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Business password managers · November 2026 Edition

1Password vs NordPass

Eleven of fourteen models named 1Password first on the direct prompt; zero named NordPass. Both were named by all fourteen models and 1Password carries 74 labels and NordPass 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.

1Password

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

NordPass

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share53%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7443A 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.Bitwarden was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. 1Password vs Bitwarden · 1Password vs Keeper Security · 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 modelsNordPass
Direct1101 against NordPass
Paraphrase130
Comparative80
Budget-constrained012 against 1Password
Scale-constrained30
Negative503 against 1Password · 3 against NordPass
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 NordPass were named in the same answer 108 times, of the 330 answers naming 1Password and the 126 naming NordPass. In those answers NordPass took the first choice two times and 1Password sixty-five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where 1Password and NordPass 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 NordPass first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 1Password on the left and NordPass on the right.

The direct prompt

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

1Password first, NordPass an alternative

11 of 14 modelsNordPass 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
Mistral Small1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: 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
GLM 4.7 FlashX1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm
MiniMax M2.51Password alternatives: Bitwarden, LastPass for Business
GPT-6 Luna1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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 forty points.
1Password45%#1 of 8
NordPass5%#3 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
1Password leads by fifty-one points.
1Password53%#1 of 8
NordPass2%#4 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
1Password leads by forty-seven points.
1Password47%#1 of 6
NordPass0%#5 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 NordPass

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

“Basic or consumer-first versions of NordPass are flagged for lacking essential enterprise features like SCIM and granular RBAC” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Consumer-first products like basic NordPass and basic LastPass that lack SCIM and granular RBAC.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Recent 2026 research from ETH Zurich identified vulnerabilities in several popular ones” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a company with a strict limited budget, I'd recommend NordPass Teams at $1.79/month per user.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“NordPass Business / Dashlane Business (User-friendly enterprise options with strong health monitoring features)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“A safer shortlist for evaluation is 1Password, Bitwarden, Keeper, NordPass, Dashlane, or Proton Pass” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · alternative
Also compared
1Password vs Bitwarden1Password vs Keeper Security1Password vs DashlaneBitwarden vs NordPassKeeper Security vs NordPassNordPass 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.