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The self-hosted Onetime Secret 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 Onetime Secret every month.

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Stop renting Onetime Secret.

Rented Onetime Secret Identity Plus EUR 35/month or EUR 356/year; Basic EUR 0/month; Team Plus EUR 125/month or EUR 1,200/year. A region selector prices the same numerals in dollars on the US site ($35/month, $356/year), which is where the stored cents come from ^[1] billed every month, for as long as you use it; your data in their cloud

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

3 months of Onetime Secret costs what Secreta costs once (it bills in EUR, so this is approximate).

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How we counted: Two errors from 2026-09-03, both fixed 2026-09-07 by driving the page rather than reading its markup. (1) 'No yearly figure beside the toggle' - it works, printing $356 and $1,200 a year, about 15% off monthly. (2) 'EUR not USD' was a property of the reader: a REGION selector offers the US, UK, Canada, NZ and the EU, and the US setting prints the same numerals in dollars - so the cents are the vendor's own dollar price, not a conversion.

How Onetime Secret pricing grows

Onetime Secret's paid tier is a flat monthly subscription rather than usage-metered pricing.

“€35 /month Full control over your branded secret-sharing experience.”, their own page, read 2026-08-11

What Onetime Secret does that we don't

The paid tier adds unlimited custom domains and unlimited team members, not just one domain.

“Everything in Basic, with unlimited domains”, their own page

Who should stay with Onetime Secret

If you want a hosted service with unlimited custom domains and nothing to run yourself, stay with Onetime Secret; Secreta runs on your own server, with team members invited from its Team page.

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

Why owning beats renting Onetime Secret.

One payment

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

Your data stays on your server

It never lives in Onetime Secret'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 Onetime Secret.

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

Onetime Secret: price checked 2026-09-07, source“European Union: Basic '€0 /month' ... Identity Plus '€35 /month' / '€356 /year' ... Team Plus '€125 /month' / '€1,200 /year' ... United States: '$35 /month' / '$356 /year'”

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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