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

Gane Index, November 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/2026-11

**Standing:** 1Password leads with 53% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 51 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) | 53% | 7% | 74 |
| 2 | [Bitwarden](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitwarden/index.md) | 41% | 4% | 76 |
| 3 | [Keeper Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/keeper-security/index.md) | 2% | 2% | 55 |
| 4 | [NordPass](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/nordpass/index.md) | 2% | 9% | 43 |
| 5 | [Dashlane](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dashlane/index.md) | 2% | 22% | 49 |
| 6 | [Proton Pass for Business](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/proton-pass-for-business/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 7 | [RoboForm](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/roboform/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 16 |
| 34 | [LastPass for Business](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/lastpass-for-business/index.md) | 0% | 72% | 36 |

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: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Dashlane, NordPass
- GPT-5.4 mini: 1Password, Dashlane; alternatives Keeper Security
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Perplexity Sonar: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass
- Grok 4.20: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass
- Mistral Small: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Keeper Security, NordPass
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Keeper Security
- Llama 4 Maverick: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass
- Kimi K2: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Dashlane, NordPass
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm
- MiniMax M2.5: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, LastPass for Business
- GPT-6 Luna: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Keeper Security

## Sources the answers cite

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

- bitwarden.com: 49 answers, 94 citations
- blog.lastpass.com: 34 answers, 44 citations
- 1password.com: 33 answers, 46 citations
- security.org: 24 answers, 25 citations
- keepersecurity.com: 19 answers, 26 citations
- pcmag.com: 17 answers, 19 citations
- cybernews.com: 15 answers, 15 citations
- techrepublic.com: 15 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://security.org/password-manager/best/business (23 answers)
- https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/best-business-password-manager (20 answers)
- https://pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers-for-businesses (16 answers)
- https://zdnet.com/article/best-password-managers-for-business (15 answers)
- https://bitwarden.com/resources/business-password-manager-comparison-report (14 answers)
- https://bitwarden.com/products/business (12 answers)
- https://bitwarden.com/resources/top-10-enterprise-password-managers-compared (12 answers)
- https://cybernews.com/password-managers/business-password-managers (12 answers)
- https://1password.com/compare/password-manager (11 answers)
- https://1password.com/files/resources/how-to-choose-a-password-manager-for-your-business.pdf (11 answers)

## Warned against

- LastPass for Business: 26 of 36 labels negative. "Many experts recommend avoiding LastPass for new deployments because of ongoing concerns about its security posture" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Dashlane: 11 of 49 labels negative. "security researcher Marek Tóth presented a vulnerability in browser extensions of several password managers (including Dashlane) at DEF CON 33" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Passwordstate: 4 of 4 labels negative. "Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in the Passwordstate password manager by Click Studios, allowing attackers to bypass authentication" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Apple Passwords: 4 of 4 labels negative. "Built-in browser password managers (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox) — Avoid for business use" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: 1Password at 53%.

- 1Password: 47% to 53%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 34, unchanged.
- RoboForm: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 7 of 34.
- Bitwarden: 43% to 41%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 of 34, unchanged.
- Keeper Security: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 3 of 34.
- Dashlane: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 5 of 34.
- Proton Pass for Business: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 6 of 34.
- NordPass: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 34, unchanged.
- LastPass for Business: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 34 of 34, unchanged.

## Record

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