Dashlane vs Passwarden (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Dashlane if

• Fits if you want passwords, breach alerts and a VPN on one bill
• Works for up to 10 friends or relatives sharing a Friends & Family plan at $8.13 a month

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free password manager, as there's only a 14-day trial
• Pricey if all you need is passwords filled in, at $5.42 a month against a typical $2.99
• Not for you if you want an app on your desktop, because it's the browser or your phone
• Watch out: on Friends & Family only the plan manager gets the VPN, and personal plans are billed yearly
• Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say if the trial needs a card, and business plans are sold apart as Omnix at $8 a user

Pick Passwarden if

• Fits if you want a cheap paid manager across all your devices
• Works for families who want a plan covering several accounts

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial
• Watch out: the 3-year price is billed once and the page says nothing about what it renews at
• Watch out: the site promotes a rewards program paid in a crypto token, which is separate
• Not for you if you need a business plan, as none is published on the page read

Dashlane

• Dashlane's personal pricing page lists no free plan, only a 14-day trial of Premium.
• Personal plans are billed annually.
• On Friends & Family, members other than the plan manager do not get the VPN.
• Business plans are sold separately under the Omnix name, priced per user and billed annually.

Passwarden

• No free plan or free trial was listed on the pricing page; the vendor offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• The 3-year price is billed once; the page does not say what it renews at afterwards.
• The site promotes a rewards program that pays in KS Coin, a crypto token, which is separate from the password manager.
• The vendor does not publish a business plan on the pricing page read.

Dashlane

Autofill and password generator

Stores an unlimited number of passwords, generates new ones and fills logins without typing, synced across unlimited devices on Premium.

Passkeys

Saves passkeys alongside passwords. Dashlane also lists passwordless login among its features.

Dark Web Monitoring and password health

Sends alerts and suggested next steps when a saved password is weak or turns up as compromised.

Scam and phishing protection

AI-powered Scam Protection flags phishing risks in the browser in real time, before credentials are entered.

VPN

Premium includes a VPN for use on public Wi-Fi. On Friends & Family, only the plan manager's account includes it.

Business credential security

Omnix business plans add SSO and SCIM integration, sharing controls, security policies, activity logs and detection of weak or compromised employee credentials.

Passwarden

Client-side encryption

Data is encrypted on the device with AES-256 and EC P-384, so KeepSolid staff cannot read it, per the vendor.

Duress mode

A second, duress password opens the app showing only the data you chose in advance, hiding everything else.

Security dashboard

Flags weak and reused passwords, items on breached sites and expiring items, with dark web monitoring.

Two-factor sign-in

Account access can require a one-time code sent by email, plus authenticator app codes.

Autofill, import and offline mode

Fills forms and logins, imports from browsers and other managers, and keeps working offline.

Password sharing

Shares passwords with others; the Personal plan lists unlimited secure sharing, and Family adds seven accounts.

Dashlane

• Premium$5.42

  per month, billed annually

  1 member on unlimited devices: unlimited passwords, autofill, Dark Web Monitoring, scam protection, a VPN and 1GB of encrypted storage.

• Friends & Family$8.13

  per month for 10 members, billed annually

  10 accounts on one subscription. The plan manager gets Premium; other members get everything except the VPN.

• Omnix Password Management$8

  per user / month, billed annually

  The business plan: shared employee passwords and passkeys, password policies, and SSO and SCIM integrations, with a 14-day trial.

Passwarden

• Personal, 1 Month$1.99

  per month, billed monthly

  One account for unlimited devices and unlimited passwords.

• Personal, 1 Year$19.99

  per year, billed yearly (shown as $1.66 a month)

  The same single account, billed once a year.

• Personal, 3 Years$53.99

  for 3 years, billed once

  The single account for three years in one payment.

• Family, 1 Year$39.99

  per year, billed yearly

  Seven accounts, unlimited devices. The Family tab was read from the page's data, not its rendered text.

Dashlane

No public discounts listed.

Passwarden

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate on yearly billing

  The Personal plan is $1.99 a month billed monthly, and $1.66 a month when billed yearly at $19.99; the 3-year plan is $53.99 once.