Popular password manager 1Password is trying a new distribution model . Instead of letting you pay for the 1Password app on your Mac or PC and pay again to upgrade to a new major version, AgileBits now has a new plan — for $2.99 per month, you can download and use all the 1Password apps for as long as you subscribe.
If you’ve been following 1Password lately, you know that the company behind it recently released 1Password for teams and families so that multiple people can use 1Password and share logins and passwords.
AgileBits is re-using the same idea for individual users with this new monthly subscription service. For a long time, 1Password cost $49.99 on a computer — shortly before introducing this new subscription model, the company increased the single license price to $64.99. On iOS, the app is free but you can pay $9.99 to unlock more features. So $3 per month seems like a fair price if you take into account the regular license upgrades for major new versions.
While one-timex licenses are still available , you can now choose a subscription instead and use the 1Password app on your Mac, PC or phone with all features — major updates are included. People who sign up to a subscription now get six months free. It’s unclear whether AgileBits will continue to provide both models with the next major update or try to switch its entire customer base to subscriptions. But after Adobe, Microsoft and countless of other software companies, it looks like subscriptions are here to stay.
In addition to iCloud and Dropbox, if you subscribe, you’ll also be able to use 1Password’s servers as the syncing backend. The main added benefit is that you’ll be able to access your 1Password vault from any browser.
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