Proton Pass review

Proton Pass score breakdown

What Proton Pass is and who it is for

Proton Pass is an end-to-end encrypted password manager from Proton AG, the Swiss company behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. Third-party sources report a beta for existing Proton customers on April 20, 2023, and a global launch with a free tier on June 28, 2023. It now has consumer plans and a business edition.

It suits people who already use Proton services, or who want email aliases and a usable free tier alongside a password manager. Teams that want deeper admin controls can look at the business plans. If you want a free, open source option you can self-host, or a longer public audit history, Bitwarden is the better fit. If interface polish and feature depth matter most, 1Password is the stronger choice according to independent comparisons.

What Proton Pass does

Proton Pass stores logins, generates passwords and passphrases, and autofills through browser extensions, web, desktop and mobile apps. Every plan includes Hide-my-email aliases, with 10 on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans, according to the vendor's pricing page. Paid plans (Plus, Family and Unlimited) add integrated two-factor authentication codes and dark web monitoring, and raise the limit to 50 vaults. Sharing on the free plan reaches up to 2 other people and covers single items only. Paid plans share with up to 10 people and can share whole vaults. The Family plan adds an admin panel.

On the business side, Proton states that Pass Professional includes SSO and SCIM, detailed activity logs and SIEM integration, with SIEM activated on request. A vendor case study from the software consultancy Elemnta describes admin controls to enforce two-factor authentication, disable sharing outside the company and revoke access. A second vendor case study, from the Swiss data science firm Novalytica, describes a vault per client or project and expiring shared links. Neither case study reports quantified outcomes.

Independent reviewers describe the experience as smooth and privacy focused. Cybernews, which carries an affiliate disclosure, places Proton Pass ahead of Bitwarden overall for smoothness and privacy tools, and behind 1Password on features, polish and value. One long-time user on the Privacy Guides forum ranks its usability below 1Password and the original Bitwarden, and reports that deleting aliases through the alias integration is irreversible. That is a single self-reported account.

On security, Proton states that it holds ISO 27001 and a SOC 2 Type II attestation verified by Schellman in July 2025. Tom's Guide reports that the audit covers all Proton services, including password management. Third-party reports describe a 2023 Cure53 audit of the mobile apps, browser extensions and API with no critical vulnerabilities. A later Recurity Labs audit, published by Proton in 2026, is reported by IT-Connect to have logged mostly low impact issues, plus a medium severity Android flaw that was later addressed. Proton states the audit found no remotely exploitable flaw and no encryption bypass. The apps are open source. Single sign-on is included only on Pass Professional.

Proton Pass pricing

Consumer prices below are vendor-sourced from Proton's pricing page, in US dollars, with the per month figure based on annual billing.

• Proton Free: $0 for one user, with 10 aliases and 2 vaults.
• Pass Plus: $2.99 a month ($35.88 a year), shown against a $4.99 original price. Proton lists a 30 day money-back guarantee.
• Pass Family: $4.99 a month ($59.88 a year) for up to 6 users, shown against a $6.99 original price.
• Proton Unlimited: $9.99 a month ($119.88 a year), shown against a $12.99 original price. It bundles Pass with Mail, Calendar, VPN and Drive.

Business prices are vendor-sourced, per user per month on annual billing, with a minimum of 3 users on the Pass plans.

• Pass Essentials: $1.99 a user ($23.88 a year). SSO and audit logs are not listed.
• Pass Professional: $4.99 a user ($59.88 a year). SSO, SCIM, activity logs and SIEM are included.
• Workspace Standard: $12.99 a user ($155.88 a year). SSO, audit logs and SIEM are not listed.
• Enterprise: custom pricing.

Sources disagree on consumer prices. Third-party listings give Pass Plus at $1.99, $2.49, $2.99 and $4.99 a month, and Pass Family at $3.99, $4.99 and $6.99. The differences most likely reflect billing period, promotions and older listings. The figures above follow Proton's own page. Capterra and SourceForge list a business entry price of $1.99 per user a month, which matches Pass Essentials.

Entry price and real cost diverge for teams that need single sign-on, because it sits on the $4.99 Professional tier rather than the $1.99 tier. Households save by choosing Family over separate Plus plans, and Proton Unlimited costs more but includes the rest of the Proton suite.

Proton Pass pros

• Email aliases are included on every plan, with 10 on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans.
• Paid plans start at $2.99 a month on annual billing, with Family covering up to 6 users at $4.99 a month.
• Proton states it holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and two independent audits of the apps are publicly reported.
• The apps are open source, according to Proton and betanews.
• Review platform ratings are high where they exist: 4.7 out of 5 from 80 reviews on G2 for the business listing, and 4.9 out of 5 from 7 reviews on Capterra.

Proton Pass cons

• The free plan allows 2 vaults and sharing with 2 people for single items only, and one Capterra reviewer complained about the limited number of folders.
• Single sign-on and SIEM integration are limited to Pass Professional, which costs $4.99 per user a month against $1.99 for Essentials.
• A SourceForge reviewer flagged the lack of emergency or delegated access as a gap for business use.
• Independent comparisons place it behind 1Password on features and polish, and one forum user ranks its usability below 1Password and Bitwarden.

How Proton Pass compares

• Bitwarden: choose it for a free, open source, self-hostable manager that Cybernews and MalCare describe as cheaper with a longer public audit history.
• 1Password: choose it if feature depth and interface polish matter more than the free tier, as Cybernews finds.

Featured in: Best password managers

Last researched: October 29, 2026.

Reviewed by Greylisting Team.

Proton Pass verdict

Proton Pass earns a solid score as a privacy focused password manager with included aliases, clear public pricing and a documented security record. It does not match 1Password on polish or Bitwarden on price and self-hosting, and its free plan limits vaults and sharing. It is right for individuals and families who want encryption and aliases in one place, especially within the Proton ecosystem, and for small teams that can use Pass Professional. It is a weaker fit for buyers who need emergency access, deep free sharing or the most feature-rich interface.