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Bitwarden vs 1Password vs Proton Pass

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on
Bitwarden

Free plan · from $1.65/mo

1Password

Free trial · from $3.99/mo

Proton Pass

Free plan · from $2.99/mo

What it isOpen source password manager with a free plan and self-hosting for businessesPassword manager for individuals, families and businesses, with enterprise access toolsPassword manager from Proton with a free plan, email aliases and business plans
Free planFree plan lists unlimited devices and unlimited passwords, sharing with one other user, a password generator, passkey management and Bitwarden Send; no separate device or item cap is listed. Premium-only items include the integrated authenticator, file attachments, emergency access and vault health reports.NoFree plan: unlimited logins, notes, credit cards and devices; 2 vaults shared with up to 2 others; 10 hide-my-email aliases; 1 GB storage; passkey support. No credit card required.
Cheapest paid plan$1.65/mo billed annually (Premium)Bitwarden pricing$3.99/mo billed annually (Individual)1Password pricing$2.99/mo billed annually (Pass Plus)Proton Pass pricing
What it covers$19.80 billed annually for 1 account; the free plan costs $0.Regular price, billed yearly, for 1 user. The page shows $2.99/month as a promotional first-year price for new customers who buy directly on 1password.com.Billed at $35.88 every 12 months; the page shows a struck-through $4.99 beside it. The free plan costs $0.
Free trialFree trials are offered on Families, Teams and Enterprise; the Enterprise trial is advertised as 14 days, the other trial lengths are not stated14-day free trial on Individual and Families, no credit card required (per the pricing page)No trial on personal plans; a 30-day money-back guarantee is listed for Pass Plus and Proton Unlimited. Business plans list a 14-day free trial with no card required.
PlatformsBrowser extension, Desktop, Mobile, Self-hostedmacOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, Browser extension, CLIiOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Browser extension
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceYes, self-hostableNoYes
Good for
  • Individuals who want a free password manager without a device limit
  • Teams that want to run a password manager on their own infrastructure
  • Families that want shared collections at a flat yearly price
  • Individuals who want one paid password manager across all their devices
  • Households sharing logins in shared vaults
  • Larger organisations that want password management alongside access and device controls
  • Individuals who want a free password manager with some email aliases
  • People already using Proton Mail or Proton VPN who want a bundle
  • Small teams that want a low per-user business price
Watch out for
  • Only annual billing is shown on the pricing page
  • Self-hosting is listed on the Enterprise plan, which costs more per user
  • Free-plan sharing is limited to one other user
  • No free plan; the personal plans offer a 14-day trial instead
  • Only yearly billing is shown on the personal pricing page
  • The introductory prices apply to the first year for new direct customers, and the regular price is higher
  • The Free plan caps aliases at 10, vaults at 2 and shared vault members at 2
  • Prices on the page are shown as monthly equivalents of 12-month billing
  • Business plans require at least 3 users
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Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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