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Business password managers · October 2026 Edition

Bitwarden vs RoboForm

Four of fourteen models named Bitwarden first on the direct prompt; zero named RoboForm. Bitwarden was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and RoboForm by eleven and Bitwarden carries 72 labels and RoboForm 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bitwarden

endorsed leader

Named in four categories this edition.

RoboForm

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share43%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7217A 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.Keeper Security was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. 1Password vs Bitwarden · 1Password vs RoboForm · Bitwarden vs NordPass

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BitwardenFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRoboForm
Direct40
Paraphrase30
Comparative401 against RoboForm
Budget-constrained122
Scale-constrained20
Negative403 against Bitwarden · 1 against RoboForm
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Bitwarden and RoboForm were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 226 answers naming Bitwarden and the 43 naming RoboForm. In those answers RoboForm took the first choice two times and Bitwarden twenty.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Bitwarden and RoboForm stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Bitwarden RoboForm first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Bitwarden on the left and RoboForm on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Bitwarden first, RoboForm an alternative

4 of 14 modelsRoboForm was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.51Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Dashlane, Keeper Security
GPT-5.4 miniBitwarden alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security
Mistral Small1Password, Bitwarden alternatives: Keeper Security, LastPass
GLM 4.7 FlashXBitwarden, Teams alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security, LastPass, RoboForm

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Perplexity Sonar1Password alternatives: Keeper Security, RoboForm
Grok 4.1 Fast1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security
DeepSeek V4 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security, NordPass
Qwen 3.7 Flash1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Kimi K21Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
MiniMax M2.51Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
GPT-6 Luna1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security
Muse Glimmer 30B1Password alternatives: Bitwarden, Keeper Security

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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 forty-five points.
Bitwarden49%#1 of 7
RoboForm4%#3 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Bitwarden leads by thirty-nine points.
Bitwarden43%#2 of 7
RoboForm4%#3 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Bitwarden leads by thirty-four points.
Bitwarden34%#2 of 7
RoboForm0%#– of 7
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. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Avoid (or at minimum, treat as high‑risk) LastPass, Dashlane, and Bitwarden” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“researchers demonstrate repeated failures in confidentiality and integrity protections in their "zero-knowledge encryption" implementations” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“security guarantees by cloud-based password manager software offered by Bitwarden, Dashlane and LastPass aren't as advertised.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Most mid-market companies find success with either 1Password (if UX/adoption matters most) or Bitwarden (if cost and transparency are priorities).” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Bitwarden is the best overall choice for most teams because it is repeatedly identified as the budget pick” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Fully open-source, highly transparent, very cost-effective, and supports self-hosting for enterprise environments.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about RoboForm

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

“it lacks the advanced enterprise scalability of 1Password or Keeper” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“A security flaw was discovered affecting 11 password managers” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best business password manager for a company with a limited budget is RoboForm, which starts at $2.23 monthly per user.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“RoboForm also stands out for its affordability, with business plans starting as low as $2.23 per user per month” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“RoboForm is consistently cheaper than mainstream competitors while offering incredibly granular administrative control.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
1Password vs Bitwarden1Password vs RoboFormBitwarden vs NordPassRoboForm vs NordPassAll six head-to-head pages and the full password managers standing

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