Proton Pass vs Bitwarden

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Compared on	Proton Pass Free plan · from $2.99/mo Visit Remove	Bitwarden Free plan · from $1.65/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Password manager from Proton with a free plan, email aliases and business plans	Open source password manager with a free plan and self-hosting for businesses
Free plan	Free 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.	Free 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.
Cheapest paid plan	$2.99/mo billed annually (Pass Plus)Proton Pass pricing	$1.65/mo billed annually (Premium)Bitwarden pricing
What it covers	Billed at $35.88 every 12 months; the page shows a struck-through $4.99 beside it. The free plan costs $0.	$19.80 billed annually for 1 account; the free plan costs $0.
Free trial	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.	Free trials are offered on Families, Teams and Enterprise; the Enterprise trial is advertised as 14 days, the other trial lengths are not stated
Platforms	iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Browser extension	Browser extension, Desktop, Mobile, Self-hosted
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	Yes	Yes, self-hostable
Good for	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	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
Watch out for	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	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
Made by	Proton	Bitwarden

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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