Passbolt
by Passbolt · Open source password and credential manager for teams
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Overview
Passbolt is an open source password and credential manager for teams, handling passwords, TOTP codes, encrypted notes and custom fields. Secrets are encrypted on the user's device with an OpenPGP private key and shared through folders and groups with fine-grained permissions. It runs self-hosted or on Passbolt's European cloud, with browser extensions, mobile and desktop apps, a CLI and a JSON API.
- Best for
- Security-conscious IT teams that want a self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted password manager they control.
- Pricing
- Self-hosted Community Edition is free for unlimited users, Pro Edition is $4.9 per user per month billed annually with a 10-user minimum, and Enterprise Edition is quoted on request.
- Runs on
- iOSAndroidWindowsLinuxBrowser extensionSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source under AGPL v3, including the paid editions
- Free Community Edition with unlimited users and instances
- Self-host via Docker, Helm, Linux packages or air-gapped
- Secrets encrypted per user with an OpenPGP private key
Trade-offs
- Pro Edition needs a minimum of 10 users and allows only one instance
- SSO, LDAP provisioning, tags and activity logs are Pro-only features
- Pro will not run without the subscription key file sent after purchase
- Expired subscription means no further updates or vendor support
How Passbolt markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Passbolt’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Open source password & secret management.”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Passbolt’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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