passbolt Reviews (15)

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passbolt Reviews (15)

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Users consistently praise the product for its ease of use and effective password sharing capabilities, making it a reliable choice for teams. The ability to self-host adds a layer of security that many appreciate, although some users note that the browser extensions can be flimsy at times.

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Ravindra N.
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Ravindra N.
SDET - 2
Oil & Energy
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Passbolt Makes Secure Team Password Sharing Simple and Centralized"
4.5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

What I like most about Passbolt is its secure password sharing and team collaboration capabilities. Managing credentials across multiple applications, environments, and team members can be challenging, and Passbolt provides a centralized and secure way to handle that. Secure password sharing between team members without exposing credentials through chat or email. Role-based access control helps manage who can view or update credentials. Browser extension makes credential management quick and convenient. Password organization through folders and groups keeps access structured. Audit and activity tracking provide better visibility into credential usage.

The most valuable feature is secure team sharing. In QA, development, and operations workflows, multiple people often need access to shared accounts and environments. Passbolt allows us to manage those credentials securely while reducing the risk associated with storing passwords in spreadsheets, documents, or messaging platforms.

The biggest benefit is improved security and collaboration. Teams can access the credentials they need while maintaining proper access controls and reducing operational risk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

The biggest challenge is usability for first-time users. Once the system is configured and teams are familiar with the workflow, it works well, but the onboarding experience could be smoother and more intuitive. These are relatively minor concerns. The security, access control, and secure password-sharing capabilities provide significant value, especially for teams that need to manage credentials across multiple environments and applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adrian  A.
AA
Adrian A.
Payroll Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy Password Saving and secure."
5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

I love that I can save all my passwords with their usernames and websites. Also that it is very helpful they wy it connects directly exploring the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

That it gets difficult when you try to enter from another computer because you have to implement a more rigid procedure but I think I uderstand. Matter of security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ajinkya J.
AJ
Ajinkya J.
Sr. Infrastructre Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best password management soution in the market"
5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

You can create users, groups in passbolt and share the required access / passwords with them.

2 options are available when it comes to passbolt implementation, Either you can just use it as a service & you have to pay them, or you can host the passbolt solution on a virtual machine.

As long as the user is part of the passbolt solution, sharing passwords with appropriate access is preety simple.

Passbolt has great features when it comes to storing passwords, you can store URI, username, password, description, etc. details.

It can be used daily by all team members to securly store / access the passwords / secrets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

If you loose your login password (for self hosted solution), there is no way to reset it, the user has to be recreated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"SSO login does not work without a plugin"
2.5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

I really liked the number of features available and how clearly the passwords are organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

I was bothered by the fact that it was necessary to use a browser plugin, without which it was not possible to log in via SSO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Asim A.
AA
Asim A.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best vault for saving your credentials !!"
5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

The best part of the passbolt is that we can save all our credentials on it and we can access it online via browser. Each password is encrypted which is totaly safe to keep your credentials away from all threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

The thing I dont like about passbolt is that I am not able to login the application on any other browser if I have logged on one browser. User will need to setup its passbolt again on other browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Greg S.
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Greg S.
Senior Network Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Passbolt is a must have tool"
5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

When looking for a password sharing solution in our environment, we came across Passbolt. After running a trial, we determined that this suited our needs well. Passbolt makes it easy to share passwords and other information either by user or by group. Setting up new users is also done with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

While built on Linux, I feel that an OVA deployment would be a much simpler deployment solution for those getting started, especially those who may not be well versed in Linux deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mitchell V.
IT Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Phenomenal Free Password Manager"
4.5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

Passbolt costs 0 dollars and can do what most of the basic paid solutions are capable of. You also receive peace of mind with an on-premise solution vs. a cloud solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

Although the developers continue to update the solution, it falls short with a few basic features. Account delegation, recovery, and creation could all be revamped. We have since moved on from Passbolt, but I do believe there were plenty of features on the roadmap that would have made the product substantially better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good self-hosted option with some compromises"
3.5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

I'd definitely say that the biggest advantage that Passbolt has is the fact that it's open-source and has a solid free self-hosted version. Other than that, it has a handy Chrome extension and certainly brings a better level of security if your DevOps team is implementing it. It also has built-in anti-phishing features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

The web app and the browser extension feel too clunky. Several tasks are really hard to accomplish, even simpler things like editing the sharing options can be a pain. Also, I've had the browser extension's autofill feature fail too many times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good password manager but the extensions are flimsy"
3/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

Organizational groups. Password can be shared team-wise.

Members can be added/removed to those teams.

So a great tool to share passwords across the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

The Mozilla extension of passbolt resets quite a few times.

I have checked the settings, but every week I have to reset my password, my security keys just because the extension doesn't work the way its supposed to.

It isn't very pleasant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent tool to manage your passwords and keep them safe"
4.5/5
What do you like best about passbolt?

Easy of use and the Chrome extension. Great tool for teams as you can create groups of keys and add people to those groups. Easy to share between team members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about passbolt?

Lacks a high-level view by team and individual which often compromises finding quickly the right information. The organization of the information in the web app. Occasionally the excessive validation of the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.