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Bitwarden vs Proton Pass: which is more reliable? (2026)

Bitwarden is more reliable than Proton Pass, scoring 96.3 vs 84.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitwarden reported 2 incidents and Proton Pass reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.80% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Bitwarden

96.3/100

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Proton Pass

84.5/100

Operational

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MetricBitwardenProton Pass
Reliability score96.384.5
Rank (password managers)#1#8
Uptime (90 days)99.98%99.80%
Incidents (90 days)22
Partial / major outages02
Avg time to resolve1h3h 8m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Bitwarden and Proton Pass differ

  • Proton Pass had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Bitwarden.
  • Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 3h 8m for Proton Pass (3.2× quicker).
  • Bitwarden's longest outage on record lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026); Proton Pass's lasted 4h 8m (Sep 1, 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

Proton Pass

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026: no incidentsAug 26, 2026: 92.92% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 27, 2026: 98.11% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 91.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 2, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.804% 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 Proton Pass incidents

  • Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 8m

    Service disruptionofficial update ↗

    Affected: Web Application, Free servers, Mobile Apps, Web Application, Mobile Apps, Web Application +20 more

  • Major outageAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 9m

    Global Outageofficial update ↗

    Affected: Web Application, Free servers, Mobile Apps, Web Application, Mobile Apps, Incoming Mail +18 more

Full Proton Pass reliability report →

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