1Password vs Bitwarden Comparison

Every day there are more cyber criminals trying to get hold of your personal information. Consequently, ensuring that you use strong and unique passwords has become essential. To achieve that, the best answer is to use a password manager to store your credentials safely and to receive warnings about weak keys or data breaches. 1Password and Bitwarden are two examples of this type of software that excel at protecting your personal information. However, while the former’s paid solution provides one of the best password managers on the market, the latter’s zero-cost subscription is one of the most comprehensive in the industry.

Since 1Password provides the ability to create multiple vaults, it’s the perfect solution to share credentials. This is especially true when it comes to businesses, as administrators can create vaults for different departments in addition to having separate vaults for each employee. Because you’re saving such delicate information, it’s essential your password manager is secure. 1Password provides end-to-end encryption and doesn’t store your master password. This ensures that even if its servers are hacked, a cyber criminal won’t be able to reach your personal data.

In order to ensure that all your credentials are safe and secure, Bitwarden generates vault health reports that not only warn you about weak and reused passwords, but also about exposed credentials, unsecured websites, and accounts with inactive 2FA. Basically, if there’s a problem with any of your online accounts (or if there’s something you could improve) Bitwarden will tell you. Since Bitwarden is open-source software, it’s constantly being audited by neutral third parties looking for security weaknesses. The password manager encrypts all information end-to-end, but if you’re still not convinced about Bitwarden’s security, you have the option to save all data locally.

Bitwarden’s personal free plan is one of the best on the market. It allows you to save an unlimited number of data entries and sync them with all your devices. For business users, the free plan adds the ability to share credentials between two users.

Conclusion

By providing such a straightforward way to share information with others, it will be difficult to dethrone 1Password. The password manager just works flawlessly, and when it comes to businesses, 1Password clearly wins over Bitwarden. However, Bitwarden is still an excellent password manager and for personal use has a better price-quality ratio than 1Password. What’s more, Bitwarden’s free plan is unquestionably the best in the industry. It doesn’t limit you in any way, and since the business free account allows you to share credentials with another person, it can be the perfect solution for a company that is just starting out.