# Dropbox Paper

> Free collaborative documents that live in a Dropbox account

Dropbox Paper is an online document editor that comes with every Dropbox account. A doc can combine text, tables, timelines, code blocks and embedded files, and collaborators can comment, mention each other and assign to-dos with due dates. Paper docs are stored alongside other files in Dropbox and follow the same sharing rules and version history.

- **Category:** Docs & Wikis
- **Made by:** Dropbox
- **Website:** https://www.dropbox.com/paper
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Dropbox Paper has a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99 per month, billed yearly (Dropbox Plus).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Paper is free with any Dropbox account, including the free Basic plan with 2 GB of storage. There is no limit on the number of docs, and each doc takes up less than 100 bytes of storage.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of the Dropbox Standard and Advanced team plans.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | Free Dropbox account with 2 GB of storage. Paper is included at no charge, with no limit on the number of docs. |
| Plus | $9.99 per month, billed yearly ($11.99 billed monthly) | For 1 person: the same Paper editor with 2 TB of Dropbox storage and 30 days of version history and deleted-file recovery. |
| Standard | $15 per user / month, billed yearly ($18 billed monthly) | Team plan with storage from 3 TB, team folders, admin controls and 180 days of version history, which also covers Paper docs. |
| Advanced | $24 per user / month, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly) | For 3 people or more: storage from 15 TB, single sign-on, tiered admin management and 1 year of version history. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing with integrations for third-party security tools and live support from dedicated staff. |

Read from https://www.dropbox.com/plans on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Dropbox Paper before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 17% to 20% lower with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Billed yearly, Dropbox Plus is $9.99 a month instead of $11.99, Standard is $15 per user instead of $18, and Advanced is $24 per user instead of $30. Paper itself stays free. Source: https://www.dropbox.com/plans

## Key features

- **Real-time co-editing:** Up to 50 people can edit a doc at the same time; anyone beyond that sees it as view-only. Collaborators can be mentioned in the text to bring them into a doc.
- **Comments on text and images:** Comments attach to highlighted text or to a selected area of an image, can mention colleagues to notify them, and can be linked to directly.
- **To-dos with assignees and due dates:** Checklist items are assigned by mentioning someone and can carry a due date. A Things to do sidebar gathers the to-dos assigned to a user and those they assigned to others.
- **Tables, timelines and embedded files:** Docs can hold tables, timelines and code blocks. Files under 50 MB can be dragged in and are previewed inline when Paper supports the file type.
- **Templates:** Dropbox supplies pre-designed templates for formats such as project plans and creative briefs, and any doc can be turned into a reusable template.
- **Stored as Dropbox files:** Docs sit in Dropbox folders as .paper files, follow the account's sharing policies and use Dropbox version history. Each doc can be exported as .docx, Markdown or PDF.

## Good for

- Teams that already keep their files in Dropbox
- Meeting notes, briefs and plans with assigned to-dos
- People who want shared docs without paying for another tool

## Worth knowing

- Paper has no plan of its own: it is free with a Dropbox account, and everyone who opens a doc has to sign in to Dropbox.
- Docs cannot be edited offline; the Dropbox desktop app stores them as web-based files that open only on dropbox.com.
- No more than 50 people can edit a doc at once, and inserted files are limited to 50 MB each.
- On the new release of Paper, the Slack integration's commands and previews do not work and docs can only be exported one at a time.

## Works with

Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar

**Tags:** Documents, Real-time collaboration, Tasks, Templates, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Google Docs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-docs): Browser-based word processor, free with a Google Account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-google-docs)
- [Notion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notion): Workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-notion)
- [Microsoft Loop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-loop): Shared workspaces and pages with components that sync across apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-microsoft-loop)
- [Slite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slite): Team knowledge base with doc verification and AI answers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-slite)
- [Nuclino](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nuclino): Lightweight team wiki with docs, boards and whiteboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-nuclino)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.dropbox.com/paper
- https://www.dropbox.com/plans
- https://www.dropbox.com/plans?billing=monthly
- https://help.dropbox.com/organize/dropbox-paper-faqs
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/paper-faqs
- https://help.dropbox.com/create-upload/paper-create-doc
- https://help.dropbox.com/create-upload/paper-templates
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/doc-collaboration
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/things-to-do
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/insert-files
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/paper-export-docs
- https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/calendar
- https://help.dropbox.com/integrations/paper-slack
- https://help.dropbox.com/installs/system-requirements

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