Security & privacy tools / Bitwarden
Bitwarden
Bitwarden is the trusted, open source password manager for individuals, teams, and enterprises. Securely store, share, and manage passwords, passkeys, and secrets. Free to start.
Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.8 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.6 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Bitwarden yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Bitwarden?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
Nothing is clearly stated yet.
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Password manager
Measured signals
4.8 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Bitwarden's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 13 ms.
- Security5 / 55 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Tag Manager.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
3.6 / 5 · 50 commenters68% of the 50 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Bitwarden; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“The investment case is likely: Bitwarden are doing well, 1Password are doing very well, maybe Bitwarden can do very well too with some additional capital. Password management is rapidly growing in mindshare, there's a…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“> The Bitwarden web client has actively broken Vaultwarden compatibility at least once I skimmed the thread, so maybe I missed it, but from what I saw, saying they deliberately broke Vaultwarden is a bit if a stretch.…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“It almost never gives me the option to auto-fill my passwords and when it does it's usually because I already went out of my way to open Bitwarden. It's very inconsistent and frustrating. The thing is, I've never used…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Bitwarden raises $100M (2022, 497 comments) · Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev (2023, 391 comments) · Bitwarden Dual License Model (2026, 311 comments) · Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager (2023, 299 comments)
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Creating an account is required. The page says: “Create Your Account.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Password managerNot tested yet
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