Fastmail vs Bitwarden
Both score similarly on privacy — see the category breakdown below for nuances.
BACK →| Category | Fastmail | Bitwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B+ · 79/100 | B+ · 79/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (74) | Mixed (76) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (76) | Mixed (73) |
| What you can do | Positive (82) | Mixed (77) |
| What they promise | Mixed (80) | Mixed (78) |
Fastmail is a paid email provider that doesn't sell your data or serve ads, has clear retention periods and a transparency report — but unlike Proton, staff can technically access your emails, data moves through US and Indian infrastructure, and IP logs are kept for a year.
View full analysis →Bitwarden is an open source password manager that encrypts your vault on-device so it cannot read your passwords — but it uses Google Analytics on both the website and service, is a US company subject to FTC jurisdiction and government requests, collects meaningful amounts of administrative data for marketing and product improvement, and uses legitimate interest as a legal basis for several secondary data uses.
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