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Proton Pass: the vault, the aliases, and what the free plan leaves out

Proton says it cannot read the vault. The free plan covers logins and ten aliases. The button to Proton is an affiliate link.

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Illustration of a closed vault, not a Proton Pass screenshot.

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At a glance

Key points

Proton Pass is Proton’s password manager. The product page describes end-to-end encryption, passkeys and ten aliases on the free plan. The authenticator, sharing and monitoring are described on the paid plans. We did not test the app. The link to the offer is an affiliate link.

Who publishes the vault

Proton Pass is Proton’s password manager, next to mail, VPN and storage. The partner guide read on 7 October 2026 presents it as an open-source vault for storing, sharing and managing access, and for limiting exposure of the usual address.

The same reading places Proton in Switzerland, founded in 2014, and says the code is open and that apps have been audited. It does not name, for Pass, the firm, the date or the scope. We did not read a report.

References[1] Proton Pass product page

What Proton puts forward

These are the publisher’s and the partner guide’s descriptions, not a test on our side.

  • Proton writes that passwords, passkeys and cards are end-to-end encrypted, and that it cannot read them unless you share them.
  • The free plan described includes unlimited logins, notes and cards, unlimited devices, a generator, import, passkeys and ten hide-my-email aliases.
  • The partner guide also describes sharing one item by a time-limited link, encrypted file attachments, item templates, and apps for phone, computer and browser.
  • The built-in authenticator, vault sharing, dark-web monitoring and emergency access are listed on the paid plans on the page read on 2 October 2026. Proton Sentinel is presented as a Plus-plan programme.
References[1] Proton Pass product page

What holds it back

These points stay true even though the link is an affiliate link.

  • Ten aliases on the free plan, not an unlimited number. Extra aliases are in Pass Plus, according to the page we read.
  • The price after the introductory period is on the site. We do not copy it. The offer banner seen on 7 October showed masked amounts, not a price we could check.
  • Open source does not remove the Proton account, the account password or recovery.
  • The vault does not make a website safe if that website has been compromised. We did not measure autofill.
References[1] Proton Pass product page

The affiliate link

The button below is a Proton affiliate link, the programme link, not a disguised address. If you subscribe through it, Proton may pay us a commission. That does not change the limits written here, and this is not a ranking.

References[1] Proton Pass product page

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