Vaultly and 1Password Teams solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $39, the other is a subscription at $7.99/user/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| Vaultly | 1Password Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 once | $7.99/user/mo |
| 5-person team, 3 years | $39 | ~$1,438 |
| Zero-knowledge encryption | Yes | Yes |
| Your data on your server | Yes | No |
| Shared vaults | Yes | Yes |
| TOTP codes | Yes | Yes |
| Audit log | Yes | Business tier |
| Works offline / air-gapped | Yes | Limited |
| Source you can read | Yes, MIT | No |
What Vaultly does well
- Zero-knowledge client-side crypto — PBKDF2 at 600k iterations into AES-256-GCM via the Web Crypto API, so a server compromise is not a vault compromise.
- Shared team vaults — Vault keys are wrapped with each member RSA-OAEP public key in the browser, and the server only relays wrapped keys it cannot read.
- Logins, notes and cards — Store logins, secure notes and cards with folders, search, a strong password generator and a strength meter.
- Inline TOTP — Store a 2FA secret alongside a login and get live 6-digit codes with copy-to-clipboard that auto-clears.
What 1Password Teams still does better
There's a real reason 1Password Teams costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on 1Password Teams's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $7.99/user/mo for a job your own hardware can do, Vaultly pays for itself and then some: five months of 1Password for a five-person team already costs more than Vaultly, which then never charges you a per-seat cent again.
Try Vaultly — $39, once
Bitwarden-style zero-knowledge vaults, shared teams and TOTP, self-hosted with no per-seat fee.