1Password is the polished team default; treat the first-year Individual promo ($2.99) as distinct from the standing $3.99 and from Business seats. Bitwarden is the cheapest auditable OSS path (Premium about $1.65 a month billed annually; Teams is the shared-vault SKU). Passbolt is the team and self-host OpenPGP vault. Keeper leans compliance. Dashlane killed its permanent free plan in September 2025. NordPass and Proton Pass are cheaper privacy-leaning seats. LastPass still sells Teams; weigh the 2022 vault incident.
Ranked for shared vaults, admin recovery, and per-seat honesty, not for a single personal free tier.
A personal vault that happens to have a share button is not a team password manager. Teams need groups, shared vaults, offboarding that actually revokes access, and a recovery story when someone leaves with the only copy of the production admin login. Toolradar data: Toolradar lists 10,429 published tools as of September 1, 2026, including 37 published password-managers, 59% of them free or freemium (5 free-only, 17 freemium, 15 paid).
This guide ranks 8 vaults for team use. Individual prices from the August 2026 cheapest-password guide still matter, because buyers mix them up with seats: Bitwarden Premium at $1.65 a month billed annually is the cheapest OSS personal rung; 1Password Individual is $2.99 a month in year one on annual billing and $3.99 standing; Dashlane Premium is $4.99 a month billed annually and the permanent free plan is gone as of September 2025. Passbolt is the pick that was built as a team vault you can self-host.
If you need a household plan, read the cheapest and best password guides. If you need SSO, SCIM, and an audit log, stay here.
Top Picks
Picked by editorial review, informed by G2 and Capterra review volume and rating and by media mentions, the signals behind our category rankings. How we rate
Polished team vaults and admin. Individual is $2.99 a month first year on annual billing, $3.99 standing. Team seats are a separate SKU.
Starting price
From $3.99 /mo
4.7 (3,945 reviews)
Best for
Teams that want the least friction in apps, sharing, and Watchtower, and will pay for polish
OSS core. Premium is about $1.65 a month billed annually ($19.80 a year), the cheapest auditable seat. Teams is the shared-vault product.
Starting price
From $1.65 /mo
4.6 (1,659 reviews)
Best for
Teams that want an auditable codebase, a real free personal rung, and an optional self-host
OpenPGP team vault built to self-host. Community is AGPL with no user-cap license. Pro adds SSO and LDAP.
Starting price
From $4.86 /mo
4.5 (49 reviews)
Best for
Engineering-led teams that want shared credentials on their own server
| Tool | Starting price | Rating | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Password | From $3.99/mo | 4.7 3,945 reviews | Teams that want the least friction in apps, sharing, and Watchtower, and will pay for polish |
| Bitwarden | From $1.65/mo | 4.6 1,659 reviews | Teams that want an auditable codebase, a real free personal rung, and an optional self-host |
| Passbolt | From $4.86/mo | 4.5 49 reviews | Engineering-led teams that want shared credentials on their own server |
| Keeper | From $1.79/mo | 4.6 1,742 reviews | Teams that need SSO, SCIM, and compliance paperwork in the same vendor as the vault |
| Dashlane | From $11/mo | 4.2 6,755 reviews | Teams that want VPN and dark-web monitoring in the same seat and will pay the highest entry price here |
| NordPass | From $2.99/mo | 4.5 39 reviews | Teams already in Nord Security, or buyers who want a cheap seat and a free personal fallback |
| LastPass | From $3/mo | 4.6 4,877 reviews | Orgs that already live in LastPass and have a written residual-risk sign-off |
| Proton Pass | From $2.99/mo | 4.8 132 reviews | Privacy-led teams already on Proton Mail who want hide-my-email and a cheap Plus seat |
- Starting price
- From $3.99/mo
- Free plan
- No
- Rating
- 4.7 (3,945 reviews)
Best for: Teams that want the least friction in apps, sharing, and Watchtower, and will pay for polish
- Pro: Groups, vaults, and admin controls are the reason agencies and startups standardize here
- Pro: Travel Mode and Watchtower are mature; onboarding is short for non-security staff
- Pro: 14-day trial, no card required, on every plan
- Con: No permanent free plan; the $2.99 rate is a first-year Individual promo, not the standing $3.99 and not the team seat
- Con: No self-host; the vault lives on 1Password's servers (encrypted, still a residency choice)
1Password is the premium option in password management, no free tier, starting at $2.99/mo (annual).
Watch out
No free tier at all, even personal use starts at $2.99/mo (annual) or $3.99/mo (monthly)
- Starting price
- From $1.65/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.6 (1,659 reviews)
Best for: Teams that want an auditable codebase, a real free personal rung, and an optional self-host
- Pro: Premium at $1.65 a month billed annually is the cheapest OSS paid rung in the cheapest-password check
- Pro: Free personal vault is unlimited passwords and devices, with sharing to one other user
- Pro: Teams and Enterprise add the org vault, groups, and admin; self-host is available
- Con: Apps are less polished than 1Password; auto-fill needs more taps on awkward forms
- Con: Do not quote $1.65 as the Teams seat without checking the current Teams SKU
Bitwarden is the best value in password management, period.
Watch out
Premium is required for TOTP authenticator, if you rely on Bitwarden for 2FA codes, the free tier will not work.
- Starting price
- From $4.86/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.5 (49 reviews)
Best for: Engineering-led teams that want shared credentials on their own server
- Pro: Community is free and open source (AGPL-3.0) with no user-limit license
- Pro: Passwords are encrypted to the recipient key before they reach the server
- Pro: Folder-level team sharing is the product, not a bolt-on
- Con: SSO, LDAP/AD, and MFA enforcement sit on Pro, not Community
- Con: OpenPGP key management is more work than a master-password-only SaaS
Passbolt offers a very generous free tier with unlimited users and core password management features, making it highly accessible.
- Starting price
- From $1.79/mo
- Free plan
- No
- Rating
- 4.6 (1,742 reviews)
Best for: Teams that need SSO, SCIM, and compliance paperwork in the same vendor as the vault
- Pro: Personal around $2.92 a month billed annually; Family around $6.25 for five users
- Pro: SSO, SCIM, audit, and BreachWatch are the business pitch
- Pro: Zero-knowledge story matches what enterprises already bought from Keeper
- Con: No permanent free personal plan, only a trial
- Con: Promo pricing moves; confirm renewal, not the banner
Watch out
The first-year discounts are for new customers only, then the regular price applies.
Dashlane
Premium is $4.99 a month billed annually. Permanent free plan ended September 2025. Trial is 14 days.
- 4.0 on Trustpilot (6,127 reviews)
- 4.5 on G2 (628 reviews)
- Starting price
- From $11/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.2 (6,755 reviews)
Best for: Teams that want VPN and dark-web monitoring in the same seat and will pay the highest entry price here
- Pro: VPN and dark-web monitoring bundled on Premium, which can replace a second vendor
- Pro: Friends & Family is $7.49 a month billed annually for up to 10 accounts
- Pro: Business SKU exists when you outgrow family sharing
- Con: Dashlane killed the permanent free plan in September 2025; there is no $0 fallback
- Con: Highest personal entry in the cheapest-password set, about 3x Bitwarden Premium
Dashlane's pricing for businesses is somewhat opaque, with the 'Password Management' tier being custom-quoted, which can often lead to higher costs for smaller teams.
Watch out
Potential seat minimums for enterprise
- Starting price
- From $2.99/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.5 (39 reviews)
Best for: Teams already in Nord Security, or buyers who want a cheap seat and a free personal fallback
- Pro: Premium at $1.99 a month on one-year billing undercuts 1Password standing Individual
- Pro: Free plan never expires, which is a real fallback if a contractor cancels
- Pro: Business plan adds shared folders and admin for the team case
- Con: Free is one active device session, which is not a team setup
- Con: Advertised $1.99 is a first-term style rate; NordPass says renewal can differ
NordPass offers a very fair and competitive pricing structure, especially with its robust Free tier.
Watch out
No annual-only discount mentioned
- Starting price
- From $3/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.6 (4,877 reviews)
Best for: Orgs that already live in LastPass and have a written residual-risk sign-off
- Pro: Premium at $3.00 a month billed annually; Families $4.00 for up to 6 Premium accounts
- Pro: Free plan still exists (one device type: mobile or desktop, not both)
- Pro: 30-day trial on Premium and Families, longer than many 14-day trials
- Con: 2022 incident involved stolen encrypted vaults; weak master passwords were the practical risk
- Con: Free is unusable as a team standard (one device type)
LastPass offers a fair pricing structure, especially with its generous Free tier for basic single-device use.
Proton Pass
Pass Plus is $1.99 a month billed annually after Proton cut it from $3.99. Strong personal privacy; thinner as a large-team directory.
- 4.7 on G2 (121 reviews)
- 4.9 on Capterra (7 reviews)
- 4.8 on SourceForge (4 reviews)
- Starting price
- From $2.99/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Rating
- 4.8 (132 reviews)
Best for: Privacy-led teams already on Proton Mail who want hide-my-email and a cheap Plus seat
- Pro: Pass Plus at $1.99 a month billed annually after the 2026 cut from $3.99
- Pro: Free includes unlimited logins across devices, plus a small hide-my-email alias cap
- Pro: Pass Family covers up to 6 on one bill
- Con: Team admin, SCIM, and agency-style vaults trail 1Password and Bitwarden Teams
- Con: Proton has changed Pass Plus pricing more than once; re-check at renewal
Proton Pass offers a fair pricing structure, especially with its generous Free tier providing unlimited logins and devices.
What a Team Password Manager Actually Is
A team password manager is an encrypted vault plus directory features: people, groups, shared collections, admin policies, and a way to recover or transfer items when a person is gone. Zero-knowledge means the vendor cannot read the vault. That is table stakes. The team-specific work is permissions and offboarding.
1Password sells that as a polished Business product (Travel Mode and Watchtower came from the consumer side). Bitwarden sells Teams and Enterprise on top of an auditable OSS core, and you can self-host. Passbolt is OpenPGP and team folders first; Community is AGPL and self-host. Keeper sells the same architecture to enterprises with compliance packs. Dashlane, NordPass, LastPass, and Proton Pass all have (or had) family and business SKUs; the differences are free-tier survival, promo versus standing price, and incident history.
Why Slack DMs Are Not a Vault
Shared credentials in chat outlive the employee. A leaver with a still-valid 1Password-less spreadsheet is how production gets owned. Team vaults exist so revoke is a directory action, not a hope.
Price honesty is the other failure. 1Password's $2.99 Individual first-year rate is a new-customer annual hook; standing Individual is $3.99, and team seats are a different SKU. Bitwarden at about $1.65 a month is Premium for a person; Teams is the shared product. Dashlane no longer has a free fallback after September 2025, so a trial that expires is a forced paid seat. LastPass still has a cheap Families and Premium story and a 2022 vault-theft incident you should brief security on.
Passbolt changes the ops model: you run the server, you own backups, you get team sharing without a SaaS seat on Community (SSO and LDAP sit on Pro).
Key Features to Look For
Offboarding and recovery (Essential)
Admin recovery, account recovery kits, and revoke-on-last-day. If the vendor cannot answer this, you do not have a team tool.
Standing seat versus first-year promo (Essential)
1Password Individual $2.99 year one versus $3.99 standing. NordPass and Proton Pass have also run first-term rates. Compare renewal.
Free plan still exists (Important)
Dashlane ended the permanent free plan in September 2025. Bitwarden free still syncs unlimited devices. LastPass free is one device type.
Self-host path (Important)
Bitwarden and Passbolt can run on your metal. 1Password cannot. That is a procurement fact, not a slogan.
Incident history (Nice to have)
LastPass 2022 vault theft is still the briefing item. Weigh it against price.
Mistakes to Avoid
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Assuming Dashlane still has a free plan. It ended in September 2025. After the 14-day trial you pay $4.99 a month billed annually.
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Picking LastPass on price without briefing the 2022 vault theft.
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Using Bitwarden free personal sharing (one other user) as a company directory. Buy Teams or self-host an org.
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Choosing Passbolt for a single founder. It is a team and self-host product.
Expert Tips
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Model year-two 1Password at $3.99 Individual or the live Business seat, not at $2.99.
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If you must self-host shared credentials, Passbolt or Bitwarden, not 1Password.
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If the company is already on Proton, try Proton Pass Plus at $1.99 before you add a third privacy vendor.
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Revoke on the last day. A shared vault that nobody offboards is Slack with extra steps.
The Bottom Line
1Password is the polished team default if you separate the first-year Individual promo from standing and Business seats. Bitwarden is the cheapest auditable OSS path (Premium about $1.65 a month billed annually; Teams for the org). Passbolt is the team self-host vault. Keeper is compliance. Dashlane has no free plan after September 2025. NordPass and Proton Pass are cheap privacy-leaning seats. LastPass is the legacy SKU with a 2022 incident to brief.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best password manager for teams in 2026?
1Password for polish and admin that non-security staff will use. Bitwarden for an auditable OSS core and a lower seat. Passbolt if you want a team vault you run yourself. Keeper if compliance questionnaires dominate the buy.
Is Bitwarden really $1.65 per user per month?
Premium is about $1.65 a month billed annually ($19.80 a year) for an individual, from the August 2026 cheapest-password check. That is the cheapest OSS paid rung. Teams is a separate organization SKU. Confirm Teams on bitwarden.com before you put $1.65 in a company budget line.
Does Dashlane still have a free plan?
No. Dashlane discontinued the permanent free plan in September 2025. The path is a 14-day trial, then Premium at $4.99 a month billed annually ($59.88 a year).
Is 1Password's $2.99 price the team price?
No. $2.99 a month billed annually is a new-customer Individual first-year rate. Standing Individual is $3.99. Team and Business seats are priced apart. 1Password also raised individual and family prices in 2026.
Should a team use Passbolt or Bitwarden to self-host?
Passbolt if shared folders and OpenPGP team sharing are the product you want. Bitwarden if you want official apps plus an optional self-host and a cheaper personal Premium rung. 1Password has no self-host path.
Cite this page: Toolradar, "Best Password Managers for Teams in 2026", updated September 2026, https://toolradar.com/guides/best-password-managers-for-teams
Sources
Prices and plan details on this page come from each vendor's own pricing page, re-checked by the Toolradar pricing tracker:
- 1Password pricing, checked
- Bitwarden pricing, checked
- Passbolt pricing, checked
- Keeper pricing, checked
- Dashlane pricing, checked
- NordPass pricing, checked
- LastPass pricing, checked
- Proton Pass pricing, checked
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