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Proton Pass alternatives

8 tools we tested head to head against Proton Pass, ranked — and what each one actually does differently.

last reviewed 27 jul 2026 · from our best 9 password managers ·list curated by Onur Ozcanxin

first — what you'd be leaving

Proton Pass ranks #3 of 9 in our password managers testing. open-source clients under gplv3, a fresh 2026 audit, and a server you still have to take on faith..

86/100

a genuinely recent independent audit and copyleft clients put it third — the closed server is what keeps it from competing with the two above.

why people look for an alternative
  • server is closed source
  • free tier permits no vault sharing at all
  • pricing page renders client-side; figures not vendor-page confirmed
  • no self-hosting option

stay with Proton Pass if most recent independent audit here — recurity labs, early 2026 is the thing you care about most — nothing below beats it on that.

the short version
best alternativeBitwardenalmost everyone — it wins on transparency, on price, and on the free tier simultaneously.94/100best free optionKeePassXCpeople who would rather own the risk themselves than trust anyone's cloud with it.89/100
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  1. 1

    Bitwarden

    #1 in password managers · the only one open source top to bottom, audited by a named firm every year since 2018, and the cheapest here.

    94/100

    verdictnothing else here lets outside researchers read both the client and the server, and nothing else has an audit trail this long or this specific.

    Bitwarden vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassBitwarden
    price~$23.88/yr$19.80/yr
    free tieryesyes
    sourceopen clients, closed serveropen: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labs2025, eth zurich + unit 42
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingunlimited items and devices
    individual/yr~$23.88$19.80

    switch foralmost everyone — it wins on transparency, on price, and on the free tier simultaneously.

    pros
    • +client and server both open source
    • +named third-party audit every year since 2018, all published
    • +2025 eth zurich audit tested a malicious-server scenario
    • +cheapest paid tier and a genuinely usable free tier
    • +self-hostable via docker, kubernetes or offline
    cons
    • argon2id is opt-in; pbkdf2 remains the default
    • free-tier sharing limited to one other person
    • interface is plainer than the commercial rivals
  2. 2

    KeePassXC

    #2 in password managers · free, fully open, and the only one with no server at all — there is no vendor vault for anyone to steal.

    89/100

    verdictstructurally immune to the incident that defines this category, at the cost of doing your own syncing — a trade that is obviously right for some people and obviously wrong for others.

    KeePassXC vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassKeePassXC
    price~$23.88/yrfree
    free tieryesyes
    sourceopen clients, closed serveropen: client, no server
    latest audit2026, recurity labsanssi cspn, 2.7.9-era
    breach historynone knownn/a — no server
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingentirely free
    individual/yr~$23.88$0

    switch forpeople who would rather own the risk themselves than trust anyone's cloud with it.

    pros
    • +no vendor server and no cloud vault to breach
    • +fully open source under gplv3
    • +completely free with no tiers
    • +anssi cspn certification on 2.7.9
    cons
    • you supply and secure your own sync
    • audit history found is a single dated certification
    • mobile apps are third-party
    • passkey support unconfirmed from current pages
  3. 3

    1Password

    #4 in password managers · the best key architecture in the category, from the vendor that just made its audit reports harder to read.

    84/100

    verdictthe secret key design genuinely raises the floor on a weak master password — but a closed stack whose reports moved behind a request form in late 2025 is asking for more trust than it used to.

    1Password vs Proton Pass
     Proton Pass1Password
    price~$23.88/yr$35.88/yr
    free tieryesno
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labs2025, gated behind request
    breach historynone knownnone to vault data
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingnone — 14-day trial
    individual/yr~$23.88$35.88

    switch forhouseholds and businesses who want the most polished product and will pay for it.

    pros
    • +secret key design defeats offline brute force on a stolen vault
    • +srp authentication — password never transmitted
    • +soc 2 type 2 plus four iso certifications
    • +no breach of customer vault data in ~20 years
    cons
    • neither client nor server is open source
    • recent audit reports gated behind trust center requests since nov 2025
    • no free tier, only a 14-day trial
    • losing both secret key and master password is unrecoverable
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  4. 4

    Keeper

    #5 in password managers · fedramp high, fips 140-3 and quarterly pentests — none of whose reports you can actually read.

    80/100

    verdictthe deepest compliance stack in the category by a distance, attached to a security page that asserts everything and evidences none of it.

    Keeper vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassKeeper
    price~$23.88/yrunverified
    free tieryesno
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labsquarterly, none published
    breach historynone knownnone disclosed
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharing30-day trial only
    individual/yr~$23.88not readable

    switch fororganisations whose procurement process is satisfied by certifications rather than by published findings.

    pros
    • +fedramp high, govramp high and fips 140-3 validation
    • +soc 2 type 2 and three iso certifications
    • +kyber post-quantum key encapsulation shipped
    • +named quarterly pentest vendors
    cons
    • no audit report, date or summary published anywhere
    • closed source on both client and server
    • pricing not readable from its own page
    • no persistent free tier found
  5. 5

    RoboForm

    #6 in password managers · cheap, and one of only three here that will let you download an actual dated pentest report.

    77/100

    verdictdoes the thing most of the closed-source field won't — publishes a named, dated, downloadable pentest — and then has only the one to show.

    RoboForm vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassRoboForm
    price~$23.88/yr$29.88/yr
    free tieryesyes
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labs2025, secfault, downloadable
    breach historynone knownnone disclosed
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingsingle device
    individual/yr~$23.88$29.88

    switch forbudget-conscious users who want a real published audit without paying bitwarden-plus prices.

    pros
    • +dated, downloadable third-party pentest summary (secfault, 2025)
    • +$29.88/yr — second cheapest paid tier here
    • +local-only mode keeps data off its servers
    • +published security whitepaper and cisa-standard bug bounty
    cons
    • closed source
    • only one audit found, with no earlier history
    • no soc 2, iso or fedramp certifications
    • advertised price varies by source; likely promotional
  6. 6

    NordPass

    #7 in password managers · three consecutive years of cure53 audits, behind closed code and a renewal price that jumps.

    73/100

    verdicta consistent audit cadence from a firm that matters, undermined by closed source, a single-device free tier and the usual nord pricing pattern.

    NordPass vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassNordPass
    price~$23.88/yr$35.88/yr
    free tieryesyes
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labs2025, cure53
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingsingle device
    individual/yr~$23.88$35.88 list

    switch forexisting nord security subscribers adding password management to a bundle.

    pros
    • +cure53 audits in 2023, 2024 and 2025
    • +xchacha20 encryption, client-side only
    • +no known breach of nordpass itself
    • +passkey storage supported
    cons
    • closed source on both client and server
    • free tier limited to one device
    • introductory pricing renews substantially higher
    • pricing page not readable without javascript
  7. 7

    Dashlane

    #8 in password managers · no independent audit we could find, and the free plan it was known for is gone.

    66/100

    verdictthe only entry here where we could not locate a single named, dated third-party audit — on a product whose whole proposition is trust.

    Dashlane vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassDashlane
    price~$23.88/yrunverified
    free tieryesno
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed / unclear
    latest audit2026, recurity labsnone located
    breach historynone knownnone known
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingnone since sept 2025
    individual/yr~$23.88not readable

    switch forenterprise buyers specifically interested in its confidential-computing architecture.

    pros
    • +aws nitro enclaves confidential computing at enterprise tier
    • +local encryption before transmission, zero-knowledge claimed
    • +no known breach
    • +family plan covers 10 accounts, the most here
    cons
    • no named, dated independent audit could be located
    • free plan discontinued september 2025
    • prices not readable from its own pricing page
    • source model unclear and not open in any meaningful sense
  8. 8

    LastPass

    #9 in password managers · the only confirmed large-scale vault breach in this category, disclosed in unusual detail by the company that suffered it.

    48/100

    verdictranked last on the record rather than the technology: customer vault backups and unencrypted urls left the building in 2022, and no amount of subsequent hardening undoes that.

    LastPass vs Proton Pass
     Proton PassLastPass
    price~$23.88/yrunverified
    free tieryesyes
    sourceopen clients, closed serverclosed: client + server
    latest audit2026, recurity labsasserted, none named
    breach historynone known2022 vaults, 2015 hashes
    free tierunlimited logins, no sharingone device type
    individual/yr~$23.88not readable

    switch forexisting users planning an export — and worth reading before choosing anything else, because the disclosure is genuinely instructive.

    pros
    • +the most detailed, dated first-party breach disclosure here
    • +passkey creation and storage on paid tiers
    • +iso 27001, soc 2 type ii, soc 3 and bsi c5 certifications
    cons
    • 2022 breach exfiltrated customer vault backups and metadata
    • website urls in those vaults were never encrypted
    • separate 2015 incident exposed hashes and reminders
    • no auditor named and no report linked on its security page
    • free tier limited to one device type

how these were compared

every tool on this page went through the same test as Proton Pass — same tasks, same order, scored the same way. the comparison tables are the figures from that testing, not vendor spec sheets.

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