How LastPass works
Access and Protect Your Passwords on the Go
It’s simple. You remember your vault password. LastPass remembers the rest.
Free trial for all plans available. No credit card required.
Get to know the basics of LastPass
1. Create your secure, encrypted vault
LastPass creates an encrypted vault for you to store your login credentials in. Your vault is decrypted by your Master Password, which only you know.
2. Save and autofill with one touch
When you create or update credentials, LastPass saves them to your encrypted vault. The next time you go to log in, LastPass will autofill them for you.
3. Generate strong passwords
The built-in LastPass password generator creates random, unique passwords for you whenever you need to change or update an old one or create a new one.
Go beyond the basics and strengthen your security
4. Monitor your accounts’ digital health
Control your security habits – evaluate password health, monitor accounts for breaches, enable multifactor authentication – all from the LastPass security dashboard.
5. Synchronize passwords across devices
When a password is saved or updated on one of your devices, it is synchronized across all of them. You’re never limited to using a specific browser or device.
6. Securely share passwords
LastPass allows you to securely share passwords, files, and sensitive documents while maintaining control over your data, who has access, and what data they have access to.
Manage every password in your business, too
Data breaches are expensive. Take control of your organization’s password and security habits. The LastPass Business password manager helps you increase employee and admin cybersecurity practices at work and at home.
Designed to prioritize privacy and security
Your data is for your eyes only
Your data is kept secret, even from us. Your passwords, secure notes, and security reports are never visible to anyone but you.
Encryption experts trust
LastPass protects your data by using AES-256 data encryption for vaults and SSO plus PBKDF2 hashing with SHA-256 salting for authentication.
Inaccessible to everyone but you
Your Master Password is the only key that unlocks your password vault. You can even add more authentication methods to further protect your vault and data.
LastPass works across all devices
Choose a plan that works for you
Premium
Multi-device password management and sharing for 1 person.
- Unlimited passwords
- Access on all devices
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One-to-many sharing
One-to-many sharing
Share passwords and log-in credentials with LastPass users you trust for convenient, safe account access.
- Password generator
- Save and autofill
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Dark web monitoring
Dark web monitoring
24/7 monitoring of your accounts against a database of compromised credentials and receive immediate alerts if a t is identified.
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Security dashboard
Security dashboard
Assess your account’s password security score and monitor accounts for data breaches all from your security dashboard.
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1GB encrypted file storage
1GB encrypted file storage
Upgrade you secure notes storage from 50 MB (Free plan) to 1 GB. Digitally backup critical documents you want to keep safe: passport, credit cards, insurance cards, tax documents, etc.
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Passwordless vault login
Passwordless vault login
Log in to your vault without your master password via biometrics, any FIDO2-certified authenticator, or the LastPass Authenticator app. LastPass Free plan users can only use the LastPass Authenticator app for passwordless vault access.
- Multifactor authentication
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Emergency access
Emergency access
Grant one-time access to your vault to another LastPass user in the event of an emergency or crisis.
- Personal support
Families
6 Premium licenses for families and friends to share passwords.
- Includes all Premium features
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6 Premium accounts
6 Premium accounts
Manage up to 6 family members: monitor account security, grant and control membership, and organize shared credentials.
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Family manager dashboard to manage users and security
Family manager dashboard to manage users and security
Every Families member gets an independent, encrypted password vault, that no one – not even a family admin – can access. Vaults include all LastPass Premium features.
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Group and share items in folders
Group and share items in folders
Share as many account details and items with fellow LastPass users in convenient folders, ensuring access is authorized and safe.
Teams
For single teams just getting started with password management.
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Password vault for every user
Password vault for every user
Each Teams user gets an individual, encrypted vault with key Premium plan features.
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Admin console to manage users
Admin console to manage users
Simple, unified control over your company's security, data breaches, accounts and policies from a single command center.
- Team security dashboard
- 25 security policies
- Multifactor authentication
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Shared folders
Shared folders
Share as many account details and items with fellow LastPass users in convenient folders, ensuring access is authorized and safe.
- Best for small businesses
- No single sign-on (SSO)
- No directory integrations
- No advanced reporting
Business
Designed for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to enterprises.
- Includes all Teams features
- Unlimited amount of users
- 100+ security policies
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LastPass Families for employees
LastPass Families for employees
Enable employees and their families to live and work from anywhere with LastPass Families. Your employees will be granted a personal LastPass account plus 5 additional licenses to share with family or friends.
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Group user management
Group user management
Import or create groups to organize users, optimize shared folders, and set user-specific policies.
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Directory integrations
Directory integrations
Automate employee onboarding and offboarding through integrations to user directories like Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, Google Workspace, OneLogin, and Okta.
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Advanced reporting
Advanced reporting
Receive automated, detailed reports on user activity, policies, security, SSO apps, and SAML events, or integrate them into your systems with SIEM.
- Library of pre-integrated SSO apps
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Advanced SSO and MFA add-ons available
Advanced SSO and MFA add-ons available
Within Business plan you get 3 Single Sign-on (SSO) apps with Multifactor protection (MFA). Get unlimited number of apps and policies with “Advanced SSO” add-on, and extend passwordless authentication with “Advanced MFA” add-on.
*Monthly price is billed annually. This limited time discount offer expires on March 31, 2025. Advertised price valid for new users on their first year of LastPass Premium, Families, or Business. Price not valid for renewals or existing customers and cannot be used for other LastPass plans, products, or services.
Not ready to try or buy a paid plan? Try our Free plan instead, you can always switch to Premium later.
Contact Sales to learn about Site License packages. A Site License offers a LastPass account for all your employees at a flat fee versus a seat-based rate, which allows you to scale LastPass use as your company grows – without any added cost.
*Applicable taxes will be applied at checkout.
Frequently asked questions
LastPass is a password management tool that allows users to store, secure, and autofill their passwords. With LastPass, you only need to remember one password, your Master Password, which is the key to the rest of your login credentials – stored in a personal, encrypted password vault.
LastPass goes beyond just password storage, though. It can generate strong passwords for you, monitor and assess your password behavior, provide multifactor authentication options, and automatically synchronize passwords across all modern browsers and mobile operating systems.
LastPass offers a free trial for all of our paid plans. Trials include all the features of the plan; moreover, there is no payment required when signing up for your trial, so you can begin saving, storing, and sharing passwords without having to take out your credit card.
Trials for personal and business plans differ in length:
- LastPass Premium and Families trials last 30 days.
- LastPass Teams and Business trials last 14 days, and they include 10 licenses to allocate to other users.
At the end of the trial, you will be asked whether you’d like to pay to continue using the premium plan. If you choose not to, your account will convert to a LastPass Free plan. You will not lose any of your stored data or passwords; you will just not be able to use any of LastPass’ premium features.
- Create a LastPass account. You need to decide whether you are using LastPass to protect yourself, your family, or your business. Just choose the right option on the pricing page, click "Start a trial," and this will create your account.
- When creating your account, you must create a Master Password, the only passkey which decrypts your vault and allows access to your personal, family, or business admin console. Make sure it's complex yet memorable to you.
- Install and log in to LastPass on the browser/device of your choice. LastPass has extensions for all popular browsers and supports Android/iOS devices and desktop apps.
- Import your existing passwords from other password managers or files into your encrypted vault.
- Next time you have to fill out a form or input your credentials, LastPass will autofill them for you. For new accounts, LastPass will automatically propose a strong, unique password to keep your account safe.
- For more information on generating strong passwords, sharing passwords with fellow LastPass users, setting up multifactor authentication, and getting started with LastPass, please check our Support Center.
Your device encrypts and hashes your passwords locally using your email and Master Password. This encrypted and hashed data is sent to LastPass servers (it is never stored in its plaintext form).
The next time you log in to your LastPass vault using your Master Password (your decryption key), LastPass returns all your encrypted passwords, which are automatically decrypted locally on your device.
LastPass is built on a zero-knowledge encryption method, which ensures you are the only person who knows your Master Password – the key used to decrypt your password vault. Because of this, it is never stored on our servers, so only you will ever know your plaintext Master Password.
To break it down in more detail: LastPass uses 256-bit AES encryption/decryption and PBKDF2 derivation function with a secure hash (SHA256), with salting, to transform your Master Password into an encryption key. This key is then converted into an authentication hash.
The authentication hash then authenticates your identity by making sure the plaintext Master Password input while logging in to your vault matches the derived authentication hash stored on our server. By going through these encryption and hashing methods, your Master Password and sensitive vault data remain unknown to anyone but you.