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Bitwarden vs Proton Pass

Both are open source with strong free plans. Bitwarden can be self-hosted and is cheaper to upgrade; Proton Pass adds hide-my-email aliases and fits into a Proton account.

Where they differ most

Free plan

Bitwarden
Unlimited passwords on unlimited devices; sharing with one other user (free two-person organization)
Proton Pass
Unlimited devices, logins and passkeys; 10 hide-my-email aliases; 2 vaults; sharing with 2 people

Personal plan, per year

Bitwarden
$19.80, Premium
Proton Pass
$35.88, Pass Plus

After the first year

Bitwarden
Same price
Proton Pass
Not stated

Master password hashing

Bitwarden
PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256, 600,000 iterations (default); optional Argon2id, 32 MiB memory, 6 iterations, 4 parallelism
Proton Pass
bcrypt (cost 10) of the account password plus salt protects the user key; vault items use random 32-byte AES-256-GCM vault keys

Run it yourself

Bitwarden
Own serverOwn server
Proton Pass
NoNo

Owner

Bitwarden
Bitwarden, Inc.
Proton Pass
Proton AG

Which one to pick

Bitwarden logoPick Bitwarden if

  • You want to self-host the server
  • You want the cheaper upgrade: $19.80 a year for Premium
  • You need SSH keys and an SSH agent in your password manager
All Bitwarden facts

Proton Pass logoPick Proton Pass if

  • You want email aliases built in (10 on the free plan)
  • You already use Proton Mail or VPN, or want a Swiss company
  • You want an audit report from 2026 (Recurity Labs)
All Proton Pass facts

Every fact, side by side

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Price

What's encrypted, and how

Who you're trusting

Apps, passkeys and sign-in

Sharing, recovery and extras

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