1Password

1Password

Basic Information
Release Year	2006
Product Type	Software,Password Managers
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://1password.com/

1Password is a multi-platform subscription-based password manager developed by AgileBits Inc. It is often used due to the combination of a master password with a second secret key generated on-device (i.e., not in the cloud). Unlocking a user's vault therefore requires both pieces of information to decrypt and access. It also supports conventional two factor authentication using either software tokens or hardware-based tokens (e.g., Yubikey, Google Titan), which can be added to further secure a vault. 1Password is closed-source and is not self-hostable.

1Password, in addition to passwords, is capable of storing myriad site credentials including one-time codes, emails / user names, and additional notes.^[1]

"You can export your 1Pasword information at any time. If you discontinue payment, your account will enter a frozen (read-only) state that still allows you to retrieve and export your information. Your export will be limited to the information you saved in 1Password. We can’t guarantee that vault permissions, group structures, and other details about relationships between people and information are included."^[2]

Users can import existing passwords from other managers and export passwords and other content in formats suitable for importing into other managers. 1Password is not a walled-garden. Allowing the subscription to expire places an account in a read-only state, where the user can still download their passwords and other saved content.

From "Your Rights" section of the privacy policy:

"You have the right to your information. We'll never lock you out of your 1Password account, but we're unable to decrypt it for you."^[2]

This implies anything inside it is hidden from the company, which is great as it is a password manager.

"You have the right to know what we know. You have the right to know what we know about you and see how we handle that information. If you make such a request, you'll receive a screenshot of what we can see about you in our systems. To protect customer privacy, these requests will be carefully authenticated beyond demonstrating control of the registered email address."^[2]

Possibly, such a request will need to contain identifying information you have to provide in order to use the service such as email, name, address, and payment information.

Users should be aware that using password manager browser extensions increases their vulnerability to clickjacking^[3] where the autofill feature of password managers is abused to trick the password manager into leaking user credentials and other sensitive details.^[4] It is considered best practice to copy in these elements on trusted pages manually. ^[3][4][5]

Subscription based, has a strong emphasis on enterprise credential management,^[6][7] especially for enterprise secret management (e.g., SSH keys, authentication tokens, API keys, etc.).^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

1Password claims on its website front page that it is industry leading, although it does not cite any public market researches or 3rd party audits. However, a bug bounty program exists on HackerOne.^[13] Market studies and reviews (as of October 2025) show that it has significant competitive control.^[14][15][16]

This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the 1Password category.

On September 28, 2023, the Okta Help Center suffered a security incident. During the breach, the attackers were able to extract sensitive data from the customer support system.^[17]

1Password, which uses an Okta instance, published a blog post disclosing an internal investigation of the breach.^[18] According to their disclosure, the attackers' actions triggered an email to a member of the IT team who acted swiftly to contain the breach. The company reported that no user data was exfiltrated or decrypted.^[19]