# 1Password alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 296 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where 1Password holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/1password/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- HashiCorp Vault: 66
- Doppler: 38
- Bitwarden: 29
- Infisical: 28
- AWS Secrets Manager: 10
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: 8

## Business password managers

**Small business**: 28 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #2 of 7 at 41%).

- Bitwarden: first choice in 8 of those 28
- RoboForm: first choice in 2 of those 28
- TeamPassword: first choice in 1 of those 28

**Mid-market**: 35 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #1 of 7 at 47%).

- Bitwarden: first choice in 12 of those 35
- RoboForm: first choice in 2 of those 35
- NordPass: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Proton Pass: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #1 of 7 at 44%).

- Bitwarden: first choice in 9 of those 32
- Dashlane: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Keeper Security: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Safeguard: first choice in 1 of those 32
- WALLIX Bastion: first choice in 1 of those 32

## Secrets management

**Small business**: 47 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #4 of 11 at 9%).

- Doppler: first choice in 21 of those 47
- Infisical: first choice in 17 of those 47
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 6 of those 47
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 3 of those 47
- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 2 of those 47
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 47

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #7 of 13 at 2%).

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 24 of those 74
- Doppler: first choice in 15 of those 74
- Infisical: first choice in 8 of those 74
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 5 of those 74
- AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 2 of those 74
- HashiCorp Vault Open Source: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name 1Password (1Password is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 40 of those 80
- Infisical: first choice in 3 of those 80
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 80
- CyberArk Secrets Manager: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Doppler: first choice in 2 of those 80
- OpenBao: first choice in 2 of those 80
- 1Password Business or Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 80

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.