Pre-existing users get a 25% discount, bringing the cost down to $40.50. LastPass' premium tier costs $54 a year, which is the monthly equivalent of $4.50. Once the changes go live, you can swap between active device types up to three times to trial what suits you - if you don't abandon LastPass in the meantime, that is. Which is sort of the point of having a password manager in the first place. Password updates will still sync across all your devices, but your ability to access them will be limited. The reverse is also applicable if you nominate mobile devices, this locks you out of accessing your LastPass vault on any desktop or laptop devices. This means you won't be able to access your vault on any phones, tablets and smart devices without subscribing to the premium tier, however. If you activate computers as your device type, you can access your LastPass vault across any desktop or laptop without hassle.
To elaborate further on the cross-device functionality - or soon to be a lack thereof - free LastPass users will choose whether to access either "computers" or "mobile devices".Īfter 16 March, the first device you use to log into LastPass will determine what's known as your "active device type".
LASTPASS TO BITWARDEN SOFTWARE
Priority support is not uncommon for software subscribers, but locking free users out entirely doesn't look great. One of the biggest revisions to LastPass' free plan is that from 16 March you will have to choose between using the handy tool on either desktop or mobile devices - not both.Ĭhanges coming to the free LastPass plan are detailed in a company blog post, which also includes the fact that from 17 May, email support will be locked to paid subscribers. LastPass, an all-in-one password solution that's stopped me from using the same password everywhere, is changing its free plan to be not very useful unless you open your wallet. It's the ones we love that hurt us the most - password managers included.