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

Bitwarden is more reliable than Keeper, scoring 96.3 vs 93.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitwarden reported 2 incidents and Keeper reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.97% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Bitwarden

96.3/100

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Keeper

93.6/100

Operational

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MetricBitwardenKeeper
Reliability score96.393.6
Rank (password managers)#1#3
Uptime (90 days)99.98%99.97%
Incidents (90 days)21
Partial / major outages00
Avg time to resolve1h3h 11m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Bitwarden and Keeper differ

  • Bitwarden reported 2× as many incidents as Keeper over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
  • Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 3h 11m for Keeper (3.2× quicker).
  • Bitwarden's longest outage on record lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026); Keeper's lasted 4h 38m (Mar 23, 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

Keeper

Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026: no incidentsSep 9, 2026: 98.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.977% 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 Keeper incidents

  • Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 3h 11m

    SMS 2FA issues with AWS aggregator

    Affected: Keeper iOS, Keeper Web Vault (US), Keeper Android, Keeper Desktop App, Keeper Browser Extensions

Full Keeper reliability report →

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