Keeper vs NordPass Comparison

• Keeper Unlimited (individual, 1-year): $42.99 per year
• Keeper Family (5 users, 1-year): $91.99 per 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 review of the NordPass Business apps, browser extensions, admin panel and account system

Each record is encrypted client-side with its own 256-bit AES-GCM key; those record keys are wrapped by a per-user Data Key, which is in turn wrapped by a key derived from the master password with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 at 1,000,000 iterations (128-bit salt) — the highest iteration count among the managers reviewed here. Every field is encrypted, including URLs, titles, notes, custom fields, TOTP secrets and file attachments. The offline cache uses a separate randomly generated Client Key protected with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512. A hybrid Kyber key-encapsulation layer began rolling out across the clients in November 2025.

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.

Founder-led (Darren Guccione, CEO; Craig Lurey, CTO), headquartered in Chicago with a product office in El Dorado Hills, California and sales offices in Cork, Ireland and Tokyo. Two minority growth-equity investments: Insight Partners ($60M, August 2020 — the company's first outside equity) and Summit Partners (May 2023). No majority-stake acquisition; the founders retain control.

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.