Foundation Passport vs CoolWallet Pro Foundation Passport leads by 20 points.
Foundation Passport scores 20 points above CoolWallet Pro, led by rebuildable firmware, secure element, and checkable keys. Foundation Passport ranks #9 and CoolWallet Pro #18 of 23 published hardware wallets. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Foundation Passport68
vs
CPCoolWallet Pro48
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #9 and #18 of 23
Foundation Passport scores 20 points above CoolWallet Pro, led by rebuildable firmware, secure element, and checkable keys.
Foundation Passport #9 of 2368
CPCoolWallet Pro #18 of 2348
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termFoundation Passport leads on 4 of 6 published criteria; CoolWallet Pro on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermFoundation PassportCoolWallet ProWeightPoints
Rebuildable firmware10/104/106.5+10.1for Foundation Passport+5.2 of 32
Secure element5/103/106.5+3.4for Foundation Passport+1.7 of 32
Checkable keys7/100/102.9+5.2for Foundation Passport+2.7 of 32
Genuine check7/102/102.9+3.7for Foundation Passport+1.9 of 32
Fund-loss record5/109/102.6−2.7for CoolWallet Pro−1.4 of 32
Net of the terms+19.7
Reproduced gap+19.8
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6848+20.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Foundation PassportScore 68Open KeyOS rebuilt and matched — air-gapped by QR, $349Strength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: First setup needs the Envoy app over Bluetooth and a check against Foundation's validation serverCoolWallet ProScore 48Credit-card signer with an e-paper screen and Bluetooth at $149 — five years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund lossStrength: Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss — 9/10Watch-out: Its EAL6+ secure element is claimed with no part number, so no certificate can be looked up
Quick facts
At a glance
2 of 5 rows read the same for both.
FactFoundation PassportCoolWallet Pro
One-time priceSnapshotFoundation Passport Prime at $349 on the US store https://foundation.xyz/products/passport-prime?country=US, read 1 October 2026.CoolWallet Pro at $149.00 on https://www.coolwallet.io/products/coolwallet-pro, read 2 October 2026; every co-branded Pro edition for sale in the store feed is also $149.00.
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
Custody modelEditorialSelf-custody: the keys stay on the deviceSelf-custody: the keys stay on the device
Security postureSnapshotSecure element, no listed certificate; fully open source; air-gapped signing.Secure element, no listed certificate; partly open source; no air-gapped signing.
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Foundation Passport
68#9 of 23
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Foundation Passport if rebuildable firmware matters most — it scores 10/10 to CoolWallet Pro's 4/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10
Tradeoff
First setup needs the Envoy app over Bluetooth and a check against Foundation's validation server
CP
CoolWallet Pro
48#18 of 23
Pick it when
Pick CoolWallet Pro if fund-loss record matters most — it scores 9/10 to Foundation Passport's 5/10 there (weight 11).
Strength
Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss — 9/10
Tradeoff
Its EAL6+ secure element is claimed with no part number, so no certificate can be looked up
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Foundation PassportLeads
Choose Foundation Passport if secure element matters most
Secure element: 5/10 against 3/10 for CoolWallet Pro (weight 27)
Rebuildable firmware: 10/10 against 4/10 for CoolWallet Pro (weight 27)
Genuine check: 7/10 against 2/10 for CoolWallet Pro (weight 12)
Foundation PassportScore 68Open KeyOS rebuilt and matched — air-gapped by QR, $349Strength: Firmware anyone can rebuild and match — 10/10Watch-out: First setup needs the Envoy app over Bluetooth and a check against Foundation's validation server
CPCoolWallet Pro
Choose CoolWallet Pro if fund-loss record matters most
Fund-loss record: 9/10 against 5/10 for Foundation Passport (weight 11)
CoolWallet ProScore 48Credit-card signer with an e-paper screen and Bluetooth at $149 — five years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund lossStrength: Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss — 9/10Watch-out: Its EAL6+ secure element is claimed with no part number, so no certificate can be looked up
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 8612 of 12 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Secure element
by 2 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Foundation Passport leads
Foundation Passport5/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro3/10 out of 10
Rebuildable firmware
by 6 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Foundation Passport leads
Foundation Passport10/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro4/10 out of 10
Genuine check
by 5 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Foundation Passport leads
Foundation Passport7/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro2/10 out of 10
Checkable keys
by 7 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Foundation Passport leads
Foundation Passport7/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro0/10 out of 10
Maker independence
weight 2.6 of 86Tie
Foundation Passport6/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro6/10 out of 10
Fund-loss record
by 4 of 10weight 2.6 of 86CoolWallet Pro leads
Foundation Passport5/10 out of 10
CoolWallet Pro9/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
Foundation Passport14/20CoolWallet Pro14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Foundation Passport16.7/30CoolWallet Pro9.1/30
Foundation Passport leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Foundation Passport2.7/10CoolWallet Pro2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Foundation Passport3.2/8CoolWallet Pro3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Foundation Passport5.5/18CoolWallet Pro5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Foundation Passport unless the term CoolWallet Pro leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick CoolWallet Pro if fund-loss record matters most — it scores 9/10 to Foundation Passport's 5/10 there (weight 11).
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Scored by Secure element you can look up · 27% (Foundation Passport 5/10, CoolWallet Pro 3/10)
Scored by Firmware anyone can rebuild and match · 27% (Foundation Passport 10/10, CoolWallet Pro 4/10)
Scored by Proof the device is genuine and unmodified · 12% (Foundation Passport 7/10, CoolWallet Pro 2/10)
Scored by Key creation and signing you can check · 12% (Foundation Passport 7/10, CoolWallet Pro 0/10)
Scored by Sign and recover without the maker · 11% (Foundation Passport 6/10, CoolWallet Pro 6/10)
Scored by Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss · 11% (Foundation Passport 5/10, CoolWallet Pro 9/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored, except Information failure, which the provider pages show as a fact.
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Foundation Passport scores 20 points above CoolWallet Pro, led by rebuildable firmware, secure element, and checkable keys. Published scores, out of 100: Foundation Passport 68 (rank 9 of 23 hardware wallets), CoolWallet Pro 48 (rank 18 of 23).
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