AshNote vs Password Pusher
Password Pusher (pwpush) is a long-standing favorite with a genuinely excellent CLI and a solid self-hosted story. The differences are in the encryption model, chat integrations and where SSO lives.
Prices and features verified against vendor pages, July 2026. Spotted a change? Tell us.
| AshNote | Password Pusher | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Unlimited drops, text + files (256 KB), no account | ✓ hosted, no account required |
| Paid plans | Team · 5 €/user/month | Premium $19/mo · Pro $29/mo (5 members incl., +$3/user) · Self-hosted $59–119/mo |
| Client-side encryption | ✓ AES-256-GCM in the browser, key in URL fragment: the server never can decrypt | Server-side encryption at rest (verify the current model in their docs) |
| Slack app | ✓ native /ashnote command | No current official app (historic integration unmaintained per maintainer, 2022) |
| Microsoft Teams app | ✓ message extension, zero-knowledge dialog | ✗ attempted and abandoned per maintainer |
| SSO on hosted/SaaS | ✓ OIDC (Team plan) | ✗ self-hosted top tier only (Okta, Auth0, Entra) |
| Audit logs | ✓ metadata-only trail (Team plan) | ✓ lifecycle audit logs from Premium |
| CLI | ✓ native binary via Homebrew, zero-knowledge | ✓ excellent official Python CLI, actively maintained |
| EU hosting | ✓ German data centers | EU instance available (eu.pwpush.com) |
| Open source | Client crypto open source | ✓ core is open source, self-hostable |
Choose Password Pusher if…
…you live in the terminal (its CLI is the best in the category), you self-host and want SSO wired into your own instance, or you want a mature tool with years of production mileage.
Choose AshNote if…
…you want SSO on the hosted product without running servers, your team shares credentials in Slack or Microsoft Teams and should never paste them there again, or zero-knowledge matters to you: with AshNote the decryption key travels in the URL fragment and physically never reaches our infrastructure, a claim you can verify in our open-source client code.
The honest bottom line
Password Pusher earned its place, especially for CLI-first self-hosters. AshNote's bet is the other half of the market: hosted teams that want chat-native sharing, SaaS SSO and an audit trail without operating anything.