Whether you’re security-conscious or have a terrible memory, using a password manager is a great way to free up brain space and secure your most important information. Unfortunately, LastPass — once one of the best password managers — has had several security incidents over the years, making customers look to other options.
This list of both free and paid password managers are solid replacements for LastPass.
As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for, and if you’re going to spend money on protecting your personal information, it’s best not to cheap out. When it comes to affordable plans, Dashlane offers protection for unlimited devices and passwords, phishing alerts, the ability to securely share accounts, password-less login, and dark web monitoring.
Dashlane also provides a zero-knowledge system and two-factor authentication, and it holds a U.S. patent for its security architecture.
There are two Personal paid plans that Dashlane offers, namely Premium and Friends & Family. The Premium plan offers the above-mentioned features, along with a VPN for Wi-Fi protection. It also offers a free 30-day trial. While the Friends & Family plan features all of the above, it also provides 10 accounts with one subscription. Personal plans start at $5 monthly.
You can also check out the Professional plans, Business and Enterprise. With the Business plan starting at $8 per seat per month, you’ll receive unlimited seats, single sign-on integration, activity logs, SCIM provisioning, SIEM integration, and dark web insights. Large organizations can contact Dashlane for rates on the Enterprise plan, which includes everything in Business, plus a dedicated Customer Success Manager and onboarding specialists.
If you happen to be an iPhone or use of other Apple devices who’s wondering where you might find an alternative to LastPass, look no further than your own device. If you own an Apple device — whether an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, congratulations — you are the proud owner of a device with free, built-in 256-bit AES password encryption that Apple itself can’t read. Should you not have enabled this feature during your iPhone’s installation, go to Settings > User Name > iCloud > Passwords and Keychain. Then, toggle on iCloud Keychain and follow the on-screen instructions.
In addition to saving and protecting passwords on your phone and enabling Face ID or Touch ID security to many websites and apps, Keychain can also keep your account passwords current across all connected devices. Connecting a new device to your Keychain prompts a security request and will then automatically update and sync passwords to prevent anything from being lost in translation.
What if we told you that you could have access to a system-agnostic password manager that offered unlimited devices and passwords, a secure password generator, passkey management, free sharing with another user, and the ability to sync passwords across all your devices for the low, low price of absolutely free? The company behind this incredible offer is Bitwarden. Since the company is built on open-source software, anyone can download a free version of Bitwarden for their favorite web browser or operating system, including Chrome, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and many more.
Bitwarden provides zero-knowledge encryption and two-factor authentication, and is compliant with Privacy Shield, GDPR, CCPA, SOC2, and SOC3.
As amazing as getting all that for free is, the Bitwarden Premium account is available for a mere $10 per year. It offers upgrades including integrated authentication, file attachments, emergency access, and security reports. Family accounts cost $40 per year and offer Premium account features for up to six users and a seven-day trial of Bitwarden’s Family Sharing Plan.
Are you someone who wants to make sure that your passwords are protected for free and synced across all your devices? If so, NordPass has everything you’ve been looking for in one convenient location. A free NordPass account gives users the convenience of storing passwords, passkeys, and credit cards, along with using autosave and autofill.
NordPass provides XChaCha20 encryption, a zero-knowledge architecture, and multi-factor authentication.
NordPass also offers a Premium tier for just over $40 per year for the first two years. This subscription offers the same features as above and includes data breach detection, password health monitoring, file attachments, and the ability to stay logged in while switching devices. The Family plan offers all Premium plan features for six user accounts at $67 per year for the first two years.
Looking to get a handle on your countless Google passwords and Android logins without breaking a sweat? Look no further than Google Password Manager. This handy, free-to-use password manager keeps your Android and Google passwords synced every time you log in to your mobile device or Chrome account.
You can take advantage of Password Checkup for identifying at-risk passwords and accounts. It also has an import feature for easily pulling in passwords from other tools and on-device encryption for your passwords and passkeys.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.