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Hy,

In your opinion do you prefer Bitwarden or Proton Pass and why?

It seems proton pass have better integration with Firefox.

Good and bad?

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bitwarden because it is open source.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Both are open source

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Am I a boomer for still using KeepassXC synced via Dropbox?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

KeepassXC + SyncThing in my case, to skip the middle man (Dropbox/Google drive)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nope, that's a pretty secure password manager setup.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nah, still a great solution if you like. That was my solution for years until just about a month ago I switched to bitwarden because it seemed easier to protect with a yubikey. I've liked it so far.

I took the opportunity to export all my passwords from Firefox, chrome, and KeePass, then spent about a day cleaning the whole mess up and removing duplicates, THEN imported the csv into bitwarden. Still getting used to not using chrome/Firefox for auto filling and storing passwords, but I like that my passwords don't feel so spread out across multiple browsers/dbs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No sir, I did this for years. I used Kypass on my iPhone so I could use my passwords on my phone as well. I ended up switching to Bitwarden for easier 2FA implementation and granular password sharing rather than having to share my whole vault or manage a separated shared vault

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like Bitwarden because I can host my own server and control it all. Not sure if the other service does set-hosting. Maybe you can do the same with that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been thinking of setting up my own server. Does hosting your own server feel secure? I feel capable of setting up my own server but I'm not sure if I trust myself to secure it appropriately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, it’s secure and of course can be further secured by other services, like vpn and scanners and such. I front my stuff with Cloudflare certs on their free tier as well.

Just use complex passwords for the admin and logins. They also support two-factor authentication which is easy to setup.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Bitwarden isn’t a brand new solution. I don’t understand the comment in Firefox, though, Bitwarden has no issues with it that I’ve found.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I've used Bitwarden heavily in various browsers and Android. It's really great and very effective at filling in passwords. Every now and then there's a site that does something weird to make it autofill a bit wonky, but I can only recall seeing that happen with registration forms (sometimes the enter + confirm your password fields seem to confuse it). It's near perfect at sign in forms that I've used.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Don't combine email, password manager, or 2FA authenticator together with the same company. All 3 should be completely separate from each other.

Bitwarden has a distinct advantage for this reason alone.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Been using Bitwarden and Firefox for years and years. Never had any integration issues.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Same. Works well on Firefox, iOS, and android.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bitwarden+vaultwarden server = free enterprise access 👍

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I love this. I have it running on my Synology which has native docker support, reverse proxied through a wire guard tunnel to a digital ocean droplet.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Been a longtime user of Bitwarden (free, and over the last year paid). It's a straightforward/good but a bit boring UI, connects very well and easily into browser, phone etc. Works well, highly recommended, and having 2FA on paid version is awesome.

Been trying out Proton Pass for the last few days since I already pay for Proton Unlimited. It's got a good UI and so far it's been working well in Firefox and on my phone. It's much better integration with Simple Login features so I like the slightly more seemless sign-up ability. It's not 100% feature parity with Bitwarden paid though.

Bottom line - I prefer proton pass as a heavy proton user already BUT if I just wanted a standalone password manager, Bitwarden is probably better. Both are good options though, and competition is good.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden. I’ve used it for years, never been unreliable. I pay for it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bitwarden is an open source, very popular choice, tried and tested. The Firefox extension works great, as do the mobile apps. The free version includes most of the features if you want to try it out.

If you're considering paying for the most polished experience, 1Password is the nicest in my opinion. Stay away from LastPass. No opinion on Proton Pass, it's still new. But I still choose Bitwarden because I like that it's open source, and I COULD choose to self-host a server if I got paranoid (I probably won't).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never used Proton Pass so I can't comment on which is better. However, my wife and I have both used Bitwarden for a number of years and have no complaints. Works with Brave, Chrome, Firefox; works on Linux, Mac and Android. We don't have Windows or iPhone so can't comment on those. We can share selected passwords between us.

And it all just works.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden is what I am using and I am having no problem with it so far.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I prefer Bitwarden just to not put all my eggs in the same basket

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks for all comments and opinions. I'll give a chance to bitwarden.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden has better features and more clients are available for it. Proton Pass doesn't offer anything that Bitwarden does not except for a slightly nicer looking browser extension and mobile client.

I have access to both and tested them recently, so I think I got a pretty good picture of them both.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden works fine with Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer proton pass since I pay for proton and get access to everything so it's convenient and it makes alias emails for me. It's usually better not to keep all your eggs in one basket though.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I subscribe to both services, and each has its own unique advantages. Proton's ability to generate disposable email addresses for questionable or bothersome websites is a standout feature that makes it worth the investment. Additionally, Bitwarden's thorough third-party audit instills confidence, and its excellent autofill functionality coupled with the option to self-host data is highly appealing. Moreover, the ability to unlock your vault using a YubiKey adds an extra layer of security to Bitwarden. While Proton shows promise and has great potential.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've been happy with bitwarden and have no desire to change, so doubt I'll even try Proton pass. Going from no manager to bitwarden was a bit of a setup pain, mainly just because I had a bunch of logins that I had to change passwords for. And I have had no issues with it in Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you already use some other Proton services, Proton Pass may be an option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically thats the reason i wont use it. Dont want my password manager and my main mail provider having the same login credentials.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Too be fair... It is zero knowledge...

But I do agree that it is too centralized and would be a single point of failiture.

If someone gets access to your email and you password manager.... Holy shit!

I don't get why proton went this route, nobody asked for it

Fix the drive and provide proper contacts tool that can used within a phone.... That's whay I see people asking for actually.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both are open source. I will use the free version. Proton pass seems to have a UI more polish.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

i trust proton quite a lot, but the open source part seems to be only partially true. on their github, i can only find client side code (ie. browser extensions, mobile apps), not the server code, which bitwarden does publish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it depends on the mobile device you use. I've read that proton is better on iPhone and bitwarden doesn't integrate that well with it but it's seamless on android. I also haven't had any issues with bitwarden and Firefox and they've been my combo since I started using bitwarden a couple years ago. I haven't given proton pass a full on try yet though and I pay both companies for their awesome services so I'm a bit of a shill for both. I don't think you can make a bad choice here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use Bitwarden on iOS and have for years now. I have never run into any major issues. Occasionally I’ll have to jump out to the Bitwarden app to copy a password but that’s usually because the website I’m trying to log into has their form set up weird/wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I have to do this with Android sometimes as well

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have both. Had Bitwarden for many years but trying out Protonpass as an alternative. Bitwarden still the one for me at this moment

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