Proton Pass vs 1Password vs Bitwarden vs Dashlane: 2026 Pricing

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Proton Pass's free tier is the most generous on raw limits (unlimited logins and devices, 10 email aliases), but its built-in 2FA authenticator and dark web monitoring are paid-only; its Pass Plus plan and the wider Proton ecosystem (Mail, VPN, Drive) make more sense for someone who wants one encrypted-services subscription rather than a password manager alone. 1Password has no free tier — only a 14-day trial — but its Teams Starter Pack and Business plan carry the most mature admin/SSO tooling of the four, making it the more likely pick for a small team that needs identity-provider integration rather than the lowest per-seat price. Dashlane's official pricing pages did not show exact dollar figures for any plan at the time of writing (prices load dynamically and weren't present in the retrieved page content), so this comparison states its confirmed features but leaves the prices out rather than estimating them.

Why this comparison, and why now

All four of these password managers publish separate pricing for individuals, families and small teams, and all four have touched those numbers or plan structures within 2026: Proton bundled SimpleLogin's premium alias features into Pass Plus, Dashlane restructured its Starter and Standard business plans, and 1Password and Bitwarden both continue to differentiate free vs. paid mainly around 2FA/authenticator features and dark web monitoring rather than raw storage limits. This piece pulls the current numbers and feature claims directly from each vendor's own pricing and support pages rather than reusing older figures, and says plainly where a vendor's own page didn't give us a number to cite.

Pricing at a glance

As of Sept 29, 2026, per each vendor's official pricing or support pages, prices as published in USD, except Proton Pass, whose page showed EUR for a visitor in Germany (other regions/currencies may differ — check each vendor's own page for local pricing). Where a figure could not be confirmed from an official source, it is described as such rather than estimated.

Sources: proton.me/pass/pricing, proton.me/blog — Pass Plus + SimpleLogin premium features, proton.me/business/pass/pricing, 1password.com/personal, 1password.com/business-pricing, bitwarden.com/pricing, dashlane.com/pricing-personal, dashlane.com/pricing (business) — all retrieved Sept 29, 2026.

Free-tier comparison

• Proton Pass: the most generous raw limits of the four — unlimited logins, notes, credit cards and devices, plus 10 hide-my-email aliases, on the free tier. What's missing from free: the built-in 2FA authenticator and dark web monitoring, both Pass Plus-only.
• Bitwarden: also unlimited passwords and devices on the free tier, plus passkey management/use and a password generator built in. What's missing from free: the integrated TOTP authenticator, file attachments and emergency access, all Premium-only.
• 1Password: no free tier at all — a 14-day trial of a paid plan is the only no-cost option.
• Dashlane: the current official pricing page we reviewed does not describe a permanent free plan; it leads with a 14-day free trial of Premium instead. Whether an older free tier still exists elsewhere on Dashlane's site could not be confirmed here, so it's treated as unconfirmed rather than assumed.

What each vendor adds beyond password storage

Proton Pass

proton.me/pass

Proton's own pricing page lists passkey support, a password generator and password health alerts as included on the free tier, with "unlimited hide-my-email aliases," a built-in 2FA authenticator, dark web monitoring, file attachments and emergency access reserved for Pass Plus. Pass is also sold bundled into Proton Unlimited alongside Proton Mail, Calendar, Drive and VPN, which matters if the appeal is one encrypted-services account rather than a standalone password manager. Readers who sign up for a paid Proton plan through ToolPulse's Proton Pass (paid link) link get US$20 credit toward their Proton account.

1Password

1password.com

1Password's personal-plan page highlights password generation, autosave/autofill, secure item sharing and Watchtower alerts for weak or compromised credentials, and states that Watchtower also flags "websites you use that support passkeys." The bigger differentiator shows up on the business side: 1Password's Business plan page lists integrations with Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin and Duo for identity-provider sign-on, which none of the other three vendors' pages reviewed here mention as a named, ready-made integration.

Bitwarden

bitwarden.com

Bitwarden's pricing page describes itself with "open source security" and "zero-knowledge encryption" on every tier, free included, and lists passkey management as a free-tier feature rather than gating it behind Premium. Its Enterprise plan adds SSO and what the page calls "Access Intelligence" on top of the audit logs and directory sync shared with the Teams plan.

Dashlane

www.dashlane.com

Dashlane's confirmed differentiator among these four is bundling a VPN directly into its Premium plan — the official page lists "VPN for public Wi-Fi" as a Premium feature, and specifically notes that Friends & Family members get "everything but VPN," meaning the VPN stays limited to the plan owner even on the multi-user plan. Dark web monitoring and AI-powered scam protection are also listed as Premium features. Whether Dashlane supports passkeys was not stated on the comparison content we could retrieve from the official page, so it's left out here rather than assumed.

Team and small-business plans

For a small team, the four vendors split into two groups. 1Password and Bitwarden publish clear, checkable per-seat numbers: 1Password's Teams Starter Pack covers up to 10 members for $24.95/month billed annually (additional seats $4.99/month each), and its Business plan runs $8.99/user/month billed annually with no stated minimum; Bitwarden's Teams plan is $4/user/month and Enterprise is $6/user/month, both billed annually. Proton Pass and Dashlane publish business tiers too — Pass Essentials/Professional (3-user minimum) and Dashlane's Password Management/Credential Protection plans — but neither page showed an actual per-user dollar figure; both displayed pricing as placeholders that load dynamically. A team that wants to compare monthly cost before talking to sales can currently only budget 1Password and Bitwarden from the public page alone.

What this comparison doesn't cover

None of the four vendors' pricing pages address autofill reliability across every browser/app combination, customer support response times, or how migration from a competitor actually goes in practice — none of that can be answered from a pricing page, and this comparison is based on public vendor pages, not hands-on use. Storage limits and user counts shown above are the vendor-published figures for each named tier; promotional first-year pricing (noted explicitly by 1Password) may not reflect the renewal price in year two.

Who should pick what

• Budget-conscious individual, or anyone who wants open-source code: Bitwarden's free tier already covers unlimited passwords, devices and passkeys, and Premium is the cheapest paid upgrade here at $1.65/month billed annually.
• Someone who wants a password manager bundled with email, VPN and cloud storage: Proton Pass via Proton Unlimited, or Pass Plus on its own at €2.99/month billed annually, fits that "one encrypted account" preference better than buying storage and a password manager separately.
• Small team that needs SSO/identity-provider integration and predictable per-seat pricing: 1Password's Business plan ($8.99/user/month billed annually) is the only one of the four that names specific identity-provider integrations (Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin, Duo) directly on its pricing page.
• Small team on the tightest per-seat budget: Bitwarden Teams at $4/user/month billed annually is the lowest confirmed per-seat team price among the four.
• Family that wants a VPN bundled with the password manager for the plan owner: Dashlane Premium is the only individual plan here that bundles a VPN, though its exact price couldn't be confirmed from the official page at the time of writing — worth checking Dashlane's own checkout page directly for the current figure before deciding.

Sources & methodology

This comparison is based on each vendor's public pricing, blog and support pages as of Sept 29, 2026, not on hands-on testing. Where a price loaded dynamically and did not appear in the retrieved page content (Dashlane's Premium and Friends & Family prices, Dashlane's business per-user prices, Proton Pass Essentials/Professional per-user prices), it was left out rather than estimated.

• Proton — Pass: Pricing & Plans, retrieved Sept 30, 2026 in a browser
• Proton Blog — Pass Plus now includes SimpleLogin premium features, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• Proton — Business password manager plans and pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• 1Password — Individual & Family pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• 1Password — Business pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• Bitwarden — Pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• Dashlane — Personal Password Manager Pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026
• Dashlane — Business Pricing, retrieved Sept 29, 2026

Tools in this post

Password managers

Dashlane

Dashlane is a password manager that bundles a VPN directly into its Premium plan, per its own pricing page.

• Prices not verified

Password managers

1Password

1Password is a password manager with no permanent free tier — only a 14-day trial — and its business pricing page names speci…

• No free plan
• From $2.99/month (annual billing) · Individual
• Prices checked Sept 29, 2026

Password managers

Bitwarden

Bitwarden is an open-source password manager. Per its own pricing page, it describes itself with "open source security" and "…

• No free plan
• From $1.65/month (annual billing) · Premium
• Prices checked Sept 29, 2026

Password managers

Proton Pass

Proton Pass is Proton's password manager, sold standalone or bundled into the wider Proton suite (Mail, VPN, Drive, Calendar)…

• No free plan
• From €4.99/month (annual billing) · Pass Plus
• Prices checked Sept 30, 2026