# Business password managers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "business password manager" and as "team password vault", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/identity/business-password-managers/

**Standing:** Bitwarden leads with 49% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 45 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitwarden | 49% | 11% | 65 |
| 2 | 1Password | 42% | 15% | 62 |
| 3 | NordPass | 4% | 3% | 34 |
| 4 | RoboForm | 2% | 12% | 16 |
| 5 | Zoho Vault | 2% | 10% | 10 |
| 6 | Keeper Security | 0% | 4% | 45 |
| 7 | Dashlane | 0% | 26% | 42 |
| 8 | Proton Pass | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 9 | LastPass | 0% | 85% | 27 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, RoboForm
- GPT-5.4 mini: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper Security
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Perplexity Sonar: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, Keeper Security
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Keeper Security
- Mistral Small: 1Password, Bitwarden
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1Password, Bitwarden; alternatives Keeper Security
- Llama 4 Maverick: 1Password, Bitwarden
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: 1Password; alternatives Bitwarden, NordPass
- Kimi K2: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Keeper Security, NordPass
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Keeper Security
- MiniMax M2.5: Bitwarden; alternatives 1Password, Keeper Security

## Sources the answers cite

63 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- pcmag.com: 32 answers, 38 citations
- security.org: 29 answers, 31 citations
- petronellatech.com: 27 answers, 27 citations
- bitwarden.com: 26 answers, 44 citations
- techrepublic.com: 23 answers, 30 citations
- pwdfortress.com: 21 answers, 33 citations
- topickz.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- techbullion.com: 15 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers-for-businesses (32 answers)
- https://petronellatech.com/blog/best-password-managers-for-business-2026-comparison-guide (27 answers)
- https://security.org/password-manager/best/business (26 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/enterprise-password-managers (21 answers)
- https://pwdfortress.com/en/blog/best-password-manager-for-business (19 answers)
- https://topickz.com/list/best-password-managers (18 answers)
- https://techbullion.com/best-password-manager-business (15 answers)
- https://zdnet.com/article/best-password-managers-for-business (15 answers)
- https://bitwarden.com/resources/business-password-manager-comparison-report (12 answers)
- https://ifeeltech.com/blog/best-password-manager (12 answers)

## Warned against

- LastPass: 23 of 27 labels negative. "Recommendation: If you already use LastPass for business, migrate immediately. If you're evaluating options, this is the clear "avoid."" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Dashlane: 11 of 42 labels negative. "Avoid LastPass/Dashlane for now—past breaches and weaker recent business scores make them riskier." (Grok 4.1 Fast, paraphrase prompt)
- 1Password: 9 of 62 labels negative. "While premium services like 1Password and Dashlane are highly polished, they can quickly become expensive, often costing $8 or more per user per month." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Bitwarden: 7 of 65 labels negative. "Researchers identified 12 working attack vectors under a malicious-server scenario, the highest of the tested platforms" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.