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Vaultwarden Has a Free Self-Hosted Password Manager — Bitwarden Compatible, Zero Cost

A team lead was paying $5/user/month for 1Password Business. 15 team members = $75/month = $900/year. For storing encrypted text.

The Password Manager Tax

1Password, LastPass, Dashlane - $3-8 per user per month. Great tools, but the pricing adds up fast for teams.

Vaultwarden is a free, self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible server. Use all official Bitwarden apps (browser, mobile, desktop) with your own server. Zero subscription.

What Vaultwarden Offers for Free

  • Full Bitwarden Compatibility - Works with ALL official Bitwarden clients
  • Organizations - Share passwords with teams (premium Bitwarden feature, free here)
  • Send - Secure text/file sharing (another premium feature, free)
  • Attachments - File attachments on vault items
  • TOTP - Built-in authenticator (premium feature, free)
  • Emergency Access - Designate trusted contacts
  • Admin Panel - Manage users, orgs, settings via web UI
  • Lightweight - Runs on 10MB RAM (vs official server's 2GB+)
  • SQLite - No PostgreSQL/MySQL required

Quick Start

docker run -d --name vaultwarden -v /vw-data/:/data/ -p 80:80 vaultwarden/server:latest
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Point Bitwarden apps to your server URL. Import your existing vault. Done.

Cost Comparison (15-person team)

Solution Monthly Annual
1Password Business $75 $900
Bitwarden Teams $60 $720
Vaultwarden + VPS $5 $60

GitHub: dani-garcia/vaultwarden - 40K+ stars


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