- Hey guys, my name is Christian Taylor welcome back to Craylor Made
where I like to talk about all things, branding,
marketing and entrepreneurship. If you're an online entrepreneur or if you have any online accounts, so basically if you're watching this video you need a password manager. Password manager are a
secure way to keep track of all of your online account logins. Usernames, passwords
and other critical info can all be safely stored
in a password manager. When you don't have to stress
over remembering passwords it allows you to use a
randomly generated password for each site and this improves
your online security a ton! If a hacker were to compromise
one of your accounts now they only have access
to that one account. They can't go using the same password to log into all of your other accounts and that's exactly what they do if you aren't using
randomly generated passwords for each site and a password manager is a great way to keep track of this Over the past few weeks, I've tried seven of the most common password managers. I'll be letting you know which
ones are worth your time, which one is the best free one and which one I personally use. I've got timestamps for
each password manager as well as links in the description below so you can skip around to a
particular password manager if you'd like. First we're kicking
things off with Keeper. My experience with Keeper
was overall positive once I got past the initial setup process but the process to get started
is underwhelming at best. First, when you visit the Keeper site, you're greeted with a busy site that in my opinion has
confusing messaging. While there is a clear
sign up free button, the pricing pages extremely convoluted. First, you have to select
personal from the dropdown then what are all these plans? What is the free version
offering comparison? Is there even a free version
or is it just a trial? And what is KeeperChat? Yes, by the way, they
do offer a free version but you only get access
on one mobile device. You can't sync between devices and you can't use the
desktop app or web app. When you first set up Keeper you're forced to add a security question. This is another thing I'm not a fan of as I find security
questions weak, outdated and hard to remember. I would have liked to see Keeper generate an emergency access key like
most password managers do but they clearly wanted
to stand out from the rest and handle account lockouts differently. Once you do get past the
initial clutter and confusion, Keeper is a decent password manager. The autofill prompt in Chrome
is kind of in a strange spot but it does work smoothly. The browser extension
doesn't have a mini version of the vault displayed
and it forces you to open a new tab for you to access the web Vault which I'm not a fan of, but the vault is one of the most powerful ones of any password manager I tested. You can view password
history, add custom fields, upload files and enable
software or hardware two-factor authentication. I especially enjoyed the Security Audit and BreachWatch functions of Keeper. These functions present
useful information in a way that's easy to digest and
they can really help you improve your online security. This lets you discover
reused and weak passwords as well as login and fill
that was found in breach lists across the internet so you
can change that login and fill as soon as possible. Keeper lets you add two-factor
authentication codes for websites so you could
actually generate codes for sites like Google and
Facebook directly in Keeper Instead of using an outside
app like Google Authenticator. I'll go ahead and say that
this particular feature doesn't excite me as I
use and recommend Authy for two-factor authentication codes but it's there if you want it. Overall, Keeper is a
solid password manager if you liked the interface. Personally, I find that it's too cluttered and confusing for my preferences but the functionality is totally there. This is one of the better
password managers I tested and at $30 a year, I think it's
a good value for the price. Next, let's look at the
new kiddo on the block with the NordPass. We're beginning to see
a trend to VPN companies expand into the password manager market and Nord VPN recently
stepped up with NordPass. To sum up NordPass quickly,
I've got high hopes for its future and see great potential but it's just not there yet for me to recommend it to anyone. Priced at $36 a year, NordPass offers a clean,
simple, refreshing UI but lacks stability and basic features. The autofill buttons
sometimes doesn't work and there's no other way to who initiate the autofill function from the extension or with a keyboard shortcut. There's also no web version
available, no password history, no hardware two-factor
authentication options and no kill switch style emergency access. No password history in particular
is a huge oversight to me. I've had times where I
accidentally overwrite the password field in my password manager and being able to look
up the password history and just revert back to
the correct password saves a lot of time. Without this feature, you
have to reset your password on that particular site,
since you no longer have access to it which
kind of defeats the point of a password manager. I mean, it's supposed
to manage your passwords so it should keep track of
every single revision ever to your password on a website. Most of my problems with NordPass are bugs that can be fixed or
simple design oversights. I have to say that I really
see potential for NordPass. The UI is so refreshing in comparison to cluttered complex password
managers that exist today. I can't recommend it
yet in its current state but I'm excited to see Nord
improve on the feature set and make it a comparable option. NordPass does offer a free version but you can only be signed
in on one device at a time and due to the lack of password history, I would stick to the next password manager for the best free option. And the best free password
manager is LastPass! LastPass holds a special place in my heart because it was the first
password manager I ever used. I used LastPass before
got acquired by LogMeIn back when a premium
account was $12 a year. Since then LogMeIn acquired them and raise the price of
premium to the fairly standard $36 a year price point but I got to say, you really don't need premium
to have a good experience with LastPass. You can store as many
passwords as you want, sync between devices and use
two-factor authentication all for free. Premium gets you advanced sharing options, hardware two-factor authentication, the kill switch style
emergency access feature, priority support, auto filling
for desktop applications and one gigabyte of files storage. LastPass is a fantastic password manager whether you go with the
free version or premium, you just can't go wrong. You'll enjoy a simple UI on any device and it's got all the
features you would need in a password manager. I would absolutely recommend LastPass as the best free password manager, but I must say that the experience has gone downhill slightly
since LogMeIn acquired them. In fairness to LogMeIn, they have kept LastPass in decent shape. They could have completely ruined it but for the most part,
they've just cleaned up the interface a bit and
kept it fairly nice. The main frustration I have with LastPass was the glitches with the auto filler and just the general bugs and quirks that seem to be getting worse. I've zero complaints
about the functionality but that may be just
because I used it for years and got to know it inside and out. Again, I don't think you
can go wrong with LastPass and I think it's a solid option. If you're curious about what I switched to and what my recommended
paid option is, stay tuned. Next is a fun one that I
wanted to try for a while and that's Dashlane. Now Dashlane is expensive
coming in at $60 a year but it's intriguing,
it offers a simplistic and clean interface, similar to NordPass and they also include a VPN
in the subscription price. The password manager portion
is honestly a joy to use the auto filler works
smoothly on all devices, the design is simple and
allows you to easily locate and update sites and most
features you'd expect in a password manager are present. You can do both software and hardware two-factor authentication, access password history, share sites and utilize the kill switch
style emergency access system. Dashlane is missing some
of the advanced features like custom fields, file uploads and support for generating two
factor authentication codes for other websites within the app but for the average user who isn't looking to do literally all the things I think the simple UI will make
it an easy decision to use. Similar to Keeper, Dashlane offers a password health and
identity dashboard area to keep you updated on
what passwords you may want to update and any known
compromises to address. If we just stopped right here Dashlane would be an
instant success to me. Some users wouldn't like it
because it's not as complex as Keeper, Bitwarden or 1Password but it's simple and it has the features that really matter in a password manager but we have to address
the elephant in the room, the price tag. If you're gonna pay $60 a year, $24 more than the going annual
rate for the competitors it really has to have standout features and for Dashlane, that standout feature is the included VPN or is it? I've tested a lot of VPNs on my channel and I was highly disappointed
with the Dashlane VPN. It's buried in the menus of the app and there's effectively no
controls or settings at all. You can switch geographic
locations between countries but you can't select individual servers. Streaming didn't work in my testing and the speeds were atrocious! I was maximum out at about
50 megabits per second down on my wired connection that gets 900 megabits per second
down without a VPN. Since Dashlane is primarily
a password manager it got me thinking, I bet
they outsource their VPN to a common VPN provider. I looked on the Dashlane
website and learned that they outsourced to AnchorFree, the company behind Hotspot Shield. I've talked about Hotspot
Shield in the past but I'll cut to the chase. I do not like Hotspot Shield
or recommend them at all. Now just to be clear, this
isn't exactly Hotspot Shield it's simply a private label VPN powered by the parent company of Hotspot Shield but with all of that being said, it's basically a junk VPN in my mind and also if my testing. So if you take the VPN out of the picture you're basically paying $60 a year just for a password manager. And while it's a clean and
simple password manager that I really enjoy using,
is it worth $24 a year extra just for that? Maybe for some, but not for me personally. I've gotta be honest, if they
offered a $36 a year plan without the VPN, I really
think I would switch. Speaking of VPNs, this
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supporting the channel. So thank you to ExpressVPN for the support and now let's get back to the comparison. All right, next, let's
take a look at Bitwarden. Now this one really interested me because when I was doing
research on password managers to include, everyone just
kind of threw Bitwarden on their list at the end
like, oh use LastPass for this and one 1Password for this and then there's always Bitwarden,
you can try that if you want. So I wanted to know, is it any good? Bitwarden is unique
because it's open source so if you're a coding geek, you'll love looking at
the source code on GitHub and learning exactly how
it works or who knows? Maybe it'll even modify
it and make it your own. Bitwarden is free to use, or you can get the premium
version for just $10 a year. Unfortunately, the experience
with Bitwarden is just bad. The setup process was difficult, there was no import feature on the Mac app and it seemed like a
pattern where some features were only available on the web app. The Chrome extension doesn't
automatically autofill or give you an icon to
click to initiate autofill. You can enable automatic autofill via an experimental feature but if you have multiple
accounts on a website there's no drop down to
control which login it fills. The UI is overall confusing
and the core features are not designed well. Now they do support password history and some more advanced features but all of that is useless
when autofill on Chrome isn't even a smooth experience. The great thing about Bitwarden is that most of the features are totally free so there's no harm in trying
it if you're interested but I wouldn't waste your time. You'll have a much better
experience with LastPass if you need a free password manager. Next, we're taking a
look at another option from a VPN company. RememBear is the password
manager by TunnelBear and just like TunnelBear, it's decked out with fancy marketing and
bear animations everywhere. RememBear has a great setup
process and fun marketing but the design is goofy. After I imported my
sites, it kept asking me if I wanted to update my login info each time I'd sign into a site. I contacted RememBear Support about this and they basically said "yeah,
that can happen sometimes with data migration." "Just tell it not to
ask you again each time you log into a site and eventually you won't get bugged after
you've signed into each site and told it not to ask you again." Things really go downhill when you learn that there's no password history, no kill switch style emergency access, no permanent sharing between users and no two-factor authentication. Wait a minute, you can add two
factor authentication codes to be generated for other
websites but RememBear itself doesn't offer two-factor authentication? Now look, I don't claim
to be a security expert but the lack of 2FA
doesn't seem quite right. This is a password manager. It cannot be compromised by
anyone or you're in big trouble, perhaps it's because you scan a QR code to add a new device on top of
entering your master password but other password managers
use the same method and still offered two
factor authentication for extra security. The only good thing about
RememBear is the marketing it's clever and fun, but it won't be fun when you accidentally
overwrite your password and can't look at your password history or a trusted individual needs
to gain emergency access to your account and can't do so. I wouldn't recommend RememBear to anyone and if you're going
for a simple experience I'd lean towards Dashlane even
though it's more expensive, at least you can do two
factor authentication there and it's cut the basic features
that you absolutely need in a password manager. Finally, we're getting
to my personal favorite paid password manager and what I switched to from LastPass and that's 1Password. Listen, 1Password does all the things. There's no free version
but the paid version is at the standard $36
per year price point. Basically everything is
customizable on 1Password. You can add custom fields, upload files, add 2FA codes to be generated for any site and even add custom sections with headings where custom fields can be
organized within a site. Naturally, when you
have a password manager that can do all the things, it can be a bit of a confusing UI and 1Password is definitely cluttered. I've never understood that
password versus a login. This is my number one biggest
annoyance with 1Password you generate a password for a new site and it creates it as a password record. You then have to go in
and convert it to a login and add a username before it's
truly a website in the vault. This concept just doesn't make sense to me and it's definitely not the best design. You can't see reused and
compromised passwords like in Keeper and Dashlane, but there's no added glance
overview like the competitors. I do really like that
1Password shows you websites in your vault that support
two-factor authentication. This is so helpful if you wanna go through and enable to have 2FA on
as many sites as possible and I haven't seen this feature
in other password managers. Autofill does have its glitches but I experienced autofill glitches and quirks on every single
password manager I tested. I think it's inevitable
with browser extensions and just something you come to expect. I like the 1Password approach
of using the shortcut key to initiate the autofill
sequence in your browser, instead of forcibly filling the info or putting an invasive icon
to click, you see nothing but when you do Command +
Backslash on a Mac keyboard, it fills the fields or brings
up an account selection window and fills the fields when you select the appropriate account. 1Password is hands down the most powerful and flexible password
manager I've ever used and while I wish the UI was
just a little bit cleaner, you can't beat it when
it comes to features. I think it's absolutely worth $35 a year and if you're looking for
the password manager to beat with the most features and flexibility, look no further than 1Password. I've been using 1Password
for around eight months now and love it. So to summarize, if you need
it free password manager, I highly recommend LastPass. If you want the cleanest
and simplest interface and prices in the factor,
give Dashlane and try. And finally, if you want the
best overall password manager definitely give 1Password a try. Huge, thanks again to ExpressVPN
for sponsoring the video and all the links to ExpressVPN as well as all of the password managers mentioned in the description below. So which password manager do you use? I'd love to know your thoughts
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