KeePass vs. KeePassXC

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KeePass
Score 9.3 out of 10
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KeePass is an open source password manager which secures passwords in a database locked with a master password or key file.N/A
KeePassXC
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Pricing
KeePassKeePassXC
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KeePassKeePassXC
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
KeePassKeePassXC
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Best Alternatives
KeePassKeePassXC
Small Businesses
Dashlane
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Dashlane
Dashlane
Score 9.2 out of 10
KeePass
KeePass
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
SailPoint Identity Platform
SailPoint Identity Platform
Score 8.7 out of 10
KeePass
KeePass
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
KeePassKeePassXC
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(20 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
KeePassKeePassXC
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
[KeePass] works extremely well for personal work passwords and personal-use passwords for home. It allows users to remember 1 single complex password in order to gain access to the entire database of passwords. It doesn't work so well if you want to sync passwords to multiple devices such as your computer or phone. It can be done, but it's not simple.
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KeePassXC Team
KeePassXC for us worked very well as a password manager and I highly recommend it for the same. But it also works as an MFA tool which is in our opinion the best feature. We used to use Google MFA before on Android the issue was that Google's Authenticator app didn't take backup at the time for recovery codes. So let's say one employee was upgrading their phone to a new one all the recovery codes would be lost. This issue was fixed by KeePassXC for us.
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Pros
Open Source
  • Very secure - no worries about our passwords being stored insecurely or in the wrong place.
  • Easy to share access to passwords used company-wide.
  • Integrates with Chrome and other browsers for ease of use and speed.
  • Price - free to use.
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KeePassXC Team
  • Password Manager
  • MFA
  • Works offline which is appreciated
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Cons
Open Source
  • I don't believe that this is so much a negative, but be sure that you keep your password database saved in a location that is accessible (even during an outage). Failure to do so will make it hard/impossible to recover passwords in the event that your database is unreachable (such as if a network drive failure).
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KeePassXC Team
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Likelihood to Renew
Open Source
My very good experience in the past 15 years of usage of KeePass makes it easy to decide for a renewal of this friendship. I was never disappointed and KeePass always meets my expectations. The software runs stable and if there should be a software error, it will be fixed in no time. This is customer satisfaction.
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KeePassXC Team
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Usability
Open Source
Search feature so you don't have to spend time looking for what you need. The ability to right click and save username and password, URL open options so your not locked to a particular browser were all key features we considered in the usability and adoption rate of this application. Highly recommend to any organization for credential management.
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KeePassXC Team
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Support Rating
Open Source
I have almost never had to contact support. This product has a wide community, a very expansive documentation/forum site where generally any question/issue already has an answer/fix or explanation/workaround, or plans for improvement in a future version. On the occasions that I have reached out, answers were fairly quick, useful, and respectful.
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KeePassXC Team
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
KeePass is free and compatible with all the devices you or your customers and it has a lot of different uses. Is not only a password manager like Norton safe password or the avast's one. Like the password managers of the browsers, no, with KeePass every customer can find a useful way to share and keep secure I formations
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KeePassXC Team
I would say the MFA feature is better on KeePassXC compared to Google Authenticator as I said Google Authenticator didn't have option to backup our recovery codes at the time. So I would rate it higher. However with regarding to Bitwarden I can safely say they are both neck and neck as they offer similar feature set. I did however liked Bitwarden's UI so if KeePassXC can improve on that it would be appreciated.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • Positive. All of our usernames and passwords for service accounts are in one convenient location.
  • Positive. The ability to organize everything into separate locations/folders is great.
  • Positive. Password generator makes it easy for us to generate a secure password for our accounts.
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KeePassXC Team
  • It increased our organization to use MFA for all employees and we know how important that is. So I can safely say security got a 100% boost.
  • Great to use password manager.
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