Mooltipass vs Passbolt (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mooltipass if

• Fits if you want passwords held on dedicated hardware you can inspect
• Works for people who want passkey sign-in approved on a physical device

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need to buy now, as it was listed sold out with no restock date
• Pricey if you compare it with software, at $160 one-time against $65.99 for the middle one-time price
• Watch out: the price was read from the Tindie listing, not the vendor's own site
• Not for you if you want phone autofill, as phones only get it typing like a keyboard
• Watch out: Moolticute needs Rosetta on Apple silicon and cannot run on Chrome OS yet

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

Mooltipass

• The device was listed as sold out on its Tindie store at the time of reading, with no restock date.
• Moolticute cannot yet run on Chrome OS and needs Apple Rosetta on Apple silicon Macs, per the FAQ.
• No autofill app for phones is listed; on phones and tablets it types credentials as a keyboard.
• Price is read from the Tindie store listing, not from the vendor's own site.

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.

Mooltipass

Credentials held on the device

Logins are encrypted on the hardware with an AES-256 key stored on a smartcard that a PIN unlocks; three wrong PIN tries permanently lock the card.

Browser plugin and keyboard typing

Logs in on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari and Opera through a plugin, or types credentials like a keyboard on any device without drivers.

FIDO2, WebAuthn and passkeys

The device supports passwordless sign-in with signed challenges that you approve on its own screen.

USB and Bluetooth

The Mini BLE connects over USB-C or Bluetooth Low Energy to computers, tablets and phones.

Moolticute companion app

An open-source app imports, exports and synchronizes credentials, edits entries, stores small files and notes, and updates the device.

Multiple users and backups

One device can serve several people, each with a card; encrypted databases can be exported to the cloud or a computer.

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.

Mooltipass

• Mooltipass Mini BLE$160.00

  one-time

  The device with two smartcards. Priced on the vendor's Tindie store; shown as sold out there since February 2024.

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.

Mooltipass

No public discounts listed.

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.