To start with 1Password, you’ll need to enter your name, email address and a unique master password. When we reached out with questions, we received an email in less than 30 minutes.ġPassword isn’t free, as we’ve mentioned, but you can give it a spin using a 14-day free trial. Despite this, 1Password reviews consistently mention fast and friendly service through email and the community forum. A company spokesperson said paid-only plans offer an advantage because customers don’t have to worry about limited functionality or possible changes in service.ġPassword is also missing a chat function on most pages and a customer service phone number. As we noted earlier, 1Password lacks a free plan, a routine offering for most competitor password managers. We looked specifically at ease-of-use, accessibility, security strength and how easy it was to get help if needed.ġPassword distinguished itself from the rest of the password manager pack through its easy-to-navigate password vault and simple native apps, but fell behind in pricing and customer support options. If I were you, I would not upgrade without losing that permanent license.In the password manager tests we at the Home Media reviews team ran over several weeks, we downloaded 1Password on iOS, Chrome, Safari and Firefox on Windows.

Right now, you're in that sweet spot where you can use 1PW 7 forever. As 1PW 6 and lower are Intel binaries, when Apple drops Rosetta 2 support and goes completely Silicon, all Intel binaries will fail to run, leaving those users stranded. Making it worse (and lucky for you), 1PW 7 is a universal binary, so you can run it without any problems. Anyone on 1PW 6 and under are stuck with no upgrade path unless they go with the subscription model. So everything 1PW 7 and 1PW 8 currently are all using the subscription model.

If you upgrade, you'll lose that standalone license, and can not get back to it unless you have a full backup of your Mac that you can restore to that has 1PW 7 installed.Įveryone under 1PW 7 (I was on 1PW 6.8.9) had no way to get to 1Password 7 and purchase a standalone license because they shut down the servers provisioning those licenses.

They got rid of the standalone license starting with 8, and has pushed everyone to the subscription model. Whatever you do, do not upgrade to 1Password 8.

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