Secreta vs. renting SaaS
Self-hosted, zero-knowledge one-time secret links — your server can't read what it stores.
The subscription math
Onetime Secret — rented
Identity Plus EUR 35/month (Basic tier EUR 0/month)
[1]
Break-even:
2 months
of Onetime Secret equals the 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.
Bitwarden (Send feature) — rented
Premium $1.65/month, billed annually at $19.80 (Send text+files included)
[2]
Break-even:
27 months
of Bitwarden (Send feature) equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Generic comp - Send is a feature of a password manager, not a standalone one-time-secret portal.
Savings calculator
SaaS figures use the cited plan price above (see the sources below);
per-seat plans scale by the seat count from the same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
Why owning beats renting here
- One payment. No per-month, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. Customer records never live in someone else's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records, users, and usage are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply — see the
product page for honest limitations.
Sources
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Onetime Secret — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“Basic - '0 euro/month' ... Identity Plus - '35 euro/month' ... toggle labeled 'Monthly' and 'Yearly'”
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Bitwarden (Send feature) — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“Premium - '$1.65 per month' when 'Billed annually at $19.80' ... Send ... Premium users get 'Text and files'”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only
print figures we could verify on the date shown.