1Password is the industry standard for a reason
May 22, 2018
1Password is the industry standard for a reason
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with 1Password
1Password is being used across my entire organization, in conjunction with LastPass, though 1Password is absolutely our tool of choice. As a small team of Implementation Engineers, we are often given access to customers' CRM Sandbox and Production instances, and all of us may need access to one of said instances at some point. With that said, we are able to use a shared vault in 1Password so that we can share these credentials without bugging each other.
- Integrates with every browser I use seamlessly. It works flawlessly in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. It can also sync between computers easily using dropbox or other similar applications
- It is lightweight and does not have a huge memory footprint
- It is extremely responsive to password / log in inputs in ways that other, free applications like LastPass or OnePass absolutely are not
- The price is relatively exorbitant for your average user. I confess that I am using it based on a free license I got from working at Apple several years back; even loving this software as much as I do, $50 for a single license is a steep ask, especially in today's world of free applications
- The interface has not been updated in quite a while. Not that it is bad, per se, and is very utilitarian, but a small facelift would be nice
- Reduced the number of licenses we have had to buy, as we are able to share log ins for certain sites, like Udemy.
- I honestly don't know if there is a per-user license cost when using the business plan but I don't believe so.
- The return on investment has been high. No negative impact aside from the initial investment, to my knowledge.
There are a number of alternatives. In particular, I believe LastPass is its closest competitor, then you also have the built in browser password savers. Those are not, to me, a viable alternative, however, because they are not easy to port between machines (mobile or desktop). LastPass is a good product, especially for free, but it just feels ineffably *janky* compared to 1Password. Like, it will interrupt you and ask to save your log in when you're just filling out a basic, non-login form. It feels like a javascript applet compared to a native application like 1Password.