The self-hosted Onetime Secret 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 Onetime Secret every month.
Stop renting Onetime Secret
3 months of Onetime Secret equals this one-time price (competitor bills in EUR — approximate).
Assumption: EUR not USD. A strong free tier exists (Basic) - this comparison is against the paid custom-domain tier, honestly.
How Onetime Secret pricing grows with you
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 need to invite multiple team members through the product itself rather than the database, stay with Onetime Secret — Secreta ships with one admin account at install, and more team members are added directly in the database. Full honest limitations are on the 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 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 Onetime Secret comparison.
Sources
- Onetime Secret — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source “Basic - '0 euro/month' ... Identity Plus - '35 euro/month' ... toggle labeled 'Monthly' and 'Yearly'”
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.