Pros & Cons
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- Excellent password-sharing system
- Attractive, easy-to-use apps
- Emergency access options
- Wearable device support
- 30-day free trial
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- Paywalled in-app data breach monitoring features
- Inconsistent browser extension auto filling test results
- Unable to delete account via web vault
Keeper Password Manager & Digital Vault Specs
| Actionable Password Strength Report | |
| Digital Legacy | |
| Fill Web Forms | |
| Import From Browsers | |
| Multiple Form-Filling Identities | |
| Product Category | Password Managers |
| Product Price Type | Direct |
| Secure Password Sharing | |
| Two-Factor Authentication |
Keeper Password Manager & Digital Vault delivers a hassle-free password management experience. It also offers a variety of multi-factor authentication options and easy-to-use apps with intuitive interfaces. I especially like its sharing system, which lets you control access to your passwords while still making them available to family and friends. That said, some of Keeper's most appealing features for personal accounts are paid add-ons that competitors offer for free. By comparison, NordPass and Proton Pass offer more features, such as data breach monitoring and email masking, so they remain Editors' Choice award winners.
How Much Does Keeper Cost?
Keeper does not offer free versions of its password management apps, but the company does offer a generous free trial period (30 days) to test the premium features. A personal Keeper subscription is $39.99 per year and includes unlimited password storage on unlimited devices, plus the ability to sync between devices. You also get emergency access tools and password-sharing options. For a $84.99 family subscription, you get an additional five vaults, 10GB of file storage, and the ability to manage vault access permissions and share folders and records.
You can add more services to your subscription plans, such as increased file storage. There's also an option to pay $124.99 per year for Keeper's concierge service, which includes product installation and training from a Keeper support team member. BreachWatch, a dark web monitor, is available to Keeper subscribers for an additional $24.99 annually for personal accounts, and $49.99 for Family plans.
All of the other password managers I've reviewed include dark web monitoring in premium personal subscription plans. If you want to just scan your email address for free, as you can with Bitwarden, you can use Keeper's web-based dark web scanning tool.
Getting Started With Keeper
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Keeper's password manager is available for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can download a Keeper extension for Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. You can also access Keeper on your smartwatch.
To start using Keeper, create an account on the web and secure it with a strong master password. You'll be able to add more protections to your login process after the initial setup. Appearance-wise, Keeper's apps and browser extensions look very modern and well-organized. You can customize Keeper's color scheme and change the browser extension's layout, both of which are nice perks. You can also make notifications linger for longer on the screen and zoom in on sections of the app windows using the keyboard with the app's accessibility features.
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Once you're in your vault, import any existing passwords stored in your browsers or other password managers. Keeper can import from many competitors, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, Enpass, and Proton Pass. To import logins stored in your browser, you have to download a separate Keeper Import tool, which is unusual. Other password managers I've tested haven't required a separate download to import browser credentials.
After importing your existing passwords into Keeper, a pop-up notification in the app reminds you to delete the unencrypted file containing your credentials, which is good advice. If you want to switch from Keeper to a new password manager, it's very easy to export your vault in CSV, JSON, PDF, or KDBX format.
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Next, you'll want to set up a passkey to login to your vault on your device without entering your master password. Keeper can create a passkey on any device that allows biometric locking. If you're unable to create a passkey to login, it may be because your desktop computer or other device doesn't allow biometric locks. In the future, it'd be helpful for Keeper to add an option to unlock your vault using a non-biometric option, such as a passcode or a hardware security key, similar to the passwordless vault login options offered by Dashlane or RoboForm.
You'll also want to set up a recovery method for your account. Keeper will generate a recovery phrase that you should store on a hardware security key or another device in case you lose the device storing your passkey and forget your master password.
Data Privacy Policies
Before I review and test a password manager app, I send the parent company questions about its privacy and security practices. I've included Keeper's responses to my questions below.
Has your company ever had a security breach?
No.
What unencrypted information does the password manager store in user vaults?
None. Keeper uses a zero-knowledge model: the plaintext data in your vault is encrypted locally on your device and is never accessible in unencrypted form to Keeper or vendors. Keeper does not store unencrypted vault data on its servers.
What is the company's policy regarding selling or sharing customer data with third parties?
Keeper does not sell customer information. Data is only used to provide services and may be shared with vendors strictly to perform services (e.g., support, analytics) under confidentiality agreements.
How does your company respond to requests for user information from governments and law enforcement?
Keeper operates under a zero-knowledge model and cannot access vault content. In accordance with law, Keeper may disclose only general account information when required by law enforcement or government orders, and we act to comply with applicable legal process.
I appreciate Keeper's thorough answers to my questions, and I found that the responses above match the privacy policy. I also recommend checking out Keeper Security's robust blog posts on data transparency on the company's website.
Authentication and Security
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)A basic feature that all password management apps should include is support for multi-factor authentication (MFA). Without MFA, anybody who guesses, steals, or hacks your master password can access your vault. To set up MFA with Keeper, head to the Settings section in the web interface, tap Security, and then toggle on Two-Factor Authentication.
Keeper supports authentication via SMS, mobile authenticator apps, RSA SecureID, Duo Security, Keeper DNA (Keeper's biometric authenticator for smartwatches), or hardware security keys. In testing, I had no trouble setting up MFA using Apple Passwords.
Keeper can also function as an authenticator app. To set it up, navigate to a password entry and click on the Add Two-Factor Code button underneath the Custom Fields and File or Photos options. You can then either upload a QR code or manually set up a connection to an account that supports authentication via Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) apps.
Login Access
In Keeper's Settings menu, you can set an Auto-Logout timer and choose whether to auto-approve devices from familiar IP addresses.
I like that Keeper retains a list of your login activity in the Account section of the app. If you see a logged in device that you don't recognize or an unfamiliar IP address, it's time to investigate who's accessing your password manager..
Security Audit
In the Keeper vault, you can view a Security Audit section, which rates your passwords from weak to strong and notes any reused passwords stored in your vault. This feature is similar to the password hygiene features in competing products like Dashlane and LogMeOnce.
I received a perfect security score when I started my Keeper evaluation, which filled my inner overachiever's heart with warm satisfaction, but my joy was short-lived. In 2025, Keeper's vault security audit gave my vault an 87% score and identified ways to improve my credential security, so what changed?
The 2026 test vault didn't include a reused password, so I remedied this when creating new credentials to test Keeper. After the new (old) password hit my vault, Keeper lowered my score to 93%, which is still a bit high. My shortest passwords are also ones associated with massive data breaches, so they typically trigger alerts with other password managers' auditing systems. I did not pay for the BreachWatch add-on during this evaluation period, so perhaps that is why the score was a bit different this time.
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BreachWatch
As mentioned, Keeper's data breach monitoring is available as a paid add-on, starting at $24.99 annually. 1Password, Dashlane, NordPass, and Proton Pass offer a similar data breach report scanning feature that's included with a paid subscription.
Hands On With Keeper
I tested Keeper's password management apps in Chrome on an iPhone.
Credential Capture and Replay
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Like most password managers, Keeper captures passwords while you log in to secure sites. To start, log in as usual and then accept Keeper's prompt to save those credentials. Alternatively, you can click the Keeper icons in every username and password field to create a new login. Keeper opens a new window to generate passwords, which slows down the creation process.
When entering existing credentials into my vault, I found that Keeper's browser extension was inconsistent. On some websites, my credentials were automatically entered into the forms, without any prompting from me. Other times, I needed to click on the Keeper logo within the credential form field to prompt Keeper to fill in or create new credentials.
I'll get into this further in the form-filling section, but Keeper's browser extension didn't always load identification data into fillable web forms, which was disappointing. If you have trouble entering credentials in Keeper, right-click the field, scroll down to Keeper, then select the correct credential to enter. While I like that there are several ways to successfully fill in this data without copying and pasting, the autofill experience was still somewhat clunky. I did not encounter similar issues when using the iOS app to fill in passwords and personal information.
Password Generator
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Keeper's password generator creates a new password or passphrase whenever you create a new record. If you log in with an existing password, you simply overwrite the generated one. By default, it generates 20-character passwords that include all character types (letters, numbers, and symbols) and meet our password recommendations.
Storage and Form Filling
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)You can attach a file or photo to any password entry in Keeper or create an entry to hold the attachment. With a free account, you can store five such attachments. If you want more storage space, you'll need to pay an additional $12.49 per year for an additional 10GB of secure online storage, $49.99 for 50GB, or $99.99 per year for 100 GB.
Notably, Keeper retains every version of every credential entry. You can scroll back through every password you've used for a given site and even restore an old version.
Keeper can also store and use personal data and credit card information to fill out web forms, but, as mentioned earlier in the review, this feature was a little inconsistent during the evaluation period. On some websites, Keeper's browser extension needed my permission to fill in information in form fields. On others, the information was populated in the fields automatically.
Keeper doesn't let you create multiple identities. Instead, you can only create a single identity, but you can save information in several different kinds of templates to fill in online forms.
Sharing and Emergency Access
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)Keeper makes it very easy to securely share passwords with others, which is helpful when you share an online account with family members or close friends. Two ways to share your passwords are via email access or Keeper's One-Time Share feature. If you click the Share button in a password entry in your Keeper vault, you can enter the email addresses of the people you want to grant access to the credential. You can also determine whether others can edit, share, edit and share, or simply view the credential. You can also transfer ownership of the credential to someone else.
Keeper's One-Time Share feature cuts out the middleman, letting you generate links to credentials and deliver them via Airdrop, email, QR codes, or SMS. Access to the link is restricted to the recipient's device, and you can set the link's expiration. Even if a stranger gets hold of the link, they can't access it because they don't have the original recipient's device.
You can create a shared folder if you want to share multiple passwords with other people. You can also limit the extent to which others can control your credentials. To start, decide whether each person can add or remove others' access. You also control whether other users can edit or share each record. A small icon distinguishes shared folders from others.
In the event of death or incapacitation, you may want to grant another person emergency access to your credentials. To access these settings, go to Account and tap Emergency Access. From there, you can enter the email addresses of up to five trusted individuals with a Keeper account. For each entry, you set a timeout period from zero to three months. If one of your appointees requests access while you're still alive, you get a notification and an opportunity to revoke their access.
Mobile Apps
(Credit: Keeper/PCMag)I used Keeper's app on an iPhone. The company also offers an Android app.
Installing and logging into the app went off without a hitch, and after enabling autofill in the app's settings menu, I was able to enter my existing passwords and create new ones without any trouble. Keeper for iOS is particularly well-integrated with iOS 26. Instead of waiting for a pop-up screen from the app each time you want to fill in a password, the app triggers an iOS half-screen pop-over alert when it encounters a login screen, saving you a tap or two.
Like many other modern password management apps, Keeper's mobile offerings double as authenticator apps and can generate TOTP codes. One easy way to access these codes is on your smartwatch. Keeper has apps for wearable devices running watchOS and Wear OS. The app for Wear OS devices lets you access your passwords and TOTP codes.
Other password managers are starting to offer support for wearables, too. For example, 1Password has an app for watchOS, Dashlane has apps for watchOS and Wear OS, and LastPass has apps for watchOS and Wear OS.
Business Plans
Keeper's Business Starter plan costs $24 annually per employee and supports up to 10 employee accounts, making it a good option for small business owners. Larger organizations should consider Keeper's Business plan, which costs $45 annually per employee and adds administration rights-sharing options.
Corporate information security administrators are the target audience for the Enterprise version of Keeper, which is $60 per employee, per year, and, in addition to the Business password management features, adds SCIM and command line provisioning, admin sharing tools, Active Directory and LDAP syncing, authentication via Duo or RSA security keys, SSO authentication, and developer APIs. Keeper's solution for security administrators is the Privileged Access Manager, and it costs $1020 annually per user. This product includes all Enterprise-tier features, adds access to Keeper AI, generates compliance reports and alerts, and includes SIEM integration.
All of Keeper's features from the Personal and Family tiers carry over to the Business plan, including the Security Audit scoring system. Keeper's Business tiers include an encrypted password vault for every team member, allowing them to share passwords and other information with coworkers. The business versions of Bitwarden and Dashlane also offer these features.
Keeper's Secrets Manager is a cloud-based service for securing your company's most sensitive data, including API keys, certificates, and other confidential information. You'll need to contact Keeper Security for a quote.
Other add-on services include the Connection Manager, which offers remote desktop access for employees protected by zero-trust security, and KeeperChat, a secure messaging app.
The BreachWatch paid add-on service is also available to business users; it searches the dark web for passwords used by anyone in the company and prompts users to change any compromised ones. Additionally, administrators can email users who disregard these requests and ask them to update their passwords.
To further encourage excellent password-keeping habits, Keeper offers a free Family account to all employees enrolled under a business account. If an employee leaves the company, they can keep their Family plan with all their passwords, and the plan reverts to a 30-day free trial.
Customer Support
Keeper personal account customers can request assistance by filling out this contact form and waiting for an email reply. Business account holders can log into Keeper's support portal to request assistance.
Is Deleting Your Keeper Account Easy?
Searching Keeper's support website didn't offer any solutions for deleting my account, so I turned to the modern-day search option: Reddit. There, I found that I was not alone in my frustrations. Last year, a Keeper employee replied to a thread in the r/KeeperSecurity subreddit and explained how the deletion process works.
(Credit: Reddit)Following the steps outlined in the screenshot above, I was able to delete my account in the iOS app. I could not delete my account using the web vault, which is unusual and not ideal. If you can't read the screenshot, the steps are as follows: in one of Keeper's mobile apps, go to Account > Help > Delete Account to delete your Keeper account.
This is not a straightforward process like the one I experienced when testing Bitwarden, NordPass, or Proton Pass. NordPass even lets you request a subscription refund on the company's support page.
Final Thoughts
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Keeper Password Manager & Digital Vault
Keeper is a good-looking password manager with helpful sharing options, but you'll need to pay extra for premium features found in other apps.