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Paul M.

Senior Security Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/4/2019

"Administer and manage confidential credentials has never been so easy!"

5/5

What do you like best about passbolt?

I had been looking for a long time for a web-based software or a web app capable of, supporting multi-user sharing and HTTPS access, storing and sharing passwords and credentials related to logins on sites, services, devices, mailboxes, and so on. With Passbolt, installed for free and configured in a few steps on an Ubuntu Linux 18.04 machine, I can manage the credentials belonging to the users and teams of my company in an optimal, professional, and secure way. It is really fast in storing, secure in login through the browser extension, and the auto-fill feature allows for automatic login, enabling me to have long passwords that are hard to remember but safe to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

A single user can be used by only one PC due to the Chrome and Firefox extension that authenticates the user and allows the session via OpenPGP. Unfortunately, I find it limiting to have to create multiple users belonging to the same person in order to support the use of Passbolt and the viewing of passwords from multiple devices (e.g., laptop and desktop PC or laptop and smartphone). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering passbolt:

I advise configuring all the options regarding the backup and secure storage of the database containing the passwords and private keys used for encryption right from the start. Without these requirements, it will be impossible to recover the credentials in case of disaster or accidental loss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is passbolt solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have provided in a simple and cost-free way, as well as in high reliability mode, secure access to an internal password manager exposed only on the LAN to prevent users from saving their credentials on risky devices or worse on paper sheets or various notes shared by hand. This has allowed for an increase in internal security and the culture of security and confidentiality among employees and colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Security and Investigations

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/8/2020

"Great software to manage passwords"

4.5/5

What do you like best about passbolt?

It is very easy to use and simple but still does the job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

Sometimes the search feature does not function properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Claudio D.

ICT manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/17/2019

"Easy-to-use password keeping and sharing"

4/5

What do you like best about passbolt?

Easy to setup and quite easy to use also for non technical people. The setup took only a few minutes while the first login attempt was a little more complicated but once understood I was able to put down an easy to use step by step guide for my colleagues who were then able to use it immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

The first login process is a little too complicated to understand at first glance. Once understood how it works it was then easy to replicate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering passbolt:

It's a good product. Does what it says it will do, probably nothing more surely nothing less. Easy to setup in house. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is passbolt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most password related issues like users forgetting their password or improved team working experience between users who need to share some passwords. No more emails to delete or pieces of paper. All neat in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sebastian H.

Senior Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/18/2019

"When you need a no-thrills solution to organize passwords in your company!"

3.5/5

What do you like best about passbolt?

We can run it on our own server and don't rely on critical information being "somewhere in the cloud". Apart from that it's easier to use then having, for example, a shared KeePass file that everyone has access to on a mapped drive. Together with the browser-addon and it's auto-fill in the latest version it's just a convenient way for us to store credentials and share them with the colleagues that need them.

It does one job and it does it well! Being not only open source but also audited for security is an added bonus because it makes sure the code is actually what it claims to be and not some hidden magic-box that you have to trust blindly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

While it's fine that enterprise features like AD-Integration etc are only available in the non-free version some smaller QoL stuff could really get unlocked in the community edition, mainly the option to use either folders or tags to organize credentials because no matter the size of the team, once you use a password manager daily it fills up quickly and a better way to organize / filter them than the included search is needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering passbolt:

If all you need is secure storage for passwords on your own infrastructe, give the community edition a try!

If you want one user to have access on multiple machines to his account, you have to 'cheat' a ittle bit: Create multiple accounts, for example account.name+laptop@company.tld account.name+workstation@company.tld account.name+phone@company.tld and group them. Because the extension and private key is linked to one machine you have to use such workarounds to be able to use PB on multiple machines at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is passbolt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organizing credentials and managing access to them is crucial not just for an IT business but for everyone out there. While other solutions may have some more comfort-features passbolt solves those problems even in the community / free edition so a small company like us won't break the bank and can still benefit from having critical data stored on our own servers and never leaving the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Maurizio C.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/25/2019

"Best openPGP password storage tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about passbolt?

Easy deployment even on virtualized environment and powerful sharing with users/teams features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

It can't be used on mobile devices because is not possible to download and install on Firefox or Chrome mobile the required passbolt extension to sign-in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.