1Password: Security & access: Too expensive and ridiculous price increase on premium tier
Users are abandoning password management software because recent price increases have made paid tiers too expensive relative to the value offered. Additionally, they are encountering unreliability issues on desktop and Android interfaces, while free built-in alternatives with strong privacy policies are readily available on operating systems like iOS and macOS.
8 different people have complained about this since 18 Mar 2021, most recently on 29 Oct 2026. 3 of them in the last 30 days.
- “1Password: Password Manager — Too annoying too expensive.”
- “1Password: Password Manager — Too expensive and android and desktop interfaces are unreliable.”
- “The membership is too expensive and the overall service is locked behind a pay wall.”
8 people in 8 posts across 1 source · 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 7 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 8 people using 1Password: Password Manager, LastPass Password Manager and NordPass: Password Manager
- What goes wrong
- 1Password: Password Manager: Frequent and unexpected subscription price increases4 people · 57%
- LastPass Password Manager: Paywall limits account to single device2 people · 29%
- Since
- 18 Mar 2021 → 29 Oct 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- 1Password: Password Manager, LastPass Password Manager and NordPass: Password Manager
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
- 2×
“1Password: Password Manager — Too expensive.”
“1Password: Password Manager — Too annoying too expensive.”
“1Password: Password Manager — Too expensive and android and desktop interfaces are unreliable.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint225%
- About price675%
Sources
8 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
1Password: Password Manager — Too annoying too expensive Sorry but this used to be a good app. I bought it years ago (more than a decade), with a one off purchase, before the world became a subscription. Back then Apple passwords was limited to say the least. Now I have to pay an annual fee and yet now Apple passwords…
FrustratedWould payToo expensive1Password: Password Manager — Too expensive and android and desktop interfaces are unreliable I’ve used this for years but I’m done. The subscription keeps increasing (over $70 for my wife and I) but fundamental problems don’t get fixed. iOS app is the closest to working well but as an ecosystem it’s annoyingly…
Too expensive…To the LastPass developers: I hope no one downloads your application. The membership is too expensive and the overall service is locked behind a pay wall. Your contributions are okay, and the features are so-so. I wouldn’t act so confident in your development, it is seriously uncompetitive. Just letting you know.…
Too expensiveLastPass Password Manager — Too expensive Free tier is almost useless now, premium tier is way too expensive for what it offers. Its double or triple the price of other password managers, not worth it anymore
Too expensiveWants a free option1Password: Password Manager — Too expensive Been with 1Password for years but at this price, they have to be kidding. All family members are moving away rather than pay a ridiculous annual price
Too expensive
Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 56.2 · 05 Nov 2026, 17:00 → 18:15 UTC
How the score was measured37 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Security & access: Too expensive and ridiculous price increase on premium tier a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 8 different people described it independently, in 8 mentions, the earliest from 18 Mar 2021 and the most recent from 29 Oct 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: steady — no change the counts can show. 3 people raised it in the last 30 days and 1 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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