European Password Managers | Alternatives to LastPass, 1Password

European Password Managers Alternatives

EU-hosted password vaults with zero-knowledge encryption. Store and sync credentials securely as alternatives to LastPass, 1Password, and Dashlane.

Quick answer: There are 4 European alternatives in Password Managers from 4 countries. 3 are open source, 4 have a free plan and 2 can be self-hosted.

Which should you choose?

Pick AliasVault if you want a built-in email server that generates aliases and email addresses.

Pick KeePassXC if you want your passwords in an offline, encrypted file kept in any location.

Pick Passbolt if you want to automate retrieval and rotation of machine credentials for CI/CD.

Pick Proton Pass if you want an integrated authenticator that stores and autofills 2FA codes.

Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.

How we checked this

We checked all 4 alternatives on this page against each company's own website in September 2026. Every line in the grey panels comes from that company’s own site, and a second check tried to disprove it before we kept it. A dash in the table means we could not verify that detail. "Pick it if" lines are our own assessment, based only on those checked statements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there free European password managers?

Yes. AliasVault, Passbolt, KeePassXC and Proton Pass are free or have a free plan, according to the pricing each company publishes. Free plans usually carry limits; each product page links to the company's terms.

Which European password managers are open source?

Passbolt, KeePassXC and Proton Pass publish their source code under an open-source licence. Each product page shows the licence and where the code is.

Which European password managers can you host yourself?

AliasVault and Passbolt can be run on your own servers, according to their own documentation.

Password Managers alternatives at a glance

European Password Managers alternatives compared by country, pricing, free plan, open source and self-hosting
Product	Country	Pricing	Free plan	Open source	Self-host	Replaces
Proton Pass	🇨🇭Switzerland	Freemium	Yes	Yes	Not verified	LastPass, 1Password +2
AliasVault	🇳🇱Netherlands	Freemium	Yes	Not verified	Yes	1Password, Bitwarden +2
Passbolt	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Freemium	Yes	Yes	Yes	1Password, Dashlane +2
KeePassXC	🇩🇪Germany	Free	Yes	Yes	Not verified	LastPass, Dashlane +2

A dash means we have not verified that attribute. Details and sources are on each product page.

What actually separates these password managers

Where is your vault kept?

KeePassXC saves your passwords, notes and attachments in an offline, encrypted file, and you decide where that file lives, including a cloud service of your choice. Passbolt's server can be self-hosted inside your own infrastructure; its cloud service keeps data in Google Cloud Platform databases in Europe. AliasVault is designed to be fully self-hosted with Docker, and its own cloud runs on dedicated servers in Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and France.

Sources: KeePassXC, Passbolt: security, Passbolt: security details, AliasVault, AliasVault: legal notice

Which are open source, and what is free?

KeePassXC is free and open source under the GPLv3. Passbolt is licensed under the AGPLv3, and its Community Edition is free forever with unlimited users. AliasVault offers a free cloud tier with all product features and a free open-source version to host yourself; it describes itself as in beta, heading toward a first 1.0 release, and its email aliases can receive but not send. Proton Pass's free plan needs no credit card and covers unlimited logins, notes and credit cards on unlimited devices, with 10 hide-my-email aliases.

Sources: KeePassXC, Passbolt: Pro pricing