CredenShare vs scrt.link

The short answer

• Both encrypt in your browser before sending anything.
• scrt.link offers several secret types (text, files, redirects) and very large files on its higher plans, at a low price.
• CredenShare focuses on credentials: structured fields, access logs, teams, field-template requests, SDKs, an MCP server and Slack.

Who this page is for: teams comparing scrt.link with a credential-focused sharing service.

What does each tool do?

scrt.link is a hosted, open-source (MIT) service for self-destructing links: text, files and redirects. The free plan keeps secrets for 24 hours, with 10 MB files. Paid plans add passwords and read receipts (Secret), and requests, an API, a browser extension, 100 GB files and 30-day retention (Top Secret). Business plans add white-label, custom domains and roles.

CredenShare sends and collects credentials through encrypted, expiring links, with an access log, teams and integrations.

Where is your secret encrypted?

• scrt.link encrypts "on the client before being sent to the server".

• CredenShare: Shares created 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.

CredenShare and scrt.link side by side

scrt.link details checked on October 23, 2026 against its own pages; see the sources below.

What does CredenShare add?

A record of every handoff

Each share logs the time and IP address of every view, kept for 3 to 180 days depending on your plan (not on Free). When someone says the credential never arrived, you can check.

Requests built for credentials

Secure Requests use field templates, so a client fills in exactly the fields you need, and you can require sign-in with two-factor authentication.

Teams and integrations

Teams share an allowance, with optional zero-knowledge custody (Business and Enterprise). Create shares from Slack (Plus and above), a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, or code: a REST API, SDKs for Node, Python, Go and Rust, an MCP server for AI agents, and webhooks.

What does each cost?

scrt.link: free; Secret $1/month ($12/year, or $1.50 monthly); Top Secret $5/month ($60/year, or $7.50 monthly); business plans from $5/month plus $1 per seat. CredenShare: Free (3 shares a day); Solo $9.99/month (passcodes, access logs); Plus $49.99/month (5 seats, teams, Slack); Business $99.99/month (Secure Requests, API, IP allowlists). Yearly billing: $99.99, $499.99 and $999.99. See pricing.

Which should you use?

What to ask any secret-sharing tool before you trust it

1. Where is the secret encrypted? In your browser, or on the provider's servers after it arrives? Browser-side encryption means the provider never holds a readable copy.
2. Who holds the key? If it's in the link (after the #), the server can't decrypt without the link. If it's on the server, the provider can.
3. What happens to link previews? Email and chat scanners can open links. Can you allow two views, or start the clock at the first open?
4. Can you prove it arrived? Is there a record of each view, with a time and an IP address?
5. How long is data kept after expiry? What is deleted, and what metadata remains?
6. Can people send secrets to you? Without a request feature, credentials still arrive by email.
7. Where is it hosted, and can you self-host? That matters for data-residency rules.
8. Who on your team can see what? Admin visibility, team ownership, and what happens when someone leaves.

How do you switch from scrt.link to CredenShare?

There's nothing to migrate: sharing links are short-lived by design.

1. Create a CredenShare account. The Free plan covers 3 shares a day.
2. Send your next credential with CredenShare: fill in the fields, set an expiry and a view limit, and add a passcode on a paid plan.
3. Invite your team (Basic and above), and add the Slack app, browser extension or SDKs you'll use.
4. Replace "send me your password" emails with Secure Requests (Business and Enterprise).
5. Let existing scrt.link links expire on their own.

Where scrt.link is the better choice

• Large files (up to 100 GB).
• Very low prices for individuals.
• Several secret types, including redirects.
• Open source.

Before you share a credential: a checklist

These apply whichever tool you use.

1. Send the link and the passcode through different channels. For example, the link by email and the passcode by text message.
2. 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.
3. Don't open the link to test it. On a one-view link, your test is the view.
4. 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.
5. Rotate after the handoff when you can. The link expires, but the credential is still valid.
6. Keep the original in your password manager. A sharing link is a delivery method, not storage.

Verdict

scrt.link is a flexible, low-cost secret sender, strong on files. CredenShare is built around credentials and the work that surrounds handing them off.

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Sources (checked October 23, 2026):

• scrt.link: pricing, business pricing, GitHub
• CredenShare: encryption, plans and limits

scrt.link is a trademark of its owner. CredenShare is not affiliated with it.