Compare secret sharing tools
Where each tool encrypts, what it costs, and what to check before you paste a password into it.
Most of these tools do the same thing on the surface. You paste a secret, you get a link, the link stops working after it is read. The difference is where the encryption happens. If it happens on the server, the server can read your secret while it holds it. If it happens in your browser, it cannot.
Start here
- Secret sharing tool alternatives compared Privnote, OneTimeSecret, Password Pusher, scrt.link, 1time.io and Yopass against Secret.Broker, on encryption model, features and pricing.
- Best secret sharing tools compared Nine tools side by side. Client-side against server-side encryption, file support, pricing.
Looking for an alternative to one tool
- Privnote alternative Privnote encrypts on the server and its code is closed. Secret.Broker encrypts in your browser, so the server never sees the secret.
- OneTimeSecret alternative OneTimeSecret uses server-side AES-256. Free file attachments here, and no account needed.
- Password Pusher alternative Password Pusher encrypts on the server and puts file support behind a paid tier.
- Bitwarden Send and 1Password alternative For sending something to someone who does not have your password manager, or any password manager.
- Yopass alternative Yopass is self-hosted with OpenPGP. This is the managed version of the same idea, with no infrastructure to keep running.
- scrt.link alternative Both encrypt in the browser. scrt.link uses AES-256-GCM with paid tiers, Secret.Broker uses XChaCha20-Poly1305 with none.
- 1time.io alternative Both encrypt in the browser. 1time.io links are strictly one view, Secret.Broker lets you set the limit.
One tool against another
- Privnote vs OneTimeSecret Closed-source server-side encryption against open-source server-side AES-256.
- Privnote vs Password Pusher Ad-supported and closed against open-source with audit logging and an API.
- OneTimeSecret vs Password Pusher Both open-source and self-hostable. Their encryption, file support and pricing side by side.
Before you trust one
- Is Privnote safe? Server-side encryption, closed source, and a documented problem with phishing clones of the site.
Want to know how the encryption here actually works? Read the explainers. Need step-by-step instructions for sharing something specific? See the guides.