Sort Admin vs password managers like 1Password
In short: a password manager stores and fills in your logins, and some, like 1Password, can flag cards, licences and passports that are expiring soon. Sort Admin never stores passwords. It’s for the dates themselves: every renewal in the house, a reminder when you choose, and the steps to pay less when it arrives. Most people should use a password manager and something like Sort Admin side by side.
Side by side
| Password managers | Sort Admin | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Store and autofill passwords | Track renewals and expiries, and help you pay less |
| Expiry alerts | 1Password’s Watchtower flags some items expiring soon, such as cards, driving licences and passports, and you can add one expiry date to other items | Any number of reminders per item, at the times you choose |
| Household renewals | Not what it’s built for | Mortgage, energy, broadband, insurance, MOT, vehicle tax, boiler and more, from a ready-made checklist |
| When a date arrives | An alert in the app | “What to do now” steps and a savings total |
| Passwords | Yes, that’s the point | Never; it records that an account exists and where the details are |
Why not just use one?
They solve different problems. Keep your logins in a password manager. Keep the dates, policy numbers and what each renewal costs in Sort Admin, so the reminder arrives with everything you need to ring up and haggle.