Proton Pass: vault, aliases and the free plan
Proton Pass password manager: encrypted vault, hide-my-email aliases and the free plan. What is included, and what you still need to check.
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What to expect
Proton Pass is Proton’s password manager. The site describes end-to-end encryption, browser, mobile and desktop apps, and a free plan with unlimited logins, notes and cards. Ten hide-my-email aliases are listed on that plan. Sharing and the built-in authenticator are described on the paid plans.
The vault and the inbox that receives reset links
A password manager does not replace the address that receives resets. Before you move logins into it, note which accounts depend on your current email. Proton Pass can store the credentials. It does not move that inbox by itself.
Proton says passwords, passkeys and cards are protected by end-to-end encryption, and that Proton cannot read those items unless you share them. That is a property of the vault, not a promise about the sites you sign in to afterwards.
Read the free plan before the paid one
The Proton Pass page describes, for the free plan, unlimited logins, notes and cards, unlimited devices, a generator, import, passkeys and ten hide-my-email aliases. Extra aliases, the built-in authenticator, vault sharing, dark-web monitoring and emergency access are listed under Pass Plus.
Those limits can change. Read the page when you choose, and note the price charged after any introductory period. A discount percentage is not the amount you will pay at renewal.
Open source does not remove the account
Proton presents Pass as open source on its comparison page. That allows public review of the code. It does not remove the Proton account, or the need to keep the account password and recovery methods.
SecuFocus did not measure autofill on your sites. Import a few entries, check two sign-ins, and only then move the rest of the keyring.
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