Quick answer
Yes — for the part of LastPass covered on this page, Vaultly is a one-time-purchase alternative. It costs $39 once, while LastPass lists from $3/mo. Bitwarden-style zero-knowledge vaults, shared teams and TOTP, self-hosted with no per-seat fee. It is not a 1:1 replacement for everything LastPass does — the honest limits are spelled out below.
The verdict
Switch to Vaultly if the slice of LastPass you actually pay for is the slice Vaultly covers — and a $39 one-time price beats from $3/mo for as long as you use it.
Stay with LastPass if this sounds like you — LastPass requires no server to run, syncs across every device out of the box, and has mature browser extensions and emergency-access features. Vaultly trades that convenience for custody of your own data.
Head to head
| Vaultly | LastPass | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 once | from $3/mo |
| Where it runs | Your own server (self-hosted) | Vendor cloud (hosted service) |
| Renewal | None — the license never expires | Recurring — access ends when you stop paying |
| 5-year cost | $39 | ~$180 |
About LastPass: LastPass is a hosted password manager. Premium plans list from $3/mo billed annually (about $36/yr), with a device-limited free tier.
Where LastPass still wins
LastPass requires no server to run, syncs across every device out of the box, and has mature browser extensions and emergency-access features. Vaultly trades that convenience for custody of your own data.
Where Vaultly wins
Vaultly gives you the password manager without the hosted target: zero-knowledge client-side encryption, shared team vaults, cards and notes, inline TOTP and an opt-in breach check — self-hosted for $39 once, no per-seat pricing ever.
- Price, permanently. $39 once versus from $3/mo for as long as you use it. There is no renewal, no seat count and no tier gate.
- Zero-knowledge client-side crypto. PBKDF2 at 600k iterations into AES-256-GCM via the Web Crypto API, so a server compromise is not a vault compromise.
- Shared team vaults. Vault keys are wrapped with each member RSA-OAEP public key in the browser, and the server only relays wrapped keys it cannot read.
The math
LastPass lists from $3/mo. Vaultly is $39, paid once:
- After 1 year: Vaultly has cost you $39 total — LastPass has cost ~$36.
- After 3 years: Vaultly is still $39 — the subscription is at ~$108.
- After 5 years: Vaultly is still $39 — the subscription is at ~$180.
Common questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes. Vaultly is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/password-manager-selfhosted-mvp and always will be. The $39 buys the packaged 1-click installer and setup; building from source is free.
Where does my data live, and what can the server see?
On your own server, as ciphertext. The server can see email addresses, item counts and timestamps, vault names and audit metadata, but not names, URLs, usernames, passwords or notes, which stay inside the encryption.
What if I forget my master password?
It is unrecoverable by design; there is no reset. Export regularly (the export is ciphertext too) and store it safely.
Is this a subscription in disguise?
No. $39 once, no renewal, no per-seat billing, no license server. Deploy it on your VPS and it keeps working regardless of team size.
Try Vaultly — $39, one time
Or get Vaultly plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.