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Category pricing · Password managers and identity

Password manager and identity pricing — 1Password, Bitwarden, Okta, and every alternative

Okta's per-product pricing compounds — full deployment is often 3-5x the SSO line item alone.

At a glance

3 tools in this category. Every row in the table below links to the full per-tier pricing page for that vendor, with hidden fees, recommended tier by team size, and tier-jump pain spelled out.

About Password managers and identity

Password manager and identity pricing has a clear cost gradient. Consumer password managers (1Password Personal, Dashlane) anchor the cheap end at 3-5 USD per seat per month. Business password managers (1Password Business, Bitwarden Teams) sit in the middle at 6-8 USD per seat per month. IAM / SSO platforms (Okta, JumpCloud, Rippling IT) sit at the top at 8-25 USD per seat per month for the SSO + MFA bundle. The pages below cover all three layers; the dominant cost surprise is on Okta, where the per-product line item (SSO + MFA + Lifecycle Management + Adaptive MFA + Identity Governance) compounds — a full Okta deployment routinely lands 15-35 USD per seat per month all-in.

3 password managers and identity compared

Entry-tier price below is the cheapest paid per-seat or per-month tier each vendor publishes. Custom-quote tiers and usage-based add-ons aren't included; click any tool to see the full per-tier breakdown.

Tool Entry paid tier Entry price Billing unit Hidden fees Full breakdown
1Password Individual $2.99 user/month 3 See all tiers →
Bitwarden Premium $1.65 user/month 3 See all tiers →
Enpass Individual $1.99 month 3 See all tiers →

Best for

  • Startups choosing first paid password manager
  • IT teams sizing Okta vs JumpCloud vs Microsoft Entra ID for SSO
  • Engineering teams adding workforce SSO + MFA on top of an existing stack

What to evaluate

  • Per-seat list and the SSO + MFA + provisioning bundle
  • App-integration catalog depth
  • Audit log and SIEM-export gating
  • Per-product compounding cost on the IAM platforms

Frequently asked questions

Is 1Password or Bitwarden cheaper for a 25-person team?

1Password Business is 7.99 USD per user per month annual, so 25 seats is 200 USD per month. Bitwarden Teams is 4 USD per user per month annual, so 25 seats is 100 USD per month. Bitwarden Enterprise (with SSO + directory sync) is 6 USD per user per month annual. Bitwarden is roughly half the per-seat list at every team size; 1Password differentiates on UI polish and on the developer-focused features (1Password CLI, SSH agent, Items API).

What does Okta actually cost for a 50-person company?

Okta Workforce Identity SSO is 2 USD per user per month annual base, with 5,000 USD per year minimum (so realistic for companies above 200 employees). Okta MFA is 3 USD per user per month annual. Adaptive MFA is 6 USD per user per month annual. Lifecycle Management is 4 USD per user per month annual. Identity Governance is 9 USD per user per month annual. A 50-person company with the SSO + Adaptive MFA + Lifecycle Management bundle lands around 13 USD per user per month all-in, or 650 USD per month for 50 seats.

Is JumpCloud cheaper than Okta?

JumpCloud's pricing model is platform-bundled rather than per-product. JumpCloud A La Carte is 11 USD per user per month annual for the SSO module; the Platform tier (15 USD per user per month annual) bundles SSO + MFA + Cloud Directory + Device Management. For most growth-stage companies the JumpCloud Platform tier is cheaper than the equivalent Okta SSO + MFA + Lifecycle Management bundle, especially when the device-management capability replaces a separate Kandji / Jamf / Intune line item.

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