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1Password vs Bitwarden Teams

1Password and Bitwarden Teams are both password manager software. 1Password is a commercial product from AgileBits. Bitwarden Teams is a commercial product from Bitwarden, Inc.

Which to pick

Pick 1Password when
A business wants a polished password manager staff will actually use, with SSO, provisioning and developer secret tools.
Pick Bitwarden Teams when
A team wants an audited, open-source password manager at a low per-user price, optionally self-hosted.

Side by side

What it does

A password manager for individuals, families and businesses, storing passwords, passkeys, secrets and documents, with sharing vaults and admin controls.

Bitwarden's business plan: an open-source password manager with shared collections, user groups, event logs and an optional self-hosted server.

Watch out

No free tier and no self-hosting; it costs more per user than Bitwarden.

The interface is plainer than 1Password, and SSO and some policies need the Enterprise plan.

Ready for

Production-ready (both)

Runs as

Cloud service, desktop app, mobile app and browser extension

Cloud service, self-hosted server, desktop app, mobile app and browser extension

Built with

Not published

C#, .NET and TypeScript

Source code

Closed source, sold by AgileBits

Closed source, sold by Bitwarden, Inc.

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)

How widely known

2.4k Wikipedia readers a month on phones

2.3k Wikipedia readers a month on phones

Other comparisons

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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.