KeePassXC is a good trade-off between security and usability
October 02, 2025
KeePassXC is a good trade-off between security and usability
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with KeePassXC
KeePassXC is used for absolutely mission critical data and credentials which cannot be trusted to be stored by the third party provider on the cloud.
Pros
Cons
- Usability is worse if compared to other solutions but this is a good thing
- References are a good feature, but it may be complicated to make them work as expected
- Integration with other applications like browsers can be definitely improved
- Features like secure notes and storing secrets that are not credentials but very sensitive like credit cards are definitely missed.
- It is hard to quantify what was ROI on something which didn't happen. Let's say 1Password was breached and the data was exposed. Since you're absolutely mission critical secure data was not there you scored big.
- Simplicity of the KeePassXC management is definitely good for ROI
- And since it's free and open source the cost of ownership is very low.
They are not exactly the same. KeePassXC is good for secure storing locally secrets like credentials. All the password managers mentioned above rely on storing data in the cloud and synchronization with various devices. KeePassXC definitely has much smaller attack surface. But at the cost of usability.
Do you think KeePassXC delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with KeePassXC's feature set?
Yes
Did KeePassXC live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of KeePassXC go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy KeePassXC again?
Yes
Comments
Please log in to join the conversation