1Password vs LastPass
By Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published October 8, 2026 · Updated October 8, 2026
1Password is the vault that staff and developers like to use, with a clean app, developer tools in both business plans and a published price. LastPass has comparable admin features and a long list of policies, but carries the trust cost of its 2022 breach. For most companies choosing today, 1Password is the safer default and LastPass is mainly relevant to existing customers.
Side by side
 1Password |  LastPass | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Polished password manager with developer and device-trust tooling | Long-standing cloud password manager, now independent of GoTo |
| Best for | Tech companies with Okta or Entra | Existing customers weighing renewal |
| Headquarters | Canada | United States |
| Pricing model | Per user / month | Per user / month |
| Pricing | Published pricing: a flat Teams Starter Pack for small teams, then per-user Business and quote-based Enterprise plans; extended access management sold separately. | Published per-user Teams, Business and Business Max plans billed annually; SaaS monitoring, unlimited SSO apps and advanced MFA come only with Business Max. |
| Free option | Free trial | Free trial |
| Place in our business password managers ranking | #4 of 12 | #10 of 12 |
| Website | 1password.com | lastpass.com |
Both are reviewed in full in Best Business Password Managers in 2026. Position in that ranking can be paid for; the wording of a review or of this comparison cannot. Placement disclosure.
Which one to choose
Choose 1Password if
your company runs Okta or Entra, has developers who want SSH and Git signing from the vault, and can accept a cloud-only service.
1Password, #4 in the ranking · Visit 1Password →
Choose LastPass if
you are an existing LastPass customer who wants to compare renewal terms, and your auditors have accepted the vendor's breach history.
LastPass, #10 in the ranking · Visit LastPass →
Where they differ
Vendor trust after a breach
In 2022 a LastPass attacker used a breached development environment to take encrypted vault backups together with unencrypted site URLs, and encrypted data taken that way can be attacked offline indefinitely. Disclosure came in stages and understated the reach at first. LastPass has since hardened its systems and become independent of GoTo, but an auditor will ask about it. 1Password carries no equivalent incident in our category notes.
Edge: 1Password
Developer tools in the vault
1Password lists a CLI, SDKs, SSH key signing and Git commit signing in the Teams Starter Pack and Business plans. The LastPass pages we fetched described admin policy and directory features and not developer tooling, so we could not verify an equivalent. For a software company, 1Password is the clearer option.
Edge: 1Password
Admin controls for IT
LastPass is competitive here: more than 100 policies on Business, directory integrations, and on Business Max a SaaS monitoring tool for shadow IT. 1Password Business adds identity provider integrations with Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin and Duo, custom policies and reporting, though our category notes call its admin reporting thinner than Keeper's. On breadth of policies, LastPass edges ahead.
Edge: LastPass
How the plans are tiered
1Password publishes $2.49 per user per month billed yearly for the Teams Starter Pack, capped at 20 users with a 10-user minimum, and $8.99 for Business. The LastPass page we fetched showed its Teams, Business and Business Max prices only as unfilled placeholders, so we cannot compare prices. LastPass Teams is capped at 50 users and 25 policies, and unlimited SSO apps and SaaS monitoring need Business Max.
Edge: even
Self-hosting
Neither product offers a self-hosted vault in the sources we checked, so the vault lives in the vendor's cloud with both. 1Password's Secret Key design means a stolen server database is useless without a second value kept on devices. That does not change the cloud-only answer.
Edge: even
Tally: 1Password 2, LastPass 1, even 2.
When neither fits
Neither fits an organization that must run the vault on its own server or needs the lowest cost per seat. Bitwarden has a self-hosted option, and Passbolt suits an IT team that wants on-premises control and can run a server.
See Bitwarden and Passbolt among the 12 products in Best Business Password Managers in 2026.
Questions and answers
Is LastPass still safe to use for business?
Its features are competitive, and the company has hardened its systems since the 2022 incident. Even so, encrypted vault backups taken then can be attacked offline, so auditors often ask. For a first-time purchase we rank 1Password well above it.
How much does 1Password Business cost?
The page we fetched lists the Teams Starter Pack at $2.49 per user per month billed yearly, for 10 to 20 users, and Business at $8.99 per user per month billed yearly. Both offer a 14-day free trial. Enterprise is quoted.
Does LastPass have a free trial for business?
The pricing page we fetched listed a 14-day trial for Teams, Business and Business Max. It showed the prices themselves as unfilled placeholders, so check the current figures with the vendor.
Which plan do you need for single sign-on in each?
In LastPass, Business is limited to 3 SSO apps and Business Max is unlimited. In 1Password, identity provider integrations with Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin and Duo come with the Business plan, not the Starter Pack.
Sources
Prices, plan limits and product facts on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on October 8, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.
- 1Password business pricing page: Teams Starter Pack and Business prices, user caps, the 14-day trial, developer tools and identity provider integrations
- LastPass pricing page: LastPass tier structure, user caps, policy counts, SSO app limits, SaaS monitoring on Business Max and the 14-day trial; prices were shown as placeholders