1Password vs Tresorit

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.

Tresorit is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file sharing service founded in Budapest, Hungary, in 2011 and majority-owned by Swiss Post since 2021. Files are encrypted on the user's device before upload, so Tresorit cannot read them, and data is stored in Microsoft Azure data centers in the region the customer chooses. It targets organizations whose documents are confidential by nature, such as law firms, healthcare providers, financial advisers and executives.

Beyond desktop and mobile sync, Tresorit offers encrypted share links with passwords, expiry and download limits, file requests, encrypted email attachments through an Outlook add-in, and Tresorit eSign for signatures. Admins get policy controls, remote wipe, activity and audit logs, SSO and Active Directory integration. Plans include a personal tier, business tiers priced per user with a minimum number of seats, and enterprise agreements.

Tresorit fits regulated or confidentiality-focused teams that need strong encryption they can prove to clients and auditors, and European organizations sensitive to data jurisdiction. It costs more than mainstream storage, sync and previews can feel slower, and integrations with office suites are fewer. Proton Drive offers end-to-end encryption at lower cost but fewer business controls, Sync.com is a budget encrypted option, and Box or Microsoft OneDrive suit teams prioritizing collaboration and integrations over zero-knowledge security.