Password Management · head-to-head
1Password vs heylogin
As of 28 Oct 2026, the panel rates 1Password 3/5 and heylogin 3/5 in Password Management. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 5 of the 6 judges pick 1Password and 0 pick heylogin, 1 calls it a tie. 1Password scores higher on 5 of 6 criteria (Audit logs, policies & reporting, SSO, directory sync & provisioning, Encryption model & independent audits, plus 2 more). heylogin scores higher on 1 of 6 criteria (European sovereignty). Provenance — 1Password: Rest of world; heylogin: EU-Made. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
The short answer
On the computed table, 1Password has the higher mean on five of seven criteria: security architecture (7.0 vs 5.5), identity integration (7.2 vs 5.3), audit and policy (7.2 vs 4.3), deployment and portability (6.0 vs 5.3), and sharing and access control (7.0 vs 6.7, where 2 judges lean 1Password and 4 tie). heylogin leads sovereignty (6.7 vs 3.8) and pricing transparency (5.0 vs 1.0), with 6 judges leaning heylogin on each; the rubric notes 1Password publishes no prices and this is not held against it. Among published totals, 1Password leads with the CISO (6.5 vs 5.1), the identity engineer (6.6 vs 5.5), the compliance auditor (6.2 vs 5.9) and the skeptic (6.5 vs 5.1); the DevOps engineer ties at 6.1. Sovereignty attributes place 1Password in Canada, EU residency optional, subprocessor exposure US CLOUD Act; heylogin in Germany, EU-only residency and subprocessors — its captured pages give different pictures of the subprocessor chain.
Choose 1Password if
- You need broad identity integration — 6 judges lean 1Password (7.2 vs 5.3), and the heylogin verdict records no public information found on single sign-on or SCIM.
- Your compliance work depends on audit and policy — 6 judges lean 1Password (7.2 vs 4.3); heylogin's audit log is Enterprise-only.
- You want deployment and portability — 4 judges lean 1Password and 2 tie (6.0 vs 5.3).
- Security architecture is your first gate — 6 judges lean 1Password (7.0 vs 5.5).
- Your security leadership reads the CISO bench — its weighted total is 6.5 for 1Password against 5.1 for heylogin.
Choose heylogin if
- Sovereignty is your deciding criterion — 6 judges lean heylogin (6.7 vs 3.8).
- You need published prices — 6 judges lean heylogin on pricing transparency (5.0 vs 1.0); heylogin Business is 3,99 € per user per month with annual billing, with Enterprise by sales contact.
- Your data residency must be EU-only — heylogin's residency attribute is EU-only, while 1Password's is EU optional.
- Your subprocessor chain must stay in the EU — heylogin's subprocessor exposure attribute is EU-only and 1Password's is US CLOUD Act; note heylogin's captured pages give different pictures of the subprocessor chain (security pages state exclusively European subprocessors, the privacy policy names an Australian breach-check provider).
- Your vendor must be a German legal entity — heylogin's jurisdiction attribute is Germany (heylogin GmbH of Braunschweig); 1Password's is Canada.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The bench's picks
Same scores, different priorities: each judge's weighting applied to both products. The split is the finding.
- The CISO 1Password heylogin picks 1Password
- The Identity Engineer 1Password heylogin picks 1Password
- The Compliance Auditor 1Password heylogin picks 1Password
- The SME Owner 1Password heylogin picks 1Password
- The DevOps Engineer 1Password heylogin tie
- The Skeptic 1Password heylogin picks 1Password
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | 1Password | heylogin |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption model & independent audits | 3.5 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Sharing, roles & recovery | 3.5 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| SSO, directory sync & provisioning | 3.5 of 5 | 2.5 of 5 |
| Audit logs, policies & reporting | 3.5 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Hosting choice, offline access & export | 3 of 5 | 2.5 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 2 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| Criterion | 1Password | heylogin | The bench leans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encryption model & independent audits | 1Password, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Sharing, roles & recovery | 1Password, 2 of 6 judges | ||
| SSO, directory sync & provisioning | 1Password, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Audit logs, policies & reporting | 1Password, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Hosting choice, offline access & export | 1Password, 4 of 6 judges | ||
| European sovereignty | heylogin, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Pricing transparency | no published price | not comparable |
Stars show the bench average per criterion; the lean counts which product each judge scored higher. Open a judge's tab for their reasoning on both sides.
Sovereignty, side by side
| Dimension | 1Password | heylogin |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | Not determined |
| Ownership | Not determined | Not determined |
| Data residency | Not determined | Not determined |
| Subprocessors | US CLOUD Act reach | Not determined |
Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
| Data · Export | yes1 | yes2 |
|---|---|---|
| Legal · Address | 4711 Yonge St, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6K8, Canada3 | 38118 · Braunschweig · Sophienstr. 40 · Germany4 |
| Legal · Company name | AgileBits (1Password)5 | heylogin GmbH4 |
| Legal · Headquarters | Toronto · Canada · Ontario1 | Braunschweig · heylogin GmbH6 |
| Product · Zero knowledge | yes7 | Zero-knowledge architecture with end-to-end encryption8 |
| Support · Security contact | 1Password Support5 | Informationssicherheitsbeauftragter (ISB) · security@heylogin.com6 |
Questions about 1Password and heylogin
Which is better, 1Password or heylogin?
As of 28 Oct 2026, the panel rates both 3/5. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 5 of the 6 judges pick 1Password and 0 pick heylogin, 1 calls it a tie. Which one fits depends on the criteria that matter to you; the table on this page shows both side by side, and each judge’s reading has its own page. Both were scored by the same AI bench under the same rubric, from public evidence only, as the methodology describes.
Is 1Password or heylogin European?
1Password is not European by provenance (Rest of world). heylogin is European (EU-Made). Provenance is read from each company’s own legal pages: who builds it and who owns it.