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European alternatives to Bitwarden

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

Alternatives
10
CLOUD Act · none
4
Free tier
9

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Which are the closest Bitwarden alternatives?

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

Figure 1Closest matches to Bitwarden

Luxembourg · Founded 2017
EU-Hosted

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

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€5/mo
CLOUD Act
Material
Switzerland · Founded 2023
EU-Based

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

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€2/mo
CLOUD Act
Minor
Germany · Founded 2017
EU-Hosted

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: Not assessed Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€0/mo
CLOUD Act
Material

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.

Table 2Capabilities by product
Feature Passbolt Proton Pass Psono pCloud Pass NordPass Padloc Vaultwarden KeePassXC Uniqkey heylogin
Passkeys No Yes Yes Yes Yes Not assessed Yes Yes Yes No
Autofill Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not assessed 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 Not assessed Yes
Devices Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Not assessed 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

Source: vendor documentation, as of Aug 2026.

What are you leaving behind with Bitwarden?

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

US-based
Bitwarden US-incorporated

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

Ownership
US-owned
CLOUD Act
Direct

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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