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Index Vendors › Dashlane · September 2026 Edition
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Dashlane

115Judge labels
2First choices
35Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
2Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.2, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
2% in Password managers for small business buyers
Rank 7 of 35 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 26% of its 42 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
In password managers · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Dashlane for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Business password managersIdentity and access0%7 of 3526%42criticized challenger
Multi-factor authenticationIdentity and access0%74 of 78100%1under 10 labels · led by Cisco Duo at 42%

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Dashlane yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated Dashlane across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.504015
GPT-5.4 mini03014
Gemini 3.5 Flash02125
Perplexity Sonar01102
Grok 4.1 Fast01225
Mistral Small02103
DeepSeek V4 Flash01113
Llama 4 Maverick01001
Qwen 3.7 Flash03115
Kimi K201023
GLM 4.7 FlashX01113
MiniMax M2.501214

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct14 labelsNone
Paraphrase17 labels1
Comparative31 labelsNone
Budget-constrained9 labels1
Scale-constrained16 labelsNone
Negative28 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative115 labels in all, every segment counted; 2 of the 3 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“Offers a clean user experience and robust security insights, making it a popular choice for small to medium-sized businesses.” Llama 4 Maverick · Password managers · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Strong security features with good user experience and team management capabilities designed specifically for businesses.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Password managers · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Top recommended alternatives include 1Password, Dashlane, Bitwarden (paid plans), and Keeper.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Password managers · negative prompt · alternative
“Good if you want a very polished user experience and built-in breach monitoring, though it can be pricier.” GPT-5.4 mini · Password managers · paraphrase prompt · alternative

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Avoid LastPass/Dashlane for now—past breaches and weaker recent business scores make them riskier.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Password managers · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: LastPass and Dashlane for mid-market” Kimi K2 · Password managers · direct prompt · hard negative
“Many modern password managers (Bitwarden, 1Password, Dashlane) offer a feature where they act as your authenticator app” Qwen 3.7 Flash · MFA · negative prompt · soft negative
“Researchers found a major vulnerability in late 2023 that could allow credential theft via AutoFill function on Android” MiniMax M2.5 · Password managers · negative prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Dashlane, over the 115 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Dashlane was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
1Password115 of 11548Not in the top three
Bitwarden106 of 11538Not in the top three
Keeper Security87 of 11515Not in the top three
LastPass58 of 1150Not in the top three
NordPass49 of 1150Not in the top three
RoboForm16 of 1151Not in the top three
Zoho Vault15 of 1151Not in the top three
Proton Pass13 of 1150Not in the top three
ManageEngine Password Manager Pro9 of 1150Not in the top three
Norton Password Manager9 of 1150Not in the top three
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Dashlane. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 89 of the 115 answers that named Dashlane and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

bitwarden.com48
petronellatech.com48
pcmag.com43
techrepublic.com40
security.org33
dashlane.comYour site28
1password.com26
passwordmanager.com25
pwdfortress.com24
reddit.com22

309 of the 337 domain citations in answers naming Dashlane came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Names read as Dashlane

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Dashlane; a claim can dispute any of them.
Dashlane Business 11Dashlane for Business 2Dashlane (Business) 1
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