1Password vs Vaultwarden
1Password and Vaultwarden are both password manager software. 1Password is a commercial product from AgileBits. Vaultwarden is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 70k GitHub stars.
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 Vaultwarden when
- You want to self-host password management for a family or small team on minimal hardware.
Side by side
A password manager for individuals, families and businesses, storing passwords, passkeys, secrets and documents, with sharing vaults and admin controls.
An unofficial, lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust that works with the official Bitwarden apps and extensions.
No free tier and no self-hosting; it costs more per user than Bitwarden.
Unofficial and not audited like Bitwarden's own server, and you are responsible for backups and security of your vaults.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service, desktop app, mobile app and browser extension
Self-hosted server
Not published
Rust, Rocket, SQLite and PostgreSQL
Closed source, sold by AgileBits
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
2.4k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
70k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 8 years ago, latest release 1.37.5.
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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.