🗝 Trezor review: security, features and score
Anyone who wants hardware security and fully auditable firmware.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- SatoshiLabs
- LAUNCHED
- 2013
- TYPE
- Hardware
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Hardware, keys on device
- KEY MODEL
- 12 or 24 word seed generated on device, with optional passphrase for a hidden wallet
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin, Ethereum and most major assets
- PLATFORMS
- Trezor Suite, plus MetaMask, Rabby, Electrum, Sparrow
- OPEN SOURCE
- Full
- AUDITS
- Fully open source firmware and hardware designs
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Is the hardware
- SWAP COST
- Third party providers inside Trezor Suite.
What it can do
How the score breaks down
Each dimension is explained on the methodology page.
Where it is strong and where it is not
- Fully open source firmware and hardware, so the code can be verified by anyone
- Passphrase creates a genuinely hidden wallet
- Excellent Bitcoin support
- Works with Sparrow, Electrum, MetaMask and Rabby
- Older models lack a secure element and are vulnerable to physical extraction
- Fewer supported assets than Ledger
- Touchscreen only on the more expensive models
Incident history
A supply chain phishing campaign impersonated Trezor support after a third party mailing list breach. No device compromise.
Reputation and reviews
A reputation score out of 100, kept separate from the feature score above. It reflects what users actually report over time rather than a star rating scraped on one day.
The open source choice, and trusted accordingly. The known caveat is that the older models without a secure element can be physically extracted by someone with the device, the skills and time, which is why the passphrase feature matters.
Check current reviews yourself
Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.