Passwords · replacement recipe

Go from NordPass to Proton Pass

The job: Password manager (Encrypted vault, Autosave and autofill, Secure sharing, Shared folders, Admin panel with password policies and activity log). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
NordPass
NordPass Business · $5.99/mo
Year one−$38modeled
To · your pickCosts more in year one
Proton Pass
Pass Plus plan · $4.99/mo
Change where you land

The money

$5.99/mo today , then $4.99/mo

NordPass Business

Year one, net−$38
Pays back in50 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 4 of 5 covered

  • Covered: Encrypted vault
  • Covered: Autosave and autofill
  • Covered: Secure sharing
  • Covered: Shared folders
  • Not covered: Admin panel with password policies and activity log

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Doesn't cover: Admin panel with password policies and activity log

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from NordPass

    All your Vault items (passwords and other saved items). Format: CSV file

    Export steps
  2. Set up Proton Pass

    Pass Essentials is $4.99/user/mo monthly or $1.99 billed yearly for 3-30 users; team policies and activity logs need Pass Professional ($6.99 monthly).

    Details
  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Proton Pass, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel NordPass

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: Personal: until the subscription ends. Business: through the end of the current….

    How to cancel NordPass
Open Proton PassHow to cancel NordPass
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 3 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Encrypted vault
  • Autosave and autofill
  • Secure sharing
  • Shared folders
  • Admin panel with password policies and activity log

Not covered

  • Password health
  • Data breach scanner
  • Authenticator (2FA codes)

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Encrypted vault, Autosave and autofill, Secure sharing, Shared folders, Admin panel with password policies and activity log
  • Export your data from NordPass before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-nordpass") on the Stackcut MCP server.

3 ways out, best first

Switch vendorBitwarden (free tier)Saves $22 in year one
$5.99/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $72/yr · payback 8.3 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Unlimited passwords and devices; share with one other user (free organization)).
Covers 40% of the core features (not: Secure sharing, Shared folders, Admin panel with password policies and activity log)
Bitwarden Free has unlimited passwords and devices and shares with one other user, so it only fits one or two people.
How we got this
You pay now: NordPass Business$5.99/user/mo × 1 user$5.99/mo
New cost: Bitwarden (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$5.99 − $0+$5.99/mo
Over 12 months+$5.99 × 12+$72
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$72 − $50+$22
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $72 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorProton PassCosts $38 more in year one
$5.99/mo today → $4.99/mo · setup 1 h · then $12/yr · payback 50 mo
Covers 80% of the core features (not: Admin panel with password policies and activity log)
Pass Essentials is $4.99/user/mo monthly or $1.99 billed yearly for 3-30 users; team policies and activity logs need Pass Professional ($6.99 monthly).
How we got this
You pay now: NordPass Business$5.99/user/mo × 1 user$5.99/mo
New cost: Proton PassPass Plus plan$4.99/mo
Difference each month$5.99 − $4.99+$1/mo
Over 12 months+$1 × 12+$12
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$12 − $50−$38
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $12 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Open sourceVaultwardenCosts $1,388 more in year one
$5.99/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server (not affiliated with Bitwarden): free to self-host with collections, policies and event logs, for a team that runs its own server.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: NordPass Business$5.99/user/mo × 1 user$5.99/mo
New cost: Vaultwardena small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$5.99 − $5 − $100−$99.01/mo
Over 12 months−$99.01 × 12−$1,188
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,188 − $200−$1,388
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $12 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

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