by BitwardenBusiness password managers
Open-source business password manager from $4 a user, with SSO, policies and a self-host option on Enterprise at $6.
Login with SSO, enterprise policies and a self-host option for $6 a user, on open-source clients with public audit reports.
Bitwarden gives a 25-person company SSO, SCIM, event logs, policies and account recovery on Enterprise for $150 a month billed annually, the lowest figure in this comparison. Security reviewers can read its client code and its recent third-party audit reports without asking, and its compliance page lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001 and HIPAA. Teams that want to run the server themselves can self-host on Enterprise.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Business password managers: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Bitwarden | LastPass | Dashlane | 1Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Compliance includedLogin with SSO, enterprise policies and a self-host option for $6 a user, on open-source clients with public audit reports. | Compliance includedFederated login, directory provisioning and SIEM integration on a self-serve plan at $7 a user, with SOC 2, SOC 3 and ISO 27001 and 27701. | Compliance includedSSO, SCIM and SIEM integration on the only self-serve business plan, at $8 a user billed annually. | Compliance includedUnlock with SSO, automated provisioning and SIEM events on a per-user plan with monthly or annual billing, backed by SOC 2 and four ISO certificates. |
| Overall score | 8.8Best | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| Free option | Free plan | 14-day free trial | 14-day free trial | 14-day free trial |
| Card to start | –Not measured | No card needed | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $4/user/mo | $4.25/user/mo | $8/user/mo | $24.95/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Plan with SSO unlock | Enterprise ($6/user/mo, annual) | Business ($7/user/mo, annual) | Omnix Password Management ($8/user/mo, annual) | Business ($8.99/user/mo, annual) |
| 25 users with SSO, billed annually | $150/mo | $175/mo | $200/mo | $224.75/mo |
| Monthly billing | Offered per the docs; rate not listed | Not listed; plans billed annually | Not offered for current plans | Yes, $10.99/user on Business |
| Free option | Free organization for 2 people; 14-day trial | 14-day trial, no card | 14-day trial, no card | 14-day trial, no card |
| Seat terms | Per user, base of 1 user, no cap | Per user; Teams up to 50 users, Business no limit | Per user; checkout opens at 10 seats, no minimum stated | Business: 1-user minimum; Teams Starter Pack: 10 users, up to 20 |
| SSO protocols | SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect | Federated login with Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace, Ping, OneLogin or AD FS (protocol not stated) | SAML 2.0 | OpenID Connect |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both, plus a public SOC 3 | Both, plus ISO 27701 and a public SOC 3 | Both | Both, plus ISO 27017, 27018 and 27701 |
| Third-party audit reports | Public, including 2025 reports | Pentest letters in the Compliance Center, on request | In the Trust Center, on request | 2020 reports public; current pentests via the Trust Center |
| Client source code | Open source | None stated | Published for review (Android, Apple, web extension) | None stated |
| Self-hosting | Enterprise | None stated | None stated | None stated |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Bitwarden is the most complete package here for a 25-person company that needs SSO: the lowest price, public audits, open-source clients and a self-host option. SSO and policies sit on Enterprise rather than Teams. | From its public pages, LastPass Business is a straightforward self-serve buy for SSO, provisioning and SIEM export at $7 a user. Buyers will also weigh the 2022 incident, which LastPass documents on its own pages along with the changes it made. | From its public pages, Dashlane is the simplest buy for SSO: one self-serve plan at $8 a user includes it. Plan around annual-only billing and audit reports that need an access request. | From its public pages, 1Password Business has the broadest certification list and the only listed monthly price here, at the highest figure for 25 users with SSO. Its lower score reflects price, gated current pentest reports and no self-hosting. |
Evidence: Bitwarden: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; LastPass: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Dashlane: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; 1Password: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Bitwarden's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 15, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Bitwarden's business pricing page, its plan and organization docs, the compliance page and the audit page on Oct 15, 2026; we did not sign up for this review. The pricing page shows two business plans priced per user and billed annually: Teams at $4 and Enterprise at $6. The plan table marks event logs, user groups, API access, Directory Connector and SCIM on both; login with SSO, enterprise policies, account recovery, custom roles and the self-host option are Enterprise only.
The organization docs say Teams and Enterprise can be billed annually or monthly, but no monthly rate appears on the pricing page. New Teams and Enterprise organizations get a 14-day free trial, and the docs say payment information is entered when the organization is created and charged after the trial. A Free organization lets two people share up to two collections.
The audit page is unusually open: it links 2025 reports from Cure53, ETH Zurich, Unit 42 and Fracture Labs, among others, and the compliance page lists SOC 2 Type II, a public SOC 3, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.
Enterprise is $6 a user billed annually: $150 a month for 25 people.
vs 1Password: Dashlane comes to $200 and 1Password Business to $224.75 for the same 25 users.
Third-party reports from 2025 can be downloaded from the audit page without a request.
vs 1Password: Dashlane’s penetration test reports need a Trust Center access request; 1Password distributes its current ones through its Trust Center.
The compliance page points to the Bitwarden codebase on GitHub, open for anyone to review.
Enterprise organizations can run the Bitwarden server on their own network, compatible with all Bitwarden clients.
A Free organization lets two people share items in up to two collections, with no time limit.
Teams includes SCIM and event logs, but login with SSO, enterprise policies and account recovery start on Enterprise.
Workaround: Enterprise is $2 a user more than Teams.
The docs say business plans can be billed monthly, but the pricing page shows annual prices only.
The organization docs say payment information is entered when a paid organization is created, with the charge after the 14-day trial.
Bitwarden bills per user, with a base of one user and no cap. Teams is $4 a user a month billed annually; Enterprise is $6. For 25 people with SSO, Enterprise comes to 25 × $6 = $150 a month, or $1,800 a year. Without SSO, Teams would be $100 a month.
The pricing page lists annual prices only and says taxes are not included; the docs say monthly billing is available, but its rate is not on the page. Secrets Manager is a separate add-on ($6 a user on Teams, $12 on Enterprise). Every Enterprise user also gets a free Families plan.
Encrypted export is a core feature on every plan, and event logs can be exported as CSV from the web app or as JSON through the Public API. The plan docs say Enterprise organizations can also be imported to a self-hosted server.
From its public pages, Bitwarden is the most complete package here for a 25-person company that needs SSO: the lowest price, public audits, open-source clients and a self-host option. SSO and policies sit on Enterprise rather than Teams.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Plan with SSO unlock | Enterprise ($6/user/mo, annual) |
| 25 users with SSO, billed annually | $150/mo |
| Monthly billing | Offered per the docs; rate not listed |
| Free option | Free organization for 2 people; 14-day trial |
| Seat terms | Per user, base of 1 user, no cap |
| SSO protocols | SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both, plus a public SOC 3 |
| Third-party audit reports | Public, including 2025 reports |
| Client source code | Open source |
| Self-hosting | Enterprise |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 15, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Bitwarden yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 15, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Bitwarden yet.
Bitwarden lists 3 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Teams, costs $4/user/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-15.
Source: bitwarden.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the business pricing, security and help pages of three password managers on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. Where SSO sits, what 25 users cost, how open each is about audits, and who should pick which.
