{ "data": { "a": { "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": 56.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 485, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 36, "payments": 25, "reliability": 71, "schema": 53, "security": 76, "transparency": 68 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Bitwarden who want cheap, end-to-end encrypted, project-scoped machine identities for a few agents, injected with bws run.", "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 36, "payments": 25, "reliability": 71, "schema": 53, "security": 76, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "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": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "bitwarden-secrets-manager", "probe": { "target": "https://api.bitwarden.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.742062866Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 117, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 98.77, "p50ms24h": 134, "p95ms24h": 315, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bitwarden.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:16.898427121Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "bitwarden/sdk-sm", "version": "python-v2.1.0", "released": "2026-05-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:02:40.627075558Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bitwarden/sdk-napi", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:02:33.051154571Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bitwarden-sdk", "version": "2.1.0", "released": "2026-05-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:02:37.126897729Z" } ], "githubStars": 480, "npmWeekly": 24793, "pypiWeekly": 27508, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:59.925999921Z" }, "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": "2026-10-08T18:15:41.604041505Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:29:42.809015327Z", "fingerprint": "8d0a67e9a051" }, { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:43.614322059Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-05T15:53:46.653942518Z", "fingerprint": "c466a72d860e" }, { "url": "https://bitwarden.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:45.610985937Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:29:46.855070037Z", "fingerprint": "662bff2efe7c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.742062866Z" } }, "answer": "Keeper Secrets Manager scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 56.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Bitwarden Secrets Manager leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "keeper-secrets-manager", "name": "Keeper Secrets Manager", "vendor": "Keeper Security, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.keepersecurity.com/secrets-manager.html", "kind": "http-api", "category": "secrets", "summary": "Keeper Secrets Manager is a cloud vault for infrastructure secrets, sold as an add-on to Keeper Security's business password manager. Applications read secrets through SDKs in seven languages, the `ksm` CLI or a local MCP server, decrypting on the client.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Keeper-Security/secrets-manager", "license": "Proprietary service under Keeper's SaaS Terms of Use. The SDKs, CLI, MCP server and agent kit on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "keeper-secrets-manager-core" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "keeper-secrets-manager-cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@keeper-security/secrets-manager-core" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Access is granted by a person. A vault user whose role allows it creates a Secrets Manager application, shares folders or records with it, and adds a client device, which yields a one-time access token or a Base64 configuration. The client redeems the token once, registers its own ECC public key and signs every later request with the private key, so no bearer secret is reused. Devices are IP-locked by default, can be given an access expiry and are revoked individually.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Secrets Manager is an add-on to Keeper's business password manager plans, licensed per user per year, and included with KeeperPAM. The add-ons page shows Custom Pricing and Request a Quote for it, so there is no public figure. A 14-day business trial needs no credit card and can enable Secrets Manager, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Base plan prices are drawn by script and were blank to our reader (https://www.keepersecurity.com/pricing/business-add-ons/, https://www.keepersecurity.com/trial/keeper-free-trial/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Secrets Manager docs, the SDK repository or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 19, "popularity": { "githubStars": 117, "npmWeekly": 52332, "pypiWeekly": 45154, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/secrets-manager/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.keeper.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "secrets.store", "secrets.machine-identity", "secrets.audit", "secrets.rotate" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "zero-knowledge", "mcp", "cli", "python", "javascript", "java", "go", "dotnet", "ruby", "rust", "llms-txt", "sales-led", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2", "fedramp" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 159, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 20, "reliability": 76, "schema": 71, "security": 86, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Each client device signs requests with its own key, is locked to an IP address by default and can be revoked alone, and secrets decrypt only on the client. The add-on has no public price, no request limits were found in the reviewed documentation, and a person must create the application and device in the vault.", "bestFor": "Companies already on Keeper's business vault that want per-device machine identities with client-side decryption and an official MCP server.", "strengths": [ "Each device registers its own ECC key from a one-time token, is IP-locked by default and can be revoked alone", "Secrets decrypt on the client. Keeper's cloud stores and sends ciphertext only, per the encryption model page", "An application sees only the shared folders and records assigned to it, read-only unless shared as editable", "Official MIT MCP server with 19 typed tools, masked values by default and confirmation for writes, deletes and unmasking", "SDKs for Python, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Go, Ruby and Rust in one MIT repository, with 5 tagged releases since 15 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Secrets Manager is priced by quote. The add-ons page shows Custom Pricing and Request a Quote", "No request limits were found in the reviewed documentation. Throttling arrives as HTTP 403 with `{\"error\":\"throttled\"}`", "No OpenAPI or documented raw HTTP use for `/api/rest/sm/v1`. The SDKs are the only supported route", "The Node MCP guide links a GitHub repository that returned 404 on 8 October 2026", "Rotation needs a KeeperPAM licence and a Keeper Gateway, and access events are read in the separately sold reporting module" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the vault owner for a new device on an application that holds only the folders the task needs. Use the Base64 configuration, not the first one-time token", "Run commands under `ksm exec` so secrets arrive as environment variables and stay out of the model's context", "Expect HTTP 403 with `{\"error\":\"throttled\"}` under load. The Python SDK retries five times from 11 seconds, so allow for long waits", "A device is locked to the IP address it first connects from unless it was created with `--unlock-ip`. Check this before running from a dynamic address", "Leave `--auto-approve` off on the MCP server. It removes confirmation for deletes and for unmasking values" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 20, "reliability": 76, "schema": 71, "security": 86, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "install": "pip3 install keeper-secrets-manager-cli # or: pip3 install keeper-secrets-manager-core, npm install @keeper-security/secrets-manager-core", "http": "ksm profile init XX:XXXX # one-time access token from the vault\nksm secret list # values decrypt on the client, so plain curl can't read them", "claudeCode": "/plugin marketplace add Keeper-Security/keeper-agent-kit\n/plugin install keeper-secrets@keeper-security", "config": { "mcpServers": { "ksm": { "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "KSM_CONFIG_BASE64=YOUR_BASE64_CONFIG_STRING_HERE", "keeper/keeper-mcp-server:latest" ], "command": "docker" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/secrets.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/keeper-secrets-manager" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Keeper Security, Inc.", "domain": "keepersecurity.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-04-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.keepersecurity.com/legal/terms-of-use/#saas-terms", "privacy": "https://www.keepersecurity.com/legal/terms-of-use/?s=privacy", "statusPage": "https://statuspage.keeper.io", "changelog": "https://docs.keeper.io/release-notes/enterprise/keeper-secrets-manager/2026", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "Keeper publishes its website terms, SaaS Terms of Use, partner terms, privacy policy and Service Level Objectives as sections of one page at www.keepersecurity.com/legal/terms-of-use/. The SaaS section governs the service and the `?s=privacy` view is the privacy policy. The old `/termsofuse.html` and `/privacypolicy.html` addresses redirect there.", "The SaaS terms name Keeper Security, Inc., 311 W. Monroe Street, Suite 406, Chicago, IL 60606, with Keeper Security EMEA Limited and Keeper Security APAC KK for other regions. The page links legacy terms for the period before 9 March 2026.", "The SaaS terms forbid a customer to perform penetration or load testing on the services, and the website terms prohibit scraping or automated data collection on the website.", "www.keepersecurity.com/.well-known/security.txt answers with a Bugcrowd contact and Expires 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z.", "The SDKs call https://\u003cregion host\u003e/api/rest/sm/v1, where the host is keepersecurity.com, keepersecurity.eu, keepersecurity.com.au, keepersecurity.ca, keepersecurity.jp or govcloud.keepersecurity.us.", "The status page and the docs sit on keeper.io. statuspage.keeper.io is Atlassian Statuspage with a Keeper Secrets Manager component.", "RDAP for keepersecurity.com gives a registration date of 2007-04-12." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "keeper-secrets-manager", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://statuspage.keeper.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:10.265244465Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:10.265244465Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "SDK + MCP", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Bitwarden", "b": "Keeper Security, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.bitwarden.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Bitwarden's own SDK licence (SDK and bws), GPL-3.0 (Password Manager MCP server), platform closed", "b": "Proprietary service under Keeper's SaaS Terms of Use. The SDKs, CLI, MCP server and agent kit on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "19", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-05-22", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "480 stars, 24k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk", "b": "117 stars, 52k npm/wk, 45k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Keeper Secrets Manager scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 56.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Bitwarden Secrets Manager leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Bitwarden Secrets Manager or Keeper Secrets Manager?" }, { "answer": "Bitwarden Secrets Manager has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bitwarden.com. Keeper Secrets Manager runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Bitwarden Secrets Manager and Keeper Secrets Manager without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Bitwarden who want cheap, end-to-end encrypted, project-scoped machine identities for a few agents, injected with bws run.", "slug": "bitwarden-secrets-manager", "watchFor": "No release since 22 May 2026, and the npm SDK is still 1.0.0 from September 2024" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 76 against 71", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 63 against 52", "Security \u0026 auth, 86 against 76", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 36", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 68" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Companies already on Keeper's business vault that want per-device machine identities with client-side decryption and an official MCP server.", "slug": "keeper-secrets-manager", "watchFor": "Secrets Manager is priced by quote. 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Bitwarden Secrets Manager leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do secrets store.", "verdicts": { "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.", "keeper-secrets-manager": "Each client device signs requests with its own key, is locked to an IP address by default and can be revoked alone, and secrets decrypt only on the client. 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Both do secrets store.\n\n- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: grade C, 56.8/100, rank #485 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json\n- Keeper Secrets Manager: grade B, 69.4/100, rank #159 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Bitwarden Secrets Manager (C)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Bitwarden who want cheap, end-to-end encrypted, project-scoped machine identities for a few agents, injected with bws run.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No release since 22 May 2026, and the npm SDK is still 1.0.0 from September 2024\n\n### Keeper Secrets Manager (B)\n\nGood for: Companies already on Keeper's business vault that want per-device machine identities with client-side decryption and an official MCP server.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 76 against 71\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 52\n- Security \u0026 auth, 86 against 76\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 36\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 68\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Secrets Manager is priced by quote. The add-ons page shows Custom Pricing and Request a Quote\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bitwarden Secrets Manager | Keeper Secrets Manager | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 71 | 76 | Keeper Secrets Manager +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 71 | Keeper Secrets Manager +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 63 | Keeper Secrets Manager +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 76 | 86 | Keeper Secrets Manager +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 20 | 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) | 36 | 92 | Keeper Secrets Manager +56 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 78 | Keeper Secrets Manager +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **56.8 · C** | **69.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bitwarden Secrets Manager | Keeper Secrets Manager |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bitwarden | Keeper Security, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bitwarden.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Bitwarden's own SDK licence (SDK and bws), GPL-3.0 (Password Manager MCP server), platform closed | Proprietary service under Keeper's SaaS Terms of Use. The SDKs, CLI, MCP server and agent kit on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 19 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-05-22 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 480 stars, 24k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk | 117 stars, 52k npm/wk, 45k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Keeper Secrets Manager.** Each client device signs requests with its own key, is locked to an IP address by default and can be revoked alone, and secrets decrypt only on the client. The add-on has no public price, no request limits were found in the reviewed documentation, and a person must create the application and device in the vault.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Keeper Secrets Manager\n\n1. Ask the vault owner for a new device on an application that holds only the folders the task needs. Use the Base64 configuration, not the first one-time token\n2. Run commands under `ksm exec` so secrets arrive as environment variables and stay out of the model's context\n3. Expect HTTP 403 with `{\"error\":\"throttled\"}` under load. The Python SDK retries five times from 11 seconds, so allow for long waits\n4. A device is locked to the IP address it first connects from unless it was created with `--unlock-ip`. Check this before running from a dynamic address\n5. Leave `--auto-approve` off on the MCP server. It removes confirmation for deletes and for unmasking values\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Bitwarden Secrets Manager or Keeper Secrets Manager?\n\nKeeper Secrets Manager scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 56.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Bitwarden Secrets Manager leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Bitwarden Secrets Manager and Keeper Secrets Manager without installing anything?\n\nBitwarden Secrets Manager has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bitwarden.com. Keeper Secrets Manager runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bitwarden-secrets-manager\", \"b\": \"keeper-secrets-manager\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare bitwarden-secrets-manager keeper-secrets-manager`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Bitwarden Secrets Manager or Keeper Secrets Manager\n\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-keeper-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- [AWS Secrets Manager vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-secrets-manager-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-keeper-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- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-phase.md)\n- [Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitwarden-secrets-manager-vs-pulumi-esc.md)\n- [Doppler vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/doppler-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Google Cloud Secret Manager vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-secret-manager-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [HashiCorp Vault + Vault MCP Server vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hashicorp-vault-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Infisical vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infisical-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Keeper Secrets Manager vs Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/keeper-secrets-manager-vs-phase.md)\n- [Keeper Secrets Manager vs Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/keeper-secrets-manager-vs-pulumi-esc.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "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": "Bitwarden Secrets Manager vs Keeper Secrets Manager", "url": "" } ], "description": "Keeper Secrets Manager scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against Bitwarden Secrets Manager's 56.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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