Head to head
Arculus Wallet vs Trezor Safe 5
The short answer
Which should you buy?
On our fixed standard, Trezor Safe 5 earns the higher mark, 9.1 to 8.5. But the right pick depends on what you want: Arculus Wallet is our call for best tap-to-sign card wallet, while Trezor Safe 5 is the one to get for best open-source hardware wallet.
Choose Arculus Wallet if you
- Want cold storage in a card you tap
- Hold mainly major coins and tokens
- Manage crypto from a phone
- Prefer nothing to charge or connect
Choose Trezor Safe 5 if you
- Want firmware and hardware you can audit
- Value certified security and Shamir backup
- Confirm transactions on a device touchscreen
- Also want a hardware 2FA key (FIDO2)
Side by side
Full comparison
Green marks the winner of each row| Arculus Wallet |
Trezor Safe 5 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 8.5 / 10 | 9.1 / 10 |
| Type | Card-format cold storage | Cold storage |
| Price | $99 | $169 |
| Security | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| Ease of use | 9.3 | 8.9 |
| Assets | 7.8 | 9.0 |
| Value | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Support | 8.2 | 8.9 |
| Recovery | 8.6 | 9.4 |
| Best for | Best tap-to-sign card wallet | Best open-source hardware wallet |
| Maker | CompoSecure | SatoshiLabs |
Read the full verdicts
The full reviews
Best tap-to-sign card wallet
8.5
Arculus Wallet
A metal card wallet with a bank-grade EAL6+ secure element and three-factor tap-to-sign. C...
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9.1
Trezor Safe 5
Trezor at its best: fully open-source firmware paired, at last, with an EAL6+ secure eleme...
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The verdict
Trezor Safe 5 takes it
Trezor Safe 5 earns the higher mark on our standard, but read both reviews before you decide.