Password Managers · reliability comparison
Bitwarden vs LastPass: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitwarden is more reliable than LastPass, scoring 96.3 vs 86.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitwarden reported 2 incidents and LastPass reported 4, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.85% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitwarden | LastPass |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 96.3 | 86.0 |
| Rank (password managers) | #1 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.85% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitwarden and LastPass differ
- LastPass reported 2× as many incidents as Bitwarden over the last 90 days (4 vs 2).
- LastPass had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Bitwarden.
- Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 2h 29m for LastPass (2.5× quicker).
- Bitwarden's longest outage on record lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026); LastPass's lasted 1d (Jul 22, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitwarden
LastPass
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent LastPass incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 3h 30m
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 49m
LastPass Android Password Manager application certificate intermittent errors
- Partial outageOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 2h 31m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 8m
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