The price anchor
| Snipvault | Cacher | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $6/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $72 |
| 5-year total | $49 | $360 |
| 10-year total | $49 | $720 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($6/mo, ~$72/yr); the Snipvault column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Pays for itself in a little over 8 months versus Cacher — the 3-year saving is $167.
- After 1 year: Snipvault has cost you $49 total — Cacher has cost $72.
- After 3 years: Snipvault is still $49 — the subscription is at $216.
- After 5 years: Snipvault is still $49 — the subscription is at $360.
What you get for $49 once
- Multi-file snippets. Title, description, and one or more files per snippet, with language auto-detected from the filename.
- Highlighting for 100+ languages. highlight.js — server-side rendered on public pages, lazy-loaded in the editor.
- Collections & tags. Organize snippets into folders and filter by tag chips.
- Fuzzy + full-content search. Instant client-side fuzzy match over titles/filenames/tags, merged with server-side SQLite FTS5 across file content — content matches clearly labeled.
- Three-tier share links. Private (admin only), secret (unlisted 12-char link), or public (listed on /explore).
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $49 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — the full source is MIT at github.com/bensblueprints/snipvault-mvp, always. $49 buys the packaged installer and lifetime updates for people who'd rather click an installer than run docker compose.
Why not just keep using GitHub Gists?
Gists are free and great for quick shares — but they give you no tags, no collections, and only limited search. Snipvault imports them all (idempotently) and adds the organization layer, full-content search and secret/public visibility control.
How good is the search really?
Two engines merged: instant client-side fuzzy matching over titles, descriptions, filenames and tags, plus server-side SQLite FTS5 over actual file content — with content-only matches clearly labeled so you know why a result appeared.
Can my team use it?
It's single-admin today — one password, one API token. Cacher's team features (shared libraries, member roles) are genuinely better for multi-user setups. For a solo dev or a shared internal box, Snipvault covers it.
Snipvault — $49, one time
Or get Snipvault plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.