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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Bitwarden.

US-incorporated open-source password manager (Florida/Santa Barbara). GPL self-host option.

ALTERNATIVES
10
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
6
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
9

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Bitwarden alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Passbolt
Luxembourg · Founded 2017
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

Luxembourg-incorporated AGPLv3 open-source team password manager (Passbolt SA), SOC 2 Type II, self-hostable, used by LU/FR government.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
Proton Pass
Switzerland · Founded 2023
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #2 PICK

Swiss zero-knowledge password manager (Proton AG / Proton Foundation), open-source apps + extensions, Cure53-audited, free unlimited tier.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€2/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
Psono
Germany · Founded 2017
EU-HOSTED
★ #3 PICK

German Apache-2.0 open-source team password manager (esaqa GmbH), self-hostable on EU infrastructure, Cure53-audited 2026, free up to 10 users.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€0/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 10 European alternatives to Bitwarden compare?

All 10 alternatives, benchmarked against Bitwarden.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature Passbolt Proton Pass Psono pCloud Pass NordPass Padloc Vaultwarden KeePassXC Uniqkey heylogin
Passkeys No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Autofill Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Breach monitoring Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Family sharing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Data export Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Devices Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Platforms iOS Android Windows Linux iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS Android Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web macOS Windows Linux iOS macOS Windows Android iOS Android Windows macOS Web
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Bitwarden?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Bitwarden US-incorporated

US-incorporated open-source password manager (Florida/Santa Barbara). GPL self-host option.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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