Google Drive Alternative for Secure Sharing.
PaperLink is the best Google Drive alternative for secure external document sharing. Google Drive is great for internal collaboration, but PaperLink adds page-by-page analytics, 11 access controls including passwords, NDAs, and link expiration, plus custom domains and built-in invoicing.
Why teams switch to PaperLink
Know who viewed your documents
Google Drive shows view counts but not who viewed, which pages they read, or how long they spent. PaperLink tracks everything.
Granular access controls
Password protection, email verification, NDA requirements, link expiration, download control - 11 controls Google Drive lacks.
Professional branded sharing
Share from your own domain (docs.company.com) with custom URL slugs instead of long Google Drive URLs.
No Google account required for viewers
Recipients open a PaperLink link in any browser. No Google account needed. You control access through your own controls.
Feature comparison
| Feature | PaperLink | Google Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes - 50 files | Yes - 15 GB storage |
| Page-by-page analytics | ||
| Viewer identity tracking | ||
| Password protection | All plans | |
| Email verification | All plans | |
| NDA / agreement gate | All plans | |
| Link expiration | All plans | |
| Custom domains | Business | |
| Real-time collaboration | ||
| File storage | Document sharing focused | 15 GB - 5 TB |
| Built-in invoicing | ||
| Public REST API |
FAQ
No. PaperLink is not a file storage solution. Use Google Drive for internal collaboration and storage. Use PaperLink when you need to share documents externally with analytics, access controls, and tracking.
Not directly. Upload the document to PaperLink to get analytics and access controls. PaperLink is a separate platform optimized for external sharing, not a Google Drive add-on.
Google Drive sharing does not tell you who viewed your document, which pages they read, or how long they spent. It also lacks password protection, NDA requirements, link expiration, and download control. PaperLink adds all of these.