What is Passbolt?
Shared password and secret vault for IT teams, with browser extensions, mobile apps and access roles.
Who is Passbolt best for?
Passbolt is best for IT and DevOps teams that need to share credentials in a vault they host or keep in the EU.
Sharing credentials across IT teams
Folders, groups and role-based access decide who sees each password, with sharing per item or per folder.
Security reviews
Sign-in uses each user's secret key plus an extra factor, and the maker reports a SOC 2 Type II audit.
Scripts and pipelines
An open API and a CLI let automation fetch the secrets it needs.
Moving off KeePass or spreadsheets
It imports KDBX and CSV files, and Community Edition is free for any number of users.
How much does Passbolt cost?
Passbolt Community Edition is free to self-host with no user limit; Pro costs $4.9 per user a month billed yearly, and Passbolt Cloud starts at $5.4 per user a month, each with a 10-user minimum.
- Community Edition, unlimited users
- Folders, groups, roles and TOTP codes
- Community support
- Self-hosted, 10 users minimum
- LDAP sync, SSO and account recovery
- Activity log, next business day support
- Hosted in Belgium and Germany
- 10 users minimum, billed monthly
- 7-day free trial
- Hosted in Luxembourg
- ISO 27001 hosting, NIS2 and DORA ready
- 10 users minimum
Prices are also listed in euros. Cloud Business costs 10% less when paid yearly, and Pro has volume pricing above 100 users. Enterprise and Cloud Enterprise are quoted and add high availability help, migration and a 4-hour SLA. Non-profits, schools and open source projects can ask for special plans. Full pricing on passbolt.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is Passbolt open source?
Yes. Passbolt's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
6,234stars
+70 (+1.1%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 10 years
- Latest release
- 12 Nov
- Licence
- AGPL 3.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- passbolt/passbolt_api
What are the best Passbolt alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Passbolt's job.
TeampassOpen SourceCredential vault for IT teams with folder and role access, password rotation and audit exports.
VaultwardenOpen SourceLightweight Rust server that works with the official Bitwarden apps, for families and small teams.
PadlocOpen SourceVault for passwords, notes, cards and files for people, families and teams, on every platform.
Questions about Passbolt
What is Passbolt?
Shared password and secret vault for IT teams, with browser extensions, mobile apps and access roles.
Who is Passbolt for?
Passbolt is best for IT and DevOps teams that need to share credentials in a vault they host or keep in the EU.
Is Passbolt free?
Yes. Passbolt has a free Self-hosted plan: community Edition, unlimited users.
How much does Passbolt cost?
Passbolt's paid plans are Pro at $4.9 per user per month, billed yearly, Cloud Business at $5.4 per user per month and Cloud Sovereign at $8 per user per month, billed yearly.
Is Passbolt open source?
Yes. Passbolt's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Passbolt alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Teampass, Vaultwarden and Padloc.
Where can I try Passbolt?
On its official website, passbolt.com.
Is Passbolt Pro open source too?
Yes. Passbolt Pro is also published under AGPL-3.0, so its code is open, but it runs only with the subscription key you get when you pay. If the subscription lapses, Pro keeps working but stops receiving new releases.
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