1Password vs Proton Pass
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
1Passwordsite ↗pricing ↗
A password manager for individuals, families and teams, with shared vaults and secrets management for developers. Paid plans start at $2.99/mo (Individual); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $4.49/mo (Families). We read the same $2.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion. No free tier — a trial only — so the entry price is the price from day one.
Proton Passsite ↗pricing ↗
A password manager from Proton, sold on its own and bundled with the wider Proton subscription. Paid plans start at €4.99/mo (Pass Plus); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €12.99/mo (Proton Unlimited). It bills by country — entry $4.99/mo to a US reader and £3.99/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
The two ladders
1Passwordsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-29 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | $2.99/mo | |
| Families | $4.49/mo |
Proton Passsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-29 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Proton Free | Free | |
| Pass Plus | €4.99/mo | |
| Pass Family | €6.99/mo | |
| Proton Unlimited | €12.99/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: 1Password at $2.99/mo, against Proton Pass at €4.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Proton Pass publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: 1Password tops out at $4.49/mo, Proton Pass at €12.99/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- 1Password: We read the same $2.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
- Proton Pass: It bills by country — entry $4.99/mo to a US reader and £3.99/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- Per-user pricing multiplies by your whole household or team — the family plan is often the honest comparison.
- Most headline figures here are annual-billed; the money leaves once a year.
- Free tiers in this category are real but capped in different places — read what each one withholds.