Bitwarden vs IDrive

Two security & passwords tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Short version

  • IDrive costs less for a six-person team.
  • Bitwarden fits retail shop, restaurant or café, service business, trades or contractor, online store.
CompareBitwardenBitwardenIDriveIDrive
In one lineOpen-source password manager, cheapest per seatCloud backup for a team's computers, $9.99 a month for 5
Starting priceFrom $4/personFrom $9.99/mo
Six-person team$24/mo$19.99/mo
PlansFree for individuals; Teams $4/user/mo; Enterprise $6/user/mo, billed annuallyTeam: 5 users, 5 TB $9.99/mo billed yearly, $11.99 monthly; 10 users $19.99; first year 30% off. Business (unlimited users, servers) from $19.99/mo yearly for 500 GB. Server backup on Team $5/mo per server
Pricing modelFree tierPaid
Free trial——
UsersPer user5 on the entry Team plan
IntegrationsGoogle Workspace, Entra, Okta, browsersMicrosoft 365 and Google Workspace backup (extra), Synology and QNAP NAS, SQL Server, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware
Team sizeJust me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available inUS · UK · CA · AUUS · UK · CA · AU
Phone supportNone listedPlans not stated
Live chatNone listedPlans not stated
Support hoursEmail: 24/7Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7
Incidents postedBitwarden has a public status page. Status pageWe found no public status page for IDrive.
Capterra score4.7 / 5 from 216 reviews4.6 / 5 from 1,201 reviews
Trustpilot score3.0 / 5 from 366 reviews2.1 / 5 from 1,781 reviews
Fit: Retail shop7055
Fit: Restaurant or café6545
Fit: Service business8575
Fit: Agency or studio8582
Fit: Trades or contractor7055
Fit: Online store8060
Why people pick it
  • Open source
  • Cheapest
  • 5 TB for 5 computers at $9.99 a month
  • Backs up NAS drives and servers too
Where it falls short
  • Plainer interface
  • Sharing setup is manual
  • First-year discount ends at renewal
  • Microsoft 365 and server backup cost extra
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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