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
Try it for free, no credit card required.
Premium
- Save unlimited passwords
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Access on all devices
Access on all devices
LastPass has two accessible device types: computer (all browsers running on desktops and laptops) or mobile (mobile phones, smart watches, and tablets).
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One-to-many sharing
One-to-many sharing
Avoid risky practices like sharing by text or email by safely sharing passwords with other LastPass users for convenient, secure access to accounts.
- Password generator
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Save and autofill
Save and autofill
Automatically save and autofill your passwords and forms, so you never have to type and remember them.
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Dark web monitoring
Dark web monitoring
Remain proactive by receiving instant alerts if any of your accounts are found in a data breach with 24/7 monitoring against a database of compromised credentials.
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Security dashboard
Security dashboard
Assess your password security score and monitor accounts for data breaches from your security dashboard to stay proactive about account protection.
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1 GB encrypted file storage
1 GB 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
Seamlessly 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.
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Multifactor authentication
Multifactor authentication
Improve security beyond basic MFA using standalone fingerprint scanners, card readers, and hardware keys like YubiKey.
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Emergency access
Emergency access
Grant one-time emergency access to your vault for trusted contacts to ensure critical information remains available in times of need.
- Personal support
Families
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6 Premium accounts for yourself and your parents, kids, roommates, friends, and whoever else you call family
6 Premium accounts for yourself and your parents, kids, roommates, friends, and whoever else you call family
Give each “Families” plan member an independent, encrypted password vault to safely store passwords, that no one – not even a family admin – can access.
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Family manager dashboard to add and remove members
Family manager dashboard to add and remove members
Manage up to 6 family members: grant and control membership, grant manager rights, and organize shared credentials.
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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 to ensure access is authorized and safe.
Teams
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Password vault for every user
Password vault for every user
Users receive an individual, encrypted vault with key Premium plan features to safely store, generate, and share passwords.
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Admin console to manage users
Admin console to manage users
Easily manage your company’s password health, accounts, shared folders, and policies from a unified command center.
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Shared folders
Shared folders
Share passwords and data in organized folders while controlling access through customizable permissions to ensure team members have the appropriate level of access and enhance collaboration and security.
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25 security policies
25 security policies
Configure policies around security levels and password strength to ensure optimal protection.
- Multifactor authentication
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Team security dashboard
Team security dashboard
Get insights into your team’s password health, usage, and activity to identify risks and improve security.
- Basic reporting
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Dark web monitoring
Dark web monitoring
Prevent the risk of a compromised credentials with with 24/7 individual vault monitoring against a database of compromised credentials.
- No single sign-on (SSO)
- No directory integrations
- No advanced reporting
Business
- Unlimited amount of users
- 100+ security policies
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LastPass Families for employees
LastPass Families for employees
Extend the convenience and protection of LastPass to your employees' families to reduce the risk of compromised personal accounts affecting workplace security. Each employee gets a personal LastPass account plus 5 licenses to share with family and friends.
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Group user management
Group user management
Import or create groups to efficiently organize employees, optimize shared credentials, and establish group-specific policies, ensuring tailored security and access for every team.
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Directory integrations
Directory integrations
Automate employee onboarding and offboarding by integrating LastPass with user directories like Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, OneLogin, and Okta.
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Federated login
Federated login
Streamline login processes while maintaining security by allowing employees to access their LastPass accounts using existing credentials from your current identity provider (IdP).
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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 to maintain compliance and security integrity.
- Library of pre-integrated SSO apps
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Advanced SSO and MFA add-ons available
Advanced SSO and MFA add-ons available
Provide seamless, secure app access with advanced single sign-on (SSO) and multifactor authentication (MFA) add-ons. “Unlimited SSO” offers unlimited SSO apps beyond the basic three, while “Advanced MFA” enables contextual authentication policies and MFA for identity providers, workstations, and legacy apps.
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 provides a LastPass account for all employees at a flat-fee rate instead of seat-based, allowing you to scale LastPass as your company grows – without any added costs.
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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.