European alternatives to Bitwarden
An open-source password manager that's become the go-to free-and-paid alternative to the incumbents. The code is fully open and self-hostable, though the default hosted service is a US company on Azure.
Company information about Bitwarden
- Company
- Bitwarden Inc.
- Headquarters
- Santa Barbara, United States
- Founded
- 2016
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- Full
- Infrastructure
- Microsoft Azure
Why people switch away from Bitwarden
European alternatives to Bitwarden
End-to-end encrypted password manager from Proton AG in Geneva. Open-source clients, zero-knowledge architecture, and built-in email alias support via SimpleLogin.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.