1Password Interactive Demo
Explore a demo of 1Password, the credential security platform used by 150,000+ businesses to manage passwords, secrets, and access across teams and infrastructure.
What is 1Password?
1Password is a password manager and credential security platform founded in 2005 by AgileBits in Toronto. It started as a consumer product for Mac users who were tired of reusing passwords or writing them down, and grew into one of the most trusted platforms for both individual and enterprise credential management. Today, over 150,000 businesses use it alongside millions of individuals.
The core concept is a vault: an encrypted container for passwords, passkeys, credit cards, secure notes, SSH keys, and API credentials. Vaults can be personal or shared across a team, with granular permissions controlling who can view or edit each item. Business accounts extend this with features like SSO integration, SCIM provisioning for automated user lifecycle management, and Secrets Automation for injecting credentials into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure tooling without hardcoding them.
Watchtower runs in the background and flags credentials that have been exposed in known data breaches, are reused across sites, or haven't been rotated in a long time. It's not just a storage tool. Teams use it to maintain an active posture on credential hygiene rather than discovering problems after an incident.
How to get started with 1Password
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Create your account and set up your Secret Key
Sign up at 1password.com and choose a strong master password. During setup, 1Password generates your Secret Key, a 128-bit key unique to your account. Save this to your Emergency Kit PDF and store it somewhere physically safe. Without it, account recovery is impossible if you also lose your master password.
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Install apps and browser extensions
Download the desktop app for your OS and install the browser extension for whichever browsers you use. The extension handles autofill and credential capture. When you log into a site for the first time, 1Password will offer to save it. Over the first week, it builds a comprehensive vault of your real-world credentials without requiring a manual import session.
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Organize vaults and invite your team
Create shared vaults for different departments or access levels. Engineering might get a separate vault from finance, and marketing gets another. Invite teammates by email and assign vault permissions at the group level. New hires get the right access from day one without needing to track down credentials from a spreadsheet.
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Enable SSO and SCIM provisioning
Connect 1Password to your identity provider in the admin console. Once SSO is live, employees authenticate with their existing company account rather than a separate 1Password password. Enabling SCIM means that when someone is offboarded in Okta or Azure AD, their 1Password access is revoked automatically, removing a manual step from your offboarding checklist.
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Review Watchtower and run a credential audit
Open Watchtower from the dashboard and work through the flagged items. Compromised passwords should be rotated first. Then tackle weak and reused passwords, starting with accounts that have elevated access or hold sensitive data. Set a recurring reminder to review Watchtower monthly so credential hygiene becomes a habit rather than a one-time cleanup.
Who is 1Password most useful for?
IT and security teams that need to manage access across a growing organization without relying on spreadsheets or Slack messages to share credentials. The combination of SSO, SCIM provisioning, and vault-level permissions means you can onboard new employees, assign them the right credentials, and revoke access when they leave, all from one place.
Engineering and DevOps teams dealing with secrets sprawl. Secrets Automation lets you pull credentials directly into your deployment pipelines, scripts, and cloud infrastructure without ever committing a secret to a repository. Paired with Watchtower's breach monitoring, it gives teams a way to detect and rotate exposed secrets before they become a liability.
Small and mid-sized businesses that can't afford a full-time security team but still need enterprise-grade access control. 1Password Business at $7.99/user/month includes guest accounts, custom roles, and audit logs that most competitors only offer at higher tiers. Teams that also need to show customers or stakeholders how their internal tools work can use Supademo to create interactive walkthroughs of 1Password vault structures and access policies without exposing any real credentials.
1Password competes with other password managers that range from consumer-focused tools to enterprise identity platforms.
LastPass was one of the first mainstream password managers and still has a large user base. It's gone through significant security incidents in recent years, including a 2022 breach that exposed encrypted vault data. Many teams that migrated away from it did so after that disclosure.
Bitwarden's codebase is fully open source and independently audited. It's priced well below 1Password, with a genuinely capable free tier and business plans starting under $4/user/month. Self-hosting is an option for teams with strict data residency requirements. The tradeoff is a less polished UX and fewer enterprise identity integrations out of the box.
Dashlane bundles a VPN with its higher-tier plans, which differentiates it from most password managers. The business product is capable, but it's typically priced higher than 1Password for comparable features. Its admin console is well-regarded for ease of use, which appeals to IT teams without dedicated security staff.
Keeper positions itself toward regulated industries and government customers, with FedRAMP authorization and a strong compliance feature set. It covers similar ground to 1Password on secrets management and access control but tends to attract larger enterprise deals where certifications and audit trails are non-negotiable.
FAQs on 1Password
Commonly asked questions about 1Password. Have more? Reach out and our team will be happy to help.
How much does 1Password cost for businesses?
1Password Business starts at $7.99/user/month billed annually. That plan includes unlimited shared vaults, SSO integration, SCIM provisioning, custom roles, and 5 guest accounts per team member. There's also a Teams Starter Pack at $19.95/month for up to 10 users, which is a flat rate rather than per-seat pricing.
What is Watchtower in 1Password?
Watchtower is 1Password's built-in security monitoring feature. It checks your saved credentials against databases of known data breaches, identifies passwords that are weak or reused across multiple sites, flags items with two-factor authentication available that you haven't enabled, and surfaces credentials that haven't been rotated recently. It runs continuously in the background and surfaces issues in a dedicated dashboard rather than requiring you to run a manual audit.
Can 1Password integrate with SSO providers like Okta or Azure AD?
1Password Business supports SSO with providers including Okta, Azure Active Directory, Google Workspace, Duo, and others via SAML 2.0. SSO integration means employees log into 1Password with their company identity provider credentials. SCIM provisioning extends this by automating user creation, group membership, and deprovisioning, so 1Password stays in sync with your directory without manual administration.
What is 1Password Secrets Automation?
Secrets Automation is a feature for engineering and DevOps teams that lets applications and infrastructure pull credentials directly from 1Password at runtime instead of storing them as environment variables or config files. It works via the 1Password CLI, SDKs, and integrations with tools like GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, and HashiCorp Vault. The goal is to remove hardcoded secrets from code and infrastructure definitions entirely.
Is 1Password safe if my master password is forgotten?
1Password uses a two-key derivation model. Your master password is one factor; your Secret Key, a 128-bit key generated on your device during setup, is the other. Neither 1Password nor AgileBits can decrypt your data because they never have access to your Secret Key. If you forget your master password, a Business account administrator can help recover access through account recovery. Individual accounts without a recovery contact cannot be recovered if both factors are lost.
Does 1Password work on mobile and across devices?
1Password has native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Brave. Vaults sync across devices through 1Password's encrypted cloud sync. There's no manual sync step. Changes made on your phone appear on your desktop the next time you open the app.