Akeyless vs Keeper (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Akeyless if

• Fits if one platform should hold both employee passwords and machine secrets
• Makes sense if you need SSO sign-in and audit trails on a vault

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a personal password manager, as it is built for companies
• Tight if you have more than 3 users or 50 passwords on the free plan
• Watch out: Enterprise pricing is not published and depends on user counts
• Watch out: going over a purchased user quota is invoiced at the end of the 12-month contract
• Skip it if you need desktop or phone apps, as only web and an extension are listed

Pick Keeper if

• Fits if five people in a household each want their own vault, plus a shared folder for the Wi-Fi
• Works for teams of 5 to 10 on Business Starter, at $2 a user a month billed yearly

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you never want to pay, as free means ten records on one phone with no syncing
• Pricey if you're one person, at $42.99 a year against Bitwarden's $19.80
• Not for you if you want to pay monthly, as the pricing pages only show yearly billing
• Tight if you expect dark web alerts or file storage included, as both cost extra outside Family's 10 GB
• Watch out: single sign-on and SCIM need Enterprise, the Windows app needs Windows 11, and reviewers had to ask support to cancel

Akeyless

• Enterprise pricing is not published; it is quoted per contract and depends on user counts.
• The password manager is one product in a larger platform built for companies, not for individual consumers.
• The free plan is capped at 3 users and 50 stored passwords, with audit logs kept for 3 days.
• Overage beyond a purchased user quota is invoiced at the end of the 12-month contract.

Keeper

• Keeper Free is limited to one mobile device and ten records.
• BreachWatch dark web monitoring and extra file storage cost extra on personal plans; only Family includes 10 GB of storage.
• Business Starter covers 5 to 10 users, and single sign-on, SCIM and AD/LDAP sync are reserved for Enterprise.
• Prices are quoted per month but billed annually; the pricing pages show no monthly billing option.

Akeyless

Passwords, passkeys and secrets together

Stores passwords, passkeys, static secrets, rotated secrets and dynamic secrets in one vault, with central password generation policies.

Rotated and dynamic secrets

Credentials can change on a schedule or on demand, or expire after use, to cut down on long-lived shared passwords.

Controlled sharing

Share credentials with employees, contractors and third parties through role- and attribute-based access, with time limits.

Identity provider sign-in

Signs users in through SAML, OIDC, Google, GitHub and other identity providers, and enforces MFA through them.

Item-level audit logs

Tracks access to each credential and can stream logs to SIEM and compliance tools; the free plan keeps audit logs for 3 days.

Personal and corporate separation

Employees keep personal credentials apart from business-owned ones, which security teams can govern.

Keeper

Encrypted vault and autofill

Stores passwords, passkeys, payment cards and files, and KeeperFill enters logins and two-factor codes across apps and browsers. A generator creates passwords and passphrases.

Passkeys

Saves passkeys alongside passwords so they can be used from any device and operating system, and the browser extension manages them directly.

Sharing and One-Time Share

Share records and folders with set permissions, or send a time-limited One-Time Share link to someone who does not have a Keeper account.

Zero-knowledge encryption

Keeper says data is encrypted and decrypted on the user's device at the record level, so the company cannot access what is stored in a vault.

Paid add-ons

BreachWatch dark web monitoring, Secure File Storage and a Concierge support service are sold separately on top of the personal plans.

Admin console and provisioning

Business plans include an admin console, enforced policies, team management and a security audit. Enterprise adds SAML single sign-on, SCIM and Active Directory sync.

Akeyless

• Free$0

  Password Manager limits listed: 3 users, 50 passwords (static secrets), unlimited roles and groups, 3 days of audit logs.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Contract priced by users, with limits up to 100K passwords or custom. Sold through sales.

Keeper

• Keeper Free$0

  Limited to one mobile device and ten records for passwords and passkeys.

• Personal (Keeper Unlimited)$3.58

  per month, billed annually ($42.99)

  1 user with unlimited passwords, passkeys, devices and sync, secure sharing, emergency access and 24/7 support.

• Family$7.67

  per month for 5 users, billed annually ($91.99)

  5 private vaults, shared folders with permissions and 10 GB of secure file storage.

• Business Starter$2

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 5 to 10 users: encrypted vaults, an admin console, credential sharing and autofill.

• Business$4

  per user / month, billed annually

  Adds delegated administration, advanced organizational structure and integrations, vault transfer and a free Family plan for every user.

• Enterprise$6

  per user / month, billed annually

  Adds SAML single sign-on, SCIM and AD/LDAP provisioning, Duo and RSA two-factor methods and developer APIs. Bought through a quote.

Akeyless

No public discounts listed.

Keeper

• Education

  50% off for students

  Keeper's student page offers students 50% off the Personal and Family plans.

• Other savings

  40% off for military and medical workers

  Military members, first responders, nurses, doctors and hospital employees verified through ID.me get 40% off 1-year Keeper Unlimited and Family plans in the US and Canada.

• Other savings

  Free Family plan for business users

  On the Business and Enterprise plans, every user can create a free Keeper Family plan for up to 5 family members.