Proton Pass 2025 Review & Pricing — Tested by Cybersecurity Experts

Proton Pass Plans and Pricing

Proton Pass offers a free version and several paid subscription tiers. To keep things simple, we’ll cover the free and paid plans separately, but here’s a breakdown of their included features.

Proton Pass Free Version

Proton Pass’ free version provides enough features to let us try the service risk-free before buying a subscription. We especially like how it lets you secure unlimited logins, just like the free version of RoboForm. We’ve seen other free password managers limit the number of records you can store in your vault. For example, Keeper only supports up to ten records, and Dashlane accepts a maximum of 25 records.

The most impressive free feature, at least to us, is the ability to create up to 10 email aliases. These are randomly-generated email addresses that forward messages to your main inbox. They protect your privacy so you don’t have to use your real email when signing up for online services. We recommend using an email alias when you’re not sure if a website can be trusted with your data.

However, the free version has some limitations. It doesn’t let you secure credit cards, it lacks integrated two-factor authentication (2FA), it doesn’t offer dark web monitoring, and it doesn’t include the “Proton Sentinel” feature (more on this below). You also can’t share saved items with people you trust.

>> Further Reading: The Best Free Password Managers in 2025

Proton Pass Paid Version

Proton Pass offers three paid tiers: Pass Plus, Pass Family, and Proton Unlimited. The first two offer the same features. The main difference, as you could probably guess, is that Pass Plus covers one user, whereas Pass Family protects families with up to six users.

Proton Unlimited is the standout because it gives you access to all of Proton’s products, including Proton VPN, Proton Mail, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar, and Proton Wallet. It also expands Proton Drive storage to 500 GB. We think it offers great value since it costs only $9.99 per month and includes so many privacy-focused products, but it really depends on what you’re looking for. If you only need a password manager, Pass Plus is still the best way to go.

Proton Pass Features

There’s a certain set of features we really want to see in every password manager we recommend, and Proton Pass has all of them.

First is zero-knowledge encryption. This means that nobody (not even Proton Pass) can access your saved data. Not just account usernames and passwords; when we tested Proton Pass, we also stored credit cards, encrypted notes, driver’s licenses, passports, bank accounts, crypto wallets, medical records, and more.

Next is auto-fill. This one’s non-negotiable; a password manager is just not good enough if you need to copy and paste your passwords from the vault whenever you need to use them. We tried out Proton Pass’ auto-fill feature on 20 websites (desktop) and apps (smartphone), and it always correctly auto-filled our login credentials.

Lastly, Proton Pass has a built-in password generator. We think this is necessary because the whole point of using a password manager is so you can have a unique password for every online account. Not only did Proton Pass suggest strong passwords, it also offered to automatically save them to our vault.

Integrated Two-Factor Authentication

Proton Pass – or at least the paid version – has integrated support for 2FA. Basically, Proton Pass can generate authentication codes for any websites you have saved logins for. This is convenient because you don’t need to use a separate authenticator app (like Google Authenticator). Whenever the feature is available, we always prefer to use our password manager for authentication. Another password manager we’ve seen with this ability is NordPass. (See our NordPass review for more.)

We found it very easy to use 2FA codes with Proton Pass. Basically, you have to set up 2FA on your desired website, then copy-paste the secret key in the Proton Pass entry for the platform. After that, when you log into the service via Proton Pass, its browser extension or mobile app will automatically generate the 2FA code, allowing you to quickly use it.

>> Read More: The 2025 Guide to Two-Factor & Multi-Factor Authentication

Email Aliases

As mentioned earlier, Proton Pass can also generate email aliases you can use to hide your real email address. You can use it when you create an account, sign up for a newsletter, or fill out an online form. The feature is very simple to use. Just generate the alias, upload a file or add a note, save it, and Proton Pass will automatically forward messages sent to that alias to your primary email.

We recommend using this feature if you need to create an account on a website you don’t trust. This way, you won’t have to worry about malicious actors or advertisers getting access to your email address. You can also use email aliases if you want to limit or stop spam emails.

>> Related Reading: What Can Someone Do With Your Email Address?

Pass Monitor

Pass Monitor is a suite of security tools designed to help you better secure your online accounts and data. It includes weak password alerts, dark web monitoring, and Proton Sentinel.

• Weak password alerts let you know if you’re using a password that’s not secure, or if you’re using a duplicate login. Both of those issues could compromise your accounts. The feature also notifies you if 2FA is inactive.
• Dark web monitoring alerts you if your personal information is leaked on the dark web. Proton Pass scans for sensitive data, such as passwords, usernames, full names, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers, and credit cards.
• Proton Sentinel combines AI-driven security solutions with human analysis to provide advanced account protection. The tool adds strict challenges for suspicious login attempts, more in-depth information about account and login changes, and 24/7 escalation of suspicious login attempts. We recommend turning this feature on if you want more control over your account security.

We especially like how Proton Pass’s dark web monitoring scans for data breaches related to both your main email address and any email aliases you create. That way, you’ll find out if any website you’ve recently used has experienced a data breach.

Secure Sharing

Proton Pass lets you easily and quickly share any entry with people you trust. If you want to share it with existing Proton users, you just need to type in their email addresses. We also like how you can share Proton Pass data with non-Proton users via a secure link. You can set the link to expire after a certain period of time: one hour, 24 hours, seven days, 14 days, and 30 days. You can also restrict how many times it can be viewed.

What Is Proton Pass Missing?

Proton Pass is an overall good and feature-rich password manager. Our only complaint is that it’s missing emergency access, which is a feature many top competitors (like NordPass, RoboForm, and Keeper) include. Emergency access is a feature that lets you select a trusted contact to access your password manager data. This works pretty well as an account recovery method, or if you need someone to access the data if you don’t have internet access or can’t use the service.

Proton Pass User Experience

We tested Proton Pass on all desktops, smartphones, and browsers. It has native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, and also offers browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, and Brave.

We found it very easy to install and set up Proton Pass. Downloading and installing one of its apps or browser extensions doesn’t take more than one minute. It’s also very easy to import existing passwords, and Proton Pass supports login imports from over 15 password managers, including 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, and RoboForm.

Navigating and using Proton Pass is also very straightforward. It was easy to find and use the service’s different tools. Plus, all settings and features have brief but detailed explanations that help you quickly understand what everything does.

Adding an entry to Proton Pass is also really simple. We added a few logins, two credit cards, and an email alias, and we didn’t spend more than 15-20 seconds on each entry. Overall, it was a friction-less experience.

Proton Pass Customer Support

We didn’t find ourselves needing help setting up or using Proton Pass, but we checked out their customer support options anyway. Proton Pass provides access to detailed guides (with screenshots) and tutorials that show you how to set up the service and import passwords. There are also guides on how to use different features.

Proton Pass also offers a way to report issues, which the service’s reps will answer over email. However, we think it’s a shame that Proton Pass is missing live chat support. Some top competitors include this support channel, like RoboForm and NordPass, for example. And others that don’t offer live chat still provide access to a chatbot, such as Dashlane and 1Password, for instance.