Padloc
🇩🇪 DE · Free plan · paid from $3.49/user/mo
3.4/5· 91 reviews across 2 portals
Open-source password manager with end-to-end encryption and EU hosting
Replaces
Padloc is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Password & Data Management
- Secure storage for passwords, credit cards, banking data, documents, notes, and license keys
- Predefined item templates (e.g., Website/App) with customizable fields
- Tags for organization and item favoriting
- Built-in random password and passphrase generator
Collaboration & Access Control
- Organizations with shared vaults
- Role-based access control (Owner, Admin, Regular Member)
- Permission management via user groups
- Multi-user item/vault sharing with cryptographic invite workflows
Security & Authentication
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) with hardware keys (YubiKey) and TOTP apps (Google Authenticator, Authy)
- Built-in authenticator/one-time password (OTP) generation
- Biometric unlock (FaceID/Fingerprint)
- Active session and trusted device management, automatic app locking
- Cryptographic key rotation and vault item expiration tracking with security reporting
Data Integrity & Storage
- Item revision history and version restore
- Encrypted file attachments and storage
- Rich-text note formatting with Markdown support
Cross-Platform Access & Usability
- Native apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Mobile apps for iOS and Android
- Browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox with auto-fill and drag-and-drop support
- Browser-based web application
Pricing
- Unlimited vault items
- Unlimited devices
- Basic password management
- All Free features
- MFA and built-in authenticator/OTP
- Up to 1GB encrypted file storage
- Security Report and rich text notes with Markdown
- All Premium features
- Sharing for up to 5 users
- Up to 5 Shared Vaults with 1GB encrypted file storage
- All Premium features
- Up to 20 Shared Vaults and 10 groups
- Up to 5GB encrypted file storage
- Directory Sync / Automatic Provisioning
- All Team features
- Up to 50 Shared Vaults and 20 groups
- Up to 20GB encrypted file storage
- Directory Sync / Automatic Provisioning
- All Business features
- Unlimited encrypted file storage
- Unlimited vaults and groups
- Customized appearance and features
30-day free trial available for all paid plans.
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-09-25. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →European legal entity
Registered under HRB 5566 at Amtsgericht Ansbach.
- Evidence →Self-hosting available
Docker-based deployment guide provided for on-premises hosting.
- Evidence →Open sourceAGPL-3.0
- Evidence →Documented data exportEncrypted Padloc Export, CSV
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Modern, uncluttered and intuitive interface for non-technical users
- AGPL-3.0 open-source architecture with zero-knowledge end-to-end encryption
- Publicly available third-party audit reports
- Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS and web
- Flexible vault organization with custom fields, rich text notes, tagging and attachments
- Simple setup for shared team vaults and access delegation
Where users see room to improve
- · Poor or missing browser and mobile autofill functionality
- · Strict free-tier limits (e.g., 50 items)
- · Higher pricing relative to feature depth compared to alternatives
Ratings across portals
Linked facts, we bring ratings from every portal together in one place.
Integrations
Padloc: frequently asked questions
- How much does Padloc cost?
- Padloc has a free plan; paid plans start at $3.49/user/mo. Plans: Premium ($3.49/user/mo), Family ($5.95/mo), Team ($3.49/user/mo), Business ($6.99/user/mo). 30-day free trial available for all paid plans.
- Which tools does Padloc integrate with?
- Padloc connects with SCIM, YubiKey, Google Authenticator, Authy, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
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Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-09-25), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.