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Business password managers · November 2026 Edition

1Password vs Bitwarden

Eleven of fourteen models named 1Password first on the direct prompt; five named Bitwarden. Both were named by all fourteen models and 1Password carries 74 labels and Bitwarden 76, so the shares are not directly comparable.

1Password

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

Bitwarden

endorsed leader

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share53%41%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7476A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, 1Password reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Keeper Security was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. 1Password vs Keeper Security · 1Password vs NordPass · 1Password vs Dashlane

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the business password managers page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
1PasswordFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBitwarden
Direct115
Paraphrase132
Comparative86
Budget-constrained0132 against 1Password
Scale-constrained31
Negative543 against 1Password · 3 against Bitwarden
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, 1Password and Bitwarden were named in the same answer 212 times, of the 330 answers naming 1Password and the 247 naming Bitwarden. In those answers Bitwarden took the first choice fifty times and 1Password eighty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where 1Password and Bitwarden stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
1Password Bitwarden first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 1Password on the left and Bitwarden on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where 1Password and Bitwarden stood in it.

Both were the first choice

2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Mistral Small1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Keeper Security, NordPass
GLM 4.7 FlashX1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm

1Password first, Bitwarden an alternative

9 of 14 modelsBitwarden was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 mini1Password, Dashlane alternatives: Keeper Security
Gemini 3.5 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Perplexity Sonar1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass
Grok 4.201Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass
Llama 4 Maverick1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm
Qwen 3.7 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass
Kimi K21Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Dashlane, NordPass
MiniMax M2.51Password alternatives: Bitwarden, LastPass for Business
GPT-6 Luna1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security

Bitwarden first, 1Password an alternative

3 of 14 models1Password was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Bitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane, NordPass
DeepSeek V4 FlashBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security
Muse Glimmer 30BBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
1Password leads by seven points.
1Password45%#1 of 8
Bitwarden38%#2 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
1Password leads by twelve points.
1Password53%#1 of 8
Bitwarden41%#2 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
1Password leads by six points.
1Password47%#1 of 6
Bitwarden42%#2 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about 1Password

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“security researchers disclosed vulnerabilities affecting several password manager browser extensions, including 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, and others” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, 1Password Business or Bitwarden offer the best balance of security, features, cost, and ease of management.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a typical mid-market B2B company, 1Password Business offers the best balance of security, usability, and enterprise features.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“It is recommended to use a reputable and well-designed business password manager, such as 1Password Business or Bitwarden Teams” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Bitwarden

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“researchers identified 27 vulnerabilities across four major password managers — Bitwarden, LastPass, Dashlane, and 1Password” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“found "12 distinct attacks against Bitwarden, 7 against LastPass, 6 against Dashlane and 6 against 1Password"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bitwarden, Dashlane — CAUTION” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bitwarden and 1Password are often the top picks because they combine strong security, solid business features, and reasonable pricing.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Bitwarden offers the best value proposition with strong security credentials, deployment flexibility, and competitive pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“1Password Business or Bitwarden offer the best balance of security, features, cost, and ease of management.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
1Password vs Keeper Security1Password vs NordPass1Password vs DashlaneBitwarden vs Keeper SecurityBitwarden vs NordPassBitwarden vs DashlaneAll ten head-to-head pages and the full password managers standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.