Enpass Password Manager: Just the Basics

Our Verdict

Enpass does password-manager nuts right, and costs at nigh $fourscore for permanent licenses.

For

Depression subscription fees
Stiff free desktop versions
Piece of cake to go along your data offline

Against

Rudimentary desktop interface
Limited features & syncing options
No two-gene authentication

Tom'southward Guide Verdict

Enpass does password-managing director basics right, and costs at most $80 for permanent licenses.

Pros

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Low subscription fees
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Strong gratis desktop versions
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Easy to keep your information offline

Cons

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Rudimentary desktop interface
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Limited features & syncing options
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No two-cistron authentication

Enpass was in one case famous for having no subscription model, choosing instead to sell permanent licenses for its software. But in Nov 2019, Enpass introduced its showtime subscription while retaining many of the costless/former options that have appealed to customers who would rather keep countersign data local, or sync it how and where they choose.

Subscription or not, Enpass' pricing is still very low, with strong free desktop options, express gratuitous mobile apps and an appealing i-fourth dimension-fee option for all platforms.

Enpass is certainly not i of the flashiest or most characteristic-packed password managers, but it handles the basics just fine, and at a smashing price. If you want more than features and a sleeker interface, endeavor LastPass or Dashlane instead.

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Enpass: Costs and what's covered

The Enpass desktop applications for Windows, Mac and Linux are very functional and entirely free. The mobile apps for Android and iOS offering freemium service, storing only up to 25 items for free.

Unlocking the premium version of the mobile apps costs $fifteen.99 for six months or $23.99 for a twelvemonth. That'south withal far less that the price of LastPass' individual premium subscription plan, but it'due south no longer the cheapest paid subscription we've encountered — Bitwarden'southward is merely $10 per year.

You can opt for a permanent software license for all platforms for $79.99 instead of paying a yearly subscription fee. That should cover all your Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows devices forever, for just $xx more than ane year's subscription of Dashlane Premium.

The full service in the mobile apps allows unlimited passwords, account backup, a countersign generator, a password audit, autofill and online syncing through your selection of third-party cloud service.

Enpass supports Mac Os X 10.14.6 Mojave or later (including Apple Silicon devices), 64-bit Windows ten version 1903 and after, and some Linux distributions (CentOS eight and Ubuntu 18.04 or later on officially supported, simply other modernistic distros should piece of work). Chrome Bone support is through the browser extension. Supported browsers include Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi. (There's no Internet Explorer extension.)

The Enpass desktop awarding must be open and running for the Enpass browser extensions to work, still. This isn't true of most other countersign managers.

Enpass remains focused on customers who would rather keep information local, or sync information technology how and where they choose.

You lot can too install Enpass on a USB key and use information technology as a portable application across desktop machines. The Linux executable is unlike from the Mac and Windows one, but yous tin can set up a single USB drive to be used beyond all three platforms.

Mobile support is equally comprehensive, including iOS 12.v and up and Android half dozen.0 Marshmallow or afterwards. (BlackBerry back up was discontinued in November 2017, and Windows Phone has also been discontinued.)

For this review, we used Enpass on a laptop running Windows 10 and macOS x.12 Sierra, an iPad Pro 12.9, a Samsung Galaxy S8+ and a Google Pixel. Google Chrome was our primary browser across all platforms, merely nosotros also tested using Safari on macOS and iOS.

Enpass: Setup

Installing Enpass from the company'south website was quick and easy. However, Mac users should be aware that if y'all want to utilise iCloud as your syncing service, yous'll need the version of Enpass from the Mac App Shop.

Because Enpass doesn't store your content on its servers, you won't need to create an business relationship with the visitor. The initial setup is as unproblematic as downloading the installer and creating a master password.

At that place is no manner to recover your Enpass principal password if you forget it. Unlike LastPass or Keeper, Enpass offers no account recovery options, so brand certain your principal password is potent but memorable.

If you used another password managing director previously, or have passwords saved in your browser, you can import that data into Enpass. The program tin pull credentials from more than 20 different services, so you volition probably exist covered. While Enpass didn't sort my items into categories such as "social media," "email" or "banks" upon import, the credentials all came over cleanly.

As with KeePass and some other DIY countersign managers, you lot can select a third-party cloud service if you want to sync your Enpass information using the internet. I chose Google Drive, merely users tin also sync their data through Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, iCloud or the open-source ownCloud/WebDAV protocol. The initial sync on Google Drive took approximately 30 seconds for my roughly 300-particular vault.

Every bit of August 2021, Enpass offers local syncing of devices equally long every bit they're all all connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Configuring Wi-Fi sync is a fleck complicated, but in one case it's all set upwardly it should run smoothly.

An odd quirk of Enpass is that you lot need to get the program'south browser extensions yourself from the internet. Well-nigh password managers either build this functionality into the installer or make it function of the guided setup procedure.

Enpass on the desktop

The Enpass desktop awarding about closely resembles a File Explorer window. I'm not fond of this wait, preferring the web-offset design of Dashlane or LastPass, but the Enpass interface is functional, and probable familiar to most users.

You can unlock your Enpass vault using Touch ID fingerprint recognition on the MacBook Pro, which is a characteristic some high-end countersign managers don't yet support. Enpass also supports Windows Hi on compatible devices, including on Windows 10 Mobile.

Considering Enpass doesn't have as many features equally its competitors do, its no-frills interface doesn't go chaotic. The left-hand cavalcade displays categories of items you can salve in the password manager. You can drag and driblet multiple items at once, and it took me but a few minutes of piece of work to sort through the 300-plus items I had imported.

Enpass lets y'all store a remarkably expansive variety of information besides the standard logins and credit cards. The program offers more than 50 customized templates, ranging from software licenses to voter identification cards.

The program can fifty-fifty fill online forms automatically with these details. Still, it would be nice if Enpass let you attach an paradigm of actual documents or cards, something LastPass supports.

You lot can add new items to any category by clicking the "+" button in the upper-left corner of the desktop interface and selecting the type of particular you lot would like to add together. You can also add folders to the left-hand column. This section volition announced below Categories after you lot create your starting time folder, and volition group whatever similar items together.

Countersign Inspect identifies problematic passwords and puts them into categories: "weak," "identical" or "old." There's also a password generator, but finding it isn't piece of cake — it's the icon near the upper-right corner that looks like a spinning combination lock. The generator can even tweak the length and components of new passwords, with toggle switches for pronounceability and ambiguity.

The Enpass browser extension is basic, but works. Information technology by and large just displays your nigh recently used logins; you can search your entire vault for more, but there's no pick to edit items straight from the extension. The countersign generator is the only other feature present in the extension.

The desktop version of Enpass lets you share passwords with others, but there'southward a warning that neither of the two options for this procedure are very secure.

The bad option exports an encrypted set of credentials that anyone with Enpass software tin unlock. The worse option simply exports your credentials in obviously text so that anyone can read them. (Other countersign managers permit you designate individual users who tin can unlock your encrypted, exported credentials.)

Enpass mobile apps

The mobile version of Enpass was more than modern, intuitive and pleasant to use than its desktop counterpart. Both the iOS and Android apps support biometric logins, and so yous won't take to enter your main countersign more once if your devices have fingerprint readers or facial recognition; otherwise, you tin can set up up a Pin unlock.

Due to Enpass' limited characteristic gear up, the mobile apps have well-nigh consummate characteristic parity with the desktop application. You can add new items, view existing items or edit whatever item. The password generator is correct on the editing screen (a feature that ought to be on the desktop application), and as well available in the main menu with full customization options.

On iOS, the Safari extension lets you use autofill capabilities. Native autofill support came with Android 8 Oreo, but those on Android vii Nougat or before need to install the Enpass keyboard via the Android accessibility menu, and then add the keyboard via the linguistic communication-and-input settings option. You can and then reach the Enpass keyboard by tapping the keyboard icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

Enpass: Security

The Enpass software uses the same AES-256-flake encryption every bit other password managers to safeguard your data on your device or in a 3rd-political party cloud server. The fact that the Enpass company doesn't host any of your data may entreatment to security-conscious users. Well-nigh other password managers begrudgingly offer an offline option, but it's the Enpass' default.

Enpass is certainly not 1 of the flashiest or nearly characteristic-packed password managers, simply it handles the basics just fine at a bully price.

Enpass doesn't offering 2-factor hallmark (2FA), which is arguably unnecessary as it doesn't store your data online. But it does offering time-based 1-time passwords (TOTP), which offering similar security. Nonetheless TOTPs are harder to fix up than 2FA, and many users may not make the extra effort.

Enpass says that information technology uploads your data only in encrypted grade to Dropbox, OneDrive and the residue. The downside is that in one case your data is uploaded, its security lies in the hands of a third-political party service that may non have been designed with password managers in mind.

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Enpass review: Bottom line

Enpass isn't the correct option for power users, or for families or teams who want to share passwords. But those looking for a expressionless-uncomplicated solution at an affordable price may want to have a await.

For the annual subscription fee of $24 per twelvemonth, or a one-time purchase of $80, you lot'll get a full desktop-to-mobile syncing password manager that is both more secure and more convenient than saving your passwords on Post-It notes, or in your browser.

Updated with improver of local Wi-Fi sync option and new operating arrangement requirements. This review was originally published in December 2017.

A self-professed "wearer of wearables," Sean Riley is a Senior Author for Laptop Mag who has been covering tech for more than a decade. He specializes in covering phones and, of course, wearable tech, but has besides written nearly tablets, VR, laptops, and smart home devices, to proper name but a few. His manufactures have also appeared in Tom'southward Guide, TechTarget, Phandroid, and more.