Pricing
Same leave-and-claim path on every plan. Start free, upgrade when you need more contacts, storage, or tighter timing.
Many dead man's switch tools start near $8/mo. HeirVault Free stays $0 with the same end-to-end encryption for your live vault.
Docs, logins, bank details, will copies, and files for a small circle.
Includes
Billed yearly or monthly
More storage, contacts, and witnesses
Everything in Free, plus
Billed yearly or monthly
Device check-ins, forced-unlock passphrase, tighter timing
Everything in Pro, plus
Cancel paid plans anytime. Check-in timing keeps running if you stop paying; unpaid accounts pause new capacity. We do not draft wills.
Same leave-and-claim path. Pro raises limits. Shield adds field check-in, duress passphrase, and tighter timing.
| Feature | Free | Pro | Shield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-ins and timing | |||
| 7 to 365 days | 7 to 365 days | 1 to 365 days | |
| 14 days | 14 days | 3 to 14 days (you choose) | |
| Not included | Not included | Up to 10 keys | |
| Not included | Not included | Decoy vault, silent alert, lockdown | |
| Pre-due, overdue, mid waiting period, countdown | Pre-due, overdue, mid waiting period, countdown | Pre-due, overdue, mid waiting period, countdown | |
| Up to 30 days | Up to 90 days | Up to 90 days | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Contacts and release | |||
| Up to 3 | Up to 30 | Up to 50 | |
| Not included | Up to 3 | Up to 7 | |
| HeirVault-assisted (key after claim) | Assisted, invite-now, or shared passphrase | Assisted, invite-now, or shared passphrase | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Immediate or delay in days | Adds milestone dates | Adds milestone dates | |
| What you can leave | |||
| End-to-end encrypted vault storage | 50 MB | 5 GB | 25 GB |
| Beneficiary groups | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| Folders | 10 | 50 | 100 |
| Max attachment size | 25 MB per file | 100 MB per file | 250 MB per file |
| Allowed attachment types | PDF, Office, images, audio, video, ZIP | PDF, Office, images, audio, video, ZIP | PDF, Office, images, audio, video, ZIP |
| Security and access | |||
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Included | Included | Included | |
| Not included | Included | Included | |
| Not included | Not included | Included | |
| Release and support | |||
| Not included | Not included | Included | |
| Billing | |||
| Price | $0 forever | $49.99/yr or $4.99/mo | $129.99/yr or $12.99/mo |
| Cancel renewal anytime | Not needed | Included | Included |
Yes. Check-ins and the waiting period are dead man's switch mechanics. HeirVault builds that around docs, passwords, document copies, and files beneficiaries claim after release rules are met. Your live vault is protected by end-to-end, zero-knowledge encryption. That means HeirVault stores ciphertext and cannot decrypt it. See Alternatives for other dead man's switch tools, or the high-risk timed disclosure page if that framing fits your situation.
Docs, logins with 2FA (TOTP) codes, bank accounts, cards, crypto wallets, API and SSH keys, spreadsheets, notes, step-by-step instructions, house codes, account context, and files for contacts you name, including copies of wills, insurance policies, and other legal documents you already have. They claim what you set aside if something happens. Keep daily autofill logins in a password manager. We store those copies under end-to-end encryption until claim. We do not draft wills or give legal advice.
If something happens and you miss check-ins past the waiting period (14 days on Free and Pro; the window you set on Shield), they can claim what you set aside. Until then, designated content stays protected by end-to-end encryption.
When release starts, they get a unique claim link by email and create or sign in to an account. Depending on delivery mode, HeirVault assists with the handoff key, they use an enrolled account key, or they enter a beneficiary passphrase you shared. Contents decrypt in their browser.
No. HeirVault does not draft wills, create trusts, or give legal advice. You can store encrypted copies of a will, insurance policies, and other documents you already have, plus instructions, for contacts you name. See the Alternatives page for how we differ from will and estate apps.
Your live vault is protected by end-to-end, zero-knowledge encryption. It encrypts in your browser before upload, so HeirVault cannot decrypt it. HeirVault-assisted delivery stores a protected key for that beneficiary handoff only and transfers it after claim. That means assisted handoffs are not end-to-end to the beneficiary alone. Direct-account and owner-shared delivery keep the handoff key off HeirVault servers.
Leave docs, logins, bank details, spreadsheets, will copies, and files for contacts you name. They claim when you can't. End-to-end encrypted.