passbolt
Password managers
Identity management software
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What is passbolt
passbolt is a password manager designed for teams to store, organize, and share credentials securely. It supports self-hosted deployments as well as a hosted offering, and it integrates with common workflows through a web interface and browser extensions. The product emphasizes role-based sharing, auditing, and administration features that fit IT and engineering teams managing shared secrets and access to internal systems.
Self-hosted deployment option
passbolt supports on-premises/self-hosted installation, which can help organizations meet data residency and internal control requirements. This model can fit teams that prefer to manage encryption keys, backups, and infrastructure themselves. It also provides an alternative to fully SaaS-only password managers in the same space.
Team sharing and permissions
The product is built around sharing credentials across groups and users rather than only individual vaults. Administrators can manage access using roles and group membership to control who can view or use shared secrets. This is useful for IT operations and engineering teams that need controlled access to service accounts and shared logins.
Admin and audit capabilities
passbolt includes administrative controls intended for business use, such as user management and activity visibility. These features support governance needs like tracking changes to shared credentials and reviewing access patterns. This aligns with requirements commonly evaluated alongside enterprise password management tools.
Operational overhead when self-hosted
Running passbolt on-premises requires maintaining the application, database, updates, backups, and monitoring. Organizations also need to manage availability and incident response for the service. Teams without dedicated IT/DevOps capacity may find a hosted-only product simpler to operate.
Not a full IAM suite
Although it supports access control around stored credentials, passbolt is not a complete identity provider for SSO, lifecycle management, or broad authentication policy enforcement across applications. Companies seeking centralized identity governance typically need additional identity management tooling. This can increase integration and administration work in environments expecting end-to-end IAM.
Secret management scope limits
passbolt focuses on human-managed credentials and team sharing rather than being a general-purpose secrets platform for dynamic secrets, automated rotation, and deep application/runtime integrations. For advanced machine-to-machine secret workflows, organizations may require a dedicated secrets management system. This can lead to using passbolt alongside other security infrastructure rather than as a single solution.
Plan & Pricing
Self-hosted (Passbolt Pro / Community):
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Community (CE) | Free forever | AGPLv3 open-source; unlimited users; password management & sharing; private & shared folders; 2FA/secret key auth; browser extensions & CLI; community support. |
| Business (Pro) | €4.5 per user/month (billed annually) — minimum 10 users; volume discounts after 100 users | Everything in Community + tags management; LDAP/AD provisioning; SSO (Microsoft/Google/OpenID/AD FS); account recovery (escrow); activity logs/audit; VM appliance; next-business-day support. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | High-availability consulting; disaster recovery consulting; white-glove migration & hosting; custom features; 4-hour SLA phone & email support. |
Cloud-managed (Passbolt Cloud):
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Business (Cloud) | $5.4 per user/month (monthly pay-as-you-go); yearly plans available (10% off) — minimum 10 users | Hosted in EU (Belgium & Germany on GCP); SOC2 Type II audited; free yearly full DB backup; next-business-day email support; try 7 days for free. |
| Enterprise (Cloud) | Custom pricing | Sovereign EU-hosted cloud (Luxembourg); ISO-27001; DORA / PFS compliance; custom domain/SSL/firewall; 24/7 SOC monitoring & incident response; 4-hour SLA. |
Seller details
Passbolt SA
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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