Hello and welcome back to Cloudwards.net.
My name’s Mauricio, and in this video, we’re going to take a look at the extremely easy
to use password manager NordPass.
It’s a password manager from NordVPN that focuses on usability and price.
Unfortunately, that means features take a back seat.
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Although NordVPN isn’t the first VPN service to offer a password manager, it is the best.
NordPass is an impressive service, even if it’s lacking a few features that are important
to me.
Thankfully, those features are easy to look past considering how easy NordPass is to use.
When you first download the application, you’ll be able to import your passwords from other
sources.
NordPass supports importing from other password managers, as well as your browser.
During our testing, we imported just shy of 300 passwords, and NordPass picked them all
up immediately.
From there, it’s simply a matter of installing the browser extension and letting NordPass
work its magic.
For basic usage, NordPass is great.
However, it lacks the flexibility of a service like 1Password.
You can hear our thoughts on that password manager here.
That’s because NordPass only supports a few entry types.
It can store your passwords and credit cards, but that’s it.
I use a password manager to store my logins and credit cards.
However, I also use it to store any other sensitive information, like personal notes.
WIth NordPass, that’s not possible, especially since you can’t add attachments to entries.
NordPass is as basic as it gets when it comes to password management.
Thankfully, it comes with a price tag to match.
There’s an excellent free plan that allows you to store as many passwords as you want.
Like LastPass, the free version also comes with multi-device sync, so you can access
your passwords anywhere.
The paid version adds a few extra features for around two dollars per month.
NordPass imposes a strange limitation, though.
It’s the only password manager we’re aware of that has a device limit.
Even on the paid plan, you can only be signed into NordPass on six devices at once.
Thankfully, you can still install NordPass on as many devices as you want.
If you’ve reached the limit, NordPass will simply log you out on one of your devices.
We have to talk about the elephant in the room, though.
NordPass is lacking a lot of features.
You can share your passwords and autofill in your browser, but that’s pretty much
it.
There isn’t a security center where you can see your overall password health, and
NordPass doesn’t include an automatic password changer like Dashlane does.
It’s clear to us that NordPass is focused on simplified password management, and it
does well at that.
However, that also means that it’s missing a few key features.
It doesn’t miss when it comes to security, though.
NordPass is built on a zero-knowledge model, meaning it doesn’t know anything about what
you store in your vault.
Only you have the key that unlocks all of your passwords.
That means even if someone were to hack NordPass’ servers, all they would find is scrambled
data.
NordPass is also the only password manager we’ve reviewed that uses ChaCha20 instead
of AES-256.
It offers the same security while being much more efficient than AES.
On top of that, NordPass supports biometric authentication and two-factor authentication.
Unfortunately, hardware two-factor authentication isn’t supported, so we’d like to see that
in the future.
Overall, NordPass gets a lot right.
The free plan is one of the best we’ve seen, and the security is top notch.
That said, NordPass is missing many of the features that make its competitors shine.
For basic password management, we can easily recommend NordPass.
If you want a few more bells and whistles, though, it’s best to go with another option.
Check out our overview video about password managers here.
You can find a link to sign up to NordPass is the description below, as well as our full
written review.
If you create an account, let us know about your experience in the comments below.
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