Advice Request Is Bitwarden Premium a good purchase?

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In terms of functionality, the difference between free and paid versions is not all that great - you can attach files (which is somewhat cumbersome, as opposed to other PW managers), and the tools for checking passwords etc. are not all that earthshaking.

That said, for only $10 a year - less than a dollar a month! - and to support what is unquestionably a very worthy project I think that the upgrade is money well spent. Indeed, I am very happy that I upgraded, even though I have lifetime subscriptions to Sticky Password and Enpass.
 
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Ink said:
If a free trial is available, it's worth looking into it.
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Update to my original comment.

Yes, Bitwarden Premium is 100% worth it. For $10 per annum you get a lot of value compared to its competition.

1Password has a slight advantage if you care for the polished UI and it’s secure by design (secret-key).
 
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Ink said:
Yes, Bitwarden Premium is 100% worth it. For $10 per annum you get a lot of value compared to its competition.
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curious... so I assumed I had a free account because I did not recall paying for bw, so I started to create an account in order to pay and issues developed but not the way I would have expected. I entered the email that I've been using, and it let me proceed, ie, it did not tell me that email already has an account associated with it. So I proceeded to enter my password, and it want more characters, so I added some more and saved the changes in my encrypted space, and then it presented me with login page, and login ERROR o_O So then I entered my original pw and logged in ok, got to my account page, finally got to my subscription page and finally showed that I was "subscribed." Long way around to go nowhere, should have been cutoff when I entered my email... :unsure: Finding you have premium subscription is "buried" 2 or 3 layers deep. But I did learn something, I'm changing my bw pw...
 
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curious... so I assumed I had a free account because I did not recall paying for bw, so I started to create an account in order to pay and issues developed but not the way I would have expected. I entered the email that I've been using, and it let me proceed, ie, it did not tell me that email already has an account associated with it. So I proceeded to enter my password, and it want more characters, so I added some more and saved the changes in my encrypted space, and then it presented me with login page, and login ERROR o_O So then I entered my original pw and logged in ok, got to my account page, finally got to my subscription page and finally showed that I was "subscribed." Long way around to go nowhere, should have been cutoff when I entered my email... :unsure: Finding you have premium subscription is "buried" 2 or 3 layers deep. But I did learn something, I'm changing my bw pw...
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To be frank it's your responsibility to keep tabs on the following:
  • Outgoing payments from your bank account(s)
  • Registered online account(s)
  • Your inbox
The Master Password must be a minimum of 12 characters.

Bitwarden doesn't operate like other companies who constantly remind you to upgrade.

Users can only purchase the Bitwarden Premium membership via the Web Vault [icode[]vault.bitwarden.com[/icode]. N/A via extension or mobile app.

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Users of Bitwarden Free (or expired subscription) will see this on their Web Vault landing page, which takes you directly to Subscriptions.

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Bitwarden Premium can be found here: Web Vault > Account Settings > Subscriptions

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Ink said:
To be frank it's your responsibility to keep tabs on the following:
  • Outgoing payments from your bank account(s)
  • Registered online account(s)
  • Your inbox
The Master Password must be a minimum of 12 characters.
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considered me spanked :sick: somtimes I forget... :unsure: I take a few notes every day on stuff I do to pc & online.
ALSO my original Bitwarden premium only had 11 characters as pw and it worked fine for many months; however, I realized not a good idea (& below my normal standards) so that security issue has been fixed. So if bw minimum requires 12 characters, there's a flaw in their signup / registration... :unsure: That aside, bw seems solid, and I've been enjoying premium, and plan to renew again.
 

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