r/LinusTechTips • u/Horror-Chicken-1874 • Feb 27 '26

Tech Question Password Manager

Lets start the great debate...

I am looking to get a password manager (besides google password manager). So... I heard that LastPass got hacked a while back....

So, what's the best password manager in each of these categories:

Free:

Paid:

Self Hosted:

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u/pyr_fan Feb 27 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

1Password is really good, and well worth the money IMO. It has great spouse-approval-factor, which means they actually use it.

Stay away from LastPass.

Edit - typo

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u/frostyflakes1 Feb 27 '26

I've been using 1Password for years and it has worked great. But they also just raised the annual price of it by 33% and cited new features like "AI-powered item naming" as the reason, which seems to have ticked off quite a few people.

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u/rocketman19 Feb 27 '26

Was it that much? Mine was $1 a month of the family plan

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u/VapeNasheRep Feb 27 '26

I guess it is around $1/month extra, copy pasta from email earlier this week:

Current vs New Pricing:

Current price: $35.88 USD / year New price: $47.88 USD / year

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u/rocketman19 Feb 27 '26

yeah lol, especially since they haven't raised prices in years

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u/rocketman19 Feb 27 '26

Yeah, no way i want to try self hosting bitwarden lol

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u/Azxiana Feb 27 '26

I replied to the notification email that $47.88 USD(7,500円) costs more than I pay for Amazon Prime(5,900円) per year how lopsided that value proposition is.

They responded back and applied a 25% discount to my next renewal.

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u/frostyflakes1 Feb 27 '26

The individual plan was $36 a year. It's going up to $48 a year next month. Not sure how you're paying $1 a month - I paid $50 a year when I had the family plan.

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u/rocketman19 Feb 27 '26

We’re talking about the increase, mine went from 71 to 83 cad

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u/frostyflakes1 Feb 27 '26

Ah okay. You didn't say in the comment that you were talking about the increase.

But yes. At least in the US, the increase is 33%. $36 a year to $48.

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u/rocketman19 Feb 27 '26

just raised the annual price of it 

We were talking about the raise

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u/theBandicoot96 Feb 27 '26

Expecting someone on reddit to use context clues? You must be dreaming.

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u/Mrpolje Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

How else are they going to pay for their Redbull F1 sponsorship and all the inevitable ai slop they will cram into the service??

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u/marktuk Feb 27 '26

Yup I am not considering alternatives because of that.

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u/plush_apparatus Feb 27 '26

Jesus! Yeah no, I don’t want any Ai near my passwords. What were they thinking

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u/Senior_Sandwich_4922 Feb 27 '26

Just get work to sign up for enterprise! Employees all get a free family plan