The March 16, 2021 severe change to LastPass Free (see here) shakes up the password manager choices a bit.
Both LastPass and Bitwarden have multiple tiers, and, of course, the functionality doesn't exactly line up between the similarly-named tiers. The table below should help you decide which tier of which password manager meets your needs. I haven't shown LastPass Free because the new limitation make the Free tier essentially unusable for the vast majority of users.
Unless you badly want a free service and think you'll stay there a long time, I suggest looking only at the Premium and Family(ies) tiers. The main deciding factor between the two Premium tiers is probably the differences in the sharing features.
Update 2023-01: LastPass had a big data breach in 2022, and appears to no longer be a good choice.|
Feature/Area |
LastPass Premium |
LastPass Families |
Bitwarden Free |
Bitwarden Premium |
Bitwarden Family |
|
Cost |
USD
$36 |
USD
$48 |
$0 |
USD
$10 |
USD
$40 |
|
Ease of use |
Good |
Not as good |
Not
as good |
||
|
File attachments |
1
GB |
0 GB |
1
GB |
||
|
Sharing |
Individual
items: Unlimited sharing with any number of users Folders:
1, with any number of users |
Individual
items: Unlimited sharing with any number of users Folders:
1, with any numbers of users; unlimited within family |
Folders: 1, with only 1 other user |
Folders: 1, with only 1 other user |
Folders:
unlimited within family |
|
Vault security check-up |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
||
|
2FA for itself |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Authenticator feature |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Emergency Access |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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|
Account recovery |
Powerful
(e.g., locally-stored OTPs) |
Weaker |
Weaker |
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