Bitwarden vs NordPass Comparison

• Premium (individual, annual): $19.80/year
• Families (up to 6 users, annual): $47.88/year

• Premium (individual, 2-year, standard rate): $80.73 for the first 27 months
• Family (6 users, 2-year, standard rate): $161.73 for the first 27 months

Penetration test and source-code audit of the Bitwarden core application

Penetration test and source-code review of the NordPass Business apps, browser extensions, admin panel and account system

600,000 PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 iterations by default on the client, plus more server-side (700,000 total for the master password hash); Argon2id is available as an alternative KDF. Item names, notes, URIs, custom field names, TOTP secrets and card/identity data are all encrypted client-side. Vault metadata — which account an item belongs to, the number of items — is not.

The vault is encrypted client-side with XChaCha20-Poly1305-IETF at 256 bits. The master key is derived from the master password with Argon2id and a 16-byte salt (iteration count not published). Zero-knowledge — NordPass says it only verifies that you hold the key, without ever storing it.

Private US company based in Santa Barbara, California; the parent company of 8bit Solutions LLC. Founded by Kyle Spearrin, who remains Chief Innovation Officer.

Made by Nord Security, the company behind NordVPN, NordLayer and NordLocker, based in Lithuania. Venture-funded: a 2022 Series C led by Novator Ventures, Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst at a $1.6B valuation, then a $100M round from Warburg Pincus in September 2023 at a $3B valuation.