Password Managers · reliability comparison
1Password vs Bitwarden: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitwarden is more reliable than 1Password, scoring 96.3 vs 47.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days 1Password reported 3 incidents and Bitwarden reported 2, with effective uptime of 98.32% and 99.98% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | 1Password | Bitwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 47.1 | 96.3 |
| Rank (password managers) | #10 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.32% | 99.98% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d | 1h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where 1Password and Bitwarden differ
- 1Password reported 50% more incidents than Bitwarden over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- 1Password had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Bitwarden.
- Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 1d for 1Password (24.3× quicker).
- 1Password's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 16, 2026); Bitwarden's lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
1Password
Bitwarden
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent 1Password incidents
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 3d 20h
High error rate on 1Password.comofficial update ↗
Affected: Admin console
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 11m
Some users are unable to view vault profiles using the web interface
Affected: Admin console, Admin console, Admin console, Admin console
- Partial outageSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Device Trust Service Disruption
Affected: Device Trust Authentication Service
Recent Bitwarden incidents
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h
Affected: US Identity Service, US RESTful API, US Web Vault, EU Identity Service, EU RESTful API, EU Web Vault
- MaintenanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h
Affected: US Identity Service, US RESTful API, US Web Vault, EU Identity Service, EU RESTful API, EU Web Vault
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Affected: US RESTful API
- MaintenanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h
Affected: US Identity Service, US RESTful API, US Web Vault, EU Identity Service, EU RESTful API, EU Web Vault
- MaintenanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 2h
Affected: US Identity Service, US RESTful API, US Web Vault, EU Identity Service, EU RESTful API, EU Web Vault
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved in 1h 22m
Intermittent errors with Identity
Affected: Status Updates, US Identity Service, EU Identity Service
Other password managers to consider
- Devolutions Cloud · #2 · 99.98% uptime
- Keeper · #3 · 99.97% uptime
- NordPass · #4 · 99.91% uptime
- Dashlane · #5 · 100% uptime