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Business password managers · November 2026 Edition

Bitwarden vs Keeper Security

Five of fourteen models named Bitwarden first on the direct prompt; zero named Keeper Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Bitwarden carries 76 labels and Keeper Security 55, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bitwarden

endorsed leader

Named in five categories this edition.

Keeper Security

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share41%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7655A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bitwarden reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.1Password was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. 1Password vs Bitwarden · 1Password vs Keeper Security · Bitwarden vs NordPass

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.
BitwardenFirst choices, of fourteen modelsKeeper Security
Direct50
Paraphrase20
Comparative61
Budget-constrained130
Scale-constrained11
Negative403 against Bitwarden · 1 against Keeper Security
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, Bitwarden and Keeper Security were named in the same answer 165 times, of the 247 answers naming Bitwarden and the 172 naming Keeper Security. In those answers Keeper Security took the first choice nine times and Bitwarden fifty-three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Bitwarden first, Keeper Security an alternative

5 of 14 modelsKeeper Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Bitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane, NordPass
Mistral Small1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Keeper Security, NordPass
DeepSeek V4 FlashBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security
GLM 4.7 FlashX1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Dashlane, Keeper Security, NordPass, RoboForm
Muse Glimmer 30BBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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

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
Bitwarden leads by thirty-eight points.
Bitwarden38%#2 of 8
Keeper Security0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Bitwarden leads by thirty-nine points.
Bitwarden41%#2 of 8
Keeper Security2%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Bitwarden leads by thirty-two points.
Bitwarden42%#2 of 6
Keeper Security9%#3 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Keeper Security

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

“Recent 2026 research from ETH Zurich identified vulnerabilities in several popular ones” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“commonly 1Password, Bitwarden, and Keeper for enterprise use” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Keeper is frequently ranked best overall” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Solid for security-heavy B2B (e.g., compliance-focused)... pricing is competitive but can feel enterprise-heavy for mid-size.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared
1Password vs Bitwarden1Password vs Keeper SecurityBitwarden vs NordPassBitwarden vs DashlaneKeeper Security vs NordPassKeeper Security 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.