10 Best Free Password Managers of 2026

Bitwarden gives away more than any other third-party vault on this list. Its pricing page lists the core features included in every account, and for a free user that means unlimited devices, unlimited passwords, browser, mobile and desktop apps, passkey management, a username and password generator, email alias integration and encrypted export. You can also share vault items with one other person for free, which covers a couple who want a joint streaming or utility login. The limits show up when a whole household wants to share: free sharing stops at one other user, and the integrated authenticator, file attachments, emergency access and security reports need Premium. If you later decide to pay, Premium costs $19.80 a year and the Families plan covers 6 people for $47.88 a year, both the lowest prices among the paid upgrades we compared. The apps put function ahead of polish, so expect a short learning curve if you are coming from a browser's built-in manager.

Proton Pass is the closest rival to Bitwarden for people who will not pay. Proton's pricing page lists the free plan at $0 with no credit card required, and it covers unlimited logins, notes and credit cards on unlimited devices, with browser, mobile and desktop apps. It adds something Bitwarden's free plan does not: 10 hide-my-email aliases, so you can sign up for shop newsletters or school portals without handing out your real address. The free tier also flags weak and reused passwords, supports passkeys on all devices and imports from other managers. What it holds back is sharing: secure vault sharing, link sharing, the built-in 2FA authenticator, file attachments, emergency access and Dark Web Monitoring all sit in Pass Plus, which costs $35.90 for 12 months as an in-app purchase on the US App Store; Proton's own pricing page showed discounted first-year prices that changed while we checked. Pass Family gives 6 Pass Plus accounts and an admin panel. The apps are clean and easy to pick up.

If every phone and computer in your home has an Apple logo, the Passwords app may be all you need, and you already have it. Apple's support page says that starting in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and visionOS 2, Passwords manages your passwords, passkeys and verification codes, and it also keeps Wi-Fi passwords. iCloud Keychain syncs everything across your approved Apple devices, and your device suggests a unique, complex password when you sign up on supported sites and apps. For families, Shared Groups let you share passwords, passkeys and Sign in with Apple credentials with family members and other trusted contacts, and you can send a single login by AirDrop. The app warns you about passwords that are easy to guess, reused or found in known data leaks. The tradeoff is reach: it is built around Apple hardware, and on a Mac it works in third-party browsers only through an extension. A household with an Android phone or a Windows laptop will find a cross-platform vault easier.

Google Password Manager is the default for anyone who lives in Chrome. Google says it is built into Chrome on all platforms and into every Android app, so on an Android phone you just pick Google as the autofill service, and in Chrome you turn on sync. iPhone users can still use it by making Chrome the AutoFill Passwords provider in iOS settings, which then lets it fill logins in other iOS apps. Passwords are saved to your Google Account and you can review them at passwords.google.com in any browser. Password Checkup identifies security issues and helps you fix at-risk accounts, and Google says it watches for data breaches in the background and tells you when a saved password has been compromised. You can add on-device encryption so only you can read your passwords, and you can import from other managers. It costs nothing, but it is tied to Google's browser and account, and it offers fewer item types and family sharing tools than Bitwarden or Proton Pass.

KeePassXC takes the opposite approach to every cloud vault on this list. The project describes itself as free and open source, with no cloud, no ads and no subscriptions, and it keeps your usernames, passwords, URLs, attachments and notes in an offline encrypted file. You choose where that file lives, including a private or public cloud folder, so syncing between computers is something you set up yourself. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it can auto-fill logins into your apps. On security, the project says version 2.7.9 was awarded a security Visa by the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) after passing its first-level certification, and version 2.8.0, released in October 2026, added Qt6, Auto-Type on Wayland, configurable shortcuts and remote database sync with external tools. Its own site lists desktop apps only, so phones need a separate compatible app. It suits a careful household member who wants control, less so a family that wants sharing to just work.

Firefox's built-in password manager is a sensible free choice for households that already use Firefox. Mozilla says Firefox stores your usernames and passwords, fills them in automatically when you return to a site and lets you manage stored logins in the browser, and with a free Mozilla account you can sync passwords across all your devices. When you sign up for a new account, Firefox can create a strong, unique password so a breach at one site does not expose others. It also alerts you if a saved password has been exposed in a data breach. Moving in is easy: an import wizard brings over usernames and passwords stored in Chrome, Edge, Safari and other browsers. The limits are the same as any browser manager. It lives inside Firefox, so logins in other browsers or many mobile apps are outside its reach, and it has no family sharing features. For one person or a Firefox-only home it is enough; for a mixed family a standalone vault is better.

Edge ships with Microsoft Password Manager, which makes it the zero-effort option on a new Windows PC. Microsoft's support pages describe a Password Generator that is on by default, suggests a strong, unique password on sign-up forms and shows a real-time strength indicator if you prefer to type your own. Generated passwords are saved in the browser and filled on all your devices where you are signed in and syncing passwords. Password Monitor checks saved passwords against a periodically updated database of known breached credentials and lists leaked, reused or weak passwords, with a Change button that takes you to the site. Microsoft says passwords are hashed and encrypted before they are checked, and that Password Monitor is available only on Windows and macOS. In November 2025 Microsoft added passkey saving and syncing, rolling out on Windows first. Like other browser managers it stays inside Edge and offers no family sharing, so it suits one person or an Edge-only home best.

RoboForm's free plan is generous in features but narrow in reach. RoboForm lists it at $0 for unlimited passwords on a single device, and that one device gets one-click login, a password generator, secure cloud backup, form filling, a compromised password scan, a built-in TOTP authenticator, a passwordless way to open the vault and advanced 2FA. The authenticator is a nice touch, since Bitwarden and Proton Pass reserve theirs for paid plans. The catch for a household is the single-device rule: if you want the same vault on a phone and a laptop, you need Premium, listed at $2.49 a month billed annually and renewing at $29.88 a year, which adds access on all devices, web access, secure shared folders, emergency access and data breach monitoring. The Family plan gives 5 Premium accounts for $47.75 a year, and paid plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Its form filling remains a strength for people who fill in long shipping or registration forms.

NordPass keeps its free plan to the essentials. Its pricing page lists autosave and autofill plus secure storage, and marks access on multiple devices, Password Health, the Data Breach Scanner, the NordPass Authenticator and file attachments as not included. That makes it a one-device vault for free users, which is a real limit for a household that signs in on phones and laptops. The free plan does include a 30-day Premium trial. On security, the US App Store listing says NordPass uses XChaCha20 encryption with Argon2id key derivation and a zero-knowledge design, and that Cure53 conducted an independent audit. Premium is sold in the app on the US App Store at $4.99 for one month, and 12-month plans and offers were listed between $31.99 and $35.99 when we checked; the vendor's own pricing page showed local currency from our location. The Family plan covers 6 user accounts. It is easy to use, but Bitwarden and Proton Pass give free users far more.

LastPass is still on sale and still has a free plan, but it is the most restricted one here for a household. Its pricing page says LastPass Free is limited to 1 device type and basic password management features, so you choose between mobile and computer rather than using both. On that device type you get a vault for passwords, cards and notes, autofill, a password generator and multi-factor authentication. The US App Store listing says Premium adds unlimited device access across all platforms, access on Chrome, Safari and other browser extensions, unlimited sharing of passwords and notes, 1GB of encrypted file storage, YubiKey support, emergency access and priority support. Premium is $35.99 a year as an in-app purchase on the US App Store, and LastPass offers 30-day trials of Premium and Families with no credit card required. For anyone who signs in on both a phone and a computer, Bitwarden or Proton Pass do more for free.