I think at this point the market is over saturated with password managers, everyone has their favorites and many people (I'm guilty of this), tend to say there favorite is the best and you need to choose it.
I would add that we have the problem of one app that established itself as market leader, then in the second row we have old contenders who had their problems in the past and try to learn from it and then we have the open source part like Keepass(XCYZ) and after that a ton of 1-5 dev apps that try to be part of the business. But yes, I totally agree with you, everything besides 1Password is over saturated and comes down to which flaws or downsides you are willing to take to use the app. Like Keepass with its simplistic UI.
I personally moved off of 1Password, its a good product, and I moved on to bitwarden. Its open source, it provides nearly everything that 1password uses, and the paid tier (which I have), closes the gap more so. The product is certainly not as polished as 1Password but it seems to work better the way I use my browser and phone. Personal preference.
Bitwarden would be my third choice. A very good one imho.
https://www.privacyguides.org/software/passwords/
They find it excellent, and they are over critical when it comes to privacy.
You are mixing an app (KeePass) and a file format (KDBX) . Yes if you use KDBX , afaik, you can use multiple clients you are correct.
Sorry, mate but you are pedantic. There is Keepass. And then there are a ton of forks and ports of Keepass. KeepassXC, KeepassWeb, Strongbox... All people I was talking to, on reddit, here, in German forums, are referring to it as Keepass vault or Keepass file format, if you prefer that. But Keepass developed it, so if you want, I will for the future call it Keepass vault format. Because nobody will know what KDBX means.
I see
KeePass looks horrible, not
StrongBox which is 2 different applications. There is also
KeePassXC .
You literally said "only 2 password managers allow you to store your vault"... And that's just not true. Every Keypass port, and there are 31 ports listed on their website, can store their vault where you want. As you are claiming that Keypass and KeypassXC are a whole different program, you can count them all.
Yes App GUI aesthetics is very important to me. It makes using the app easier and more pleasant. Please compare
screenshot of KeePassXC and
1Password to see the difference.
I don't have to compare it, because IMHO, I like the simplicity and overview of KeepassXC much more than the 1Password one.
I agree, 1Password is nicer to the eye but for me, KeepassXC is much easier to use because I have 20+ passwords listed in a row and at one glance, without scrolling or using a search bar, I most of the time find the one I need.
But this comes down to ones own taste. I wouldn't claim that there are just two on the market that are a good choice.
There is like that many
car brands/manufacturers out there, they all seem to be in business. Cars... not pass storage apps.
Besides that the car market established itself over 100 years, you can't compare physical things with software.
Uncountable people on this world need a car to get to their work, no one needs a password manager.
And IF you decide to compare, there aren't that many car brands left because all belong to a handful of big companies. Password managers are still niche. Just google "most common password 2021".
It's "123456" and it was used more than 3.5 million times.
So there is no need to crunch numbers.
In addition, that list is filled with dead software like FireFox Lockwise , and weak attempts like RememberBear.
Firefox integrated Lockwise in their mobile apps being native to the systems password managers, so it isn't dead, it just got integrated. Remembear is a weak contender but it might be strong in a month. Counting it in is ok, it is featured in the app store from time to time, it surely makes its money.
OS specific like KeePass (Windows only) and Keychain (Apple only) so you can't use it on our iphone and sync to your Windows computer.
Again, referring to the KeePass ecosystem as Windows only is more than wrong. YES, KeePass is Windows only, but not their vault. Their vault is not OS specific. You CAN sync it to every OS. Your comment is very misleading to users that don't know anything about this stuff. This is like saying 1Password 6 on Windows is just Windows only.
Keychain is NOT Windows only, it can easily be synced to Windows Chrome, I'm doing it and it is working fine and flawless.
You want to talk about over saturation , look at crypto currencies.
Please, mate. Looking at how diverse crypto is in a bull market is so wrong. Look at bear markets and tell me how many of these currencies and tokes survive it. And how many of them survived two bear markets. Yes, there are a ton of crypto currencies when everyone is buying. There are probably 10-20 of them who will make it through and make gains again in the next bull market.
