Passwork review (2026): is it worth €3 a month per user?
Password and secrets manager for business, cloud or self-hosted
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Passwork report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a team password manager you can self-host
Passwork is a team password manager from EUR 3 per user a month, with a one-month trial and apps on every platform. SSO and the developer tools need the Advanced plan, and the trial wants a business email.
Who Passwork is for
- Fits if you want a team vault with roles and audit logs
- Works for IT teams that need SSO and directory sync
Who Passwork is not for
- Skip it if you want a free plan, because only a one-month trial is offered
- Tight if you use a personal email, as the trial needs a business address
- Watch out: SSO, the CI/CD integration and the Python SDK need the Advanced plan
- Watch out: the self-hosted edition is licensed separately, with a yearly maintenance renewal
- Watch out: the cloud page does not say whether EUR 3 and EUR 4.5 are billed monthly or yearly
Why Passwork gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStandard is EUR 3 per user a month and Advanced EUR 4.5, around the dearer end of password managers. The page does not say if billing is monthly or yearly.
- CFree plan and trialA one-month free trial that needs a business email; the page does not mention a card. There is no free plan.
- BFeaturesShared vaults and roles, zero-knowledge encryption, directory and SSO, developer secrets, audit logs and compliance reports.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Directory, SSO and roles take setup by an admin.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and an extension, with Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, Docker, Kubernetes and an SDK.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Passwork's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/passwork#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/passwork.svg" alt="Passwork: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Passwork stands among password managers
Passwork's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 5 of the 27 other password managers we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 20 of 27) and worst on value for money (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $3.35 a month for each person, against a middle price of $2.67 for the category: 16 of the 20 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 28 password managers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Passwork’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 27, level with 11
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 27, level with 10
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 27, level with 14
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 27, level with 10
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 27, level with 7
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 25 password managers. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Passwork, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Passwork you would be making a password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 19 of the 27 other password managers grade higher. It costs $40.22 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Active Directory, LDAP and SAML among them, and has an API.
- End-to-end encryption done properly.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, audit logs and roles and permissions.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Passwork’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Passwork?
Passwork is a business password and secrets manager sold as a cloud service hosted in Germany or as software you run on your own servers. Teams share credentials in vaults with role-based permissions, audit logs and directory integration, and developers can pull secrets through an API, a command-line tool and a Python library.
Worth knowing
- Business email is required for the free trial; Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook addresses are not accepted.
- SSO, the CI/CD integration and the Python SDK need the Advanced plan.
- The self-hosted edition is licensed separately: its FAQ lists Standard at 3€ per user/month billed annually, with a yearly maintenance renewal.
- The cloud pricing page does not say whether €3 and €4.5 are billed monthly or annually.
Key features
- Shared vaults and roles
- Share credentials through vaults with granular permissions, role-based access and a record of who did what.
- Zero-knowledge encryption
- The vendor says data is encrypted on the client, so the server never sees it, and is also encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Directory and SSO integration
- Supports Active Directory and LDAP, with LDAP group mapping to provision users, and SAML single sign-on.
- Secrets for developers
- An API, a command-line tool, container images and a Python library deliver secrets to CI/CD pipelines, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Audit logs and compliance reports
- Security teams get audit logs, compliance reports, advanced two-factor options and security policies.
- Apps for every device
- Browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux, and iOS and Android apps.
Passwork pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Passwork is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €3 per user / month (Standard).
- Starts at
- €3 per user / month (Standard)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- One-month free trial; business email required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | €3per user / month (price shown in euros) | Core features for small and medium businesses: shared vaults and access without training. |
| Advanced | €4.5per user / month (price shown in euros) | Adds SSO, a role-based model, the CI/CD integration, the Python SDK, a personal manager and priority support. |
Read from passwork.pro on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Passwork before you buy.
Works with
- Active Directory
- LDAP
- SAML
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
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Common questions
Is Passwork open source?
Passwork is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Can Passwork be self-hosted?
Yes. Passwork's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Is Passwork end-to-end encrypted?
Passwork describes itself as end-to-end encrypted on its own site. Nobody here has audited that.
Does Passwork have an API?
Yes. Passwork offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.