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Business password managers · September 2026 Edition

Bitwarden vs NordPass

Eight of twelve models named Bitwarden first on the direct prompt; zero named NordPass. Both were named by all twelve models and Bitwarden carries 65 labels and NordPass 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bitwarden

endorsed leader

Named in three categories this edition.

NordPass

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share49%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels6534A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bitwarden reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.1Password was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Bitwarden vs 1Password · 1Password vs NordPass

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BitwardenFirst choices, of twelve modelsNordPass
Direct80
Paraphrase20
Comparative50
Budget-constrained112
Scale-constrained10
Negative207 against Bitwarden · 1 against NordPass
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

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

Bitwarden first, NordPass an alternative

8 of 12 modelsNordPass was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security
Grok 4.1 Fast1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Keeper Security
Mistral Small1Password, Bitwarden
DeepSeek V4 Flash1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Keeper Security
Llama 4 Maverick1Password, Bitwarden
Kimi K2Bitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security, NordPass
GLM 4.7 FlashXBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security
MiniMax M2.5Bitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Keeper Security

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.51Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, RoboForm
Gemini 3.5 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Perplexity Sonar1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Qwen 3.7 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, NordPass

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
Bitwarden leads by twenty-seven points.
Bitwarden38%#2 of 8
NordPass11%#3 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Bitwarden leads by forty-four points.
Bitwarden49%#1 of 9
NordPass4%#3 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Bitwarden leads by forty-three points.
Bitwarden43%#1 of 6
NordPass0%#5 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Bitwarden

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

“Researchers identified 12 working attack vectors under a malicious-server scenario, the highest of the tested platforms” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the free tier is intended for individuals, not businesses... Always use Bitwarden's paid Business/Enterprise plans” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top pick overall: Bitwarden Business (Teams $4/user/mo, Enterprise $6–$7/user/mo) – best balance of price, open-source transparency, SSO/SCIM” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Top value pick (PwdFortress #1 for SMB/mid-market... Test 14-day trials of 1Password and Bitwarden—most mid-market picks win here.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“For most small businesses: Bitwarden Teams at $4/user/month offers the best balance of cost, features, and security.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about NordPass

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

“While NordPass itself hasn't been breached, its parent company (NordVPN) was hacked in 2018” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best business password manager for a company with a limited budget is NordPass Business or RoboForm Business” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“NordPass Teams and Bitwarden are the top recommendations for a company with a limited budget.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If your team is 10 users or fewer and you want the absolute cheapest option, NordPass at ~$2/user/month is worth considering, though it may have fewer advanced admin controls.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
Bitwarden vs 1Password1Password vs NordPassThe full password managers standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.