The most polished password manager for individuals and teams. Auto-fill, strong credential generation, and 2FA storage across all browsers.
Editor's Verdict
1Password is widely considered the best password manager extension available. It auto-fills passwords, generates strong unique credentials, stores 2FA codes, and flags compromised passwords. The browser extension works across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. The main drawback is the price, there is no free tier beyond a 14-day trial.
Overall
4.8 / 5
Pricing
From $2.99/mo
Install 1Password
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1Password is a subscription password manager with browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. The extension fills logins and one-time codes on any site, generates strong passwords, stores credit cards and addresses, and syncs everything across devices through your 1Password account. Unlike Bitwarden, 1Password is paid-only after the trial. Unlike LastPass, it has not had a major security breach.
Free tier vs paid features
1Password does not have a free tier. After the 14-day trial, you need a paid subscription ($2.99/month individual, $4.99/month family, $19.95/month business). This is the main reason people choose Bitwarden instead, which is free for individual use. The argument for paying for 1Password is the polish: the desktop apps are noticeably better, the autofill is more reliable, and features like Watchtower (which tells you which of your accounts have been in data breaches) are well-implemented.
Free
14-day free trial
Paid
$2.99/month individual, $4.99/month family (5 people)
Who actually uses 1Password
For families and teams, 1Password's shared vaults make it easy to share Netflix passwords or company logins without messaging credentials around. For developers, the CLI integration and SSH key storage replace several separate tools. For people moving off LastPass after the 2022 breach, 1Password is the most-recommended migration target because of its stronger security architecture.
Pros and cons
Pros
Strong security architecture
No known major breaches
Polished UI across all platforms
Excellent autofill reliability
Watchtower breach monitoring
Cons
No free tier (Bitwarden is free)
Subscription required after 14 days
Cheaper alternatives have similar features
Family plan limited to 5 people
Should you install 1Password?
Worth paying for if you handle work credentials, manage a family, or are migrating from a less-secure password manager. For individual use on a budget, Bitwarden is the free alternative with similar core features.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. 1Password offers a 14-day free trial, after which you need a paid subscription. Plans start at $2.99/month for individual use. For a genuinely free password manager, see Bitwarden.
Yes. 1Password uses zero-knowledge encryption, meaning the company cannot decrypt your data even if their servers were breached. The extension is published by 1Password (formerly AgileBits Inc.), and the company has not had a major security breach since founding in 2006.
Bitwarden is better for budget-conscious individual users because it is free and open source. 1Password is better for families and businesses because of polished shared vaults, more reliable autofill, and integrated features like Watchtower breach monitoring. Both are secure; the choice is about price versus polish.
Yes, partially. The browser extension caches your vault locally, so autofill works without internet. Syncing changes across devices requires connectivity. The desktop apps have full offline access to your vault.
Yes. 1Password has a built-in LastPass importer in both the desktop app and the web interface. Export your LastPass vault as CSV, import it into 1Password, and the extension will start using the migrated credentials immediately. Many LastPass users moved to 1Password after the 2022 LastPass breach.
Yes. 1Password stores credit cards, addresses, identity documents, secure notes, and SSH keys alongside passwords. The browser extension can autofill credit card numbers on checkout pages with a single click, with the CVV optionally requiring a master password re-entry.