# Psono review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source password manager that a company runs on its own servers Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Password Managers - **Made by:** esaqa GmbH - **Website:** https://psono.com - **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you do not want to run and update a server. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $3 per 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 https://psono.com/#pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Psono before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Companies that want to keep the password server inside their own network - Small teams of up to 10 that want the business features at no cost - IT teams that want to read the source before they trust it ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** The 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** An open-source edition with unlimited users, and the business edition free for up to 10 users. Both are self-hosted. - **Features: B.** Client-side encryption, team sharing, enterprise sign-in and a gateway for SSH, RDP and VNC. The listing shows no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. The free editions mean running and updating the server yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and an extension, with LDAP, SAML, OIDC, SSH and RDP. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/password-managers ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: A password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves. - You could not: Passkeys, which rest on security you cannot improvise. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, LDAP, SAML and OIDC among them. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with LDAP, SAML, OIDC, SSH, RDP, VNC **Tags:** Password manager, Open source, Self-hostable, Passkeys ## Alternatives - [Passbolt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/passbolt): Open-source password manager for teams, self-hosted or cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/passbolt-vs-psono) - [Bitwarden](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bitwarden): Open-source password manager with a free plan and self-hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bitwarden-vs-psono) - [KeePassXC](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keepassxc): Free, open-source offline password manager for desktop. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keepassxc-vs-psono) - [Zoho Vault](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-vault): Password manager for teams with a free plan for individuals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/psono-vs-zoho-vault) - [1Password](https://toolgpa.com/tools/1password): Password manager for individuals, families and businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/1password-vs-psono) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://psono.com/#pricing - https://psono.com/ - https://psono.com/download Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/psono Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).