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Hive vs Passbolt
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Hive and Passbolt — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Hive vs Passbolt: at a glance
What is Hive?
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
What is Passbolt?
Passbolt 5.18 puts secure notes and custom fields into Quick Access.
Passbolt 5.18 "Superstylin" adds two themes and brings Secure Notes and Custom Fields into Quick Access, where they can be searched, previewed and copied, suggested by URL and read in Offline Mode. It also improves autofill on high-resolution displays and speeds up sharing. The previous release, 5.17, added passkeys as a second factor and rebuilt autofill detection; 5.16 brought a read-only Offline Mode in beta.
Hive vs Passbolt: editorial side-by-side
Hive
6.3COLLABPM
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
◆ Current state
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
◆ Where it's heading
Dashboards are moving from showing tracked time toward capacity planning, with shared inputs that update every report when edited. Bulk editing keeps reaching more views, and each new bulk action ships with undo.
◆ Prediction
Expect more report widgets to accept Tables inputs and drill-downs, and bulk actions extending to fields beyond dates and status.
Passbolt
5.0COLLAB
Passbolt 5.18 puts secure notes and custom fields into Quick Access.
◆ Current state
Passbolt 5.18 "Superstylin" adds two themes and brings Secure Notes and Custom Fields into Quick Access, where they can be searched, previewed and copied, suggested by URL and read in Offline Mode. It also improves autofill on high-resolution displays and speeds up sharing. The previous release, 5.17, added passkeys as a second factor and rebuilt autofill detection; 5.16 brought a read-only Offline Mode in beta.
◆ Where it's heading
The last three releases have moved from security controls towards daily convenience: offline access, better autofill, and now every resource type in the browser extension's quick view. The passwordless login the 5.17 notes pointed to has not shipped yet.
◆ Prediction
Expect more autofill and Quick Access work, and passkey sign-in without a password as the next major step the 5.17 notes promised.
Alternatives to Hive and Passbolt
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 Hive or Passbolt.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
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Recent activity from Hive and Passbolt
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHiveCharts can group custom field values into categories
- 1d agoHiveReporting formulas can use values stored in Tables
- 1d agoHiveBurndown chart points open a per-person breakdown
- 1d agoHiveSet, shift or clear dates across many actions at once
- 1d agoPassbolt5.18 adds themes and secure notes in Quick Access
- 2d agoHiveWorkflows library beta adds filters, grouping and bulk actions
- 3d agoHiveUndo and redo for bulk action changes
- 25d agoPassbolt5.17 adds passkeys for MFA and a rebuilt autofill engine
- 1mo agoPassbolt5.16 adds read-only Offline Mode in beta
- 2mo agoPassbolt5.15 adds database sessions and closes shared-tag permission bypasses
- 3mo agoPassbolt5.14.3 limits the permission dialog to actual secret changes
- 3mo agoPassbolt5.14 adds confirmation prompts before shared-resource edits
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Hive and Passbolt?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hive 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 Hive better than Passbolt?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hive 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 Hive?
Top Hive alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hive for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
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.