Passwords & Identity
Team password managers, passkeys, and MFA — evaluated on the plans small teams actually buy.
Best Password Manager for a 5-Person Team
1Password, Bitwarden and Proton Pass at five seats. On price there is a clear winner, and one product where hiring five more people costs you nothing extra.
1Password for Small Teams: Read the Starter Pack First
Every comparison prices 1Password at $8.99/user. For teams under 10 that is the wrong number — the Teams Starter Pack is $24.95/month flat, and it changes the ranking.
Bitwarden Teams: The One That Pays Us Nothing
Bitwarden Teams at $4/user for 2–25 people: what the free two-person org covers, where the $6 Enterprise line sits, and the offboarding detail that catches people.
Proton Pass for Business: Cheapest Per Seat, With a Floor
Proton Pass Essentials is $1.99/user — the lowest per-seat price we track. The 3-seat minimum and the $4.49 Professional tier decide whether that actually helps you.
Start here while reviews are in testing
- Where a password manager sits in the stack — and why it's layer 2 of 5.
- The access teardown — the departure scenario that makes a shared vault worth paying for.
- The 10-Minute Security Check — tells you whether this is your most urgent gap.
What this costs — verified pricing
We haven't published tested reviews in this category yet, and we don't rank products we haven't run (why, and the test log shows what's queued). What we can give you today is the honest price of every serious option, read from each vendor's own page and re-checked weekly.
| Product | Plan | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Password | Business | $8.99 | $44.95 | $89.90 | $224.75 | None (14-day trial) |
| Bitwarden | Teams | $4 | $20 | $40 | $100 | Free personal plan; free 2-person org for sharing |
| Proton Pass | Pass Essentials | $5.97 | $9.95 | $19.90 | $49.75 | No business free tier (14-day trial) |
| Keeper | Business Starter | $10 | $10 | $20 | $50 | None (trial) |
| NordPass | Business | $19.95 | $19.95 | $39.90 | $99.75 | No business free tier (14-day trial) |
| Dashlane | Omnix Password Management | $8 | $40 | $80 | $200 | No business free tier (14-day trial) |