If you download 1Password through our website instead of the Mac App Store you can indeed use a subscription with standalone vaults. It isn’t the recommended configuration, as you’re paying for features you can’t use, but it is possible. We intentionally don’t talk about this in marketing as in the past it has caused a lot of confusion, particularly with less technical users. HN is obviously a different audience, and we can talk about that here.

Ben Woodruff

AgileBits