Bitwarden launches enhanced premium plan

@Neuron5569 understandable, I have tested it on my windows machine and I am satisfied with the experience for now. But I totally agree with you, I really like bitwarden and the only reason I was paying for the premium was TOTP functionality.

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I don’t blame Bitwarden for increasing their prices; although, I’m not thrilled with the 100% increase. I decided to just drop down to the free plan. The only thing I used for premium was the ability to attach files, but I don’t need Bitwarden for that. I only had about 50 files and used less than 15mb of space.

I decided to just move those files to Ente locker since I’m already paying for Ente Photos. It’s probably safer not to have backup codes in the same place I keep the passwords anyway. lol

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Make “Fill generated password” function optional in the inline autofill suggestions menu

@dwbit since i will be paying for those extra 5x of storage, even though i don’t need them at all, i would like to ask if this storage space could be used to increase note size (Support longer notes -- breaks Lastpass import) and store change history for every field (History for all fields like Password History).
We can’t say ‘there is no space to store so much data’ anymore, right?

Yes, my reply is a bit critical and acid about the price increase and needless feature, but at the very least i want those GBs to be put to good use even for a person like myself.

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I primarily use Bitwarden as a cloud-based, open-source backup solution for KeePass. I viewed the annual fee as a donation for a password manager. The price increase is justified by new features, some of which I find superfluous. Seriously, 10 YubiKeys? What’s the point? I don’t need password coaching, nor do I need 5GB of storage. The only interesting thing is the Bitwarden authenticator.

For me, Bitwarden is developing in the wrong direction.

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I’m writing as a long‑time user who values the service and still considers the new pricing fair. My concern isn’t the increase itself — it’s the way it was communicated.

The price change was folded into a feature announcement rather than stated clearly and directly. For a company that has built its reputation on transparency and user trust, this approach felt out of character. It gave the impression that the increase was being downplayed or hidden, which undermines the confidence many of us have in Bitwarden’s openness.

Clear, upfront communication — especially about pricing — is essential for maintaining trust. A straightforward announcement, with the new pricing plainly stated and adequate advance notice, would have been far more aligned with the values that drew many of us to Bitwarden in the first place.

I hope future changes will be communicated more transparently. Bitwarden remains a great product, and I want to continue supporting it, but clarity matters.

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@fresh.camp8038 Welcome to the forum!

I moved your post into the corresponding thread.

I agree that the problem here is not really the increase. 25€ after VAT in my country stings a bit, but the major disappointment has been the way Bitwarden has handled this. The marketing spin was very ugly. I don’t need 5GB, let me pay less and keep those GB. And I don’t feel like using BW to store many important documents when it still doesn’t have a document viewer anyway.

It also grates on me that I had to learn about this in Reddit of all places. All current premium users should have been notified by email of the pricing changes, not just 15 days before the next renewal. This would have allowed people who didn’t agree to the increase to find alternatives and move their data more easily.

I honestly would have preferred an upfront “our costs have increased so we have to raise our prices” than this trying to sell us so-called enhancements that 95% of people won’t use.

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Right here with you on finding out about this on Reddit. I could have at least gotten an e-mail from Bitwarden saying “hey we’re uhh jacking up your price a smidge”.

What makes that even more infuriating for me is that I’ve been a paid customer for at least six years and while we still can’t get the tags we’ve been asking for since 2018, we’re going to get a bunch of “features” and “enhancements” that nobody asked for.

Going to start referring to BitWarden as “Grandma Password”. Never gives me what I want for Christmas, but always expects me to do something nice.

(Its fairly obvious that the cloud storage is underutilized so giving everybody “additional space” while not actually increasing the total storage pool costs the company nothing. Meanwhile the request for tags has been open for almost EIGHT YEARS and all we’ve gotten is reasons why we can’t have something that every other competitor has.)

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We’re also still waiting since 2018 on these:

Additional Predefined Item Types

Custom Icons (Vault Items, Folders, Collections)

Expiration Dates for Vault Items

Full Search Function on Mobile Apps

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