Dashlane
The all-in-one password manager that bundles a VPN, dark-web monitoring, and AI phishing protection.
About
Dashlane is a proprietary password manager known for a polished, beginner-friendly interface and for bundling more than passwords. Every paid plan includes a built-in VPN, dark-web monitoring, phishing alerts, secure notes, a digital wallet, passkeys, and an automatic password changer for supported sites. Encryption is AES-256 with a zero-knowledge architecture, and reviewers note a patented account-recovery design.
Important: Dashlane retired its free plan on September 16, 2025, so new users must pay. Premium is $4.99 per month billed annually, Friends and Family is $7.49 per month for up to ten users, Password Management is $8 per user per month for businesses with SSO, SCIM, and SIEM integration, and Omnix is $11 per user per month for enterprises with AI-driven credential risk detection and phishing protection. Reviewers consistently rank it among the priciest options and note there is no standalone desktop app on Windows or Linux; the desktop experience runs through the browser extension and web app.
What it can do
- AES-256 zero-knowledge encrypted vault
- Built-in VPN on all paid plans
- Dark-web monitoring and phishing alerts
- Passkey storage and passwordless login
- Automatic password changer for supported sites
- Friends and Family plan covering up to 10 users
- Omnix AI credential risk detection for enterprises
- SSO, SCIM, SIEM integration, and admin policies (business)
Setup
Start a free trial at dashlane.com, install the Smart Extension in your browser and the mobile apps, and import passwords from your browser or another manager. Admins invite the team through the admin console; the web app is the primary desktop surface.
Prerequisites
A paid subscription (no free plan since September 2025); a supported browser for the desktop experience.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 2026 reviews confirm the September 2025 free-plan retirement, the $4.99 Premium / $7.49 Family / $8 business / $11 Omnix pricing, the bundled VPN, dark-web monitoring, and Omnix AI features; TechRadar's 2026 roundup corroborates the AES-256 zero-knowledge design. Strengths: best bundle value if you want a VPN plus a manager, strongest dark-web monitoring story, genuinely easy onboarding. Docked for: (1) no free tier anymore, and it is the priciest personal option; (2) closed source with no self-hosting; (3) no native desktop app on Windows/Linux. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 3.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Free plan retired Sept 16, 2025 (multiple 2026 reviews); Premium $4.99/mo; Friends & Family $7.49/mo (10 users); Password Management $8/user/mo; Omnix $11/user/mo
- · Bundled VPN, dark-web monitoring, phishing alerts, Omnix AI credential-risk detection confirmed; AES-256 zero-knowledge; SOC 2 Type II
- · No standalone desktop app on Windows/Linux (browser extension + web app); closed source, no self-hosting
Sources
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