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1Password

AgileBits Inc. CA

1Password is a subscription password manager with the best apps in the category and a two-secret key derivation model that makes a stolen server database useless on its own. It fits households and teams where interface quality decides whether the tool is used at all.

From
€3.67
Free plan
No
Trial
14 days
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1Password website, captured on 2026-11-11
Screenshot of 1Password, captured 2026-11-11. Source: https://1password.com/

Best for

Households and teams where adoption depends on the apps being pleasant

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Two-secret key derivation, a 128-bit Secret Key never leaves your devices
  • AES-GCM-256 with Secure Remote Password authentication
  • The most polished apps and sharing flows available
  • Teams Starter Pack at EUR 2.29 per user for ten or more seats

Weaknesses

  • No free plan at all
  • No self-hosting and no published EU-only hosting option
  • Business at EUR 8.27 per user is more than twice Bitwarden Teams
  • Promotional first-year pricing makes the real cost easy to misread

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
Individual Price on request 1 user USD 3.99 list, USD 2.99 promotional for the first 12 months
Families Price on request up to 5 users USD 5.99 list, USD 4.49 promotional for the first 12 months
Teams Starter Pack Price on request per user USD 2.49 per user billed yearly, 10 users minimum, up to 20
Business Price on request per user USD 8.99 per user billed yearly, 1 user minimum
Enterprise Price on request per user price on request

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Verdict

The right purchase when people have to enjoy using it. Two-secret key derivation is a genuinely better answer to the stolen-database attack than any iteration count, and the apps are the reason families do not abandon it in week two. Against that, there is no free tier, no self-hosting and no EU region, and Business is the most expensive team plan in this comparison for anything under ten seats.

Other Security software

Bitwarden Bitwarden People and teams who want audited open-source code, an EU region and the lowest credible price €1.52 9.2 Proton Pass Privacy-focused users who want Swiss jurisdiction and unlimited email aliases €4.59 8.7 KeePassXC KeePassXC Technical users who want no vendor server and no subscription Free plan 8.2 Apple Passwords Apple Passwords All-Apple households that want system-level autofill without a subscription Free plan 7.8 Keeper Regulated organisations that need FedRAMP High and a named hosting region €3.30 7.4 NordPass NordPass Buyers who want the lowest advertised paid price and accept a multi-year term €1.23 6.6

Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] 1Password personal pricing, USD converted at 1 USD = 0.92 EUR accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] 1Password business pricing accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] About 1Password security, two-secret key derivation accessed 2026-11-11
  4. [4] 1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach, BleepingComputer, October 2023 accessed 2026-11-11

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