Bitwarden
Open-source password manager with optional EU cloud hosting. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, but offers EU-hosted servers and is fully self-hostable. Audited, zero-knowledge encryption, free tier available. 50,000+ business customers.
Quick facts
- Headquarters
- Santa Barbara, United States
- Hosting
- EU
- Company
- Bitwarden Inc.
- Founded
- 2015
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- Infrastructure
- Mixed
- Open source
- Full
- GDPR
- Compliant
- Pricing
- Freemium · from Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Platforms
- Web, Ios, Android, Desktop, Self-Hosted
Why does it score 42?
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