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Best password managers
Store and fill strong passwords across your devices. Facts come from each tool's own pages, and every score says where it comes from. How we rank
- Tools
- 13
- Researched
- 10
- Free option
- 7
- Only listed
- 3
Ranked by signals we can measure or quote: website health, the facts each tool's own pages state, and community discussion. Nothing here has been hands-on tested yet, so this is not a quality test. How the signals rank works
Quick answer
- Files stay on your device: KeePassXC
Based on what each tool's own pages say. A tool is left out when its pages say it varies or do not say. Details are listed under each tool.
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Details and sources
- Free tier
- Community Edition is free forever, with unlimited users and unlimited instances and community support.
- Paid plan
- Pro Edition is $4.9 per user per month (EUR 4.5 shown in EUR), billed annually, minimum 10 users, volume discounts after 100 users. Enterprise is custom priced via quote.
- Signup
- Cloud Site appears to require an account; whether self-hosted use needs one is not stated.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Cloud Site data is hosted in Belgium and Germany, mainly on Google Cloud. Passwords are described as end-to-end encrypted. Terminated cloud account data is purged from backups after 60 days. Where passwords are stored for self-hosted use is not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free plan covers one device type (desktop or mobile, not both). It includes unlimited password storage, autofill, dark web monitoring and sharing one password with one person at a time. No emergency access or hardware MFA keys. Support is self-service only.
- Paid plan
- Premium (1 user), Families (6 users), Plus (1 user, includes LastPass VPN on Windows), Teams, Business and Business Max, all billed annually. The page shows placeholders instead of price amounts, so prices are Not stated. Taxes are added at checkout.
- Signup
- Not stated. The page does not say explicitly whether an account is needed for the Free plan.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Vault data is stored on LastPass servers in encrypted form, encrypted on the device before syncing. Data is transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries. No retention period is stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: LastPass pricing, LastPass privacy notice. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Creating an account is required. The page says: “Create Your Account.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- KeePassXC is free and open source. The page says: “We do the heavy lifting in a no-nonsense, ad-free, tracker-free, and cloud-free manner. Free and open source.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- KeePassXC runs locally on the user's computer. The page says: “KeePassXC and KeePassXC-Browser are run locally on your computer. At no time will any of your stored personal data be sent to us or a third party.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- The free plan allows users to store up to 25 items in 1 vault for $0 forever. The page says: “Free Plan. . . Get started with password management for up to 25 items.. . . $. $0. forever. . Store up to 25 items in 1 vault.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- User data is stored in their own Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or other trusted environment and never touches Enpass servers. The page says: “Your encrypted data lives inside your own Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or other trusted environment – never touching our servers.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- The pricing page shows Password Management and Credential Protection as per user per month billed annually, with placeholder prices and no amounts. Enterprise is custom pricing. Password Management shows a 14-day free trial. Country dependence is not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy overview. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- KeeperPAM includes protection for up to 24 annual active NHIs transacting through the KeeperPAM Gateway and 5,000 monthly workloads transacting on endpoints at no cost. The page says: “KeeperPAM includes protection for up to 24 annual active NHIs transacting through the KeeperPAM Gateway and 5,000 monthly workloads transacting on endpoints at no cost.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Users must sign up for a free trial. The page says: “Sign up for a Free Trial.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Data is encrypted and decrypted at the device and record levels. The page says: “Your data is encrypted and decrypted at the device and record levels - Keeper can never access it.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Pricing, Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- KeePass is a free, open source password manager. The page says: “KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Passwords are stored in a database file locked with a master key. The page says: “You can store all your passwords in one database, which is locked with a master key. So you only have to remember one single master key to unlock the whole database.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
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Also listed (3, not yet tested)
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