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Bitwarden vs NordPass: which is more reliable? (2026)

Bitwarden is more reliable than NordPass, scoring 96.3 vs 87.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitwarden reported 2 incidents and NordPass reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.91% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Bitwarden

96.3/100

Operational

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NordPass

87.7/100

Operational

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MetricBitwardenNordPass
Reliability score96.387.7
Rank (password managers)#1#4
Uptime (90 days)99.98%99.91%
Incidents (90 days)25
Partial / major outages00
Avg time to resolve1h4h 7m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Bitwarden and NordPass differ

  • NordPass reported 2.5× as many incidents as Bitwarden over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
  • Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 4h 7m for NordPass (4.1× quicker).
  • Bitwarden's longest outage on record lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026); NordPass's lasted 3d (Jan 22, 2026).

90-day uptime

Bitwarden

Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 99.14% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026: no incidentsSep 30, 2026: 99.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.986% average daily uptimeToday

NordPass

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 99.27% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026: no incidentsAug 31, 2026: 99.81% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 96.37% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.83% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.914% average daily uptimeToday

Recent Bitwarden incidents

  • MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h

    Maintenance Window

    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

    Maintenance Window

    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

    Elevated error rates on api

    Affected: US RESTful API

  • MaintenanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h

    Maintenance Window

    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

    Maintenance Window

    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

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Recent NordPass incidents

  • InformationalOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 27m

    NordPass website connection issues

    Affected: Login/SSO (US), NordPass Admin Panel (US), NordPass Website, NordPass Vault Services (US), NordPass Managed Service Providers Panel (US), Activity logs API (US)

  • InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 21h 2m

    Temporary service disruption

    Affected: NordPass Website, NordPass Managed Service Providers Panel (US), NordPass Managed Service Providers Panel (EU)

  • Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 10h 52m

    Reduced vault performance

    Affected: Login/SSO (US), NordPass Vault Services (US)

  • Degraded performanceAug 31, 2026 · resolved in 18m

    Degraded authorization servers performance

    Affected: Login/SSO (US), NordPass Website, Login/SSO (EU)

  • Degraded performanceAug 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m

    Temporary login issues

    Affected: Login/SSO (US), NordPass Website, NordPass Vault Services (US), Login/SSO (EU), NordPass Vault Services (EU)

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