Password Strength - Check your password strength!

Check if your password is a strong one.

Input your passwords here to check the strength: Blur the passwords to avoid people looking over your shoulders

Note: we do not store any of the passwords tested whatsoever and no passwords are transmitted our servers!

Use the following criteria to evaluate the password strength:

Password options	Please select
Minimum password length
Require numbers?	0123456789
Require lowercase?	abcdefgh etc.
Require uppercase?	ABCDEFG etc.
Require symbols?	such as %&*@#$
Check for common passwords?	admin, 1234, password, passw0rd etc.
Check for repeated characters?	password must not contain repeated characters, like aa, bb, 111
Check for keyboard patterns?	like qwerty, abc, asdf
Any disallowed characters?

Results:

What is the Password Strength tool?

To measure the strength of your password, you can use the Password Strength tool from GetPassword. The tool allows you check if your password lives up to certain password strength criteria you specify. You can check if the passwords you input include numbers, upper and lower case characters, symbols as well as check for other common issues with passwords. Besides validating your passwords, we also provide Password Score. Read more about the Password Score on this page.

How does the GetPassword Score work?

The score gives a visual indication of your password strength like below:

Strong password

GetPassword Score: 5/5

Strong Password - aim for this!

Great stuff! Your password is strong. Did you remember to update your password lately? If not, generate another strong password now.

Good password

GetPassword Score: 4/5

Good Password - not in top but still a good strong password!

You can generate an even stronger password in 5 seconds.

Fair password

GetPassword Score: 3/5

Fair Password - to keep safe, improve your password now!

Improve your password now.

Weak password

GetPassword Score: 2/5

Weak Password - easy to break!

We strongly suggest you generate a new password now!

Critical password

GetPassword Score: 1/5

Critical Password or Vulnerable password. If you get this score, GetPassword advices you to change your password immediately!
You will get this score if you password is one of the most commonly used passwords

We beg you to generate a new and strong password now!

Time to act Password

GetPassword Score: 0/5

Time to act Password! We call this "Time to act" because it is only a matter of time before someone gains access your account. There is literally no protection.

There is no way around it - generate a password now!!!

All passwords starts out with a score of 0 and goes to 5. The password score is arbitrary - 5 being the maximum (Strong Password) and 0 means no rules are met - we call passwords with a score 0 "Time to act"-passwords. Your password strength is gauged in accordance with the following rules:

Password length above 11 chars +1 point
Password length above 15 chars +1 point
Password contains mix of lower- and uppercase letters +1 point
Password includes a number +1 point
Password contains a special character +1 point
Password contains a known password -1 point

Note: If your password equals any known password, your score will always be 1 no matter if any of the other rules are met.