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Passbolt vs Skedda

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Passbolt and Skedda — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Passbolt vs Skedda: at a glance

FeaturePassboltSkedda
SectorCollabCollab
Velocity score5.06.3
Sparks · 30d00
Top themespassword-manager, access-control, sharing, session-managementworkplace-management, occupancy-analytics, visitor-management, api
Last editorial update2mo ago13d ago
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What is Passbolt?

Passbolt keeps rebuilding the sharing dialog because that is where its access model leaks.

Three consecutive releases have gone into permission transparency. 5.14 introduced confirmation prompts before editing shared resources and surfaced group members in the access list; 5.14.3 corrected two behaviours it got wrong; 5.15 adds badges showing whether a permission is added, modified or deleted, and lets a deletion be rolled back before confirmation. 5.15 also moves sessions into the database with a PurgeSessions command and a healthcheck reporting the active provider, and closes three externally reported bypasses around personal-folder sharing and V5 tag promotion.

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What is Skedda?

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

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Passbolt vs Skedda: editorial side-by-side

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Passbolt
COLLAB
5.0

Passbolt keeps rebuilding the sharing dialog because that is where its access model leaks.

◆ Current state

Three consecutive releases have gone into permission transparency. 5.14 introduced confirmation prompts before editing shared resources and surfaced group members in the access list; 5.14.3 corrected two behaviours it got wrong; 5.15 adds badges showing whether a permission is added, modified or deleted, and lets a deletion be rolled back before confirmation. 5.15 also moves sessions into the database with a PurgeSessions command and a healthcheck reporting the active provider, and closes three externally reported bypasses around personal-folder sharing and V5 tag promotion.

◆ Where it's heading

The product is treating accidental over-sharing as its primary risk, and the fix is repeated iteration on the moment of change rather than a new permission model. The company has said this is staged work — folder moves and richer preview dialogs are named as future extensions. In parallel the platform side is maturing for larger installs: database-backed sessions, edition switching in-app since 5.13, healthcheck coverage, SCIM administrator-deletion guards. Autofill has just started its own multi-release arc, with 5.15 explicitly the first step.

◆ Prediction

The next release should extend confirmation prompts to folder move operations, and the notes flag that the SSO egress guard will default to on. Autofill form classification is the other named thread, with a technical write-up promised after the following release.

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Skedda
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6.3

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

◆ Current state

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

◆ Where it's heading

Skedda is shifting from a booking front end to a source of workplace attendance data. Companion's MDM rollout aims at complete presence coverage, which makes the occupancy analytics and API more valuable as more laptops report in.

◆ Prediction

Expect occupancy and presence data to reach the API, since Skedda said more API capabilities are planned and Companion now feeds richer attendance data.

Alternatives to Passbolt and Skedda

Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Passbolt or Skedda.

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Recent activity from Passbolt and Skedda

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 14d agoSkeddaSkedda Companion updated to v1.2: auto-enroll users
  2. 28d agoSkeddaSee visitor status and custom fields at a glance
  3. 1mo agoSkeddaBuild with the Skedda API ⚡
  4. 1mo agoSkeddaSpace type and Capacity filters
  5. 2mo agoSkeddaOccupancy Insights
  6. 2mo agoPassbolt5.15 adds database sessions and closes shared-tag permission bypasses
  7. 2mo agoPassbolt5.14.3 limits the permission dialog to actual secret changes
  8. 3mo agoPassbolt5.14 adds confirmation prompts before shared-resource edits
  9. 3mo agoSkeddaImproved visit exports, now with custom field data
  10. 4mo agoPassbolt5.13 adds in-app switching between Community and Pro
  11. 5mo agoPassbolt5.12 makes the Safari extension generally available

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Passbolt and Skedda?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Passbolt better than Skedda?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Passbolt?

Top Passbolt alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Passbolt alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/passbolt for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Skedda?

Top Skedda alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Skedda alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/skedda for the full list with editorial commentary on each.