Bitwarden vs 1Password: Password Manager Comparison (2026)

The case for

• The free tier covers unlimited passwords across unlimited devices with sync, which is enough for one person and costs nothing
• The clients and the server are open source and self-hostable, so an organisation can keep the vault on its own infrastructure
• Teams at $4 and Enterprise at $6 per user a month are published flat rates with no seat minimum

The catch

• Business plans are billed annually only, so there is no monthly option for testing the product across a real team first
• SSO through SAML or OIDC requires the Enterprise plan at $6 per user, a 50 percent step up from Teams for that one capability
• Premium rose from $9.99 to $19.80 a year in January 2026, a 98 percent increase announced inside a blog post about new features
• Existing subscribers heard about the new rate roughly 15 days before renewal, in an email quoting $1.65 a month rather than the annual total

The case for

• The Teams Starter Pack is a flat $24.95 per month for up to 10 members, which works out under $2.50 per person.
• Team and Business customers were left out of the 2026 price rise that pushed Individual and Families plans up by as much as 33 percent.
• Business pricing is published at $8.99 per user per month, so you can budget a rollout without booking a sales call.

The catch

• Published Business pricing is quoted per user per month but paid annually, so the real commitment is $107.88 per seat upfront.
• Adding an eleventh member moves the whole team off the $24.95 flat Teams Starter rate onto per-seat Business pricing, close to four times the cost.
• Pricing is listed in USD, CAD and EUR with no INR option, so Indian teams pay forex on an annual upfront charge.
• Enterprise features and volume pricing are quoted only through sales, and a dedicated customer success manager starts at 101 users.