# Proton Docs

> End-to-end encrypted collaborative documents inside Proton Drive

Proton Docs is the document editor built into Proton Drive. Documents are end-to-end encrypted, so only the owner and the people a document is shared with can read them, and collaborators edit together in real time with comments and suggested edits. It is included with every Proton Drive account, including the free one, and the paid Proton plans add storage and other Proton services.

- **Category:** Docs & Wikis
- **Made by:** Proton AG (since 2024)
- **Website:** https://proton.me/drive/docs
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Proton Docs has a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99 per month, billed yearly (Drive Plus).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Proton Free: 5 GB of end-to-end encrypted storage for files, photos and documents, with the online document and spreadsheet editor included.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Proton Free | $0 | 5 GB of storage for files, photos and documents, with the online document and spreadsheet editor. |
| Drive Plus | $3.99 per month, billed yearly at $47.88 ($4.99 billed monthly) | Proton Drive with Docs, 200 GB of storage and 10 years to recover previous file versions. |
| Drive Professional | $7.99 per user / month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) | Team plan for Proton Drive with Docs: 1 TB per user, user access management and sync across devices and users. |
| Proton Unlimited | $9.99 per month, billed yearly at $119.88 ($12.99 billed monthly) | 500 GB of storage plus Proton VPN, Proton Mail, Proton Calendar and Proton Pass alongside Drive and Docs. |
| Proton Duo | $14.99 per month, billed yearly at $179.88 ($19.99 billed monthly) | Everything in Unlimited for up to 2 users, with 2 TB of storage and advanced account protection. |
| Proton Family | $23.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly) | 3 TB of storage for up to 6 users, with the Proton premium products that are included in Duo. |

Read from https://proton.me/drive/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Proton Docs before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **20% to 25% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Billed yearly, Drive Plus is $3.99 a month instead of $4.99 (20% off), Proton Unlimited is $9.99 instead of $12.99 (23% off) and Proton Duo is $14.99 instead of $19.99 (25% off). Source: https://proton.me/drive/pricing
- **Student discount on Proton Unlimited** (Education): Students verified through Student Beans get 62% off Proton Unlimited for the first 12 months. The subscription then renews at the regular price. Source: https://proton.me/student
- **Reduced pricing for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Proton offers nonprofit organizations reduced pricing through a customized quote from its sales team. No fixed percentage is published. Source: https://proton.me/business/nonprofit-discount

## Key features

- **End-to-end encryption:** Documents are encrypted on your device before they are uploaded, and only you hold the keys, so nobody else can read them. Proton says that includes Proton itself.
- **Real-time collaboration:** See who else is viewing or editing a document and follow their cursors live. Every update stays end-to-end encrypted.
- **Suggestions and comments:** Collaborators can propose edits as highlighted suggestions to accept or reject, and discuss a passage in threaded comments attached to the text.
- **Sharing controls:** Invite people by email or with a sharing link, including people without a Proton Account, choose whether they can view or edit, and revoke access at any time.
- **Import and export:** Opens .docx, .txt, .md and .html files stored in Proton Drive for editing, and downloads documents as .docx, .html, .txt, .md or .pdf.
- **Rich text editing:** The toolbar covers text styles, fonts, colors and highlights, code blocks, numbered, bulleted and check lists, quotes, dividers, images and tables.

## Good for

- People who want documents the provider itself cannot read
- Lawyers, doctors and advisers drafting confidential client documents
- Existing Proton Drive users who want a document editor in the same account

## Worth knowing

- There is no standalone Docs plan: it is part of Proton Drive, and the paid plans differ in storage and bundled Proton services.
- A document can be no larger than 25 MB.
- In the Windows and macOS Drive apps a document is only a placeholder file that opens in the browser at docs.proton.me.
- The free plan's 5 GB of storage is shared with the files and photos kept in Proton Drive.

## Works with

Proton Drive, Proton Sheets

**Tags:** Documents, Real-time collaboration, End-to-end encrypted

## Alternatives

- [Google Docs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-docs): Browser-based word processor, free with a Google Account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-docs-vs-proton-docs)
- [CryptPad](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cryptpad): End-to-end encrypted, open-source collaborative office suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cryptpad-vs-proton-docs)
- [ONLYOFFICE](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onlyoffice): Open-source office suite for documents, sheets, slides and PDFs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/onlyoffice-vs-proton-docs)
- [Zoho Writer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-writer): Free online word processor with AI and document automation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/proton-docs-vs-zoho-writer)
- [Dropbox Paper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dropbox-paper): Free collaborative documents that live in a Dropbox account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-paper-vs-proton-docs)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://proton.me/drive/pricing
- https://proton.me/drive/docs
- https://proton.me/drive/document-editor
- https://proton.me/business/drive
- https://proton.me/support/drive-create-edit-docs
- https://proton.me/support/drive-import-export-docs
- https://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drive
- https://proton.me/student
- https://proton.me/business/nonprofit-discount

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