@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 donât blame Bitwarden for increasing their prices; although, Iâm 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 donât 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 Iâm already paying for Ente Photos. Itâs 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 âFill generated passwordâ function optional in the inline autofill suggestions menu
@dwbit since i will be paying for those extra 5x of storage, even though i donât 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 canât say âthere is no space to store so much dataâ 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? Whatâs the point? I donât 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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Iâm writing as a longâtime user who values the service and still considers the new pricing fair. My concern isnât the increase itself â itâs 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 Bitwardenâs openness.
Clear, upfront communication â especially about pricing â 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 donât need 5GB, let me pay less and keep those GB. And I donât feel like using BW to store many important documents when it still doesnât 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 didnât agree to the increase to find alternatives and move their data more easily.
I honestly would have preferred an upfront âour costs have increased so we have to raise our pricesâ than this trying to sell us so-called enhancements that 95% of people wonât 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 âhey weâre uhh jacking up your price a smidgeâ.
What makes that even more infuriating for me is that Iâve been a paid customer for at least six years and while we still canât get the tags weâve been asking for since 2018, weâre going to get a bunch of âfeaturesâ and âenhancementsâ that nobody asked for.
Going to start referring to BitWarden as âGrandma Passwordâ. 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 âadditional spaceâ 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 weâve gotten is reasons why we canât have something that every other competitor has.)
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Weâre 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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Some time ago (last year?) I read in this forum (dont remember where it was exactly), that the Bitwarden developer focus on security aspects (and this is the very most important aspect of a password manager). So, Predefined items, custom icons, tags, ⌠are not really a part of âSecurityâ and only here in âFeature Requestsâ listet at the top. Well, we might get the highly requested but not really not-security relevant function âArchive itemsâ this year (according to the Roadmap 2026), 
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Iâm not gonna lie. I only pay for premium as a courtesy. I donât even particularly care about the premium features. Raising the price for something I consider a donation is kind of a dick move. Guess Iâll just self host from now on. I am already struggling enough.
Hasnât the price been the same for 10 years or something like that?
If you donât care about the premium features, then there is also the free plan, which is still quite generous. Bitwardenâs premium price is still competitive with some other password managersâ discounted prices. Unless you have the requirement to be responsible for your own data, you are putting in labor and changing risk profiles in exchange for using a âfreeâ product.
Yeah, and the service has also been the same for 10 years. Manage passwords. I didnât ask for all these new features I donât want, yet I have to pay for them for whatever reason.
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I only found out about the price hike from a Billing notice that I received when I was charged today.
EVERY other company I do business with online tells me by email, in advance, that the price is going up. This is a VERY disappointing move by Bitwarden. itâs not even the price hike thatâs the issue, itâs the fact that there was no notice to users unless they happen to be sitting on Feature Update notices (which 99% are not!)
Hey @64bit an email goes out prior to your renewal. Feel free to reach out to support at: Help Center | Bitwarden if youâre not seeing the email (check your junk as well).
Separately, we also shared a blog post and community posts.
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for whatâs worth, i think i received 1 or 2 emails before this change happened.
I know this doest help you, but BW tried to be nice and tell us in advance.
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Personally, I donât really need the Bitwarden Premium version. I subscribed to the Premium version to make a small financial contribution to its further development, even though I didnât really need Premium.
But I find this DOUBLING of the price PLUS additional VAT simply outrageous; I simply donât need the extra features.
As a retiree with a very small pension, I have to watch every dollar. Therefore I just cancelled my subscription.