Psono review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Open-source password manager that a company runs on its own servers
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Psono report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for an open-source team vault with a free self-hosted edition
Psono is an open-source password manager for teams, free to self-host, with a business version at $3 per user a month. You run the server yourself, and the business version has a 25-user minimum.
Who Psono is for
- Fits if you want to run your own team vault on your own server
- Works for small teams of up to 10 that want business features free
Who Psono is not for
- Not for you if you do not want to run and update a server
- Tight if you want the paid Business version, which has a 25-user minimum
- Watch out: professional support and SLAs are quoted on request, with no listed price
- Watch out: the SaaS tab of the price page could not be read, so hosted prices are not recorded
Why Psono 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 moneyThe free editions are self-hosted, so a C. The Business version is $3 per user a month with a 25-user minimum, which is $75 a month for one person's floor.
- BFree plan and trialAn open-source edition with unlimited users, and the business edition free for up to 10 users. Both are self-hosted.
- BFeaturesClient-side encryption, team sharing, enterprise sign-in and a gateway for SSH, RDP and VNC. The listing shows no gap in the core job.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. The free editions mean running and updating the server yourself.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and an extension, with LDAP, SAML, OIDC, SSH and RDP.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Psono'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/psono#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/psono.svg" alt="Psono: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Psono stands among password managers
Psono'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 ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $3 a month for each person, against a middle price of $2.67 for the category: 14 of the 20 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 9 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. Psono’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 27, level with 11
- BFree plan and trialAbove 13 of 27, level with 5
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 27, level with 14
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 27, level with 2
- 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 Psono, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Psono 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 $36 a year. Psono is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- A password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves.
- Passkeys, which rest on security you cannot improvise.
- 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, LDAP, SAML and OIDC among them.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Psono’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 Psono?
Psono is a password manager for companies, built to be run on your own servers, with a hosted edition also offered. Vault data is encrypted in the client before it reaches the server, and entries can be shared with teammates in encrypted form. A free edition covers up to 10 users with the full business feature set.
Worth knowing
- The free editions are self-hosted, so you run and update the server yourself.
- The Business version has a 25-user minimum; its price is shown for the On Premise edition.
- Professional support and service-level agreements are quoted on request, not sold at a listed price.
- The page's SaaS tab could not be read, so hosted prices are not recorded here.
Key features
- Client-side encryption
- Vault data is encrypted in the client before it is sent to the server, then stored encrypted on the server.
- Self-hosted or SaaS
- Run every component on your own servers, or use a hosted edition. The pricing section is split into On Premise and SaaS tabs.
- Open source
- The complete codebase is public, so the security design can be audited independently.
- Team sharing and enterprise sign-in
- Share entries in encrypted form. The business editions add LDAP, SAML and OIDC single sign-on, audit logging and policies.
- Gateway for SSH, RDP and VNC
- The business editions include a gateway for opening remote sessions to servers and desktops.
- Apps on every platform
- Browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, desktop builds, Android and iOS apps, a web client and a command-line tool.
Psono pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Psono has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3 per user / month, billed annually (minimum 25 users).
- Starts at
- $3 per user / month, billed annually (minimum 25 users)
- Free plan
- Open-source edition with unlimited users, or the business edition free for up to 10 users, both self-hosted.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | $0 | Free community edition with unlimited users, password sharing, a generator and multifactor login. You host it yourself. |
| Free business version | $0 | Full feature set, including SSO, audit logging, policies and the SSH/RDP/VNC gateway, free for up to 10 users. |
| Business version | $3per user / month, billed annually, min. 25 users | Everything in the free business version for larger companies, with an optional extended support package quoted on request. |
Read from psono.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Psono before you buy.
Works with
- LDAP
- SAML
- OIDC
- SSH
- RDP
- VNC
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Common questions
Is Psono open source?
Yes. Psono is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.