Bitwarden raised prices again.
We rolled ours back to
2005.
Non-premium pricing.
Keep Your Apps
Nothing to relearn
Same Bitwarden apps
- Point your apps at our server
- Same autofill on every device
- Same browser extension & sync
- ~30-second setup per device
Zero-Knowledge
Encrypted on your device
Your vault, private
- Encrypted before it leaves your device
- We store a blob we can’t read
- TOTP authenticator included
- Emergency access included
Never Lose Access
Backed up daily
Safe & monitored
- Daily encrypted offsite backups
- 24/7 uptime monitoring
- Your own isolated instance
- Export anytime — no lock-in
SantoWarden is the only password-manager hosting you will ever need. Keep the Bitwarden apps you already use, point them at a server you actually own, and stop paying premium prices for software that is open-source and free to run.
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Best Value
SantoWarden
Personal Vault
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Bitwarden.com
Premium
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NordPass
Premium
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Proton Pass
Plus
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1Password
Individual
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Dashlane
Premium
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| Pricing (per year) | ||||||
| Annual price | $10 /yr | $20 /yr | $24 /yr | $30 /yr | $36 /yr | $60 /yr |
| vs. SantoWarden | baseline | 2x more | 2.4x more | 3x more | 3.6x more | 6x more |
| What You Get | ||||||
| Keep your Bitwarden apps | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Open-source server | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Your own private server | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Lock-in | None — export anytime | Export anytime | Proprietary app | Proprietary app | Proprietary app | Proprietary app |
| Real cost, 1 user / year | $10 | $20 | $24 | $30 | $36 | $60 |
SantoWarden runs Vaultwarden, an open-source, Bitwarden-compatible server. Bitwarden is a trademark of Bitwarden, Inc.; SantoWarden is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bitwarden.
Every Premium Feature, Included
No caps. No upsells. No surprises. Every feature Bitwarden puts behind Premium — TOTP codes, emergency access, daily backups — comes standard at every tier. Just your vault, done right.
Flat annual pricing. All features included. No tiers, no upsells for things Bitwarden already gives you for free.
Personal
- All Bitwarden Premium features
- Your own Vaultwarden instance
- TOTP authenticator codes
- Daily backup & restore
Family
- Everything in Personal
- Shared family collections
- Private vault per member
- Emergency access between members
Lifetime
- Everything in Personal
- Never renews
- Priority support
- Free migration help
Team
- Admin console + groups
- Role-based permissions
- Audit log
- Dedicated container per org
Password Hosting Done Differently
Unlike the big password managers, we won't lock you into a closed app and quietly hike the price once you depend on it. SantoWarden runs Vaultwarden — an open-source server that speaks the exact same protocol as Bitwarden. Your apps don't change, your workflow doesn't change, and your data stays yours. Export the entire vault to standard Bitwarden JSON any time and walk away.
At SantoHost, your vault is yours alone, your data is encrypted before it ever leaves your device, and our focus is simple: keep it private, backed up, and online. You shouldn't have to pay premium prices for open-source software — and here, you won't. As a privately-owned small business, our promise is always to our customers, never to shareholders.
You Own It
Your vault runs in its own isolated instance at your own subdomain — not a shared database you can't see into.
No Lock-In
Export to standard Bitwarden JSON or CSV any time. Works with Bitwarden.com, any Vaultwarden host, or a different manager entirely.
Backed Up & Monitored
Daily encrypted offsite backups and 24/7 uptime monitoring — we're paged before you'd ever notice a problem.
Own your vault•Keep your apps•Stop overpaying
Get Your Vault NowThe patron saint of password privacy
Some call me
a saint.
I just call it standards.
SANTO is not a coincidence. It is a standard. The kind of devotion that keeps me up at night over a cipher setting nobody else even noticed.
I have spent more than 20 years in web hosting, and I have been a hardliner about strong encryption and privacy for every one of them. Security is not just part of the job for me. It is closer to a personality flaw.
I did not build SantoWarden to get rich. I built it because watching people hand their most sensitive data to corporations that treat privacy as an upsell bothers me in a way I cannot fully explain to normal people. Every vault here is zero-knowledge, end-to-end encrypted, isolated in its own container — locked down as tight as the math allows.
“Not even I can read your vault. Zero-knowledge is not a feature I offer. It is a promise I cannot break, because the encryption does not give me a choice — and I built it that way on purpose. Privacy is not a premium feature, and I take that personally.”
Who actually owns your hosting company?
Bluehost, HostGator, Site5, iPage, Domain.com — all the same company. GoDaddy, DreamHost, Media Temple — all publicly traded or private-equity owned. When your ticket sits unanswered for three days, that’s a shareholder decision, not a staffing accident. SantoHost has no shareholders. No board. No quarterly targets. Just a dedicated team who picks up the slack because they answer to their customers, not corporate greed.
You are never locked in — full stop. Export your entire vault at any time in standard Bitwarden JSON or CSV format. That export file works with Bitwarden.com, any other Vaultwarden host, or even a completely different password manager like 1Password, Dashlane, or KeePass.
To export: log into your vault → Tools → Export Vault → choose your format.