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1Password vs LastPass

1Password and LastPass are both password manager software. 1Password is a commercial product from AgileBits. LastPass is a commercial product from LastPass.

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 LastPass when
You are already on it and have reviewed the 2022 breach response, or need its specific SaaS monitoring features.

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.

A cloud password manager with an encrypted vault, autofill, shared folders and business admin policies.

Watch out

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

The 2022 breach exposed encrypted vault data, and many security teams now recommend moving to another manager.

Ready for

Production-ready (both)

Runs as

Cloud service, desktop app, mobile app and browser extension

Cloud service, browser extension and mobile app

Built with

Not published (both)

Source code

Closed source, sold by AgileBits

Closed source, sold by LastPass

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

492 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.