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It flags passwords that appear in known data leaks. There is no business admin console for passwords; Managed Apple Accounts and MDM can restrict sharing.\n\n**CredenShare** is built for the handoff to anyone: an encrypted link that opens in any browser, with a record of every view, and Secure Requests to collect credentials.\n\n## How does Apple Passwords share passwords?\n\nOn Apple's pages:\n\n- **Shared groups:** you can share passwords and passkeys with a group. Every member needs a device running **iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 or later**, and must be **in your contacts**. Only the group owner can add or remove people, and an item can be in **one group** only.\n- **One-to-one:** individual items are shared with **AirDrop**, between Apple devices.\n- **Outside Apple:** we found no way to send a password by link to someone without an Apple device, and no way to request one.\n\nFor a contractor on a Windows laptop, a client on Android, or anyone you don't want in your contacts, a different handoff is needed.\n\n## What does CredenShare add?\n\n### Collecting credentials from outside\n\n[Secure Requests](/solutions/secure-requests) (Business and Enterprise) send someone a form with the fields you choose. Their browser encrypts each answer to a key belonging to the request before it's sent. You can require them to sign in with two-factor authentication, and reuse field templates.\n\n### A record of every handoff\n\nEach CredenShare share logs the time and IP address of every view, kept for 3 to 180 days depending on the plan (not on Free). Apple doesn't describe a sharing log; CredenShare records what happened to each link after it left.\n\n### Links on the recipient's schedule\n\nExpiry from **1 hour to 3 months**, optionally counted from the **first open**, with view limits, passcodes (Solo and above, with a failed-attempt limit), required sign-in, and IP allowlists (Business and Enterprise).\n\n### Where your team already works\n\nA **Slack** app (Plus and above), a **browser extension** for Chrome and Firefox, and a **REST API, SDKs for Node, Python, Go and Rust, an MCP server** for AI agents, and **webhooks** (Business and Enterprise). None of this replaces Apple Passwords: it sits at the edge of it.\n\n## CredenShare and Apple Passwords side by side\n\n| | CredenShare | Apple Passwords |\n|---|---|---|\n| **Built for** | Sending and collecting credentials through expiring encrypted links | Storing and syncing passwords across Apple devices |\n| **Everyday password storage and autofill** | No | Yes |\n| **Share with someone without an Apple device** | Yes, any browser | Not found on Apple's pages |\n| **Share with someone not in your contacts** | Yes | Shared groups require contacts |\n| **Expiring links and view limits** | 1 hour to 3 months, optionally from the first open | Not available |\n| **Access log per share** | Views, times and IP addresses | Not described |\n| **Collect a credential from outside** | Secure Requests (Business and Enterprise) | Not found |\n| **Business admin** | Teams, roles, zero-knowledge custody | No password admin console; MDM restrictions |\n| **Price** | Free plan; paid from $9.99/month | Free with Apple devices |\n\n*Apple Passwords details checked on October 23, 2026 against its own pages; see the sources below.*\n\n## What can each company's servers see?\n\n- **Apple:** passwords in iCloud Keychain are end-to-end encrypted under Standard Data Protection, and \"Apple doesn't have the encryption keys\"; two-factor authentication is required.\n\n- **CredenShare:** Shares made in the web app, through the API or with the SDKs are encrypted in your browser or client with AES-256-GCM, using a key made for that share alone; the key travels in the part of the link after the `#`, which browsers don't send to servers. Shares created from Slack are the exception: they're encrypted on our servers. Secure Request answers are encrypted in the submitter's browser.\n\n## Which tool should you use for each handoff?\n\n| Situation | Use | Why |\n|---|---|---|\n| A colleague with an iPhone and a Mac | Apple Passwords | A shared group. |\n| A freelancer on Windows needs the CMS login | CredenShare | A link that opens in any browser. |\n| A client on Android sends you their hosting login | CredenShare | A Secure Request. |\n| You need to know when a vendor opened it | CredenShare | Access log. |\n| Your company bans AirDrop on managed devices | CredenShare | Links work through any channel. |\n\n## How do teams use Apple Passwords and CredenShare together?\n\n1. **Store** passwords in Apple Passwords, and share with Apple-using colleagues through groups.\n2. **For anyone else,** create a CredenShare share with an expiry, a view limit and a passcode, and send the link.\n3. **Check the access log.**\n4. **To receive a credential,** send a Secure Request, then save the answer into Apple Passwords.\n\n## What does it cost to use both?\n\nApple Passwords is **free** with Apple devices.\n\n**CredenShare**: **Free** covers 3 shares a day. **Plus** ($49.99 a month, or $499.99 a year) includes 5 seats, teams and Slack. **Business** ($99.99 a month, or $999.99 a year) adds Secure Requests, the API and IP allowlists. See [pricing](/pricing). Only people who create shares and requests need a seat.\n\n## When is Apple Passwords alone enough?\n\n- Everyone you share with uses Apple devices and is in your contacts.\n- You don't need expiring links or a record of who opened them.\n- You never collect credentials from people outside.\n\n## Before you share a credential: a checklist\n\nThese apply whichever tool you use.\n\n1. **Send the link and the passcode through different channels.** For example, the link by email and the passcode by text message.\n2. **Watch out for link scanners.** Some email security filters and chat apps open links automatically, which can use up a one-view link. Send the link as plain text through a channel that doesn't pre-open links, or allow a second view with a short expiry.\n3. **Don't open the link to test it.** On a one-view link, your test is the view.\n4. **Pick the shortest expiry that works.** If you don't know when the recipient will act, a link that starts counting at the first open is safer than a long fixed window.\n5. **Rotate after the handoff when you can.** The link expires, but the credential is still valid.\n6. **Keep the original in your password manager.** A sharing link is a delivery method, not storage.\n\n## Verdict\n\nApple Passwords is an excellent free vault for Apple users, and its sharing is built for Apple users too. CredenShare covers everyone else, in both directions, with a record.\n\n**Related:** [1Password vs Apple Passwords](/compare/1password-vs-apple-passwords) · [CredenShare vs Google Password Manager](/compare/google-password-manager) · [All comparisons](/compare)\n\n---\n\n**Sources** (checked October 23, 2026):\n\n- **Apple:** [Passwords app](https://support.apple.com/en-us/120758), [share with a group](https://support.apple.com/guide/passwords/share-with-a-group-mchlc00a3602/mac), [iCloud data security](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651), [Managed Apple Accounts](https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/icloud-for-managed-apple-accounts-depbf9a02986/web)\n- **CredenShare:** [encryption](https://docs.credenshare.io/security/encryption), [plans and limits](https://docs.credenshare.io/account/plans-and-limits)\n\n*Apple Passwords is a trademark of its owner. CredenShare is not affiliated with it.*",{"id":305,"collection":306,"item":307},477,"block_accordion",{"id":308,"sort":7,"user_created":19,"date_created":309,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"headline":310,"allow_multiple":23,"default_open_index":7,"items":311,"style":7},"37a04bde-ddb6-4435-b759-79a4babf4bff","2026-10-23T22:33:02.157Z","Frequently asked questions",[312,317,322,327,332,337],{"id":313,"sort":4,"user_created":19,"date_created":314,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":315,"content":316},"687566fc-edd6-451d-914f-662bc7f49c91","2026-10-23T22:33:02.172Z","Can I share a password from Apple Passwords with an Android or Windows user?","Apple Passwords shares with groups of Apple users and through AirDrop. We found no way to send a password by link to someone without an Apple device. CredenShare links open in any browser.",{"id":318,"sort":74,"user_created":19,"date_created":319,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":320,"content":321},"5eeb25fc-e219-4b65-8bd8-6716139c4b61","2026-10-23T22:33:02.181Z","What do I need to share passwords in a group on iPhone?","Every member needs iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 or later, and must be in your contacts. Only the group owner can add or remove people.",{"id":323,"sort":99,"user_created":19,"date_created":324,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":325,"content":326},"8793c087-e7a3-442c-83cd-ce760ef0f6c2","2026-10-23T22:33:02.190Z","Is Apple Passwords end-to-end encrypted?","Yes. Apple says passwords in iCloud Keychain are end-to-end encrypted under Standard Data Protection, and Apple doesn't have the keys.",{"id":328,"sort":127,"user_created":19,"date_created":329,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":330,"content":331},"7166aa57-111c-42ed-9608-f38ec8fddab9","2026-10-23T22:33:02.199Z","Can Apple Passwords request a password from someone?","Not on Apple's pages. CredenShare Secure Requests collect credentials, encrypted in the sender's browser.",{"id":333,"sort":155,"user_created":19,"date_created":334,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":335,"content":336},"c70b159f-d0fb-4f68-a89b-b796ffcea366","2026-10-23T22:33:02.208Z","Does CredenShare replace Apple Passwords?","No. Keep your passwords in Apple Passwords; use CredenShare when one has to reach, or come from, someone outside it.",{"id":338,"sort":174,"user_created":19,"date_created":339,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"accordion_id":308,"title":340,"content":341},"2f40beb0-2dfe-4aa4-97ba-d6e88e8f013d","2026-10-23T22:33:02.217Z","Is CredenShare free?","The Free plan includes 3 shares a day.",{"id":343,"collection":344,"item":345},478,"block_cta",{"id":346,"sort":7,"user_created":19,"date_created":347,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"headline":348,"description":349,"alignment":286,"layout":350,"background_type":351,"background_color":7,"background_image":7,"gradient_start":352,"gradient_end":353,"gradient_direction":354,"text_color":7,"buttons":355,"style":7},"5a9b4e37-e336-4484-939a-5aa1e428245b","2026-10-23T22:33:02.252Z","Share beyond Apple devices","Start on the Free plan: links that open in any browser.","stacked","gradient","#4c1d95","#7c3aed","to-right",[356,361],{"id":357,"sort":4,"user_created":19,"date_created":358,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"cta_id":346,"label":359,"url":25,"variant":360,"size":7,"icon":7,"open_new_tab":7},"8a598fdb-ec15-4661-8944-5f722ed4651c","2026-10-23T22:33:02.260Z","Get started free","solid",{"id":362,"sort":74,"user_created":19,"date_created":363,"user_updated":7,"date_updated":7,"cta_id":346,"label":364,"url":117,"variant":296,"size":7,"icon":7,"open_new_tab":7},"61e37d93-2807-4dea-8dd7-2652691338f0","2026-10-23T22:33:02.270Z","Compare plans",1792797798138]