The self-hosted 1Password (secure sharing) alternative
Secreta — Self-hosted, zero-knowledge one-time secret links — your server can't read what it stores. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying 1Password (secure sharing) every month.
Stop renting 1Password (secure sharing)
9 months of 1Password (secure sharing) equals this one-time price.
Assumption: Generic comp, on the same footing as the Bitwarden Send row: 1Password sells a password manager, and secure link sharing arrives with the subscription rather than being priced on its own. The stored figure is the Business per-user price on annual billing — the cheapest per-head route in — and the Teams Starter Pack is quoted in full because a team of ten pays $24.95 rather than ten times $8.99. Secreta is $79 once for the sharing alone, on your own server.
How 1Password (secure sharing) pricing grows with you
1Password meters per user per month, and the small-team pack meters by BLOCK instead — ten members included, up to ten more seats at $4.99 each.
“additional seats cost: usd: $4.99 per seat per month” — their own page, read 2026-09-03
What 1Password (secure sharing) does that we don't
1Password publishes its price in each currency it bills in — USD, CAD and EUR side by side — rather than converting at the till, and every plan carries the vault, the apps and the audit trail a password manager brings.
“teams starter packsecure your small team.$24.95usdincludes 10 members per month. paid annually.” — their own page
Who should stay with 1Password (secure sharing)
Stay with 1Password if what you actually need is a password manager — vaults, device apps, recovery — and sharing links are a bonus that comes with it. Secreta is one job done fully: zero-knowledge one-time links your own server cannot read, with no vault, no accounts for recipients, and nothing metered per head. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting 1Password (secure sharing)
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in 1Password (secure sharing)'s cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Secreta vs 1Password (secure sharing) comparison.
Sources
- 1Password (secure sharing) — price checked 2026-09-03 —
source “$8.99usdper user, per month. paid annually. ... teams starter packsecure your small team.$24.95usdincludes 10 members per month. paid annually. ... additional seats cost: usd: $4.99 per seat per month”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory — every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.