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shhnote vs Bitwarden Send

Bitwarden Send is part of the Bitwarden password manager: you create a text or file Send from your Bitwarden account and share its link with anyone.

Last updated: 2026-11-03

shhnote.com runs shhnote, so we are not a neutral party. Everything said here about another service is taken from that service’s own public pages, listed under Sources and checked on 2026-11-03; where those pages don’t say something, we write “not stated” rather than guess. Spotted something wrong or out of date? Tell us at [email protected].

At a glance

	shhnote.com	Bitwarden Send
Where the secret is encrypted	In your browser, before upload (AES-256-GCM)	End to end: “encrypted on creation and only decrypted when a recipient opens the link”
Where the key lives	In the link after the #, never sent to the server	not stated
One-time view	Yes, or open until it expires	“Limit the maximum access count”
Lifetime	15 minutes to 14 days	“1 hour to 30 days” (product page); “max. 31 days” (help centre)
Files	Yes	Yes, “up to 500 MB (or 100 MB on mobile)”; the help centre points to Premium for file Sends
Passphrase	Optional (Argon2id, checked in the recipient’s browser)	Optional password
Account	None, to create or to open	Created from a Bitwarden account; recipients need none
Licence	AGPL-3.0	not stated
Self-hosting	Yes	not stated

Where they differ

Both encrypt end to end, and both let recipients open a link without an account.
A Send is created from a Bitwarden account, which suits people who already use Bitwarden. shhnote has no accounts at all: there is nothing to sign up for and nothing that ties a secret to a person.
Bitwarden Send allows longer lifetimes (about a month) and large files. shhnote caps a secret at 14 days.

The shhnote column describes this site; the security page has the details, and the other comparisons are on the overview.

Sources

Bitwarden Send product page, checked 2026-11-03
Bitwarden help: About Send, checked 2026-11-03