1Password is a password manager for individuals, families and businesses, made by a company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 2005. The European alternatives that replace it best are Proton (Switzerland) for people and teams who want one privacy-focused Swiss account, heylogin (Germany) for small and mid-sized German-speaking businesses and Passbolt (Luxembourg) for IT and DevOps teams that want to self-host.
European alternatives
9
From 5 countries
Keep data in Europe
3
By default, no setting needed
With a free plan
6
No time limit
Open source
4
Can run on your own servers
1Password alternatives from Europe, compared
Best first for someone replacing 1Password. Headcount and founding year come from LeadWave's database; prices, hosting and G2 ratings from each company's own pages and G2, checked in November 2026.
Encrypted email, passwords, storage and AI from Switzerland
Swiss company behind Proton Mail, Proton Pass and the Lumo AI assistant. Proton Pass is an open-source password manager with end-to-end encryption, email aliases and a built-in 2FA code generator.
Compared with 1Password: Proton Pass covers logins, passkeys, 2FA codes and sharing, with open-source apps and a free plan. Swiss company; paid plans add email aliases and a built-in authenticator.
Documents an import from 1Password exports.
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
2014
Employees
635
Your data
In Europe
Price
From $2.99/month, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Best for
People and teams who want one privacy-focused Swiss account
2. heylogin
Password manager that unlocks with your phone
German password manager for companies and individuals. There is no master password: users confirm logins with a phone app, security key, Touch ID or Windows Hello. Hosted in Germany.
Compared with 1Password: No master password: logins are confirmed with a phone, security key or Touch ID. Business from €3.99 per user a month, hosted in Germany.
Team password manager built around sharing credentials with groups. The Community edition is open source (AGPL) and free to self-host; paid editions add SSO, directory sync and an EU-hosted cloud.
Compared with 1Password: Open source and built for team sharing, either self-hosted or in Passbolt's EU cloud. Paid plans start at 10 users; no family plan, unlike 1Password.
Headquarters
Belvaux, Luxembourg
Founded
2017
Your data
In Europe
Price
From €4.50/user/month, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Best for
IT and DevOps teams that want to self-host
4. Uniqkey
Business password and access management from Denmark
Danish password and access manager for companies. Passwords are stored on each employee's phone, and IT gets an overview of which business apps staff use, with SCIM provisioning and MDM roll-out.
Compared with 1Password: Business only: passwords stay on employees' phones and IT sees which apps staff use. Prices are by quote, and there are no personal plans.
European companies that want IT oversight of logins
5. Psono
Open-source, self-hosted password manager for companies
Company password manager from esaqa GmbH, run on your own servers or as a hosted service. Open-source core; enterprise features such as LDAP and SSO are free for up to 10 users.
Compared with 1Password: Open-source company password manager you can host yourself, free for up to 10 users. Aimed at companies; no family plan, unlike 1Password.
A community open-source project, not a company. KeePassXC keeps your passwords in a local encrypted file on Windows, macOS and Linux; you sync that file yourself. Its legal contact is in Germany.
Compared with 1Password: Free, open-source desktop app with no account or vendor cloud: the vault is a local file you sync yourself. Sharing works through shared database files.
Imports 1Password .1pux and .opvault files.
Headquarters
Weimar, Germany
Your data
Self-hosted
Price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Technical users who want full control and no account
7. Password Depot
On-premises password manager for businesses
Business password manager from AceBIT GmbH that runs on your own servers or in your Azure tenant, with Active Directory sync, audit logs and a REST API. Free for up to three users.
Compared with 1Password: Runs on your own servers or Azure tenant with Active Directory sync; free for up to three users, then priced by quote.
Headquarters
Darmstadt, Germany
Founded
1998
Your data
Self-hosted
Price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Windows-centric companies that want no vendor cloud
8. Bitdefender SecurePass
Password manager from a Romanian security company
Bitdefender's password manager, sold on its own or inside Bitdefender's consumer security bundles. It stores and fills logins, cards and notes with end-to-end encryption on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
Compared with 1Password: Consumer password manager from a Romanian security company, sold alone or in its antivirus bundles. 30-day trial; no free plan.
Headquarters
Bucharest, Romania
Founded
2001
Your data
Not stated
Price
On request
Free plan
No
Best for
Households already using Bitdefender antivirus
9. Steganos Password Manager
Personal password manager that syncs through your own cloud
Password manager for individuals from Steganos Software GmbH. The encrypted vault stays on your devices or syncs through a cloud drive you choose, such as Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive.
Compared with 1Password: Personal vault that syncs through your own Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive instead of a vendor cloud. €29.99 a year; no team features.
Headquarters
Karlsruhe, Germany
Founded
1997
Your data
Not stated
Price
From €29.99/year, billed yearly
Free plan
No
Best for
Individuals who don't want a vendor-hosted vault
Founded in Europe, headquartered elsewhere
Often called European alternatives to 1Password, but run from outside Europe today, so they aren't in the ranking above.
NordPass
Password manager from the makers of NordVPN
Password manager from Nord Security, the NordVPN group founded in Lithuania in 2012. Personal plans are sold by nordvpn S.A. (Panama) and business plans by Nord Security Inc. (New York).
Compared with 1Password: Founded in Lithuania, but sold by companies in Panama and the US. Free plan and business plans; listed here for its European roots.
NordVPN users and small teams wanting a simple vault
Dashlane
Business password manager with credential-risk alerts
Password manager founded in Paris in 2009; the group is now led by Dashlane, Inc. in New York, with Dashlane SAS in Paris as its GDPR controller. Mainly sold to businesses.
Compared with 1Password: Founded in Paris, now run from New York. Business password management from $8 per user a month, billed yearly; listed for its European roots.
Mid-sized companies wanting admin controls and risk alerts
Why look for a European alternative to 1Password?
1Password is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. These are the reasons buyers in Europe most often give for looking elsewhere:
1Password is a Canadian company. Canada isn't in Europe, so buyers who want a vendor based under European law look elsewhere.
To be fair: accounts created on 1Password.eu keep secure data in the European Union and are billed in euros.
Accounts on 1Password.com are hosted in the United States. Data is never moved between regions automatically: switching to the EU region means opening a new account and copying items over.
How this list was made
A company counts as European if it's headquartered in Europe: the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK, or elsewhere in geographic Europe, never Russia or Belarus. Headquarters means where it's run from, not a registered office. Companies founded in Europe but headquartered elsewhere today are listed separately, and a non-European owner is always named.
Each company was checked against its own legal notice, pricing page and data-processing terms, and its G2 page. Headcount, funding and founding year come from LeadWave's database of SaaS companies. No company paid to be listed or ranked.
It depends on what you use 1Password for. Proton (Switzerland) for people and teams who want one privacy-focused Swiss account, heylogin (Germany) for small and mid-sized German-speaking businesses and Passbolt (Luxembourg) for IT and DevOps teams that want to self-host. All 9 on this page are headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.
Proton, heylogin, Passbolt, Psono, KeePassXC and Password Depot have a free plan with no time limit.
Proton, heylogin and Passbolt store customer data in Europe by default.
Yes: Proton, Passbolt, Psono and KeePassXC. Open-source tools can also be self-hosted on your own servers in Europe.
Proton and KeePassXC document an import from 1Password; the details are under each one below.
NordPass has European roots but is headquartered in New York, United States today. That's why it isn't in the ranking above.
Dashlane has European roots but is headquartered in New York, United States today. That's why it isn't in the ranking above.
No. 1Password is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Canada isn't part of Europe, so it doesn't count as a European vendor, even though it serves European customers.
It can. Accounts created on 1Password.eu have their secure data hosted in the European Union and are billed in euros. Accounts on 1Password.com are hosted in the US, and on 1Password.ca in Canada.
