A password manager stores logins, passkeys and other secrets in an encrypted vault, fills them in on websites and apps, and lets teams share access without sending passwords around. The vault holds the keys to every other account, so many European buyers want it run by a company under European law, hosted in Europe or on their own servers. The strongest European options are Proton (Switzerland) for people and teams who want one privacy-focused Swiss account, Passbolt (Luxembourg) for IT and DevOps teams that want to self-host and heylogin (Germany) for small and mid-sized German-speaking businesses.
Best first. 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.
| Alternative | Headquarters | Founded | Employees | G2 rating | Free plan | Paid plans from | Your data | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Proton | Geneva, Switzerland | 2014 | 635 | — | Yes | $2.99/month | In Europe | Yes |
2 Passbolt | Belvaux, Luxembourg | 2017 | — | — | Yes | €4.50/user/month | In Europe | Yes |
3 heylogin | Braunschweig, Germany | — | — | 4.6 (109 reviews) | Yes | €3.99/user/month | In Europe | No |
4 Psono | Vorra, Germany | — | — | 4.7 (21 reviews) | Yes | €2.50/user/month | Self-hosted | Yes |
5 Uniqkey | Herlev, Denmark | 2018 | — | 4.4 (141 reviews) | No | — | — | No |
6 KeePassXC | Weimar, Germany | — | — | — | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes |
7 Password Depot | Darmstadt, Germany | 1998 | — | — | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | No |
8 Bitdefender SecurePass | Bucharest, Romania | 2001 | — | — | No | — | — | No |
9 Steganos Password Manager | Karlsruhe, Germany | 1997 | — | — | No | €29.99/year | — | No |
Each page ranks the European options for that tool's users and says how each one compares.
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.
Open-source password sharing for IT and dev teams
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.
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.
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.
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.
Free, offline password manager (community project)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. The order weighs how fully each one replaces the US leaders, its track record and its ratings. No company paid to be listed or ranked.
Proton (Switzerland) for people and teams who want one privacy-focused Swiss account, Passbolt (Luxembourg) for IT and DevOps teams that want to self-host and heylogin (Germany) for small and mid-sized German-speaking businesses. Each is headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.
Proton, Passbolt, heylogin, Psono, KeePassXC and Password Depot have a free plan with no time limit.
Proton, Passbolt and heylogin store customer data in Europe by default. Being European doesn't make a tool GDPR compliant on its own: check its data processing agreement too.
Yes: Proton, Passbolt, Psono and KeePassXC, which you can also host on your own servers.
Yes. Proton Pass (Switzerland) and heylogin (Germany) have free personal plans. Psono is free for up to 10 users and Password Depot's server for up to three; the Passbolt Community edition and KeePassXC are free and open source.
Passbolt (Luxembourg), Psono and Password Depot (both Germany) can run on your own servers. KeePassXC needs no server: the vault is a local file you sync yourself.
Not by headquarters. Nord Security was founded in Lithuania, but NordPass personal plans are provided by nordvpn S.A. in Panama and business plans by Nord Security Inc. in New York.
