LastPass vs Vaultwarden
LastPass and Vaultwarden are both password manager software. LastPass is a commercial product from LastPass. Vaultwarden is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 70k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick LastPass when
- You are already on it and have reviewed the 2022 breach response, or need its specific SaaS monitoring features.
- Pick Vaultwarden when
- You want to self-host password management for a family or small team on minimal hardware.
Side by side
A cloud password manager with an encrypted vault, autofill, shared folders and business admin policies.
An unofficial, lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust that works with the official Bitwarden apps and extensions.
The 2022 breach exposed encrypted vault data, and many security teams now recommend moving to another manager.
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, browser extension and mobile app
Self-hosted server
Not published
Rust, Rocket, SQLite and PostgreSQL
Closed source, sold by LastPass
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.
492 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.