The best password managers
A password manager is the single highest-leverage security purchase most households can make. Our shortlist will be built on recovery design, audit history and cross-platform behaviour — not on feature counts.
Meridians Reviews Desk · Methodology published 6 criteria deep
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How we will decide this list
Criteria are fixed before testing starts, so a pick cannot be reverse-engineered from whatever we happened to like.
- 01Independent security audit history, and how the vendor responds to disclosed issues.
- 02Encryption architecture and what the vendor can technically see.
- 03Account recovery design, including what happens when a device is lost.
- 04Passkey support and behaviour across browsers and mobile platforms.
- 05Sharing, family and emergency access without weakening the threat model.
- 06Export and exit: how easily you can leave with your data.
The picks
Best overall
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Selection open. No candidate has completed our full evaluation.
Status: in research
Best for families
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Selection open.
Status: in research
Best open-source option
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Selection open.
Status: in research
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