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The self-hosted Bitwarden (Send feature) alternative

Secreta: Self-hosted one-time secret links, encrypted in the browser. The key stays in the link and never reaches your server, so the server stores only ciphertext. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Bitwarden (Send feature) every month.

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Stop renting Bitwarden (Send feature).

Rented Bitwarden (Send feature) Premium $1.65/month, billed annually at $19.80 (Send text+files included) ^[1] billed every month, for as long as you use it; your data in their cloud

Yours

Secreta

$79 once · self-hosted · your data on your server

48 months of Bitwarden (Send feature) costs what Secreta costs once.

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How we counted: Generic comp - Send is a feature of a password manager, not a standalone one-time-secret portal. The personal-plan table carries no Free column, so the page says nothing about the free tier's Send limits and neither does this row. Re-read 2026-09-07, unchanged: Premium $1.65/mo ($19.80/yr), Families $3.99 up to 6 users ($47.88/yr), Teams $4 and Enterprise $6 per user. No monthly state exists to walk: 'Pricing shown in USD and based on an annual subscription.'

How Bitwarden (Send feature) pricing grows

Bitwarden's business tiers charge per user per month on an annual billing commitment, so the bill grows with headcount.

“For teams and growing companies that need to move quickly. $ 4 per month / per user billed annually”, their own page, read 2026-08-11

What Bitwarden (Send feature) does that we don't

Bitwarden Send lets Premium subscribers share both text and files, not just text.

“Transmit data securely to anyone, even non-users, with end-to-end encryption.”, their own page

Who should stay with Bitwarden (Send feature)

If you need to share files (not just text) as a self-destructing one-time secret, stay with Bitwarden Send — Secreta handles text secrets only, with no file sharing.

What Secreta deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.

Why owning beats renting Bitwarden (Send feature).

One payment

No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.

Your data stays on your server

It never lives in Bitwarden (Send feature)'s cloud.

No plan ceilings

Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't

Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Secreta vs renting comparison.

Questions about moving off Bitwarden (Send feature).

Is zero-knowledge just a marketing word here?

No — the random encryption key is generated in the browser and placed in the URL fragment after the #, which browsers never send in HTTP requests. The server receives only ciphertext and an IV, so it has no key to decrypt with.

What does the server actually store?

Ciphertext (encrypted a second time at rest), an IV, and metadata: expiry, view count, a passphrase-protected flag, and a salted one-way hash of the creator's IP. Never plaintext, never the key, never a passphrase.

Do I need HTTPS?

Yes — HTTPS is required in production because browser Web Crypto needs a secure context.

Can I share files instead of text?

Yes, when you switch it on: a file up to 5 MB by default (25 at most) goes with the secret, encrypted in your browser with the same key, and photos lose their location data first. Files are not previewed and not in the database backup.

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Sources

Bitwarden (Send feature): price checked 2026-09-03, source“Premium - '$1.65 per month' when 'Billed annually at $19.80' ... Send ... Premium users get 'Text and files'”

Competitor prices change, so 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.

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