1Password, the popular service that allows users to securely store their various passwords, has today announced a new plan for families that makes it considerably more affordable. In a blog post, AgileBits, the company behind the service, detailed 1Password for Families, explaining that the service costs $5 per month for a family of five, while additional people can be added for $1 per month.
1Password for Families allows each family member to have their own private individual 1Password account, but also includes a shared stream of passwords that all members of the family can access. For instance, families that share a Netflix account can store the login information in the shared 1Password for Families account. Wi-Fi logins are another example of a piece of data that would really be useful for families.
The owner of the 1Password for Families account has access to an Admin Console that allows people to be invited to the family, as well as offering tools to manage which family members get to see what information.
As part of 1Password for Families, users get access all of the 1Password apps. The app is available for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
To celebrate the launch of 1Password for Families, AgileBits is offering a handful of early-adopter added perks. If you sign up by March 21st, you’ll get $10 credited to your account (so two free months), 2GB of secure storage for your documents, and the ability to have 7 family members on a 5 person account.
1Password is available for free in the App Store and the first month of use is free. 1Password for Families is an interesting move on the part of AgileBits to get 1Password into the hands of more people. Right now, 1Password is hugely popular among the tech community, but adoption among the general public could pick up considerably with 1Password for Families.
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That may not sound expensive but it actually is! Why pay per month again? The feature should be added for free. Or a paid feature for the next 1Password version (7).
Btw I’l not a cheapskate, I just don’t see why we should pay someone every month for a simple feature. It’s expensive as well. 60$ a year just to share a couple of passwords? Do people really share that many passwords? Lame lame lame.
If they’d make it a free feature, it might push people to buy 1Password, making them more money no doubt!
I think it’s a valuable feature that I’d be willing to pay for. However, I agree it’s too high for me too. I think I’d pay $20/year ($2/month) for up to 4 users and $10/year ($1/month) more for 4 additional users.
First, $5 per month or $60 per year is expensive and hardly affordable.
Second, it is less secure to use this plan since your data will be stored in the web on their servers rather than in your iCloud account (I would be glad if someone corrected me about that).
Too expensive and… where’s the security audit to reassure us that AgileBits doesn’t hold the keys to shared passwords?
I don’t rent software.
I sure as H*** don’t rent my security software.
Rent my password locker so they can store the data on the web?
Nope.
H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS! Lol…You don’t have to censor “hell” — they say it in the bible FFS :-x
Anyway — the data that is cloud stored is encrypted, of course, using the encryption cipher of your choosing inside the 1Password app.
But I agree that the price is too much.
I know what you write about the encryption is true for 1P data stored normally, but is it true for family-shared data? I have my doubts! Wider use and ease of use are often associated with loss of key privacy.
I don’t know why Apple just doesn’t buy these guys out and build their tech into OS X \ iOS…That would be the logical thing to do.
I like how Safari has upped its game with pw management and random pw creation but 1Password is still much much better.
Until the day when 1Password integrates well with Keychain, iCloud, and Safari passwords, it’s a complete non-starter for me.
A business model involving paying ongoing subscription fees for non-iCloud storage is also incredibly unappealing.
Meh… 1Password has always been expensive, but worth it… $5/m or $60/y though is a bit much for what you can essentially already do with DropBox and 1Password Vaults. Frankly sharing password with my family or 2 isn’t worth $1/m, and the only reason they’re starting at “5” is so it sounds like a lot. 90% of users aren’t going to share with more than their spouse.
The feature set ought to get built into the app, not for families, but rather for professional teams. I’d gladly pay $5/m for better password management across my company (currently segregated into 5 vaults shared via DB works well, but better controls would be welcome).