{"id":293,"date":"2024-10-17T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/17\/new-pcworld-story-why-i-pay-for-bitwarden-even-though-its-the-best-free-password-manager\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:39:08","slug":"new-pcworld-story-why-i-pay-for-bitwarden-even-though-its-the-best-free-password-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/17\/new-pcworld-story-why-i-pay-for-bitwarden-even-though-its-the-best-free-password-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I pay for Bitwarden even though it\u2019s the best free password manager (PCWorld)<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When I first started managing my passwords with Bitwarden a few years ago, I had no intention of ever paying for it. Read the full column \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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When I first started managing my passwords with Bitwarden<\/a> a few years ago, I had no intention of ever paying for it.<\/p>\n

Bitwarden\u2019s generous free tier was\u00a0 the entire reason I switched from LastPass<\/a>\u00a0back in early 2021. At the time, LastPass was preparing to\u00a0 cut off free password sync<\/a>\u00a0across phones and PCs, making it effectively worthless to me. By comparison, Bitwarden syncs all your passwords across an unlimited number of devices at no charge, which was all I really wanted. I saw no need to pay extra for its premium features.<\/p>\n

But now, three years later, that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m actually paying<\/em> for Bitwarden. Not because it started cutting back on free features \u2014 its free tier remains as robust as ever \u2014 but because of several external factors that finally made a subscription seem worthwhile.<\/p>\n

This story first appeared in\u00a0Advisorator<\/a>, Jared\u2019s weekly tech advice newsletter.\u00a0 Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to learn new tech tricks every Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

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