Password Managers · reliability comparison
Bitwarden vs Passbolt: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitwarden is more reliable than Passbolt, scoring 96.3 vs 61.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitwarden reported 2 incidents and Passbolt reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.10% respectively. Bitwarden resolves incidents faster on average (1h).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitwarden | Passbolt |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 96.3 | 61.4 |
| Rank (password managers) | #1 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.10% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h | 10h 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitwarden and Passbolt differ
- Passbolt reported 50% more incidents than Bitwarden over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- Passbolt had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Bitwarden.
- Bitwarden fixes problems faster: 1h on average, against 10h 25m for Passbolt (10.5× quicker).
- Bitwarden's longest outage on record lasted 51m (Mar 27, 2026); Passbolt's lasted 18h 57m (Oct 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitwarden
Passbolt
- 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 Passbolt incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 2, 2026 · ongoing
Passbolt Cloud: signups and free trials temporarily disabled
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 18h 57m
Cloud service temporarily downofficial update ↗
Affected: Cloud
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 52m
Affected: Cloud
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