic/delinea SecretServer at two different companies so far."

"In our enterprise we use Thycotic, recently acquired by Delinea."

"Great integration for Duo/Google Auth MFA."

"Thycotic has a free version that limits the number of users to 10 and number of secrets to 250"

"Thycotic has a password vault. LastPass and 1password also have Corp editions."

#15

Vaultwarden

3.7

(6)

"Vaultwarden all the way. Dont forget to backup :)"

"Have a look at Vaultwarden. It’s an open source project built on the Bitwarden platform."

"I second vaultwarden. It works great on my NAS."

"I run vaultwarden which is bitwarden-compatible and self-hosted."

"Vaultwarden. But don’t."

"I run vaultwarden at home, but please don't do this."

#16

Apple

3.8

(5)

"Either use Apple keys or 1password (by far the best)."

"With iOS 18 and the new macOS, keychain. Using the iOS 18 beta and the passwords app is very nice"

"Been really liking the new Apple Passwords app. It’s only on iOS18 but if they continue building it, I’ll switch over."

"I just use the built in iOS password manager. It’s a lot easier to use imo."

"I use apple keychain. Just easy for me, only downside is I don’t think it is cross platform."

#17

Proton Pass

3.8

(4)

"Just tried Proton Pass and I love it... Switched from Bitwarden."

"Proton Pass for me."

"Did a good job too"

"Tried it, it's good but not better. More affordable at $10 bucks a year as opposed to my $4.99 a month plan with 1Password."

#18

RoboForm

3.8

(4)

"Roboform.. Works more consistently across everything (sites and devices) than Bitwarden does."

"I really like Roboform personally."

"Roboform is a relatively unknown that I've been using for almost a decade."

"Roboform"

#19

Enpass

3.3

3.0

3.0

(1)

"Strongbox and Authy."

#65

BeyondTrust

1.0

(1)

"We use beyondtrust password safe/ secret safe and its trash."

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