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Bitwarden empowers enterprises, developers, and individuals to safely store and share sensitive data. With a transparent, open source approach to password management, secrets management, and passwordless and passkey innovations, Bitwarden makes it easy for users to extend robust security practices to all of their online experiences. Founded in 2016, Bitwarden is supported by a passionate global community of security experts and enthusiasts. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and has a globally distributed team. Learn more at bitwarden.com.

Bitwarden is a credential management leader empowering enterprises, developers, and individuals to securely store and share sensitive data. The Bitwarden product portfolio includes:

Bitwarden Password Manager for organizations and individuals requiring password security that reduces risk of breaches, boosts productivity, and meets compliance requirements.

Bitwarden Secrets Manager for developer, devops, and IT teams requiring a secure and easy-to-use secrets management solution that scales across the development lifecycle. 

Bitwarden Passwordless.dev for developers and early adopters building FIDO2 WebAuthn based passkey authentication for websites and applications.

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Bitwarden supports a wide range of passwordless options, from logging into your vault with trusted devices to biometrics, and passkeys. Learn more about how Bitwarden is innovating in passwordless and helping businesses and individuals enable streamlined, secure sign-in experiences with biometrics, passkeys, and SSO integrations with the following resources.

• Passwordless and passkeys with Bitwarden

• Passwordless future: A comprehensive passkeys FAQ

• Storing passkeys in Bitwarden

• Passkeys and Bitwarden | Webcast

• What are passkeys?

• How do passkeys work?

  • View the passkeys infographic and product images

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How is Bitwarden spelled?

• Bitwarden is one word with a lower-case w.

Is Bitwarden a company?

• Yes. Bitwarden is a corporation headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with employees located in the U.S. and around the world. 

What is the pricing for Bitwarden?

• Bitwarden offers both Business and Personal plans and pricing, along with our popular free offering for individuals. Our premium offering for personal use is just $10 a year, and our family plan is $40/year.

• For plans and prices visit: https://bitwarden.com/pricing/

Where does Bitwarden store your passwords?

• Bitwarden stores passwords in the cloud or your self-hosted instance. Once you log in on a device, Bitwarden stores your data locally in an encrypted format that only you can decrypt. This provides offline read access to your vault. Adding or changing passwords requires online access.

Does Bitwarden collect any user data?

• Bitwarden uses Administrative Data to provide the Bitwarden Service to its users. We list the data collected in the security section of our help website here: https://bitwarden.com/help/article/administrative-data/

• The Bitwarden business model focuses on paid business and individual plans. You can read more in this blog: Defining and sustaining value for Bitwarden users

  https://bitwarden.com/blog/defining-and-sustaining-value-for-bitwarden-users/

Does Bitwarden offer password sharing?

• Bitwarden allows users to share passwords with other people for free. Every free Bitwarden account includes a free two-person organization with sharing of unlimited logins. 

• Also, every free Bitwarden account includes Bitwarden Send which allows you to transmit any information, passwords, or other, with any other user in an end-to-end encrypted format.

• The Bitwarden Basic Free Account provides unlimited passwords across unlimited devices. No other offering from any other major provider comes close to this offering.

Does Bitwarden offer a password generator?

• Bitwarden offers a password generator for all plans, including a web version that does not require a Bitwarden account: https://bitwarden.com/password-generator/

Does Bitwarden offer a password strength tester?

• Bitwarden offers a password strength tester for all plans, including a web version that does not require a Bitwarden account: https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/

Does Bitwarden have multi-factor authentication?

• Yes. Both our free and paid plans have multi-factor authentication. The free plan includes authenticator app or email options.

Does Bitwarden offer password checkups or breach reports?

• Yes. Bitwarden offers password checkups and breach reports. The data breach report is available in the free plan. Additional reports are part of our premium offering at just $10/year, less than any other paid offering by other companies.

Is there any concern Bitwarden could get hacked?

• Your data is fully encrypted and/or hashed before ever leaving your local device, so no one from the Bitwarden team can ever see, read, or reverse engineer to get to your real data. Bitwarden servers only store encrypted and hashed data. For more security info visit https://bitwarden.com/help/security-faqs/

How does Bitwarden fit in the passwordless movement?

• The Bitwarden mission is to help people stay safe online regardless of the authentication technology they use. Bitwarden incorporates a variety of passwordless features, including biometrics, security keys, 2FA, and will continue to innovate and add support for these important technologies in the future. Passwordless authentication is important and will continue to grow. At the same time, password-based authentication is unlikely to go away any time soon due to convenience and ubiquity.

• For more information, see our posts on Living the Passwordless Life, Bitwarden and the Passwordless Revolution, and How to Go Passwordless with Bitwarden

Where can I read what others are saying about Bitwarden?

• See our Media Spotlight page for the latest reviews by industry experts: https://bitwarden.com/media-spotlight/

• For customer perspectives see - https://bitwarden.com/bitwarden-reviews/

• For reviews from users who switched from another password manager see - https://bitwarden.com/user-reviews/

How can I learn more about your commitment to security, privacy, and compliance with international standards?

• Visit: https://bitwarden.com/compliance/ to see how Bitwarden protects customer data.