Trezor vs Foundation Passport Trezor leads by 12 points.
Trezor scores 12 points above Foundation Passport, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record. Trezor ranks #2 and Foundation Passport #9 of 23 published hardware wallets. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Trezor80
vs
Foundation Passport68
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #2 and #9 of 23
Trezor scores 12 points above Foundation Passport, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record.
Trezor #2 of 2380
Foundation Passport #9 of 2368
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termTrezor leads on 3 of 6 published criteria; Foundation Passport on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermTrezorFoundation PassportWeightPoints
Secure element10/105/106.5+8.4for Trezor+4.3 of 32
Maker independence10/106/102.6+2.7for Trezor+1.4 of 32
Fund-loss record7/105/102.6+1.4for Trezor+0.7 of 32
Net of the terms+12.5
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+12.5
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8068+12.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
TrezorScore 80Trezor Safe 3: certified chip you can look up — firmware rebuilt and matched by independent reviewers, at EUR 59 (US$59)Strength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: Graded on the Safe 3, which first shipped in November 2023, so its record counts three years, not the brand's twelveFoundation 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
Quick facts
At a glance
3 of 5 rows read the same for both.
FactTrezorFoundation Passport
One-time priceSnapshotTrezor Safe 3: the Product JSON-LD on https://trezor.io/trezor-safe-3 reads "priceCurrency":"USD","price":59, read 1 October 2026 and again 28 October 2026; the Bitcoin-only edition is the same price. The same page shows a visitor in Germany "Buy for EUR 59" (read 28 October 2026).Foundation Passport Prime at $349 on the US store https://foundation.xyz/products/passport-prime?country=US, read 1 October 2026.
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Custody modelEditorialSelf-custody: the keys stay on the deviceSelf-custody: the keys stay on the device
Security postureSnapshotSecure element, EAL6+ certified; fully open source; no air-gapped signing.Secure element, no listed certificate; fully open source; air-gapped signing.
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Trezor
80#2 of 23
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Trezor if secure element matters most — it scores 10/10 to Foundation Passport's 5/10 there (weight 27).
Strength
Secure element you can look up — 10/10
Tradeoff
Graded on the Safe 3, which first shipped in November 2023, so its record counts three years, not the brand's twelve
Foundation Passport
68#9 of 23
Pick it when
Foundation Passport leads Trezor on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
TrezorLeads
Choose Trezor if secure element matters most
Secure element: 10/10 against 5/10 for Foundation Passport (weight 27)
Maker independence: 10/10 against 6/10 for Foundation Passport (weight 11)
Fund-loss record: 7/10 against 5/10 for Foundation Passport (weight 11)
TrezorScore 80Trezor Safe 3: certified chip you can look up — firmware rebuilt and matched by independent reviewers, at EUR 59 (US$59)Strength: Secure element you can look up — 10/10Watch-out: Graded on the Safe 3, which first shipped in November 2023, so its record counts three years, not the brand's twelve
Foundation Passport
Foundation Passport leads Trezor on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
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
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 5 of 10weight 6.5 of 86Trezor leads
Trezor10/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport5/10 out of 10
Rebuildable firmware
weight 6.5 of 86Tie
Trezor10/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport10/10 out of 10
Genuine check
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Trezor7/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport7/10 out of 10
Checkable keys
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Trezor7/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport7/10 out of 10
Maker independence
by 4 of 10weight 2.6 of 86Trezor leads
Trezor10/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport6/10 out of 10
Fund-loss record
by 2 of 10weight 2.6 of 86Trezor leads
Trezor7/10 out of 10
Foundation Passport5/10 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
Trezor14/20Foundation Passport14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Trezor21.5/30Foundation Passport16.7/30
Trezor leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Trezor2.7/10Foundation Passport2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Trezor3.2/8Foundation Passport3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Trezor5.5/18Foundation Passport5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Trezor unless the term Foundation Passport leads on is the one you are buying.
Foundation Passport leads Trezor on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
From the published order
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Key failure: your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.
Scored by Secure element you can look up · 27% (Trezor 10/10, Foundation Passport 5/10)
Scored by Firmware anyone can rebuild and match · 27% (Trezor 10/10, Foundation Passport 10/10)
Scored by Proof the device is genuine and unmodified · 12% (Trezor 7/10, Foundation Passport 7/10)
Scored by Key creation and signing you can check · 12% (Trezor 7/10, Foundation Passport 7/10)
Scored by Sign and recover without the maker · 11% (Trezor 10/10, Foundation Passport 6/10)
Scored by Years in buyers' hands without a device-level fund loss · 11% (Trezor 7/10, Foundation Passport 5/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored, except Information failure, which the provider pages show as a fact.
Questions
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Trezor scores 12 points above Foundation Passport, led by secure element, maker independence, and fund-loss record. Published scores, out of 100: Trezor 80 (rank 2 of 23 hardware wallets), Foundation Passport 68 (rank 9 of 23).
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