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Business password managers · November 2026 Edition

NordPass vs Dashlane

Zero of fourteen models named NordPass first on the direct prompt; one named Dashlane. NordPass was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Dashlane by thirteen and NordPass carries 43 labels and Dashlane 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.

NordPass

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Dashlane

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels4349A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, NordPass 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 NordPass · 1Password vs Dashlane · 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.
NordPassFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDashlane
Direct011 against NordPass · 1 against Dashlane
Paraphrase001 against Dashlane
Comparative00
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against NordPass · 9 against Dashlane
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, NordPass and Dashlane were named in the same answer seventy-four times, of the 126 answers naming NordPass and the 140 naming Dashlane. In those answers Dashlane took the first choice zero times and NordPass one.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Dashlane first, NordPass not the choice

1 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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 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
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

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security
MiniMax M2.51Password alternatives: Bitwarden, LastPass for Business
GPT-6 Luna1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, 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
NordPass leads by five points.
NordPass5%#3 of 8
Dashlane0%#8 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
NordPass2%#4 of 8
Dashlane2%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
NordPass0%#5 of 6
Dashlane0%#4 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Dashlane

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

“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 · soft negative
“suggest avoiding Dashlane Enterprise due to issues with custom quoting and potential scalability or management complexities” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“all major cloud-based password managers (including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and 1Password) have theoretical vulnerabilities” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“my default pick is 1Password Business or Dashlane for Business” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Dashlane | Excellent cross-platform compatibility, strong enterprise features, passkey support | Higher cost” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
“NordPass Business / Dashlane Business (User-friendly enterprise options with strong health monitoring features)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
Also compared
1Password vs NordPass1Password vs DashlaneBitwarden 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.