The ‘Add your first login’ step for Dashlane offers popular websites and also acts as a way to import data, with the following choices: Handily, if you go the Dashlane Google Chrome extension route, Dashlane has a guided process for adding your first credentials, testing autofill and downloading the mobile app.

If you’re using Dashlane on mobile, you get a free 30-day Premium trial (without having to add credit card details). I like the on-the-fly strength rating Dashlane offers while you’re typing in your master password to let you know whether it’s secure. Whether you’re using a free or premium version of Dashlane, your password manager journey starts by creating an account with an email address and a master password. Dashlane is one of the cheapest password managers for individual users, and while it’s slightly costlier for its family plan, the extra users (plus an included VPN subscription) boost the overall value. But Dashlane Family & Friends supports up to 10 users, which is a great point of difference over 1Password (five), LastPass (six) and Bitwarden (six). Finally, there’s Dashlane Family & Friends for US$71.88 a year or US$4.99 per month for everything in Dashlane Premium, plus a Friends & Family dashboard.ĭashlane Free, Advanced and Premium are built for a single user. Start with Dashlane Free if you want to try before you buy, then upgrade to unlimited devices and dark-web monitoring with Dashlane Advanced for US$33 per year or US$3.99 per month.Īccording to Dashlane, Premium is the most popular subscription tier, which costs US$3.99 a month or US$39.96 per year for everything in Dashlane Advanced alongside a virtual private network (VPN), which is a great way to access Hotspot Shield.

Dashlane bucks that trend, offering monthly and annual options. The murky trend with password managers is they tend to advertise monthly value but charge an upfront annual fee.

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