Bitwarden vs Tailscale

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

Compare	BitwardenBitwarden	TailscaleTailscale
In one line	Open-source password manager, cheapest per seat	Private network for your team's devices, free for up to 6 users
Starting price	From $4/person	From $8/person
Six-person team	$24/mo	$48/mo
Plans	Free for individuals; Teams $4/user/mo; Enterprise $6/user/mo, billed annually	Personal free (up to 6 users, unlimited devices); Standard $8/user/mo; Premium $18/user/mo; Enterprise by quote
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per user	6 on free
Integrations	Google Workspace, Entra, Okta, browsers	Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, GitHub sign-in
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Email: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	Bitwarden has a public status page. Status page	19 incidents posted on Tailscale's status page, which covers all Tailscale products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 2 marked major or critical by Tailscale. Status page
Capterra score	4.7 / 5 from 216 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 7 reviews (few reviews)
Trustpilot score	3.0 / 5 from 366 reviews	3.9 / 5 from 25 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	70	40
Fit: Restaurant or café	65	35
Fit: Service business	85	60
Fit: Agency or studio	85	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	45
Fit: Online store	80	55
Why people pick it	Open source Cheapest	Free for small teams No VPN server to run
Where it falls short	Plainer interface Sharing setup is manual	Needs some technical setup Not a password manager or antivirus
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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