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Add to SafariWhen comparing Keeper vs KeePassXC, the Slant community recommends KeePassXC for most people. In the question“What are the best offline password managers?” KeePassXC is ranked 3rd while Keeper is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose KeePassXC is:
Free. No hidden tracking. 100% Open Source.
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Pros
Pro Offline support
The vault supports offline access on all platforms.
Pro BreachWatch
Know if your usernames and passwords are on the Dark Web, without divulging your users names and passwords. Keeper has a proprietary method of keeping your data zero knowledge (only you know it) while verifying if it exists to malicious users.
Pro Available on all major platforms, OS & browser extensions
Keeper is available for download on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Windows Phone, Linux, Kindle, and Nook, and available as a browser extension for IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
Pro Multiple certifications & security compliance
Keeper is a password manager that is certified and is security compliant with HITECH and HIPAA, SOC-2, TRUSTe, McAfee Secure, ES-EU Safe Harbor, PCI-DSS & U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.
Pro Import from less secure solutions
Keeper supports importing from a myriad of other solutions.
Pro Cloud Sync and Backup
Your Keeper Vault is always backed up.
Pro Availability
Keeper has amazing up time.
Pro Easy onboarding of new users
6 different options to onboard new users:
Manual
CSV
Active Directory
SSO IdP
SCIM
CLI
Pro Enterpirses can integrate with SSO
Boost your companies ability to extend sign into sites and applications that don't support SSO. Keeper will integrate as a Service Provider (SP) to your Identity Provider (IdP).
Pro Drag and Drop and Sub Folder Support
Take control of your vault with the ability to nest folder and records and organize it your way.
Pro Multiple 2FA options including FIDO U2F
Keeper supports TOTP, Text, U2F, RSA, and Duo 2FA's.
Pro Support
Support is second to none.
Pro Strong access control and sharing
Very strong access control in the business version
Pro Multiple Views
Folder, Grid, and Record views supported with multiple sorting options.
Pro It is free and open source
Free. No hidden tracking. 100% Open Source.
Pro Active development
Pro Cross platform autotype
Autotype available for all apps.
Pro Strong end-to-end Encryption
Zero-knowledge. Military-grade AES-256 & Argon 2 unbreakable encryption algorithms.
Pro New secure browser integration plugins
Official Browser plugins for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi and all other Chromium or Gecko based browsers.
Pro Passphrase generator
Pro Easy to use
It has a really clean looking design, unlike Keepass. Makes it really friendly to get into.
Pro Good UI
User-friendly and straightforward. Easy to use.
Pro Better than KeePassX
KeepassX discontinued in 2017.
Pro Support for time-based one-time passwords (TOTP)
Pro Stores passwords locally instead of in the cloud
Don't trust anyone.
Pro Support for adding/removing SSH keys in system key agent
Pro Import and export to different file formats
Pro Available web browser extension (keepassxc-browser)
Pro Outrageous better than some paid password managers
It has plenty tweaks which lets you feel under control of your data.
Pro Portable, Tails and Whonix come loaded with it too
The preferred choice of Qubes users as well. Long story short, it's no coincidence that every one of the Linux distros renowned for it's security and anonymity features comes standard with a massive neon, blinking arrow pointing right at this full-featured, OSS, cross-platform password manager. The Slant community even lauds it as the category's second-only to what is essentially a command-line tool with a title someone could have picked out of a random spoonful of alphabet soup. Approved for Ages 8-78!
Pro File attachments and custom attributes
Pro YubiKey challenge-response support
And onlykey*
Pro Database reports (password health, HIBP, and statistics)
Pro Solid
Pro KeeShare shared databases (import, export, and synchronize)
Cons
Con only subscription
No lifetime licence purchase possible
Con BreachWatch is not Free
BreachWatch, which is an amazing feature is not free. It is a paid upgrade.
Con Limited options in free version
Keeper is not the least expensive, but certainly not the most either. Good value for the features and support.
Con Been hacked several times.
Here are past vulnerabilities:
https://team-sik.org/trent_portfolio/password-manager-apps/
Con Requires a slight amount of set up and configuration
Keeper does a good job of walking you through the process of getting setup, but if you are not very technical it could be confusing.
Con Dark theme on macOS needs some work
The tabs for multiple databases and about menus are unreadable in dark mode on macOS.
Con Qt dependency hell
Con Browser plugin doesn't always connect to KeepassXC on the first attempt
Restarting the Browser or restarting KeePassXC fixes the integration.
Enabling "Automatically reconnect to KeePassXC" option in KeepassXC Browser Extension fixes this problem permanently.
Con Non native UI
