# Business password managers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "business password manager" and as "team password vault", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/business-password-managers/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/business-password-managers/index.md

**Standing:** 1Password leads with 47% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [1Password](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/1password/index.md) | 47% | 13% | 69 |
| 2 | [Bitwarden](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitwarden/index.md) | 43% | 4% | 72 |
| 3 | [RoboForm](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/roboform/index.md) | 4% | 12% | 17 |
| 4 | [NordPass](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/nordpass/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 29 |
| 7 | [Keeper Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/keeper-security/index.md) | 0% | 4% | 55 |
| 8 | [Dashlane](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dashlane/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 50 |
| 34 | [LastPass for Business](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/lastpass-for-business/index.md) | 0% | 68% | 37 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 34 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Dashlane, Keeper Security
- GPT-5.4 mini: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Perplexity Sonar: 1Password; alternatives Keeper Security, RoboForm
- Grok 4.20: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security
- Mistral Small: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Keeper Security, LastPass for Business
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Kimi K2: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Bitwarden, Teams; alternatives 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security, LastPass for Business
- MiniMax M2.5: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- GPT-6 Luna: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Muse Glimmer 30B: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security

## Sources the answers cite

78 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- bitwarden.com: 51 answers, 100 citations
- security.org: 41 answers, 47 citations
- blog.lastpass.com: 38 answers, 57 citations
- techrepublic.com: 36 answers, 44 citations
- techradar.com: 31 answers, 36 citations
- 1password.com: 28 answers, 41 citations
- petronellatech.com: 26 answers, 27 citations
- pcmag.com: 25 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://security.org/password-manager/best/business (39 answers)
- https://techradar.com/best/business-password-management-software (28 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/enterprise-password-managers (28 answers)
- https://petronellatech.com/blog/best-password-managers-for-business-2026-comparison-guide (26 answers)
- https://pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers-for-businesses (24 answers)
- https://selecthub.com/password-management/enterprise-password-management-software (24 answers)
- https://zdnet.com/article/best-password-managers-for-business (19 answers)
- https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/resources/top-10-enterprise-password-managers-compared (17 answers)
- https://safetydetectives.com/best-password-managers/enterprise (17 answers)
- https://teampassword.com/blog/best-enterprise-password-vaults (17 answers)

## Warned against

- LastPass for Business: 25 of 37 labels negative. "LastPass is the clearest caution flag because Wired says there are password managers "you should avoid" and specifically says it sees "no reason to recommend LastPass"" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Dashlane: 9 of 50 labels negative. "Avoid (or at minimum, treat as high‑risk) LastPass, Dashlane, and Bitwarden" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- 1Password: 9 of 69 labels negative. "vulnerabilities affecting several password manager browser extensions, including 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, and others" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Google Password Manager: 3 of 3 labels negative. "Wirecutter says not to trust Chrome's built-in password manager because Google does not use zero-knowledge encryption by default" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Bitwarden (49%) to 1Password (45%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- Bitwarden: 49% to 43%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 → 2 of 34.
- 1Password: 42% to 45%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 → 1 of 34.
- RoboForm: 2% to 5%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 3 of 34.
- NordPass: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 4 of 34.
- Proton Pass for Business: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 5 of 34.
- Zoho Vault: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 9 of 34.
- Keeper Security: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 7 of 34.
- Dashlane: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 8 of 34.
- LastPass for Business: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 35 → 34 of 34.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.