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As someone who buys this for every employee at his organization, I couldn't disagree more. It's a huge deal that I can control who shares and sees what vault,

As someone who buys this for every employee at his organization, I couldn't disagree more. It's a huge deal that I can control who shares and sees what vault, turn off an employee's access as soon as they are leaving the company, revoke tokens, etc. Before this we were using Dropbox and it was a nightmare. Credentials for a bunch of things were mixed up in the wrong vaults, far more duplication, revoking access was more of a pain, etc. 1Password for a family sharing may not be worth it, maybe not even for a small 5 person shop with a very stable set of employees who are all savvy. But with 25 or so people with varying level of technical expertise and actually critical information being shared, 1Password's subscription is a godsend.

halostatue 10y ago
I have 1Password for family sharing (the online service), and it’s totally worth it. I’ve been a 1Password user since the AgileBits blog was the “Switcher’s Blog” and have bought every version they have released for Mac and iOS because it does exactly what they say it does, and they review their security pretty regularly. (It helps that I’ve met people on the team, but that‘s a secondary matter.) For US$48 per year (I have the launch special, but it saves me $12/year), I have four people currently signed up (I could add three more; again, the launch special gives me two extra) where we can share passwords. I also have any major version of the software released now for any platform. More importantly, I have been able to get my parents on 1Password reliably in a way that if they are incapacitated, my brother or I can use their accounts to make sure bills are paid when they should be (at least, that will happen when we have all of their accounts added to 1Password, but that’s a relatively small thing now). This is important because neither I nor my brother live near my parents (I’m in a different country). The software versions? Pretty important: I’m on Mac and iOS; my brother is on Mac and Android; my mom is on Windows and iOS; and my dad is on Windows and iOS and Android. Keeping those up-to-date with major versions would eventually get more expensive than the peace-of-mind that I have now. LastPass does all of this cheaper at scale for companies ($2.40–$4/user/month) than 1Password ($4–$11/user/month) but the UX for LastPass is abysmal (although it does have a dedicated Linux client for those who need that)…and I honestly don’t trust LogMeIn at all. The other one that I have any opinions about is Dashlane, and it’s second/third-hand that it’s pretty good software (I haven’t used it because I’ve integrated 1Password in my workflow so deeply). Yes, 1Password for families is worth every penny I pay.

halostatue 10y ago

I have 1Password for family sharing (the online service), and it’s totally worth it. I’ve been a 1Password user since the AgileBits blog was the “Switcher’s Blog” and have bought every version they have released for Mac and iOS because it does exactly what they say it does, and they review their security pretty regularly. (It helps that I’ve met people on the team, but that‘s a secondary matter.) For US$48 per year (I have the launch special, but it saves me $12/year), I have four people currently signed up (I could add three more; again, the launch special gives me two extra) where we can share passwords. I also have any major version of the software released now for any platform. More importantly, I have been able to get my parents on 1Password reliably in a way that if they are incapacitated, my brother or I can use their accounts to make sure bills are paid when they should be (at least, that will happen when we have all of their accounts added to 1Password, but that’s a relatively small thing now). This is important because neither I nor my brother live near my parents (I’m in a different country). The software versions? Pretty important: I’m on Mac and iOS; my brother is on Mac and Android; my mom is on Windows and iOS; and my dad is on Windows and iOS and Android. Keeping those up-to-date with major versions would eventually get more expensive than the peace-of-mind that I have now. LastPass does all of this cheaper at scale for companies ($2.40–$4/user/month) than 1Password ($4–$11/user/month) but the UX for LastPass is abysmal (although it does have a dedicated Linux client for those who need that)…and I honestly don’t trust LogMeIn at all. The other one that I have any opinions about is Dashlane, and it’s second/third-hand that it’s pretty good software (I haven’t used it because I’ve integrated 1Password in my workflow so deeply). Yes, 1Password for families is worth every penny I pay.