{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "1password", "name": "1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP", "vendor": "1Password", "vendorUrl": "https://1password.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "secrets", "summary": "Password manager with a developer layer for agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/1password.json", "repo": "https://github.com/1Password/onepassword-sdk-js", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@1password/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "onepassword-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Service account tokens (`OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`) for unattended use, scoped to chosen vaults and Environments and unable to read Personal, Private or Employee vaults. The SDKs can instead prompt the 1Password desktop app, which approves each integration locally with biometrics. The Environments MCP server runs inside the desktop app and asks for approval per Environment until the app locks.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No free plan, a 14-day trial on every plan. Individual $3.99 a month ($2.99 promotional, billed yearly), Families $5.99 a month for up to 5 people ($4.49 promotional, billed yearly), Teams Starter Pack $24.95 a month for 10 members plus $4.99 a seat, Business $8.99 per user a month billed yearly. The personal pricing page lists 1Password Developer (SSH, Git commit signing, CLI and SDKs) on Individual and Families, and the business page lists the CLI and SDKs on Teams Starter Pack and Business. Service account rate limits are published for every plan. Unified Access, Privileged Access and the other enterprise products are quote only (https://1password.com/pricing/business, https://1password.com/pricing/password-manager).", "priceSummary": "$8.99 / seat-mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 8, "popularity": { "githubStars": 110, "npmWeekly": 1013526, "pypiWeekly": 816683, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.1password.dev", "llmsTxt": "https://www.1password.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://i.1password.com/media/1password-connect/1password-connect-api_1.8.1.yaml", "capabilities": [ "secrets.store", "secrets.machine-identity", "secrets.audit" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "card-required", "mcp", "local", "typescript", "python", "go", "enterprise", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 104, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 20, "reliability": 68, "schema": 74, "security": 94, "transparency": 89 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Service accounts scoped per vault to read, write or share, with an optional expiry and permissions that can't be changed after creation. Teams, Families and Individual get 1,000 service account reads an hour per token, and the 429 carries no Retry-After.", "strengths": [ "Service accounts scoped per vault to read, write or share, with an optional expiry and permissions that can't be changed after creation", "Environments MCP server with 8 tools that never returns a secret value and asks for approval per Environment", "Official Go, JavaScript and Python SDKs, MIT, with workload identity through the Credential Broker in JavaScript 0.5.0 (public preview)", "llms.txt for the developer docs and a public OpenAPI file for the self-hosted Connect server", "Signed security.txt, a HackerOne programme, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 listed on the trust centre" ], "weaknesses": [ "Teams, Families and Individual get 1,000 service account reads an hour per token, and the 429 carries no Retry-After", "SDKs are version 0 with three months of patches per release, and 5 of the 8 newest Python SDK issues have no reply", "No SLA found, and the audit log and Events API need Business", "The MCP server is beta and needs the desktop app running and unlocked, so it's for a developer's machine, not a server", "No MCP registry entry and no way to create a service account without a signed-in person" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read secrets by reference (op://vault/item/field) with client.secrets.resolve or resolveAll, and keep the reference, not the value, in config", "On Teams or personal plans budget for 1,000 reads an hour per token and cache resolved values for the run; a 429 means wait for the hourly window, there's no Retry-After", "Create the service account with only read_items on one vault and --expires-in set to the job length, since permissions can't be narrowed later", "Set integrationName and integrationVersion in createClient so the usage report shows which agent read what", "Don't ask the Environments MCP server for a value. 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Developer tools and SSO included" }, { "item": "Teams Starter Pack", "unit": "month", "usd": 24.95, "note": "10 members, $4.99 a month per extra seat" }, { "item": "Individual plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 3.99, "note": "$2.99 promotional, billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "AgileBits Inc. (doing business as 1Password)", "domain": "1password.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-11-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://1password.com/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://1password.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.1password.com", "changelog": "https://releases.1password.com/developers/sdks/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "Terms name AgileBits Inc., 4711 Yonge Street, Toronto, governed by Ontario law, last updated 12 September 2024. The privacy notice is effective 29 December 2025.", "security.txt lists security@agilebits.com and a HackerOne programme and is signed, but has no Expires field.", "developer.1password.com now redirects to www.1password.dev.", "The status page history shows six incidents between 2 July and 9 September 2026, on Device Trust, SaaS Manager, personal account management and the CLI update server, none posted against service accounts or Connect." ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.json", "live": { "slug": "1password", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.1password.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:10.880019416Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "1Password/onepassword-sdk-js", "version": "v0.5.0", "released": "2026-07-31", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:19:29.795045796Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@1password/sdk", "version": "0.5.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:19:27.453978185Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "onepassword-sdk", "version": "0.4.1", "released": "2026-07-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:19:28.470969321Z" } ], "githubStars": 110, "npmWeekly": 1144520, "pypiWeekly": 907992, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://1password.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:51.698169765Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.1password.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:12.603904586Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "1password.com", "registered": "2003-11-30", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/1password.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:36.930043964Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://releases.1password.com/developers/sdks/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:15.347202499Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:35:15.432558355Z", "fingerprint": "70bd81831178" }, { "url": "https://1password.com/pricing/business", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:11.172504664Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c7410e7a546a" }, { "url": "https://1password.com/pricing/password-manager", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:13.479557667Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "20bf1ab35205" }, { "url": "https://1password.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:07.067811579Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7a043d1fa57f" }, { "url": "https://1password.com/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:09.169984797Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "440d3b48cc3c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:10.880019416Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "bitwarden-secrets-manager", "name": "Bitwarden Secrets Manager", "vendor": "Bitwarden", "vendorUrl": "https://bitwarden.com/products/secrets-manager/", "kind": "sdk", "category": "secrets", "summary": "End-to-end encrypted secrets store from the Bitwarden password manager company.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json", "repo": "https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm", "license": "Bitwarden's own SDK licence (SDK and bws), GPL-3.0 (Password Manager MCP server), platform closed", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.bitwarden.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bitwarden/sdk-napi" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bitwarden-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A machine account access token (`0.\u003cuuid\u003e.\u003cclient secret\u003e:\u003cencryption key\u003e`) goes in `BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN` or `--access-token`. The SDK exchanges the client secret at identity.bitwarden.com, then decrypts secrets locally with the key embedded in the token, so a plain curl can't read a value. Tokens are shown once, never stored server-side, and can expire on a date you set (default never).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Secrets Manager has a free plan (2 users, 3 projects, 3 machine accounts, unlimited secrets, no event logs) and paid Teams and Enterprise plans. Teams $6 per user a month with 20 machine accounts included, Enterprise $12 per user a month with 50, and $1 a month per extra machine account on either. Secret storage, projects and users are unlimited on paid plans, and event logs come with Teams and Enterprise. A 14-day trial is on the pricing page; neither page says whether a card is needed. The product page lists self-hosting on Enterprise, while the plans help page still says coming soon (https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/, https://bitwarden.com/help/secrets-manager-plans/).", "priceSummary": "$6 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 480, "npmWeekly": 24038, "pypiWeekly": 25331, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://bitwarden.com/help/secrets-manager-overview/", "capabilities": [ "secrets.store", "secrets.machine-identity", "secrets.audit", "secrets.self-host" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "freemium", "source-available", "typescript", "python", "go", "enterprise", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-05-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 297, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 36, "payments": 25, "reliability": 71, "schema": 53, "security": 76, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "End-to-end encrypted, decrypted only on the client that holds the token. No release since 22 May 2026, and the npm SDK is still 1.0.0 from September 2024.", "strengths": [ "End-to-end encrypted, decrypted only on the client that holds the token", "Machine accounts at $1 a month each, 3 on the free plan, with Can read or Can read, write per project", "Per-machine-account event logs of secret access, retained indefinitely, on Teams and Enterprise", "SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and a HackerOne bounty", "US or EU cloud, with self-hosting on Enterprise" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release since 22 May 2026, and the npm SDK is still 1.0.0 from September 2024", "33 open issues, mostly bugs, including a Python SDK segfault open since July 2025", "Revoked tokens keep working for up to an hour on already-authenticated machines", "No rotation, dynamic secrets, workload identity login or MCP server for Secrets Manager", "SDK and CLI under Bitwarden's own SDK licence, and no OpenAPI for the secrets API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create one machine account per agent with Can read on one project, and give its token an expiry date rather than the default of never", "Run the agent under `bws run -- \u003ccmd\u003e` so secrets arrive as environment variables and aren't written to disk or into the context", "Fetch with `bws secret list \u003cproject-id\u003e --output json` once per run; `bws secret get` needs the secret's UUID, not its name", "Set BWS_SERVER_URL for an EU organisation or a self-hosted server; the default is the US cloud", "Rotate the secret's value as well as revoking the token in an emergency, since a live session can read for up to an hour" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 36, "payments": 25, "reliability": 71, "schema": 53, "security": 76, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "install": "cargo install bws --locked # or: curl https://bws.bitwarden.com/install | sh, npm install @bitwarden/sdk-napi, pip install bitwarden-sdk", "http": "export BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"$BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN\"\nbws secret list \"$BWS_PROJECT_ID\" # values are end-to-end encrypted, so the CLI or SDK decrypts; plain curl can't" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/secrets.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bitwarden-secrets-manager" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Secrets Manager, Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 6, "note": "20 machine accounts included" }, { "item": "Secrets Manager, Enterprise", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 12, "note": "50 machine accounts included" }, { "item": "Extra machine account", "unit": "account-month", "usd": 1 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Bitwarden Inc. (terms name 8bit Solutions LLC, wholly owned by Bitwarden Inc.)", "domain": "bitwarden.com", "domainRegistered": "2015-11-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://bitwarden.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://bitwarden.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.bitwarden.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "Terms dated 1 June 2017 name 8bit Solutions LLC, a Delaware company wholly owned by Bitwarden Inc. The privacy policy (revised April 2024) gives Bitwarden Inc., 1 North Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 102, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, with data stored primarily in the EEA and United States.", "bitwarden.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 30 September 2026; the SDK repository's SECURITY.md points to HackerOne.", "status.bitwarden.com runs on Hund.io. Since 3 July 2026 it shows five planned maintenance windows and one unscheduled incident, elevated US API error rates for 38 minutes on 29 September.", "The compliance page claims SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001 and HIPAA, with data on Azure in the US or EU.", "The crate changelogs in sdk-sm stop at 1.0.0 (September 2024); later releases are only described on GitHub." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "bitwarden-secrets-manager", "probe": { "target": "https://api.bitwarden.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:20.375303428Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 127, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.26, "uptime30d": 97.34, "p50ms24h": 131, "p95ms24h": 317, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 903, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 102 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 239 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 265 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 270 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bitwarden.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:50.88623142Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "bitwarden/sdk-sm", "version": "python-v2.1.0", "released": "2026-05-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:18.502566508Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bitwarden/sdk-napi", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:17.909661383Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bitwarden-sdk", "version": "2.1.0", "released": "2026-05-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:18.317866887Z" } ], "githubStars": 480, "npmWeekly": 25074, "pypiWeekly": 27867, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:46.220509573Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "bitwarden.com", "registered": "2015-11-16", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/bitwarden.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:43.146799125Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/pricing/business/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:30.968841046Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:29:42.809015327Z", "fingerprint": "8d0a67e9a051" }, { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:32.998627256Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:32.998627256Z", "fingerprint": "612dca4ba267" }, { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:35.010005656Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:29:46.855070037Z", "fingerprint": "662bff2efe7c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:20.375303428Z" } }, "summary": "1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP has a score of 69.9 (B) against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 57.1 (C). Both do secrets store. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 36 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.min.md" }, "markdown": "1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP has a score of 69.9 (B) against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 57.1 (C). Both do secrets store. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 36 points.\n\n- 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP: grade B, 69.9/100, rank #104 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/1password.json\n- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: grade C, 57.1/100, rank #297 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+21), agent ergonomics (+17), security \u0026 auth (+18), maintenance \u0026 community (+36), transparency \u0026 trust (+18).\n\nPick Bitwarden Secrets Manager for payments \u0026 pricing (+5).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP | Bitwarden Secrets Manager | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 71 | Bitwarden Secrets Manager +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 53 | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 52 | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 94 | 76 | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 25 | Bitwarden Secrets Manager +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 36 | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP +36 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 89 | 71 | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.9 · B** | **57.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP | Bitwarden Secrets Manager |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | 1Password | Bitwarden |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.bitwarden.com` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Bitwarden's own SDK licence (SDK and bws), GPL-3.0 (Password Manager MCP server), platform closed |\n| Tools exposed | 8 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-05-22 |\n| Popularity | 110 stars, 1M npm/wk, 817k PyPI/wk | 480 stars, 24k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP.** Service accounts scoped per vault to read, write or share, with an optional expiry and permissions that can't be changed after creation. Teams, Families and Individual get 1,000 service account reads an hour per token, and the 429 carries no Retry-After.\n\n**Bitwarden Secrets Manager.** End-to-end encrypted, decrypted only on the client that holds the token. No release since 22 May 2026, and the npm SDK is still 1.0.0 from September 2024.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP\n\n1. Read secrets by reference (op://vault/item/field) with client.secrets.resolve or resolveAll, and keep the reference, not the value, in config\n2. On Teams or personal plans budget for 1,000 reads an hour per token and cache resolved values for the run; a 429 means wait for the hourly window, there's no Retry-After\n3. Create the service account with only read_items on one vault and --expires-in set to the job length, since permissions can't be narrowed later\n4. Set integrationName and integrationVersion in createClient so the usage report shows which agent read what\n5. Don't ask the Environments MCP server for a value. Use it to find the variable name, then load it with op run or the SDK\n\n### Bitwarden Secrets Manager\n\n1. Create one machine account per agent with Can read on one project, and give its token an expiry date rather than the default of never\n2. Run the agent under `bws run -- \u003ccmd\u003e` so secrets arrive as environment variables and aren't written to disk or into the context\n3. Fetch with `bws secret list \u003cproject-id\u003e --output json` once per run; `bws secret get` needs the secret's UUID, not its name\n4. Set BWS_SERVER_URL for an EU organisation or a self-hosted server; the default is the US cloud\n5. Rotate the secret's value as well as revoking the token in an emergency, since a live session can read for up to an hour\n\n## Other comparisons with 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP or Bitwarden Secrets Manager\n\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-akeyless.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs AWS Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-aws-secrets-manager.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Doppler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-doppler.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Google Cloud Secret Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-google-secret-manager.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs HashiCorp Vault + Vault MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-hashicorp-vault.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Infisical](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-infisical.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [AWS Secrets Manager vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-secrets-manager-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Doppler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-doppler.md)\n- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Google Cloud Secret Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-google-secret-manager.md)\n- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs HashiCorp Vault + Vault MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-hashicorp-vault.md)\n- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Infisical](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-infisical.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager", "url": "" } ], "description": "1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP has a score of 69.9 (B) against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 57.1 (C). 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