

By itself, the VPN costs $96 yearly, so it's a huge bargain when bundled with Dashlane. On the upside, the Dashlane Premium plan offers dark-web monitoring and unlimited VPN service, the latter courtesy of Hotspot Shield. Dashlane's free plan is limited to one device but it does let you store an unlimited number of passwords. Its Premium plan is $60 per year, or $78 per year if you pay monthly. A scanner goes through your email inbox to find online accounts you may have forgotten about.ĭashlane's drawback is its high price.


The password manager is well designed, easy to use and excellent at filling out your personal information in online forms. Its killer feature remains a bulk password changer that can reset hundreds of passwords at once. The older stand-alone application that let Mac users sync devices locally has been discontinued, and so has the free version of 1Password.ġPassword merited a Highly Recommended mention for Best Password Manager in the most recent Tom's Guide Awards.ĭashlane matches LastPass, 1Password and Keeper in platform support and has very good desktop software. The recipient does not need to be a 1Password subscriber.ġPassword asks new users to sign up for a $36 yearly cloud subscription. It also has a secure data-sharing service called Psst! (opens in new tab) that lets 1Password users send a temporary link to anyone to share information, such as a password, that has already been saved in 1Password. The catch is that you have to subscribe to both services. 1Password also has great form-filling abilities and true two-factor authentication.ġPassword also offers "masked" email addresses (opens in new tab) for greater privacy through a deal with email provider Fastmail. The Chrome extension brings 1Password to Chromebook users, and you can also access your 1Password account through the company website.ġPassword's killer feature is a Travel Mode that deletes sensitive data from your devices (you'll get it back later) so that snooping border-control agents can't find it. They work directly with web browsers and now support biometric logins. It also has excellent stand-alone browser extensions for Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
