1Password vs Proton Drive

1Password is a password manager for individuals, families and businesses, made by AgileBits, a company founded in 2005 in Toronto, Canada. It is known for a strong security track record, polished apps on every major platform and a design that makes good password habits easy for non-technical people.

1Password stores passwords, passkeys, credit cards, secure notes, documents, SSH keys and software licenses in encrypted vaults that can be shared with family members or colleagues. Data is protected by end-to-end encryption that combines your account password with a locally generated Secret Key. Watchtower flags weak, reused and breached credentials and sites that support passkeys or two-factor authentication, and Travel Mode hides selected vaults when crossing borders. For businesses, plans add SSO with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace, admin policies, activity reporting, provisioning and free Families accounts for employees. Developer tools include a CLI, an SSH agent, Git commit signing and Secrets Automation for infrastructure. Extended Access Management, built partly on the 2024 acquisition of Kolide, adds device trust and discovery of unmanaged apps.

1Password fits households and companies that want strong security with excellent usability. There is no free plan, only a trial. Bitwarden is the leading open-source alternative with a free tier, Proton Pass suits privacy-focused users, and Dashlane and Keeper compete in the business market.

Proton Drive is the encrypted cloud storage service from Proton AG, the Geneva company founded in 2014 by scientists who met at CERN and best known for Proton Mail. Files, file names, folders and photos are end-to-end encrypted on your device before upload, so Proton cannot read them, and the code of its apps is open source and independently audited.

Drive works on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, with automatic photo backup, desktop sync, password-protected and expiring share links, and long version history. It now includes Proton Docs and Proton Sheets for encrypted collaborative documents and spreadsheets. The free plan offers up to 5 GB; Drive Plus adds 200 GB, while Proton Unlimited, Duo and Family bundle Drive with Mail, VPN, Pass and Calendar. Business teams use Drive Professional with 1 TB per user.

Proton Drive suits privacy-conscious individuals, journalists and small teams who want Google Drive convenience without handing data to an ad company. Tresorit is the stronger business-focused encrypted option, Google Drive and Dropbox win on third-party integrations and real-time office editing, and Sync.com is a cheaper encrypted alternative for large storage.

In 2026 Proton shipped a Drive CLI for Windows, macOS and Linux and faster encryption, but a native Linux sync client is still on the roadmap. If you already pay for Proton Mail, check Proton Unlimited first, because it often costs less than separate subscriptions.