Infisical vs Passbolt (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Passbolt grades higher than Infisical: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Infisical grades higher on ease of use. Passbolt grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Infisical
Secrets, certificate and privileged access platform for developers
Passbolt
Open-source password manager for teams, self-hosted or cloud
Which one is for you
Pick Infisical if
- Fits if you are a developer team moving off shared .env files
- Makes sense if you sync secrets to CI and cloud services
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you have many pipelines, since every machine identity is billed like a person
- Tight if you outgrow 5 identities, 3 environments or 10 syncs on the free plan
- Watch out: dynamic secrets and custom roles start at Advanced, $40 per identity
- Watch out: SCIM, LDAP, approvals and self-hosting sit under Enterprise, quoted by sales
- Skip it if you want phone apps, as none are listed
Pick Passbolt if
- Fits if your team has someone who runs servers and wants open-source code
- Works for data that must stay in the EU, or secrets pulled into pipelines through an API
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're one person, because no paid plan is aimed at individuals
- Pricey if you're a team of three or four, as every paid plan bills for at least 10 users
- Not for you if nobody wants to maintain a server and you won't pay, since free means self-hosted
- Tight if you stay free, as single sign-on, LDAP, account recovery and the activity log are paid
- Watch out: the browser extension is required, the desktop app is Windows only, and offline mode is beta
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAInfisicalFair | 2.2GPAPassboltFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $20 per identity a month billed yearly, against $5 where the category's dearest tenth begins, and machines count as identities. The free plan is the cheap way in. | CPro and Cloud Business are both $4.90 a user a month billed annually, above the $3.99 where this category's dear quarter begins, and every paid plan bills for at least 10 users, so a team of three pays $588 a year. The free Community Edition costs nothing, if you host it. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree covers 5 identities, 3 environments and 10 secret syncs, and there is a 14-day trial of Pro and Advanced. You will hit those caps with a small team. | BThe Community Edition is free for unlimited users, with sharing, folders, groups, mobile apps and the API, so a team could really live on it. You have to install and maintain it yourself, and single sign-on, account recovery and the activity log are paid. |
| Features | CEnvironments, syncs, rotation, access control and certificates. Dynamic secrets, custom roles and SOC 2 start at Advanced; SCIM, LDAP and approvals need Enterprise. | CSharing covers passwords, one-time codes and notes shared with users and groups under fine-grained permissions, plus an API and CLI that feed secrets into pipelines. But its own pages name the rough edges. The browser extension is required, the desktop app is Windows only, and offline mode is still beta. |
| Ease of use | CYou set up projects, environments and syncs, with a command line in the mix. No store rating on record. | DNo rating on record, and the free route is a Linux server, a Docker container or a virtual machine that someone has to keep running. Paying to have it hosted means at least 10 seats, and either way everyone has to install the browser extension before anything works. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Mac, Windows and Linux, with GitHub, Vercel, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and more. No phone apps are listed. | BWeb, iPhone, Android, browser extensions, an open API and a CLI, with hooks into Active Directory, OpenLDAP and OpenID. The desktop app is Windows only, though, so Mac and Linux people live in the browser. |
| Best for | developer teams replacing .env files | open-source team passwords you can host yourself |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Infisical and Passbolt. How we grade
Price against what you get
Infisical starts at $20 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Passbolt starts at $4.90 a month for each person and scores 2.0.
Infisical scores higher, and starts $15.10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other password managers on the chart, 21 score higher than Infisical for less, and 29 score higher than Passbolt for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Passbolt is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Infisical also covers reports.
At a glance
| Infisical | Passbolt | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly) | $4.90 per user / month, billed annually (Pro, 10-user minimum) |
| Free plan | Up to 5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, 10 secret syncs, secret sharing and 2FA. | Community Edition: free and open source under AGPLv3 for unlimited users, self-hosted on your own server, with password sharing, folders, users and groups, mobile apps and community support. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on Pro and Advanced | 14-day free trial of the self-hosted Pro Edition; 7-day free trial of Cloud Business |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Infisical | Passbolt SA |
| Price read from | infisical.com | passbolt.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Infisical
- Pricing counts every human and machine identity, so CI pipelines and services add to the bill.
- Free is limited to 5 identities, 3 environments and 10 secret syncs.
- Dynamic secrets, custom roles and SOC 2 Type II start at Advanced; SCIM, LDAP and approvals need Enterprise.
- Self-hosting is listed under Enterprise, with pricing quoted by sales.
Passbolt
- Every paid plan has a 10-user minimum, and there is no paid plan aimed at individuals.
- The free Community Edition has to be installed and maintained on your own server and comes with community support only.
- The browser extension is required to use Passbolt, the desktop app is listed for Windows only and offline mode is labeled beta.
- Single sign-on, LDAP provisioning, account recovery and the activity log are not part of the Community Edition.
Key features
Infisical
- Secrets by environment
- Secrets live in projects with folders and environments; Free allows 3 environments, Pro 6 per project and Advanced 12.
- Secret syncs and integrations
- Pushes secrets to GitHub, Vercel, AWS and Kubernetes, with 100+ integrations listed; syncs are capped at 10, 25 or 50 by plan.
- Rotation and dynamic secrets
- Rotates credentials on a schedule from Pro, and issues short-lived on-demand secrets from Advanced.
- Access control and SSO
- Role-based permissions from Pro, SAML single sign-on from Pro, custom roles and SSO enforcement from Advanced.
- Certificates and privileged access
- Separate products cover private certificate authorities and session-recorded privileged access; each has its own plans on the pricing page.
- Secret sharing
- Share a secret by an expiring link limited by time or views instead of pasting it into chat or email.
Passbolt
- Granular credential sharing
- Shares passwords, TOTP codes and encrypted notes with individual users and groups, organized in private and shared folders under role-based access control.
- End-to-end encryption
- Passbolt says secrets are end-to-end encrypted through a public-private key architecture, and it requires its browser extension in order to guarantee that.
- Self-hosted or cloud
- Install it on your own Linux server with packages, a Docker container or a virtual machine, or use Passbolt Cloud, which the company hosts in the EU.
- Open source, paid editions included
- The Community, Pro and Enterprise editions are all distributed under AGPLv3, so the entire source code is available to inspect and modify.
- API and command line interface
- An open API and a CLI let DevOps teams create, retrieve and rotate secrets and inject them into CI/CD pipelines as environment variables.
- SSO, directory sync and audit log
- Paid editions add single sign-on with Microsoft, Google and OpenID, LDAP and Active Directory provisioning, account recovery and an activity log.
Plans
Infisical
Free$0
Up to 5 identities with unlimited projects, 100+ integrations, secret sharing, secret references and 2FA.
Pro$20
per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)
Adds access controls, secret rotation, SAML SSO, secret versioning, point-in-time recovery and 30-day audit logs.
Advanced$40
per identity / month, billed annually ($46 billed monthly)
Adds dynamic secrets, custom roles, SSO and MFA enforcement, SOC 2 Type II and 90-day audit logs.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds approval workflows, LDAP, SCIM, a 99.99% SLA, SIEM log streaming, and self-hosting or dedicated infrastructure.
Passbolt
Community Edition$0
Self-hosted and open source with unlimited users: sharing, private and shared folders, groups, browser extensions, CLI, open API and community support.
Pro Edition$4.90
per user / month, billed annually
Self-hosted, minimum 10 users. Adds LDAP provisioning, single sign-on, account recovery, an activity log, tags and next-business-day support.
Cloud Business$4.90
per user / month, billed annually ($5.40 billed monthly)
Hosted by Passbolt in Belgium and Germany, minimum 10 users, with a yearly database backup and next-business-day email support.
Cloud Sovereign$8
per user / month, billed annually
Hosted in a sovereign private data center in Luxembourg with ISO 27001 certified hosting. Minimum 10 users.
Enterprise EditionCustom
Self-hosted, with high-availability and disaster-recovery consulting, custom feature development and a 4-hour support SLA.
Cloud EnterpriseCustom
Isolated hosting in Luxembourg with a custom domain, custom backup policies, 24/7 SOC monitoring and a 4-hour support SLA.
Ways to pay less
Infisical
- Annual discount
Save 13% with annual billing
The pricing page shows $20 per identity per month billed annually against $23 billed monthly on Pro, and $40 against $46 on Advanced.
Passbolt
- Annual discount
10% off Cloud Business with yearly billing
Cloud Business costs $5.40 per user a month billed monthly or $4.90 billed annually; the pricing page labels yearly billing as 10% off.
- Nonprofit
Discounts for non-profits and education
Non-profits, charities, foundations, associations and educational institutions can request a discount on Passbolt Pro or Cloud. The amount is at Passbolt's discretion.
- Other savings
Discounts for open source projects
Maintainers and contributors of public open source projects and communities can request a discount through the same form.
- Other savings
Volume discounts above 100 users
The Pro Edition pricing notes that volume discounts apply after 100 users, arranged through a quote.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Infisical or Passbolt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Passbolt is cheaper to start with: $4.90 a month for each person, against $20 a month for each person for Infisical. Infisical starts at $20 per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly), and Passbolt starts at $4.90 per user / month, billed annually (Pro, 10-user minimum).
Which has a free plan, Infisical or Passbolt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Infisical and Passbolt have a free plan.
Which platforms do Infisical and Passbolt run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Infisical lists macOS and Linux apps and only Passbolt lists iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app and a Windows app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.