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AI Visibility IndexBest Password Managers (2026)
Independent ranking for the data week of 3 November 2026. About 15 companies. Composite scores use listicle consensus at 60% and review standing at 40%. AI-answer presence is omitted in v1. Refreshed monthly.
What this board measures
Password-manager roundups are among the most repetitive lists on the public web. Security sites, how-to sites, and review hubs tend to name the same short set. The top of this board is therefore a cluster of perfect listicle shares, and the score gaps inside that cluster come from review standing.
1Password and Bitwarden share the top score. The blurbs split the jobs: polish for families and teams, versus an open-source option with a free start and self-host potential. Dashlane, NordPass, and Proton Pass complete the top five, all named on 6 of 6 usable pages. LastPass remains widely named. The review note says buyers weigh brand familiarity against past incidents. The index does not re-litigate those incidents. It records that the pages still name the product.
Built-in managers (Google Password Manager, Apple Passwords / iCloud Keychain) rank lower because fewer of the scraped roundups treat them as full entries. KeePass is the offline vault row. Passbolt has zero listicle hits here. Its score is review standing only.
Scores run from 23 to 98. 7 of 15 companies are named on every usable listicle page in their row. Top 3 by published rank: 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane.
1 company on this board has zero listicle mentions in the usable scrapes: Passbolt. Their published scores come from the review-standing pillar only.
Data week of 2026-11-03. Scraped 5 November 2026 (Europe/Warsaw). Methodology version v1-listicle-review. Full method: AI Visibility Index methodology.
Ranked board
Score is the published 0 to 100 composite. Listicle mentions are the count of usable scraped best-of pages that name the company, over the denominator stored on that row. The review note is the qualitative mapping recorded with the row. It is not a star rating and it is not an AI mention rate.
| Rank | Company | Score | Listicle mentions | Review note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Password | 98 | 6/6 | Frequent #1 in Wirecutter/security roundups; strong G2 |
| 2 | Bitwarden | 98 | 6/6 | Open-source value leader |
| 3 | Dashlane | 95 | 6/6 | VPN/dark-web extras in many lists |
| 4 | NordPass | 92 | 6/6 | Nord Security ecosystem |
| 5 | Proton Pass | 92 | 6/6 | Privacy-first Proton suite |
| 6 | LastPass | 88 | 6/6 | Legacy market presence despite trust hits |
| 7 | RoboForm | 88 | 6/6 | Veteran form-filling manager |
| 8 | Keeper | 85 | 5/6 | Business-focused password security |
| 9 | Google Password Manager | 72 | 4/6 | Built-in Chrome/Android |
| 10 | Apple Passwords / iCloud Keychain | 62 | 3/6 | Built-in Apple option |
| 11 | KeePass | 58 | 3/6 | Offline open-source vault |
| 12 | Enpass | 43 | 2/6 | One-time purchase model |
| 13 | Sticky Password | 43 | 2/6 | Secondary consumer option |
| 14 | Zoho Vault | 43 | 2/6 | Suite password manager for Zoho shops |
| 15 | Passbolt | 23 | 0/6 | Open-source team password sharing |
Why the top 5 rank here
These five notes expand the blurbs and the mention counts from the table. They do not add benchmark scores or AI-answer percentages. The arithmetic uses only the published mention count, the row denominator, and the published composite.
1. 1Password (score 98)
1Password is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Best overall for families and teams that want polish and travel/mode features. Review note recorded for this row: Frequent #1 in Wirecutter/security roundups; strong G2.
Listicle share for this row is 6 divided by 6. At a 60% weight that share contributes 60 points before rounding. The published composite is 98. The rest of the score is the review-standing pillar (40%) after rounding. When the next row has the same mention fraction, that gap is review standing, not a hidden extra listicle. When the next row has fewer mentions, roundup consensus is the larger part of the gap. Neither gap is a product lab result, and this page does not assign 1Password a percentage of AI answers.
2. Bitwarden (score 98)
Bitwarden is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Best free-to-start option with auditability and self-host potential. Review note recorded for this row: Open-source value leader.
Listicle share for this row is 6 divided by 6. At a 60% weight that share contributes 60 points before rounding. The published composite is 98. The rest of the score is the review-standing pillar (40%) after rounding. When the next row has the same mention fraction, that gap is review standing, not a hidden extra listicle. When the next row has fewer mentions, roundup consensus is the larger part of the gap. Neither gap is a product lab result, and this page does not assign Bitwarden a percentage of AI answers.
3. Dashlane (score 95)
Dashlane is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Feature-rich manager with identity monitoring add-ons. Review note recorded for this row: VPN/dark-web extras in many lists.
Listicle share for this row is 6 divided by 6. At a 60% weight that share contributes 60 points before rounding. The published composite is 95. The rest of the score is the review-standing pillar (40%) after rounding. When the next row has the same mention fraction, that gap is review standing, not a hidden extra listicle. When the next row has fewer mentions, roundup consensus is the larger part of the gap. Neither gap is a product lab result, and this page does not assign Dashlane a percentage of AI answers.
4. NordPass (score 92)
NordPass is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Simple UX for users already in the NordVPN universe. Review note recorded for this row: Nord Security ecosystem.
Listicle share for this row is 6 divided by 6. At a 60% weight that share contributes 60 points before rounding. The published composite is 92. The rest of the score is the review-standing pillar (40%) after rounding. When the next row has the same mention fraction, that gap is review standing, not a hidden extra listicle. When the next row has fewer mentions, roundup consensus is the larger part of the gap. Neither gap is a product lab result, and this page does not assign NordPass a percentage of AI answers.
5. Proton Pass (score 92)
Proton Pass is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Privacy buyers pairing email, VPN, and passwords under Proton. Review note recorded for this row: Privacy-first Proton suite.
Listicle share for this row is 6 divided by 6. At a 60% weight that share contributes 60 points before rounding. The published composite is 92. The rest of the score is the review-standing pillar (40%) after rounding. When the next row has the same mention fraction, that gap is review standing, not a hidden extra listicle. When the next row has fewer mentions, roundup consensus is the larger part of the gap. Neither gap is a product lab result, and this page does not assign Proton Pass a percentage of AI answers.
The rest of the board
Ranks 6 through 15 use the same v1 composite: 60% listicle consensus and 40% review standing. That number is not a percentage of answers inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews. Some of these rows are still named on every usable page, so a gap versus the top is review standing. Others are named on fewer pages, or on none. A narrower buyer can still prefer a lower row. The blurb is the note recorded with the dataset. The mention fraction is what this scrape counted.
6. LastPass (score 88)
LastPass is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Still widely named; buyers weigh brand familiarity against past incidents. Review note recorded for this row: Legacy market presence despite trust hits.
7. RoboForm (score 88)
RoboForm is named on every usable listicle in this sample (6 of 6, 100%). Long-running option still present in comparison tables. Review note recorded for this row: Veteran form-filling manager.
8. Keeper (score 85)
Keeper is named on 5 of 6 usable listicles (83.3% of the sample). Strong admin controls for SMBs and enterprises. Review note recorded for this row: Business-focused password security.
9. Google Password Manager (score 72)
Google Password Manager is named on 4 of 6 usable listicles (66.7% of the sample). Convenient when Chrome sync is already the identity hub. Review note recorded for this row: Built-in Chrome/Android.
10. Apple Passwords / iCloud Keychain (score 62)
Apple Passwords / iCloud Keychain is named on 3 of 6 usable listicles (50% of the sample). Default for all-Apple households who want zero extra apps. Review note recorded for this row: Built-in Apple option.
11. KeePass (score 58)
KeePass is named on 3 of 6 usable listicles (50% of the sample). Air-gapped and fully local control for power users. Review note recorded for this row: Offline open-source vault.
12. Enpass (score 43)
Enpass is named on 2 of 6 usable listicles (33.3% of the sample). Local-vault fans who dislike pure subscription pricing. Review note recorded for this row: One-time purchase model.
13. Sticky Password (score 43)
Sticky Password is named on 2 of 6 usable listicles (33.3% of the sample). Occasionally listed in expansive password manager roundups. Review note recorded for this row: Secondary consumer option.
14. Zoho Vault (score 43)
Zoho Vault is named on 2 of 6 usable listicles (33.3% of the sample). Appears when buyers want passwords inside Zoho One. Review note recorded for this row: Suite password manager for Zoho shops.
15. Passbolt (score 23)
Passbolt is named on none of the 6 usable listicles in this sample. The published score of 23 is the review-standing portion of the formula, because the listicle share is zero. That is thin roundup coverage in this scrape. It is not an AI-answer rate and it is not a lab test of product quality. Engineering teams wanting open-source team vaults. Review note recorded for this row: Open-source team password sharing.
How to read this score
Composite score is an integer from 0 to 100.
- Listicle consensus (60%). Share of scraped independent best-of pages that name the company. listicle_score = 100 times (mentions divided by the row denominator). Vendor pages that are mostly self-promotional were avoided when stronger independent sources existed. Some vendor-authored roundups remain when they still name competitors and showed up in the open results.
- Review standing (40%). Public G2 category footprint and well-known editorial reviews, mapped to documented bands: leader_high 95, leader 88, high 80, solid 70, moderate 58, emerging 45, thin 32, and na 40 when there is no clear category-page signal. Bands are qualitative. They are not scraped star averages.
- AI-answer presence. Omitted in v1. No raw ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or Google AI Overview answers were captured and saved for this release. This page refuses invented weekly AI percentages. A later refresh can add the pillar only after those answers are stored, and the weights will be republished.
composite = round(0.6 times listicle_score + 0.4 times review_score).
Every company row on this board uses a listicle denominator of 6. That is the count of usable scraped pages stored with the row. The scoring record matches that denominator.
The planned citation-surface pillar (a later 15% weight) is also deferred. Until weights change, do not compare this board to a future version as if the formula were the same.
Limits that apply on every board: listicles disagree with each other, review sites lag the product, and brands with quiet public relations can be under-counted. A one-point gap is not statistically decisive.
Sources scraped for this board
These are the public URLs recorded for the data week of 3 November 2026. Listicle hits were counted from main content. Review hubs informed the band, not a star-to-score formula. Open the page if you want to see the wording the count came from.
- security.org: https://www.security.org/password-manager/best/
- allaboutcookies.org: https://allaboutcookies.org/best-password-managers
- passwordmanager.com: https://www.passwordmanager.com/best-password-managers/
- askleo.com: https://askleo.com/best-password-manager/
- g2.com: https://www.g2.com/categories/password-manager
- wired.com: https://www.wired.com/story/best-password-managers/
Listicle file count recorded with the dataset: 6. Source URL count: 6. Where those counts differ, the row denominator in the table is still the figure to use for a mention fraction.
Frequently asked questions
How is this Best Password Managers ranking calculated?
Each company is scored from public 2026 best-of listicles and public review-platform standing such as G2 category pages. Listicle consensus is 60% of the score. Review standing is 40%. A listicle hit is a usable scraped page whose main content names the company or a documented alias. AI-answer presence is omitted in v1 until raw answers are captured and saved. This page does not publish a ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or AI Overview mention percentage.
How often is this board updated?
Monthly. This snapshot is the data week of 3 November 2026. The page was published on 5 November 2026. The methodology version is v1-listicle-review.
Why is a well-known brand missing or lower than expected?
Ranks follow documented listicle mentions and review standing in the sources on this page. A brand can be excellent and still rank lower if fewer scraped roundups name it, or if the public review evidence mapped for this category is thinner. Companies outside the roughly 15-name sample are not labeled bad. They fell outside this scrape.
Do you take payment for placement?
No. There are no paid placements on this index. Austin Heaton may advise listed or unlisted companies. An advisory relationship does not change scores.
How can my company improve its position?
Publish a clear page for the category buyers search, earn mentions in independent roundups, and strengthen the public review profiles those roundups and buyers already check. Build pages that AI systems can cite once answer tracking is added. Book a Call if you want a category audit. This board will not move a row because someone asked.
Does a one-point gap mean one product is better?
No. Listicles disagree, review sites lag, and a brand with quieter public relations can be under-counted. The composite is rounded. A one-point gap is not a decisive quality result.
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