> I wanted to like Bitwarden, due to its “open source” nature. But 1Password is really miles ahead, and it's a little ironic, as 1Password 8 went through a major refactoring to a Node-enabled UI, which many people disliked, and it's still miles and miles ahead.
Exactly my experience. When 1Password announced the shift to a crummy Electron app, I evaluated all of the major password managers, plus some less major ones, such as Strongbox. Even with the UX degradation of 1PW 8, it's still clearly superior to the others, to the point it's really not a contest.
I stuck with V7 until just a few weeks ago, when other circumstances necessitated an "upgrade". I once again evaluated the others, including Bitwarden, to see if they were "good enough". Bitwarden's UX hasn't improved as far as I can tell; more importantly, it refused to import my secrets because I had a secure note that was too big for it. Not "refused to import that note"; refused to import anything—there's no skip option. I had to do a bunch of manual nonsense, which still left me in an incomplete state because I both need that note and want it in my vault (splitting it into multiple notes is an option but also an ugly kludge).
Exactly my experience. When 1Password announced the shift to a crummy Electron app, I evaluated all of the major password managers, plus some less major ones, such as Strongbox. Even with the UX degradation of 1PW 8, it's still clearly superior to the others, to the point it's really not a contest.
I stuck with V7 until just a few weeks ago, when other circumstances necessitated an "upgrade". I once again evaluated the others, including Bitwarden, to see if they were "good enough". Bitwarden's UX hasn't improved as far as I can tell; more importantly, it refused to import my secrets because I had a secure note that was too big for it. Not "refused to import that note"; refused to import anything—there's no skip option. I had to do a bunch of manual nonsense, which still left me in an incomplete state because I both need that note and want it in my vault (splitting it into multiple notes is an option but also an ugly kludge).