Dashlane vs 1Password
Written by Mateus Rocha ·
Edited by Sebastiaan Smits ·
Fact-checked by Priya Nandakumar ·
Published September 30, 2026 · Updated September 30, 2026
Both are vaults that office staff accept readily, at list prices within a dollar of each other per seat. Dashlane puts its effort into showing managers where credential risk sits: password health, breach exposure, phishing alerts. 1Password puts its effort into engineers: a command-line tool, SSH and Git signing, and SDKs. Your workforce mostly makes the decision.
Side by side
 Dashlane |  1Password | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Business password manager built around credential risk visibility | Polished password manager with developer and device-trust tooling |
| Best for | Non-technical teams, 50-500 staff | Tech companies with Okta or Entra |
| Headquarters | United States | Canada |
| Pricing model | Per seat / month | Per user / month |
| Pricing | Password Management plan published per user, billed annually, with a 14-day trial; the Credential Protection package and Omnix Enterprise are sold through sales. | Published pricing: a flat Teams Starter Pack for small teams, then per-user Business and quote-based Enterprise plans; extended access management sold separately. |
| Free option | Free trial | Free trial |
| List price as listed on September 30, 2026 | $8 per user per month, billed annually (Password Management) | $24.95 per month for up to 10 members, paid annually (Teams Starter Pack); Business $8.99 per user per month, paid annually |
| Place in our business password managers ranking | #3 of 12 | #4 of 12 |
| Website | dashlane.com | 1password.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 Dashlane if
your weak point is people rather than infrastructure: fifty to five hundred mostly non-technical staff, and a manager who needs a readable picture of reused and breached credentials.
Dashlane, #3 in the ranking · Visit Dashlane →
Choose 1Password if
you are a software company already on Okta or Entra, your developers want SSH keys and secrets handled from the vault, and a cloud-only service is acceptable, or you are ten people or fewer.
1Password, #4 in the ranking · Visit 1Password →
Where they differ
Secrets that belong to engineers
1Password lists developer tools in both business plans: a CLI, SDKs, SSH key signing and Git commit signing, which is why software companies standardize on it. Dashlane's command-line tool does more than its reputation suggests: it reads secrets, injects them into template files and loads them as environment variables. For SSH keys and signing inside the vault, 1Password is still the fuller kit.
Edge: 1Password
What a non-security manager can read
Dashlane turns vault data into a risk picture. Its Password Management plan has a password health dashboard and vault security alerts, while credential risk detection, phishing alerts in the browser and the risk insights dashboard belong to the separate Credential Protection package sold through sales. 1Password has Watchtower alerts and password health monitoring. For board-level reporting, Dashlane does more of the work.
Edge: Dashlane
How the pricing treats a small office
Dashlane lists Password Management at $8 per user per month, billed annually. 1Password has a Teams Starter Pack at $24.95 a month for up to 10 members, paid annually, with up to 10 more seats at $4.99 each, before Business at $8.99 per user begins. A ten-person office pays far less at 1Password; above twenty seats the two are close.
Edge: 1Password
Provisioning and what could change under you
Dashlane lists SSO and SCIM integrations in its Password Management plan. 1Password lists integration with Okta, Entra ID, OneLogin and Duo from the Business plan, not the Starter Pack. Neither can be self-hosted. Dashlane has reshuffled its plans into the Omnix packages, so more packaging changes are possible; 1Password has taken large venture rounds. Both carry vendor risk, of different kinds.
Edge: even
Tally: Dashlane 1, 1Password 2, even 1.
When neither fits
If you must run the vault on your own server, or the seat price has to be the lowest available, neither qualifies: both are cloud-only and premium-priced. Bitwarden covers both requirements with 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 Dashlane or 1Password better for a company full of developers?
1Password. Its CLI, SDKs, SSH key signing and Git commit signing are built for engineering work. Dashlane's command-line tool can read and inject secrets, but the product is aimed at credential risk. Dashlane is the stronger choice when the workforce is mostly sales, operations and office staff.
Can Dashlane or 1Password be self-hosted?
No. Neither product offers a self-hosted server, so the vault lives in the vendor's cloud in both cases. 1Password's Secret Key design means a stolen server database is useless without a value stored only on devices, but if holding your own server is a requirement, look at Bitwarden or Passbolt.
Which is cheaper, Dashlane or 1Password?
Per seat they are close: Dashlane Password Management is listed at $8 and 1Password Business at $8.99 per user per month, both billed annually. For ten people or fewer, 1Password's Teams Starter Pack at $24.95 a month is much cheaper. Dashlane's Credential Protection and both Enterprise tiers are priced through sales.
Do Dashlane and 1Password offer a free trial for business plans?
Yes. Both list a 14-day free trial: Dashlane for its Password Management plan, and 1Password for the Teams Starter Pack and Business. After that you choose a paid plan, so use the two weeks to test autofill and sharing with a few non-technical colleagues.
Sources
Prices, plan limits and product facts on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on September 30, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.
- Dashlane pricing page: Dashlane plan names, the $8 Password Management price, trial and which package holds which feature
- Dashlane CLI documentation: what the Dashlane command-line tool can do
- 1Password business pricing page: 1Password Starter Pack and Business prices, seat limits, trial, developer tools and identity provider integrations