Is it still possible to buy LifeTime Version for Private Use?

[MOM20xx]

Hi,

is it still possible to buy LifeTime Version for Private Use or only 3 year Plans?

Sorry but I'm very dissappointed about this. I wanted to buy a LifeTime Version for my daughter. but could not find this. Please let me know it this is still possible. 

Best Regards,

MOM20xx

[Send Zero]

Until last week, the lifetime plan was still available on the website. I had checked the price at the time, but now that option is no longer offered.

[MOM20xx]

bad decision from enpass. so i had to look for an alternative password manager for my daughter. enpass forces their potential customer to use an alternative password manager or to cheat with existing lifetime licenses. this is not the first bad move from enpass

[Moderator]

Dear User,

Thank you for your feedback. This is to let you know that at present we are running Black Friday sale and our lifetime plan has evolved into flexible 3‑year subscriptions. 

Please note that this 3 years subscription plan does not affect the lifetime subscription purchased by our old users. Old users can continue to use their lifetime subscription. The 3-year subscription is for new users who wish to purchase it. 

Hope this answers all your questions. Please feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.

[MOM20xx]

My Problem is that i need an editional Lifetime Subscription for my Daughter. Currently she is now 18 and needs her own Password Manager. My wife have lifetime Subscription i also have lifetime Subscription. And now we wanted to buy an additional one for our daughter but this seems not possible anymore. Bad Situation.

[Thats I Am]

I'm in a similar situation here. Today, I wanted to recommend Enpass as a password manager to a friend because it offers a lifetime license. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it anymore and told my friend not to use Enpass.

Since I'm lucky enough to still have a permanent license, I'm not under too much time pressure to find a new password manager for myself.

Experience shows that switching to a subscription-only model and removing the option to purchase a lifetime license is a bad sign for the future.

Experience also teaches us that subscription models are always bad and expensive for customers. That's why I quickly replaced all programs that switched to subscription models with ones that also offer a perpetual license. I have also started looking for a different password manager today to replace Enpass.

If Enpass had decided to offer a discounted upgrade price for owners of a perpetual license for a new major version, I would have gone along with it. With the switch to a subscription model, I fear the worst for me as a customer and will now go a different way.

[Tarun Singh Rawat]

The Lifetime plan is currently not part of our active offerings. We’ve introduced a new 3-year plan that provides long-term access without frequent renewals. It’s also available at a limited-time Black Friday discount. If you’re considering an upgrade, the 3-year plan is the best option right now.

[MOM20xx]

Are there any future plans to offer Lifetime plan again?

Subscription Models are no option for my Daughter.

[Thats I Am]

A subscription is a subscription, whether you sign up for one month, one year, or three years — it makes no difference. Subscription software is out of the question for me.

Since I still have a perpetual license, I will continue to use Enpass for the time being.

However, my search for alternatives has revealed some interesting password managers that I am currently reviewing in more detail.

Once I have made a decision, I will begin the migration so that I can leave Enpass immediately if the situation worsens and perpetual license holders are forced to switch to a subscription. I firmly believe that this will happen in the foreseeable future. Otherwise, they could have offered a fair perpetual license model, as other software providers do. For example, offering a perpetual license and updates for one year at a fair and reasonable price.

I realize that software development and maintenance cost money and that the developer company needs to make money. But this must be done in a fair manner so that I, as a customer, do not feel cheated. Subscription models are not a fair way to sell software to private customers.
For a company where employees are constantly coming and going, and licenses are therefore added and removed, a rental model makes sense because it can be constantly adapted to needs.
For private users, a subscription model is simply expensive.

When I consider how much time I spend using the software and how much work I put into it (in the case of a password manager, maintaining the data), it is extremely important to be able to rely on still being able to access the software and the content created with it tomorrow. No matter how low the monthly subscription fee for the software is, as soon as I can't pay it — for whatever reason — I lose everything I've done with the software, and that adds up to a lot over time. That alone makes subscription software so expensive for me that I'm not willing to use it.

I always have to pay at a certain time in order to continue accessing my own assets. This completely takes away my control over my budget.
If I subscribed to all the software I use, I would spend a large part of my income on regular payments.
With purchased software, I have control over my budget and I am the one who decides whether and when I spend money or not.
So you can expect me to be a former Enpass user in the foreseeable future. That makes me a little sad because I really enjoyed using the program as it has many features that I find useful and helpful. I switched from 1Password to Enpass because Enpass was offered as a purchase license, while 1Password was only offered as a subscription and with the requirement to use their cloud.