As an SRE Engineer Background, I was shopping around for the best password managers. Finding some potentially good candidates for holding passwords / 2FA and sharing them easily with my Family or Teams.
I. Goals
This document just gives a quick overview of some of the password managers out there, here’s my list of my personal requirements:
- Team / Family management: Adding and sharing made easy.
- Pricing: Not excessive for a small group of people
- Expose Public API: Useful for CI/CD Pipelines / system users
- 2FA integration: Handy when you can share 2FA with your Team / Family directly.
- Audit Logs usage: Who did what
- “Cloud” solution without files management (KeePassX for instance).
- Mobile App
- Browser Extension
- Reddit Community Feeling reviews (Very subjective to my personal review)
II. Results – Best Password Managers
| Name | Family Pricing | Max Users | 2FA Integration | Public API | Browser Extention | Mobile App | Reddit Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashlane | 5 Euros/Month | 5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Close Source vs OpenSource, reliable service |
| 1Password | 5 $/Month | 5 | Yes | No | Yes BUT App installed | Yes | Reliable / Safe. |
| Keeper | 5.99 £/Month | 5 | No | Yes BUT Enterprise version (25£/month minimum) | Yes | Yes | Poor vulnerabilities report by the past |
| BitWarden | 3.33 $/Month | 6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Open Source. Good tool |
| Passpack | 1.5 $/Month | 3 | No | No | No | No (WebApps) | Not very well known. |
| LastPass | 3.40 £/Month | 6 | No | Yes But Enterprise version for adding / managing users only | Yes | Yes. | Faulty / Badly designed |
III. Conclusion
There are many Password Managers out there, and this tab just outlined the main one. I hope that would also be useful for you out there 🙂
