# How Bitwarden and Junify differ for shared accounts at work

Bitwarden fits employees who keep their own passwords and share some with trusted coworkers. Junify fits shared accounts used without seeing the password.

Updated: October 16, 2026

Bitwarden is a [password manager](/guides/shared-accounts/what-is-password-manager): employees keep logins in a vault, share them inside the company and have them filled in. Junify lets people sign in to your company's shared accounts without being shown the password. Bitwarden suits employees who manage their own passwords and share some with coworkers they trust. Junify suits shared accounts you'd rather not hand to the people who use them.

## What Bitwarden does for a business

Bitwarden's business plans are Teams and Enterprise. Both include event logs, groups of members and an authenticator that makes two-step verification codes. Enterprise adds sign-in through your identity provider, such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID. It also adds organization-wide policies, such as one that stops members other than owners and admins from exporting their own vault.

Sharing happens through collections, which are groups of items inside the company's organization. An admin gives each member or group one of five permissions: view items, view items with hidden passwords, edit items, edit items with hidden passwords, or manage the collection. With a hidden password, the person can still sign in through autofill.

The event log records actions such as viewing an item, viewing its password, copying it and autofilling it. Each entry has the time, the app and IP address used, and the member.

Bitwarden also offers:

- Apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, browser extensions and a web vault.
- One-time codes made inside a login item and filled in by the browser extension.
- Passkeys saved in the vault and filled in by the browser extension or the mobile apps.

## What Bitwarden leaves open for shared accounts

### A hidden password counts as shared

Bitwarden says hiding a password makes copy and paste harder but "does not completely prevent user access to this information." So it tells admins: "Treat hidden passwords as you would any shared credential." [Does hiding a shared password keep it secret?](/guides/shared-accounts/hidden-password-sharing-limits) compares how the main products handle this.

### A removed member's device can keep a copy for a while

Bitwarden lets you revoke a member's access for now or remove it for good, and either way they lose access to the organization's items. Even so, Bitwarden advises changing the passwords the member could reach at the time of removal if you expect misuse. That's because its apps keep a read-only copy for offline use, and that copy holds company items too. Some apps may still open it for a short time after the member is removed. The full steps are in [What to stop and what to change when someone leaves a shared password manager](/guides/shared-accounts/password-manager-offboarding).

### Most log entries come from the person's own app

Bitwarden itself warns that, for some organizations, its "event logs may not suffice for security, legal forensics, or auditing purposes." The reason is where most entries come from: the member's app, which passes them to Bitwarden's server once a minute. An app that loses its connection, or has been modified to stop sending, leaves no record.

### Records and removal stop at Bitwarden

The log covers what people did inside Bitwarden, and removing someone closes Bitwarden to them. We found no way, in Bitwarden's help pages for password management, to record what someone does on the service after autofill. We also found no way there to block downloads on that service or close a site the person already has open on their computer.

### Invitations need an email address

Bitwarden invites people by email. Enterprise also has invite links, which work only after the person verifies their address. Part-time staff without a company email need an address that receives mail.

## Using Bitwarden and Junify together

Keep Bitwarden for the logins each employee owns, including passkeys and anything they open from the mobile apps. The shared logins you'd put in a collection with hidden passwords move to Junify.

When you move an account, change its password on the service first. Store the new password only in Junify, and delete the old item from the collection. If you skip the change, everyone who could open that collection can still sign in with the old password. That includes people whose permission hid it.

## Which one fits

We filled the Bitwarden column from the Bitwarden Help Center and its download page alone. A "not found" cell says we didn't see it there, not that Bitwarden lacks it. The FTC's comparative advertising statement, 16 CFR 14.15(c), supports comparisons that clearly identify their basis.

| Point | Bitwarden (Teams and Enterprise) | Junify |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Does the person see the password? | Can be hidden by a permission; a copy of the item is on their device | Not shown; they sign in through the Junify extension in a Junify incognito window |
| When someone leaves | Remove them, and change the passwords they could use if you expect misuse | Remove their access in Junify, and they can't sign in again |
| Record of use | Who opened, viewed, copied or autofilled which item, and when | Who used which account and when, by person; optional recording |
| After sign-in | Not found in its password-management help pages | Downloads allowed or blocked per account; alerts on uploads |
| Closing an open sign-in on that computer | Bitwarden access ends; nothing found that closes a site already open | Admin can close the Junify windows on that computer, which removes the login there (this doesn't sign them out on the service's side); leaving an allowed location or IP address closes that account's tabs |
| Two-step codes | Made inside the item and filled in | Enters authenticator app codes for the person |
| What each person needs | An email address and a Bitwarden account | The Junify phone app and browser extension |
| Devices | Desktop and mobile apps, browser extensions, web vault | A computer's browser, with verification on the phone |

Bitwarden alone is the better choice when you're comfortable with the people who share logins knowing the passwords, and everyone has a company email. Its event log has to meet your record-keeping needs as well. It's also the one to pick when people want the vault in a web browser, on their phones and in desktop apps, or keep passkeys there.

Junify fits the logins you'd otherwise put in a collection with hidden passwords, where Bitwarden suggests changing the passwords after a removal if you expect misuse. It also fits when staff change often and you'd rather skip that step. People with no company email can use it too, and you can block downloads and flag uploads while people use the service.


## Frequently asked questions

**Can Junify replace Bitwarden?**

For shared accounts that people use for work, yes. They sign in without seeing the password, and once you remove their access in Junify they can't sign in again. Employees' own passwords and passkeys can stay in Bitwarden.

**Is sharing with hidden passwords enough?**

Bitwarden says hiding a password doesn't fully stop the person from getting it, and to treat it like any shared login. When you remove someone and expect misuse, it says to change the passwords they could use.

**Can Bitwarden show who used a shared login?**

Event logs on Teams and Enterprise show who viewed, copied or autofilled an item, and when. Most of those events come from the person's app, and Bitwarden says the logs may not be enough for audits.

**What's the difference between Teams and Enterprise?**

Both have event logs, groups and authenticator codes. Sign-in through your identity provider, organization-wide policies and invite links are Enterprise only.

**Can we use Bitwarden and Junify together?**

Yes. Employees' own passwords stay in Bitwarden, and the shared accounts people use for work go into Junify. When you move an account, change its password and store the new one only in Junify.

## Sources

- [Bitwarden Help Center: Password Manager Plans](https://bitwarden.com/help/password-manager-plans/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Collection Permissions](https://bitwarden.com/help/collection-permissions/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Event Logs](https://bitwarden.com/help/event-logs/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Temporarily Revoke Access](https://bitwarden.com/help/revoke-users/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Permanently Remove Access](https://bitwarden.com/help/remove-users/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Invite & Manage Members](https://bitwarden.com/help/managing-users/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Integrated Authenticator](https://bitwarden.com/help/integrated-authenticator/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: About Single Sign-On](https://bitwarden.com/help/about-sso/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Enterprise Policies](https://bitwarden.com/help/policies/)
- [Bitwarden Help Center: Autofill Passkeys](https://bitwarden.com/help/storing-passkeys/)
- [Bitwarden: Download Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/download/)
- [16 CFR 14.15, Statement of Policy Regarding Comparative Advertising (Federal Trade Commission)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title16-vol1/xml/CFR-2024-title16-vol1-sec14-15.xml)

## How Junify handles this

**Doing this by hand** To keep shared accounts safe, you track who knows each password, and change it and send out the new one whenever someone leaves. You also keep a separate record of who did what under the same login.

**With Junify** Shared accounts in Junify don't need the password change Bitwarden suggests when you expect misuse after a removal. You change the password once when you move the account and store the new one only in Junify, and people sign in without being shown it. When someone leaves, the admin removes their access in Junify.

Junify is an access management service for handing work in your web accounts to employees, contractors and outside teams without giving them the password. Each person verifies on their own phone and clicks a card to sign in. The password is never shown, and Junify records who used which account and when.

- [Try the demo](https://www.junify.com/bpo/try?lang=en&scenario=shared-accounts&from=guide&cluster=shared-accounts&slug=bitwarden-and-junify)
- [Book a 30-minute demo](https://www.junify.com/bpo/demo)

## More on this topic

- [How 1Password and Junify differ for shared accounts](/guides/shared-accounts/1password-and-junify): 1Password fits storing and sharing each employee's own passwords. Junify fits shared accounts people should use without seeing the password. You can run both.
- [Should employees save work passwords in the browser?](/guides/shared-accounts/browser-saved-passwords-at-work): Fine for a person's own work login, in a company-managed profile, on a device only they use. Avoid it for shared accounts, personal devices and personal sync.
- [What to check when choosing a tool for shared accounts](/guides/shared-accounts/choosing-shared-account-tools): First decide if you need storage, sign-in or records. Then check who sees the password, how long records last, what removal takes, and who gets two-step codes.