1Password
The most polished password manager for families and businesses, with Travel Mode and a developer-grade CLI.
About
1Password is a proprietary password manager from AgileBits Inc. of Toronto, Canada, positioned as the premium pick for individuals, families, and businesses. Vaults are protected with AES-256 encryption plus a unique 128-bit Secret Key issued per account, on top of the master password, and the company publishes a spotless breach record: independent 2026 roundups consistently note that 1Password has never had a vault breach, with an October 2023 third-party vendor incident disclosed and contained.
Standout features include Travel Mode, which temporarily removes sensitive vaults from devices when crossing borders; Watchtower, which surfaces breached, weak, and reused credentials; and a developer CLI that injects secrets into builds and terminals without committing them, e.g. op run --env-file with your normal shell. Business plans add SSO integration, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, custom policies, and a free Families account for every employee. There is no permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial. Pricing was raised in March 2026: Individual is $3.99 per month billed annually ($2.99 for the first year as a new customer), Families is $5.99 per month for five users, Teams Starter is $24.95 per month flat, and Business is $8.99 per user per month.
What it can do
- AES-256 encryption plus a per-account Secret Key
- Travel Mode for border crossings
- Watchtower breach, weakness, and reuse monitoring
- 1Password CLI and SDKs for developer secret workflows
- Multiple vaults with granular sharing
- Passkey storage and management
- SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and custom policies (Business)
- Free Families plan bundled for every Business user
- Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, web, all major browsers
Setup
Start a 14-day trial at 1password.com, create your account and Secret Key, then install the browser extension and apps on your devices. Teams import shared vaults via the admin console; developers install the CLI and wire op run into their build scripts.
Prerequisites
A paid subscription after the trial; SSO provider (Okta, Entra ID) only needed for Business SSO features.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: October 2026 pricing checks confirm the $3.99 individual / $5.99 families / $24.95 teams / $8.99 business pricing and the 14-day trial; independent reviews confirm Travel Mode, Watchtower, the Secret Key model, and the CLI; multiple 2026 roundups state a clean breach history and an aggregate 4.7/5 rating across thousands of reviews. Strengths: best-in-class usability driving the highest employee adoption, Travel Mode is genuinely unique, developer CLI is genuinely useful. Docked for: (1) no free tier and a 33% price increase in March 2026; (2) closed source and cloud-only, no self-hosting; (3) no native email masking or bundled VPN. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 10.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 9.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 3.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 9.0/10
- · 200,000+ businesses and 30%+ of Fortune 100 claimed (2026 comparison, provider-stated); aggregate 4.7/5 across ~3,945 reviews (G2 + Capterra, Sept 2026)
- · Individual $3.99/mo billed annually ($2.99 first-year promo); Families $5.99/mo; Teams Starter $24.95/mo flat; Business $8.99/user/mo (Oct 2026 pricing check)
- · March 2026 33% price increase documented; no free plan, 14-day trial only; no self-hosting; Travel Mode, Watchtower, Secret Key, CLI confirmed
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.