pass vs RoboForm

As it has both Git support and encrypts passwords to GPG-encrypted text files, it is really simple to access everywhere. You can either use a self-hosted or a personal cloud hosted Git repository. It is automatically being kept up-to-date. Clients for pretty much everything and a really active community. Even if you can't run a client you will still be able to access the password by decrypting them from the Git store.

And is basically just a bunch of GPG-encrypted files stored in a folder.

You are not forced to rely on any other service provider than yourself. Like saving them on a remote server as in the case of LastPass. You don't have to extend your trust (to LastPass or any other provider).

It has a Qt-based GUI, an Android and iOS app, a Firefox plugin, a Golang GUI app, an interactive CUI, a dmenu script, OS X integration, and also an Emacs package.

It doesn't use a database like, for example, KeePass and thus doesn't open all passwords at once. Just one at a time.

You can version-control the encrypted files using Git, which allows you to track all changes done.

Does one thing and does it well.

As GPG and Git are widely used, it relies on thoroughly tested and secure functionality.

You and your team can share a repo and different subtrees can be encrypted for different sets of GPG ids.

For example the plugin "pass-extension-tail" makes it possible to only display the non-password parts of a password file, like the username or the name of the service the password is needed for, and without showing the password.

It's very easy to understand what the program does, why it's doing it, and how it's secure.

RoboForm's toolbar allows accessing all logins and associated websites. Clicking a website will navigate the browser to the appropriate place and peform the login sequence. It even takes care of multiple identities allowing multiple people to quickly switch between, for example, webmail accounts.

In addition to being capable of filling in usernames and passwords even in places other popular password managers tend to fail, RoboForm can also fill in a wide variety of other form fields such as long registration or checkout forms that require personal, credit card, banking and other information.

To enable form fill functionality an identity has to be created and all relevant information supplied. It's possible to use multiple identities and identities created from login credential entries. In case of multiple identities a drop-down will offer choice in which to use.

When logging in a website for the first time, RoboForm will offer to save the login credentials via a pop-up. The pop-up allows creating a new entry or replacing an existing one with the information supplied. And if a password has been changed without updating the entry in RoboForm, the application will offer to update the password next time it's used.

If worried about keyloggers, you can use a virtual keyboard to log in.

Some fingerprint readers can be set up to be used to access RoboForm instead of a master password.

Choose the length and characters you want to use and get a great random password that is one click copy and then saved in Roboform. Quick and effective.

Roboform for desktop permits the user one license to install one system for free. Paid version, Roboform Everywhere, offers syncronization across multiple platforms for a yearly subscription fee.