Use these tools to test the strength of your password. The best practice is to enter a test password that is similar to your real password (e.g. change a few characters, but keep the same length and character types). Note that longer passwords are more difficult to crack.


HowSecureIsMyPassword.net

Red background is bad; green is good.

  • 91849217 cracked in 0.025 seconds
  • QW2xTEQ- cracked in 3 days
  • QW2xTEQ-ab cracked in 58 years
  • QW2xTEQ-ab12 cracked in 344 thousand years
  • tea-hansel-serum-7 cracked in 43 trillion years


Kaspersky Secure Password Check

Similar tool, different results.

  • 91849217 cracked in 4 hours
  • QW2xTEQ- cracked in 12 days
  • QW2xTEQ-ab cracked in 58 years
  • QW2xTEQ-ab12 cracked in 4 centuries
  • tea-hansel-serum-7 cracked in 10,000 centuries


GRC's Password Haystack

A security researcher's testing tool.

  • 91849217 cracked in 0.001 seconds
  • QW2xTEQ- cracked in 19 hours
  • QW2xTEQ-ab cracked in 58 years
  • QW2xTEQ-ab12 cracked in 1.7 thousand centuries
  • tea-hansel-serum-7 cracked in 4 trillion centuries