Passwords stored in the cloud?
Sorry, - I could never recommend that.

Thanks for the user recommendation, Shawn Foreman.

This offer gives the commercial, multi-person version for 1 year, then reverts to the free personal version if you don't renew -- good deal! Most of us only need the personal version features anyway: check their website for features

Thanks for the offer, Zoho!

My password management system is secure and is almost impossible to breach... it's a paper notebook locked in a fire-proof safe.

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The above is the number of files on my system; if a hacker wishes to find my password it is somewhere in there possibly.
It I use a password manager the hacker knows where I keep my passwords.
If he wishes to steal my passwords he only needs to know the password used in my password manager.

If you wish to use a password manager because of the convenience then I think it is worth considering the above.

Having read the comments on this page I still think my previous comment, marked down very badly, is the way to go, never stored, never visible, and convenient.

Personally I would never store anything of value, especially passwords online no matter who they were. I store mine on an encrypted database stored on a very heavily encrypted NAS drive. As some of the others have commented there could be a time when the online service becomes unavailable, then where would you be. Not to mention the risk of data theft from the server ... Even banks who you think would hack proof are being attacked. So for those reasons I pass because I'm paranoid about these things, but thanks for for such a generous offer, it has to be the most expensive give away I've ever seen.

Zoho is a multi-national company based out of India with servers in the US, which you might see as an advantage or disadvantage depending on your circumstances, e.g. you can probably assume that the gov wherever your data is stored can get access to it, but other governments maybe not so much. [ forums[.]zoho[.]com/topic/where-are-zoho-servers-located ] [maybe related business-standard[.]com/article/technology/software-product-firm-zoho-faces-cyber-attack-blackmail-from-hackers-115110800214_1.html ]

Zoho does have multiple products/services, has been around for a while, and might be a viable alternative to other, more well known online password services. Now whether or not you choose to use an online service to store your passwords is up to you, depending on which pros & cons you feel are most important. Zoho has iOS & Android apps for example that would let you access your passwords from a mobile device -- something often difficult or impossible if your passwords are stored on your PC/laptop. play[.]google[.]com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoho.vault

Purely FWIW, there is no ideal way to manage passwords, using passwords is not the ideal way to manage security, & you can't rely 100% on the sites etc. where you use passwords to keep your data safe -- frankly companies & the gov employ people that do stupid s***, unfortunately sometimes including those who design their IT systems &/or policies & procedures. Sometimes you'll hear about it, e.g. the big Target breach, oftentimes you won't, e.g. when it involves banking data, or for example a recent US GAO report showed that one gov agency was breached far more often than others, with far more data theft than the others, but most of the info was buried in footnotes, & the agency was not named. [it doesn't hurt to enter your email addresses at haveibeenpwned[.]com ]

That was Not a rant -- its purpose was to point out that A) the security situation is pretty bad, B) there's a decent chance that no matter what you do, your private data will be stolen, & C) there are no completely, 100% reliable ways to protect yourself. Use multiple factor authentication when possible, Do Not Reuse passwords, Do Not Use stupid passwords [Google on "worst password list" or similar w/out quotes], but beyond that whatever you feel is convenient & *not too much effort* is probably OK. I emphasize the effort part because different people feel that they need to go further protecting their data than others.

Please bear in mind that if someone has compromised the copy of Windows you're using, is sitting between you & whatever site intercepting the flow of data [man-in-the--middle], has compromised the place where you're using the Windows device [e.g. capturing data between your wireless keyboard & the device], compromised the web site you're signing into etc., how you store the password(s) you entered is irrelevant, since it's just been stolen. If you store passwords in a protected file, & if your system has been compromised, as soon as you open that file, whomever compromised your system may have every password stored there.

No way would I use online password storage! An unknown company that I am supposed to trust even though I've never heard of them, with a probable non hack proof server (NONE are hack proof!!), that could be down for maintenance or just gone out of business at any time. Back ups and passwords should be kept locally on YOUR media. Period. The "cloud" is not secure and never can be! It gets hacked EVERY minute of every day. Thanks for the offer but- nah!

I have the best password management software....

my mind!

Before everyone has a knee-jerk reaction to the price, check out the link provided in the comment by gpc111:

https://www.zoho.com/vault/pricing.html

It shows that Personal use = free

Business use (with extra features) goes from "Standard" ($1/user/month = $12/year) on up to "Enterprise" ($7/user/month, minimum 5 users = $420/year).

I agree with him: their pricing seems very reasonable. A few years ago I started to use password managers like this (including Dashlane, LastPass, Sticky Password (a previous GOTD offer -- I bought a lifetime license), RoboForm, etc) and I've found they make your online life MUCH easier.

Just do your "due diligence", search for and read the professional publication reviews/tests/ratings before deciding to entrust your secrets to one of these companies. Here's a recent one:

PC Magazine: The Best Password Managers for 2016, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407168,00.asp

Meanwhile, you can go ahead and install today's offer, while available, in case it turns out to be a great solution for you after you've had time to read up on it.

Is this the most expensive giveaway i have seen since 2010 ?

" Zoho Vault is an online password management software that lets individuals and businesses securely store, share and manage passwords and other sensitive data and access them from anywhere. "

First, who shares passwords?
Second, passwords online for anyone to hack into is a no, no for me.
Third, businesses do not share passwords, how would you know who made a security breech and destroyed the d-base.

I'm with the other folks in that I'm principally opposed to services that store my passwords on someone else's hard drive.

http://keepass.info - local installation, free/open source, does integration very well.
http://teampass.net - self-hosted, browser based password repository.

Zoho products are great, but I would like them much better if they could be locally installed.

I have used Sticky Password for years. NEVER any problems. It can be cloud based or local, or both. Stores, passwords, forms, identities.

Don't think i'll put all my passwords in a 3rd party company. For me, a simple ms-word file with password protection is enough, so all i have to remember is one password

Been testing an interesting password system; the passwords are never stored and never needs to be remembered as they are created on-the-fly.

All the user does in the case of the web sides is to copy the URL to the clipboard; the program creates a unique password for that site and user, it can then be pasted where required.

Its real power is because it creates very long passwords, the most important aspect of a password, seems to be working well even in beta state, as yet no idea when it will be available.

I use RoboForm for about 10 years, never loss any password in these years.

$420 for a password saver that saves to the cloud where you have zero control, seriously? Sorry, no. Absolutely not worth the price tag. The author honestly needs to relook that the market and rethink the price.

For those interested, here are two options:
Password Safe (https://pwsafe.org/) - Offline Password management, for those who do not want to save to the web; you have control of your passwords. Saves Passwords in a password protected database on your computer or connected drive. Portable version available. Works with a a lot of programs, not just your browser (auto fill). Freeware.

LastPass (https://lastpass.com/) - Online Password management offering the basically same thing as Zoho Vault, works with all mainstream browsers and most mobile devices. Passwords are not saved to your computer and not available if you have no internet connection, and you are at the mercy of Lastpass, just like you would be with Zoho Vault. Free and paid versions available.

Very nice program. Looks very easy to use with all required controls.
Finally for personal use, after 1 year, it is free. It is not like other password managers where after 1 year, we cant access the data

Seems reasonable, but I'll stick with LastPass.

well Im sure its a great service but too much effort for something I already have for free with Blur by albine.com ->https://www.abine.com/index.html

Thanks but I'll pass on this

If you are interested in this offer, here is the pricing guide after the first year is over...

https://www.zoho.com/vault/pricing.html

Seems pretty reasonable. Thank you GOTD team and Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd.