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Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by shlant on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:12PM (#10361036)
I actually did an evaluation of password storage services recently and chose LastPass over 1Password for a couple reasons:

1. 1Password is SUPER expensive for what it is. You really pay for the fact that it looks nice and integrates well with mac.

2. It has no enterprise level features (This is for my organization) such as user management, access logging and fine grained roles and sharing.

1Password might be good for an individual or a small team, but it's too simple for anything beyond that.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by paulcole on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:07PM (#10361579)
"You really pay for the fact that it looks nice and integrates well with mac."

Aren't those exactly the kind of things I'd want to pay for-- rather than opting for a cheaper solution that doesn't have those features?

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by bad_user on Friday October 09, 2015 @06:16PM (#10363573)
For me look & feel and usability are nice, but not if it doesn't correspond to my needs.

I routinely use both a Ubuntu Linux laptop and a MacBook. Unfortunately 1Password does not support Linux.

And while I do use Dropbox, I like having the flexibility of switching to Google Drive. Speaking of look & feel, on Android the 1Password interface is the ugly duckling that doesn't use material design.

And back to price. At home I also have a Windows box that I sometimes use for media. My phone is an Android, but I also have an iPad. So 1Password would set me back $42 for OS X + Windows (includes the discount), about $7 for Android and another $7 for iOS. That would be $56 with the discount, or $84 without the discount. And that is expensive, I mean that's almost the price of an IntelliJ IDEA upgrade.

It's not terrible, I mean it does provide value and the price is sort of justified. But careful on the wanting to pay for things, as that's not how the world works. Do you know what happens to the farmers that invested money in the latest tractors and the seeds with the highest yield? Most are near bankruptcy, choked by loans and surviving on government subsidies. Just saying, wanting to pay for things is a sign that you've got more money than ability to spend, which is cool, but life is surprising and things change.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by krisdol on Friday October 09, 2015 @05:35PM (#10363412)
Keyword: "I". Personally I'd choose Keepass as it is OSS but we all have different priorities. Seems like LastPass has features targeted at enterprise customers and it's (unfortunately) rare that a large businesses makes purchasing decisions with a priority on UX.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by Lazare on Friday October 09, 2015 @05:50PM (#10363474)
Actually, I'd say 1Password is cheap for what it is; I opted to use it in my personal life because it was cheaper than LastPass. :)

The lack of enterprise features is a killer though. We currently use 1Password at work, but we're evaluating LastPass and Meldium as options to switch to purely for the password sharing, access control,etc. We don't want to switch, but it's not clear there's any option if you want to manage passwords reasonably smartly among a small team.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by technion on Saturday October 10, 2015 @12:36AM (#10364533)
IN a business environment for sharing accounts, I very highly recommend PasswordState.

Its auditing and logging features are excellent.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by 746F7475 on Friday October 09, 2015 @03:14PM (#10362607)
I take it you don't use login manager on mobile devices.

LastPass costs (or used to cost) $12/year while 1Password is $29, so if you intent to use a password manage for more than two years it's cheaper to buy 1Password than keep paying for LastPass.

And just a side note, I bought my 1Password for Windows, currently I'm using it on Windows, Linux, Mac and iOS and they all work fine. My OS X says that it's trial has expired, but it still works just fine, I can create new passwords and encrypt the old ones just fine. Maybe there are some pro features I'm not getting, but it's doing what I need it to do.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by pyrophane on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:38PM (#10363130)
How are you using it on Linux?
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by 746F7475 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @02:56AM (#10364761)
One of the first things from Google :)

http://www.lucianofiandesio.com/1password-in-linux

But someone suggested Wine and I guess it works better, but this works just fine for my needs.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by imjustsaying on Saturday October 10, 2015 @02:07AM (#10364670)
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by poink on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:32PM (#10362329)
> 1Password is SUPER expensive for what it is.

I don't know about that. LastPass wants $12/yr for their premium service. 1Password charged me $60 for the Windows + Mac bundle back in 2011. Other than the fact that you have to pay up front, the price seems similar.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by badloginagain on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:37PM (#10361849)
If it's for an organization you should probably use KeePass, as all the data is kept locally by the organization.

Allowing any third party access to sensitive passwords sounds like a bad idea.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by Eva_Schweber on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:18PM (#10362229)
My name is Eva Schweber and I work for AgileBits, the company that makes 1Password.

I would just like to clarify that AgileBits never gets access to your data or your Master Password. It is either stored locally on the user's machine or network or in his/her own Dropbox or iCloud account.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by newman314 on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:31PM (#10363968)
Please also consider officially supporting BT Sync.

I'm really not keen on Dropbox syncing as there is no need for a copy to exist on the cloud

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by gabrielrotbart on Saturday October 10, 2015 @09:06AM (#10365379)
I've got it working fine with BT Sync. All you need to do is put the .agilechain file in a sharable folder and load it up with 1password on both ends. It syncs up just fine.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by newman314 on Monday October 12, 2015 @01:08AM (#10372667)
Don't get me wrong. It works for me including a slightly hacky way on iOS.

However, it would be nice to have official iOS 1Password support since I believe 1Password can leverage BTSync via API much like Dropbox for a much more seamless experience.

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by nfx on Friday October 09, 2015 @11:58PM (#10364455)
My name is nfx, and I never trust in a closed source software.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by arca_vorago on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:43PM (#10361921)
I prefer KeePassX instead, so keep it in mind as well. While I wish there was an official version for mobile and it integrated into the browser, I almost like the separation as I've gotten used to it.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by mulander on Friday October 09, 2015 @03:58PM (#10362888)
Be happy there is no mobile version. I don't know about you but I personally can't trust a mobile phone this days with anything sensitive. :(
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by andrewpi on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:14PM (#10362986)
KeepassDroid (for Android) and MiniKeePass (for iOS) both work well.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by jdc0589 on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:26PM (#10362290)
I haven't used it, but doesn't 1password support multiple vaults?

IE: your company makes a vault in a dropbox directory shared with employees, and multiple people just add that as a secondary vault?

conflicting changes are probably an issue though...

Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by FireBeyond on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:40PM (#10362386)
It does, and that's how it works. Conflicts in vaults are also not an issue. When you get the 1Pass popup, you can specify the vault with a hot key (Cmd 1 for Primary, Cmd 2 for Corp) etc, and then choose from whichever vault, if there is any overlap.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by burnte on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:19PM (#10363016)
As a primarily Windows/Android/iOS user, I bought it and find it much better than LastPass, which I also paid for. I do have it on my Macs, but I use those about 10% of the time, I'm mostly Win/Android/iOS. It works great across all the platforms I use.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by ecnahc515 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @12:45AM (#10364545)
I wouldn't call it expensive really. It's not a recurring cost, so the price over time is really cheap.
Re:LogMeIn acquires Lastpass by vertis on Saturday October 10, 2015 @08:17AM (#10365282)
rattic.org is a great open source option for enterprise/team use.