Password managers
Psono privacy rating
Open source password manager for teams and companies from esaqa GmbH, with a web client, browser extensions and mobile apps. Vaults are encrypted on the client, and the server can be self-hosted or used as the psono.pw hosted service.
Summary
Psono scores 55 out of 100 (grade D) on the password managers criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, security headers, end-to-end encrypted vault and local or self-hosted option. It partly meets open source and full export. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.
Score 55 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The clients and Community Edition server are Apache-2.0, but the Enterprise Edition server is not published.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website uses Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid business plans, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
End-to-end encrypted vault Weight 3 of 3
Is the vault encrypted on the device before it is synced, with a key the provider does not hold?
Vault data is encrypted on the client before it is stored on the server.
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Yes
Local or self-hosted option Weight 2 of 3
Can the vault be kept locally or on your own server?
The server can be self-hosted.
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Partial
Full export Weight 1 of 3
Can every item be exported in an open format?
Exports secrets and passwords to a file, but files are not included.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Yes
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+ (110/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.