What is Dashlane?
Dashlane is a password manager that keeps credentials and passkeys in an encrypted vault and syncs them through Dashlane's own service, so the same data is available wherever the account is signed in. The company has narrowed its lineup: Dashlane states that it no longer offers or sells Dashlane Free, Premium Plus, Premium Plus Family, Essentials or Advanced, and that it no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan. Two plans remain, both billed annually — Premium for one member and Friends & Family for up to ten. Both include unlimited stored passwords and passkeys, unlimited devices, unlimited secure sharing, a password generator, dark web monitoring, AI-powered scam protection, real-time phishing alerts, two-factor authentication for the account and for stored logins, and Secure Notes with 1 GB of encrypted file storage. It suits people who want a managed, hosted password manager rather than one that keeps the vault in a file they own.
Verified product facts
- Type
- password managerEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- SubscriptionDeveloper-stated
- Price
- USD 5.42(US App Store)Developer-stated
- Developer
- DashlaneDeveloper-stated
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Current version
- 6.2639.0Developer-stated
- Official website
- www.dashlane.com/
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What Dashlane does at a glance.
Stores an unlimited number of passwords and passkeys
Autofills logins
Across apps and browsers
Unlimited devices
On one account
Unlimited secure sharing
Password generator
Dark web monitoring
AI-powered scam protection
Real-time phishing alerts
Two-factor authentication
For the Dashlane account and for stored logins
Secure Notes
With 1 GB of encrypted file storage
Password history
Account recovery options
Passwordless login, currently offered to new users only
U.S.-patented security architecture
VPN
For Wi-Fi protection on Premium and on the Friends & Family manager account
Friends & Family dashboard
For managing up to ten members
What you can use Dashlane for
- Keeping one set of credentials in sync across a Mac, a phone and a browser
- Sharing logins with a household or a small group
- Being alerted when a stored credential turns up in a breach
- Storing passkeys alongside passwords
- Keeping encrypted notes and files next to the credentials they relate to
Who is Dashlane for?
- People who want a hosted password manager that syncs without them configuring cloud storage
- Households and small groups of up to ten people who want one subscription
- Anyone who wants breach monitoring and phishing alerts built into the manager
Who is Dashlane not for?
- Anyone looking for a free password manager, since Dashlane states the Free plan has been discontinued
- People who want to keep the vault in a file they own and sync themselves, because Dashlane syncs through its own service
- Anyone who wants to pay monthly, since Dashlane states it no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan
Limitations
- Dashlane states that it has discontinued its free plan and no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan
- The plan comparison that carries the detail lives in Dashlane's support documentation; the pricing page Nuanyue fetched served the business plans rather than the personal ones
- The minimum macOS version is not recorded here, because the value reported by the Mac App Store listing does not correspond to a published macOS release
- VPN for Wi-Fi protection is not available to people invited onto someone else's Friends & Family plan
Strengths and trade-offs
What Dashlane does well, and what to weigh before choosing it. Points marked developer-stated come from the developer’s own material and have not been independently confirmed.
Strengths
- Both remaining plans include unlimited stored passwords and passkeys and unlimited devices.Developer-stated
- Secure sharing is unlimited on both plans.Developer-stated
- Dark web monitoring is included rather than sold as an add-on.Developer-stated
- AI-powered scam protection and real-time phishing alerts are part of both plans.Developer-stated
- Secure Notes include 1 GB of encrypted file storage.Developer-stated
- Two-factor authentication is available both for the Dashlane account and for the logins stored in it.Developer-stated
- Passwordless login is offered, currently to new users only.Developer-stated
- Friends & Family covers up to ten members and includes a dashboard for managing them.Developer-stated
- Available from the Mac App Store as well as as a direct download from Dashlane.
Trade-offs
- There is no free plan: Dashlane states it no longer offers or sells Dashlane Free.
- There is no monthly billing: Dashlane states it no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan.
- VPN for Wi-Fi protection is not available to members invited to someone else's Friends & Family plan, only to the plan manager.
- The application is closed source, so its implementation cannot be inspected.
First-use experience
What the app asks of you when you set it up. Only established facts appear here; anything we could not confirm is left out rather than guessed at.
- Installation
- Available from the Mac App Store and as a direct download from Dashlane. Dashlane also offers a 14-day trial of selected Premium features.
- First launch Derived
- The application is tied to a Dashlane account, so first use means creating one and setting a master password before there is a vault to fill.
- System integration Developer-stated
- Runs as a Mac application and as browser extensions, with autofill across websites and apps and an optional VPN for Wi-Fi protection.
What it is
Dashlane is a hosted password manager. Credentials and passkeys go into an encrypted vault that Dashlane syncs across devices, so the same data is available on a Mac, a phone and a browser extension without the customer configuring anything. Its pricing page puts the promise simply: access your synced data anywhere.
The plan comparison that carries the detail is in Dashlane’s support documentation rather than on the marketing site, which is worth knowing because the pricing page Nuanyue fetched served the business plans instead. That documentation is also where the company records its most consequential change.
What changed in the plans
Dashlane states that it no longer offers or sells Dashlane Free, Premium Plus, Premium Plus Family, Essentials or Advanced, and that it no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan. The company describes the move as simplifying its plans to focus on features shared by all customers, and notes that depending on where a plan was purchased it may still be possible to keep renewing an existing annual subscription.
Two plans remained when Nuanyue checked. Premium was listed at $5.42 per month billed annually, and Friends & Family at $8.13 per month for ten members billed annually, with the plan manager holding a Premium account and the members getting everything except the VPN. Both plans include unlimited stored passwords and passkeys, unlimited devices, unlimited secure sharing, a password generator, dark web monitoring, AI-powered scam protection, real-time phishing alerts, two-factor authentication for the account and for stored logins, and Secure Notes with 1 GB of encrypted file storage.
The details worth noticing
Three things in the comparison are easy to miss. The first is that passwordless login is currently offered to new users only. The second is that the VPN for Wi-Fi protection, which runs on Hotspot Shield, is available to Premium subscribers and to the manager of a Friends & Family plan but not to members invited onto someone else’s plan. The third is that the account’s own security architecture is described by Dashlane as U.S.-patented, which is a marketing claim rather than something a reader can verify.
The application is closed source, so none of this can be checked in the code. The minimum macOS version is not recorded here either: the value reported by the Mac App Store listing does not correspond to a published macOS release, so it was left out rather than guessed at.
Questions about Dashlane
Does Dashlane still have a free plan?
No. Dashlane's own support documentation states that it no longer offers or sells Dashlane Free, Premium Plus, Premium Plus Family, Essentials or Advanced. The company describes this as simplifying its plans to focus on features shared by all customers.
How much does Dashlane cost?
Two plans remained when Nuanyue checked, both billed annually: Premium at $5.42 per month billed annually, and Friends & Family at $8.13 per month for ten members billed annually. Both include unlimited passwords and unlimited devices.
Is there a monthly Dashlane plan?
No. Dashlane states that it no longer offers monthly subscriptions for any plan. Depending on where a plan was purchased, it may still be possible to keep renewing an existing annual subscription.
Where does Dashlane keep my data?
Dashlane syncs credentials across devices so the same vault is available anywhere the account is signed in, rather than asking the customer to supply cloud storage of their own. That is the opposite of the model used by Enpass, which stores its vault in the customer's own cloud account or offline.Developer-stated
Is Dashlane on the Mac App Store?
Yes. Dashlane Password Manager is listed for macOS on the Mac App Store at no charge, with access to the vault requiring a Dashlane subscription.
Alternatives to Dashlane
Apps that could replace this one — the same job, a different trade-off.
Enpass
Password manager that keeps your vault in your own cloud storage.
Both are cross-platform password managers, but Dashlane syncs through its own hosted service while Enpass stores the vault in the customer's own cloud account or offline.
KeePassXC
Offline, GPL-licensed password manager with a local encrypted database.
Both store credentials in an encrypted vault, but Dashlane is a hosted subscription service while KeePassXC keeps the vault in a local file the user owns and syncs themselves.
Competitors
Direct competitors: overlapping features aimed at the same users.
1Password
Encrypted password and passkey vault with autofill and breach monitoring.
Both are hosted subscription password managers with passkey support and breach monitoring, competing for the same customers on price and on the features bundled into each plan.
Links
Sources
Facts on this page are checked against the sources below. Last updated .
- Dashlane on the Mac App StoreGrade A
- Dashlane — official websiteGrade B
- Dashlane — developer websiteGrade B
- Dashlane — documentationGrade C
