Who owns a shared login in Bitwarden?

The organization owns items you put into it. A collection groups its shared items and controls who can use them. Your personal vault is separate even when its items appear alongside organization items in the app.

The free organization supports two users and up to two collections. An individual Premium subscription covers individual features. Check a shared organization plan if the team grows.

Will your personal backup include the team’s items?

Export the individual vault and organization vault separately. Organization roles and collection permissions determine which shared items can be exported. Compare the available export with what your destination can import.

Bitwarden documents an account-restricted encrypted export and a password-protected encrypted option. The former is tied to the originating account or organization, and an encryption-key change can invalidate it. The password-protected option is for moving to another Bitwarden account. Plan for attachments and other exclusions before you rely on a backup.

This profile covers Password Manager. Bitwarden also offers Secrets Manager for apps, with separate projects and export rules.

How can two founders decide who needs which logins?

On paper, draw Website and Finance collections for a fictional team. Use item labels only.

Assign ownership
Put a fictional design-service entry in Website and a fictional billing entry in Finance. Give both founders Website access and one Finance access.
Check the expected result
One founder should see both collections. The other should see Website alone. Record who would be allowed to export each collection.
Keep recovery separate
Write who would handle a lost account or a copied shared login. The paper check leaves live access and restore untested.