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Hey guys, my name is Christian Taylor.
Welcome back to Craylor Made where I like to talk
all things, branding, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
As a fellow entrepreneur,
I always like to stress the importance
of a password manager.
Whether you're an entrepreneur or not,
you need to have a password manager.
And today we're gonna be looking at some free ones.
A few days ago, LastPass put out a press release,
announcing that they are crippling the free version
of their password manager.
They're introducing this confusing category system
where free users will either have to pick
between using LastPass on computers or mobile devices.
If you pick computers,
you'll be able to use LastPass on unlimited browsers
running on desktops and laptops, but not any mobile devices.
If you pick mobile devices, you'll be able to use LastPass
on your iPhone, Android phone, tablet, and smartwatch,
but not your computer.
If this sounds confusing, it is.
LastPass even knows it's confusing.
That's why they put actual examples in their press release
to try and further clarify their new structure.
This change is already bad enough.
Most people in the world have both a computer and a phone,
and they need to be able to access their password manager
across these devices, but things get even worse.
LastPass is removing email support for free users.
I'm going to trust my precious passwords,
credit card numbers and social security numbers
to be stored on your server,
and I won't even have direct access to support?
I don't think so.
If you're a LastPass user, chances are
you're either searching for a new password manager,
or you're just going to pay for LastPass.
Now, look, if you're either going to pay for LastPass
or would be open to another paid option,
I've got an entire comparison video
dedicated to paid password managers.
But if you need a free solution
to keep track of your passwords, here are a few to consider.
First, we're looking at my new recommended
free password manager, and that's Bitwarden.
I've gotta come clean and say
Bitwarden sort of wins this by default.
It's miles ahead of other free options,
but I personally think it used to be inferior
to the old LastPass free plan.
But since the LastPass free plan, as we know,
it is a thing of the past, that leaves Bitwarden
as the logical best option.
So what can you do with Bitwarden?
Well, you can have unlimited vault items,
sync passwords across all devices,
and have the option of self-hosting your vault.
Bitwarden is an open source platform.
So while they do offer secure, in-house hosting for free,
you could host it on your own server
if that's your cup of tea.
Bitwarden supports all the things.
Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, eight web browsers,
and even command line.
Oh, and Bitwarden even has a public contact form
for support that reads,
send us an email and we'll get back to you.
Brilliant, isn't it?
Too bad LastPass doesn't offer free email support.
Now, my beef with Bitwarden in the past
was the uninspired user interface
and some quirks with the auto-fill system.
I wish Bitwarden had a more intuitive auto-fill system
for handling multiple accounts on the same website,
such as throwing up a browser prompt,
inviting you to select your preferred account.
But instead it just fills the last used account
on that website.
There is a way to override this
and fill the account you need,
it's just an extra step to have to do.
And I wish there was a little pop-up box
when there's multiple accounts to ask you right away
which account you want to use.
However, I can tell you, every password manager,
no matter how expensive it is,
has quirks with its auto-fill system.
It's just a hard thing to master.
I've always felt the Bitwarden interface is a bit cluttered,
especially the web version.
But honestly, with how cluttered
LastPass has become in recent years,
Bitwarden is just better in some ways.
I look at it this way.
I believe every person needs a password manager.
It's essential to protecting your digital life.
If you can't afford a password manager
or you just don't wanna pay for one,
Bitwarden gives you everything you need.
It's secure, functional, and practical.
It might not be the most pretty,
but who can complain for a $0 price tag?
You get solid apps available on all platforms,
cloud syncing, two factor authentication,
multiple vault items like credit cards and identities,
password history, data breach protection,
custom fields, and more.
Honestly, Bitwarden is 100% as functional as 1Password,
and about 70% as polished.
For context, I consider 1Password
to be the best paid password manager on the market.
Bitwarden does offer a premium version for $12 a year,
and that allows you to access vault health reports,
native two-factor cogeneration for sites,
physical security keys as a two FA option, and more.
So if you're looking for a free password manager
to jump to from LastPass,
Bitwarden is hands down the best option.
Bitwarden isn't the only free password manager to exist,
so we're going to take a look at some other alternatives.
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and now let's take a look
at some other free password managers.
There's a lot of free password managers out there,
but most of them have crippling limitations
like the new LastPass free plan,
making them unusable for most people.
For example, I tried Enpass.
I heard it was a good free option,
and it takes a unique approach to data storage.
Instead of Enpass hosting your vault,
you host it yourself on your own iCloud,
Dropbox or Google Drive account.
You may love or hate this idea,
personally it makes me a bit nervous
handling my own cloud syncing of my vault,
but I think it's a cool option nonetheless.
The problem with Enpass is that the free version
is limited to storing 10 items in your vault
or 25 items if you provide your email address
and sign up for their email list.
There's other freemium options like RoboForm and NordPass,
but RoboForm doesn't allow syncing
between devices in the free plan.
NordPass comes in close,
allowing unlimited entries and syncing across devices,
but only one device can be active at a time.
This means when you log in on your computer,
you'll be logged out on your phone, and vice versa.
NordPass has a cleaner UI than Bitwarden,
but it's got significantly less features
and is much less practical for a free option.
Even the premium version of NordPass has some big holes
like the lack of password history, custom fields,
and the inability to use a physical security key
for two factor authentication.
One free option I like is Myki.
With Myki, your vault is not stored on a server,
and you can't store it on a server yourself,
but passwords do still sync between devices.
Myki will automatically transfer new passwords
from one device to all of your devices with Myki active,
but there's not a full copy of your vault on a server.
So at least one device has to be online
when you open the other device,
and the passwords just transfer over.
Some users may like this for security reasons.
In my testing, the syncing is definitely sluggish,
and sometimes requires an app restart to force a sync.
And the features of Myki definitely don't match up
to the flexibility of Bitwarden.
Is it a cleaner interface?
Sure, but it's missing some of the things I like to see
such as custom fields and password history.
Still, I feel that Myki is a good option
if you don't want your passwords stored on a server.
There's no crazy limitations with the free version,
and it gets the job done fine for a basic password manager.
I've also seen some comments asking me about KeePass.
And look, if it floats your boat,
go ahead and give it a try.
But KeePass is too complicated for me,
and it probably is for you too.
There's no official Mac version,
and a lot of the apps out there
are third-party clients that interface with the vault file,
which by the way,
you're responsible for hosting yourself on your own server.
If you like KeePass
and have fun with this kinda setup, go for it.
But it's not something I can generally recommend
due to its complexity.
So in conclusion,
if you're looking for the best free alternative to LastPass,
you've gotta check out Bitwarden.
It's got literally every feature you could want
in a password manager, and it's free, no catches.
I have my gripes about the UI,
but that's why I choose to pay for a password manager.
If you want a free option,
this is the best solution on the market.
If you are looking for a free password manager
where your passwords are stored offline, give Myki a shot.
And if you are open to paying for a password manager,
I would still stay away from LastPass.
Unless you're paying for it out of pure convenience,
I think 1Password is the best paid
password manager available.
And it's what I've been using for almost two years.
Be sure to check out my ultimate password manager
comparison video for info on other paid password managers.
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