Authentik vs Bitwarden
On the evidence we track, Bitwarden leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Features
The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.
| Feature | Authentik | Bitwarden |
|---|---|---|
| B2b multi tenant | ✓ | - |
| Breach monitoring | - | ✓ |
| Enterprise sso scim | - | ✓ |
| Family team sharing | - | ✓ |
| Free tier | - | ✓ |
| Hardware key | - | ✓ |
| Hosted ui | hosted | - |
| Hosting | both | - |
| Independent audit | - | ✓ |
| Mfa | ✓ | - |
| Oidc | ✓ | - |
| Open source | ✓ | - |
| Open source clients | - | ✓ |
| Passkey support | - | ✓ |
| Passkeys webauthn | ✓ | - |
| Passwordless | ✓ | - |
| Platform breadth | - | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, and desktop apps |
| Pricing model | - | freemium |
| Rbac | ✓ | - |
| Saml sso | ✓ | - |
| Scim provisioning | ✓ | - |
| Self hostable | - | ✓ |
| Social login | ✓ | - |
| Zero knowledge | - | ✓ |
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Authentik
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that consolidates authentication and identity management into one self-hosted platform, supporting standard protocols like OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and RADIUS for modern SSO deployments.
Bitwarden
LeaderA zero-knowledge encrypted platform for storing, sharing, and managing passwords, passkeys, and secrets. Supports self-hosting and includes enterprise features like SSO, SCIM provisioning, and centralized administration.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Authentik
- Open SourceFree
- OIDC, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, RADIUS, Proxy support
- OpenID Certified for OpenID Connect
- Web-based RDP/SSH access
- B2B and B2C use cases
- Community Discord support
- Enterprise-
- Google Workspace integration
- Microsoft Entra ID integration
- Embed external OAuth/SAML sources
- Chrome Enterprise Device Trust connector
- Shared Signals Framework support
- +9 more
- Enterprise PlusContact sales
- Invoice-based billing
- Dedicated, customized support and SLAs
- Volume discounts
- Support for multi-instance deployments
- FIPS compliance for FedRAMP
Bitwarden
LeaderFree tier available. Family plan from $47.88/year. Organization plans from $4/user/month billed annually.
- FreeFree
- Password manager
- Passkey storage
- Basic autofill
- Family$47.88/yr
- Up to 6 users
- Shared vault collections
- Organization management
- Teams$4/seat/mo
- Per-user organization vault
- Admin access controls
- Vault health reports
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Google Workspace
Authentik
- OAuth2
- OpenID Connect
- SAML2
- LDAP
- RADIUS
- SCIM
- WS-Federation
- Shared Signals Framework (SSF)
- Chrome Enterprise Device Trust
- Fleet
- Kerberos
- SAML
- OAuth2/OIDC
Bitwarden
Leader- AWS
- Duo
- Auth0
- Okta
- Rippling
- PingFederate
- JumpCloud
- Active Directory Federation Services
- Keycloak
- OneLogin
- Apple Open Directory
- Apache Directory Server
- OpenLDAP
- Fedora Directory Server
- Novell eDirectory
- OpenDS
- Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
- Splunk
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Panther
- Elastic
- Rapid7
- Sumo Logic
- +19 more
Authentik or Bitwarden: which one depends on you
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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.