New LastPass pricing goes into effect today, basically forcing users to pay for Premium

Free users will only be able to use LastPass on one ‘device type’ — desktop or mobile

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New pricing going into effect today

LastPass has long been the password manager to recommend thanks to its generous free offer that allows you to store as many passwords as you need on as many devices as you own, but that’s changing. LogMeIn, the company behind the software, announced in February that it’s making the free tier a lot more limited starting today. Free users will only be able to use LastPass either on their computers or their mobile devices (phones, tablets, watches).

Starting today, your first login will set your active device type, and you’ll then have three opportunities to switch your device type to see what works best for you. Since passwords are backed up to the cloud, you won’t lose any credentials even if you should be logged out of some devices in the process.
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There are more changes coming to free users starting two months later, on May 17. Email support will only be available to Premium and Family users from then on — free users will be limited to looking for help in the support center and the community forum.

LastPass writes, “We love being a part of the security routines of more than 20 million users across the world. As our community of users continues to grow, we need to adapt our offerings to keep up with the constantly evolving digital world. With that, we have some changes to our LastPass Free offering.”

The company encourages those who need access to all device types to upgrade to LastPass Premium or Family, costing $3 and $4 a month, respectively. Free users who upgrade ahead of the change are eligible for 25% off the Premium tier for the first year. Of course, you could also switch to an alternative (we’ve mentioned some in our roundup) that offers unlimited passwords on as many devices as you have for free.

UPDATE: 2021/03/16 5:53am PDT BY MANUEL VONAU
New pricing going into effect today
The article has been updated to reflect that the new pricing is going into effect today.

Source: LastPass, LogMeIn
Thanks: Kieron Quinn

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