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Dashlane alternatives

8 tools we tested head to head against Dashlane, ranked — and what each one actually does differently.

last reviewed 27 jul 2026 · from our best 9 password managers ·list curated by Onur Ozcanxin

first — what you'd be leaving

Dashlane ranks #8 of 9 in our password managers testing. no independent audit we could find, and the free plan it was known for is gone..

66/100

the only entry here where we could not locate a single named, dated third-party audit — on a product whose whole proposition is trust.

why people look for an alternative
  • no named, dated independent audit could be located
  • free plan discontinued september 2025
  • prices not readable from its own pricing page
  • source model unclear and not open in any meaningful sense

stay with Dashlane if aws nitro enclaves confidential computing at enterprise tier is the thing you care about most — nothing below beats it on that.

the short version
best alternativeBitwardenalmost everyone — it wins on transparency, on price, and on the free tier simultaneously.94/100best free optionKeePassXCpeople who would rather own the risk themselves than trust anyone's cloud with it.89/100
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  1. 1

    Bitwarden

    #1 in password managers · the only one open source top to bottom, audited by a named firm every year since 2018, and the cheapest here.

    94/100

    verdictnothing else here lets outside researchers read both the client and the server, and nothing else has an audit trail this long or this specific.

    Bitwarden vs Dashlane
     DashlaneBitwarden
    priceunverified$19.80/yr
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearopen: client + server
    latest auditnone located2025, eth zurich + unit 42
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tiernone since sept 2025unlimited items and devices
    individual/yrnot readable$19.80

    switch foralmost everyone — it wins on transparency, on price, and on the free tier simultaneously.

    pros
    • +client and server both open source
    • +named third-party audit every year since 2018, all published
    • +2025 eth zurich audit tested a malicious-server scenario
    • +cheapest paid tier and a genuinely usable free tier
    • +self-hostable via docker, kubernetes or offline
    cons
    • argon2id is opt-in; pbkdf2 remains the default
    • free-tier sharing limited to one other person
    • interface is plainer than the commercial rivals
  2. 2

    KeePassXC

    #2 in password managers · free, fully open, and the only one with no server at all — there is no vendor vault for anyone to steal.

    89/100

    verdictstructurally immune to the incident that defines this category, at the cost of doing your own syncing — a trade that is obviously right for some people and obviously wrong for others.

    KeePassXC vs Dashlane
     DashlaneKeePassXC
    priceunverifiedfree
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearopen: client, no server
    latest auditnone locatedanssi cspn, 2.7.9-era
    breach historynone knownn/a — no server
    free tiernone since sept 2025entirely free
    individual/yrnot readable$0

    switch forpeople who would rather own the risk themselves than trust anyone's cloud with it.

    pros
    • +no vendor server and no cloud vault to breach
    • +fully open source under gplv3
    • +completely free with no tiers
    • +anssi cspn certification on 2.7.9
    cons
    • you supply and secure your own sync
    • audit history found is a single dated certification
    • mobile apps are third-party
    • passkey support unconfirmed from current pages
  3. 3

    Proton Pass

    #3 in password managers · open-source clients under gplv3, a fresh 2026 audit, and a server you still have to take on faith.

    86/100

    verdicta genuinely recent independent audit and copyleft clients put it third — the closed server is what keeps it from competing with the two above.

    Proton Pass vs Dashlane
     DashlaneProton Pass
    priceunverified~$23.88/yr
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearopen clients, closed server
    latest auditnone located2026, recurity labs
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tiernone since sept 2025unlimited logins, no sharing
    individual/yrnot readable~$23.88

    switch forprivacy-focused users who want open clients and hide-my-email aliases in one subscription.

    pros
    • +most recent independent audit here — recurity labs, early 2026
    • +clients open source under gplv3
    • +hide-my-email aliases included
    • +medium-severity finding fixed and re-tested
    cons
    • server is closed source
    • free tier permits no vault sharing at all
    • pricing page renders client-side; figures not vendor-page confirmed
    • no self-hosting option
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  4. 4

    1Password

    #4 in password managers · the best key architecture in the category, from the vendor that just made its audit reports harder to read.

    84/100

    verdictthe secret key design genuinely raises the floor on a weak master password — but a closed stack whose reports moved behind a request form in late 2025 is asking for more trust than it used to.

    1Password vs Dashlane
     Dashlane1Password
    priceunverified$35.88/yr
    free tiernono
    sourceclosed / unclearclosed: client + server
    latest auditnone located2025, gated behind request
    breach historynone knownnone to vault data
    free tiernone since sept 2025none — 14-day trial
    individual/yrnot readable$35.88

    switch forhouseholds and businesses who want the most polished product and will pay for it.

    pros
    • +secret key design defeats offline brute force on a stolen vault
    • +srp authentication — password never transmitted
    • +soc 2 type 2 plus four iso certifications
    • +no breach of customer vault data in ~20 years
    cons
    • neither client nor server is open source
    • recent audit reports gated behind trust center requests since nov 2025
    • no free tier, only a 14-day trial
    • losing both secret key and master password is unrecoverable
  5. 5

    Keeper

    #5 in password managers · fedramp high, fips 140-3 and quarterly pentests — none of whose reports you can actually read.

    80/100

    verdictthe deepest compliance stack in the category by a distance, attached to a security page that asserts everything and evidences none of it.

    Keeper vs Dashlane
     DashlaneKeeper
    priceunverifiedunverified
    free tiernono
    sourceclosed / unclearclosed: client + server
    latest auditnone locatedquarterly, none published
    breach historynone knownnone disclosed
    free tiernone since sept 202530-day trial only
    individual/yrnot readablenot readable

    switch fororganisations whose procurement process is satisfied by certifications rather than by published findings.

    pros
    • +fedramp high, govramp high and fips 140-3 validation
    • +soc 2 type 2 and three iso certifications
    • +kyber post-quantum key encapsulation shipped
    • +named quarterly pentest vendors
    cons
    • no audit report, date or summary published anywhere
    • closed source on both client and server
    • pricing not readable from its own page
    • no persistent free tier found
  6. 6

    RoboForm

    #6 in password managers · cheap, and one of only three here that will let you download an actual dated pentest report.

    77/100

    verdictdoes the thing most of the closed-source field won't — publishes a named, dated, downloadable pentest — and then has only the one to show.

    RoboForm vs Dashlane
     DashlaneRoboForm
    priceunverified$29.88/yr
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearclosed: client + server
    latest auditnone located2025, secfault, downloadable
    breach historynone knownnone disclosed
    free tiernone since sept 2025single device
    individual/yrnot readable$29.88

    switch forbudget-conscious users who want a real published audit without paying bitwarden-plus prices.

    pros
    • +dated, downloadable third-party pentest summary (secfault, 2025)
    • +$29.88/yr — second cheapest paid tier here
    • +local-only mode keeps data off its servers
    • +published security whitepaper and cisa-standard bug bounty
    cons
    • closed source
    • only one audit found, with no earlier history
    • no soc 2, iso or fedramp certifications
    • advertised price varies by source; likely promotional
  7. 7

    NordPass

    #7 in password managers · three consecutive years of cure53 audits, behind closed code and a renewal price that jumps.

    73/100

    verdicta consistent audit cadence from a firm that matters, undermined by closed source, a single-device free tier and the usual nord pricing pattern.

    NordPass vs Dashlane
     DashlaneNordPass
    priceunverified$35.88/yr
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearclosed: client + server
    latest auditnone located2025, cure53
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tiernone since sept 2025single device
    individual/yrnot readable$35.88 list

    switch forexisting nord security subscribers adding password management to a bundle.

    pros
    • +cure53 audits in 2023, 2024 and 2025
    • +xchacha20 encryption, client-side only
    • +no known breach of nordpass itself
    • +passkey storage supported
    cons
    • closed source on both client and server
    • free tier limited to one device
    • introductory pricing renews substantially higher
    • pricing page not readable without javascript
  8. 8

    LastPass

    #9 in password managers · the only confirmed large-scale vault breach in this category, disclosed in unusual detail by the company that suffered it.

    48/100

    verdictranked last on the record rather than the technology: customer vault backups and unencrypted urls left the building in 2022, and no amount of subsequent hardening undoes that.

    LastPass vs Dashlane
     DashlaneLastPass
    priceunverifiedunverified
    free tiernoyes
    sourceclosed / unclearclosed: client + server
    latest auditnone locatedasserted, none named
    breach historynone known2022 vaults, 2015 hashes
    free tiernone since sept 2025one device type
    individual/yrnot readablenot readable

    switch forexisting users planning an export — and worth reading before choosing anything else, because the disclosure is genuinely instructive.

    pros
    • +the most detailed, dated first-party breach disclosure here
    • +passkey creation and storage on paid tiers
    • +iso 27001, soc 2 type ii, soc 3 and bsi c5 certifications
    cons
    • 2022 breach exfiltrated customer vault backups and metadata
    • website urls in those vaults were never encrypted
    • separate 2015 incident exposed hashes and reminders
    • no auditor named and no report linked on its security page
    • free tier limited to one device type

how these were compared

every tool on this page went through the same test as Dashlane — same tasks, same order, scored the same way. the comparison tables are the figures from that testing, not vendor spec sheets.

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