Dropbox Paper
About Dropbox Paper
Dropbox Paper is a cloud-based collaborative workspace that lets teams organize documents, assign tasks, create to-do lists, and collaborate in real time. The platform is fully integrated with Dropbox, allowing users to include previews any of their stored files within the documents they create. Dropbox Paper can be used as an online task management software to manage projects and enable team collaboration.
With Dropbox Paper, users can collaboratively create documents from a variety of templates for a range of use cases. Templates designed to meet the needs of creative, marketing, product, HR, sales, IT, education, and other teams include solutions for brainstorming, creative briefs, product specifications, employee onboarding, account plans, project plans, wikis and knowledge bases, user research reports, brand guidelines, bug trackers, content calendars, and more.
Dropbox Paper provides tasks management tools, allowing users to mention each other, assign tasks, and manage due dates for to-dos. Feedback can be left directly on documents through annotations and comments, and attributions keep everyone informed of who added what. Users can add multimedia elements to their documents in the form of YouTube links, Google Maps, GIFs, Pinterest boards, SoundCloud audio, and other link types. Dropbox Paper also supports embedded previews of Sketch and Invision files, and can convert documents into presentations.
Key benefits of Dropbox Paper
• Dropbox Paper offers a variety of templates for different use cases, including brainstorming, product launch plans, product specifications, project plans, creative briefs, brand guidelines, bug trackers, content calendars, and more.
• Paper's task management tools allow users to assign out tasks for completion, mention other users, and add due dates directly from within documents.
• Users can connect Dropbox Paper to their calendar, providing access to agendas, background documents, minutes, next steps, and task assignments alongside meeting events.
• Links to Google Maps, YouTube videos, Pinterest boards, SoundCloud audio, GIFs and other files can be dropped into documents in Dropbox Paper, and displayed and played within the document.
• Native apps for Android and iOS allow users to capture photos, give feedback, and take notes from wherever they are.
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- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Dropbox Paper Review
Reviewed on 19/04/2021
Overall, Paper is great as a group work software. It's generally okay and has a easy to use...
Overall, Paper is great as a group work software. It's generally okay and has a easy to use interface. It would be great if tiny facts like presentation handling were further improved. Training an employee or student to use it does not require a lot of effort, so that benefit makes it stand out from the rest of the type.
Pros
Dropbox Paper is more of a unique software. It is quite easy to handle and is an excellent program for group work. The greatest feature I see is the ability to use many media types along with it compared to other programs of the same type. It's ease of creating tasks and assigning them are overwhelming.
Cons
There are not many drawbacks when it comes to Dropbox paper, except for the fact that it does not include a spellchecker which is quite annoying sometimes. If this one feature was included I think Paper would be a more popular program in the business world.
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Helps to replace Google drive
Reviewed on 23/11/2021
Pros
This is a very easy platform to use for collaboration and task delegation. It functions in an analogous manner to that of Google drive.
Cons
Not as many functionalities as Google drive but very easy to use and accomplish tasks.
- Industry: Apparel & Fashion
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Pairs well with Dropbox Business
Reviewed on 3/08/2022
Dropbox paper worked well when we primarily used Dropbox Business for cloud storage. I saved time...
Dropbox paper worked well when we primarily used Dropbox Business for cloud storage. I saved time by not having to leave Dropbox while I was working.
Pros
Dropbox paper is free with your Dropbox account and the two work great together.
Paper files don't use a lot of storage space. The documents don't cut off or split.
Easy access, easy sharing, and smart sync are amazing pros. I was surprised that occasionally little creative or motivational messages will pop up.
Allowing teams to work on documents together and add comments makes Dropbox paper great for teams.
Cons
If you don't want to use Dropbox or decide you no longer want to use it, you won't be able to access Dropbox paper.
To access your documents offline you'll need to download them..
It's a simple setup but I didn't think it was very intuitive. It's just not as powerful or robust as the others out there, period.
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Microsoft WordReasons for Choosing Dropbox Paper
We had already switched to Dropbox Business for cloud storage, it made sense to use all of the services offered.Switched From
LibreOffice
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Dropbox carries all our information in the cloud
Reviewed on 23/05/2023
We are a small non-profit organization with employees in four locations. We needed a "server" that...
We are a small non-profit organization with employees in four locations. We needed a "server" that would allow us to securely store all of our documents, back them up on an ongoing basis, and be easy to access for company employees who were not part of the management team. It is also necessary to share documents with third parties who are not part of the company and who also have read-only or edit-only access. Dropbox accomplishes this in an outstanding way. Dropbox is more convenient for me than other programs like Carbonite or Google Docs. It is simpler to use and functions as a repository where all my documents are stored, but I can only access them when I am not logged in. The next time I log in on a wireless network, it will take care of syncing everything again.
Pros
Dropbox makes a duplication of everything, so in case something goes wrong, you don't lose any documents you've been working on. Dropbox makes files available from the web, so I don't need to carry my computer with me at all times. Dropbox syncs with all team members' computers, allowing documents to be kept up to date and accessible to all employees at all work locations.
Cons
With Dropbox software installed on my computer, I can access any file on the server, even when I'm not logged in. However, it does mean that I have a copy of everything on my local computer, and that can take up significant hard drive storage space quickly. If Dropbox is not installed on your computer, it will take longer to visit the website, enter your details and find the document you want, then you will have to download and install it before you can upload it.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Software for collaboration
Reviewed on 1/07/2019
Great! I use Paper to brainstorm, work on writing projects, collaborate and share my work easily....
Great! I use Paper to brainstorm, work on writing projects, collaborate and share my work easily. The android app is a life saver!
Pros
1. Integration with Dropbox storage (I can embed a file in my Dropbox storage that others can easily access and download
2. Formatting options (H1, H2, H3, bold, underline, italics etc.)
3. Ability export to docx and pdf
4. Collaboration (I used this to collaborate with writers from all over the world, and it makes it easy to see who wrote what, what was changed, the comment option is great for chatting with collaborators)
5. Mobile app (I love this feature as the Android app works just as well as the desktop version)
6. Organizations. I like the ability to create templates that can be used for new notes, create folders and subfolders to keep my notes organized, as well as the ability invite a collaborator to work on a specific document or all documents in a folder
Cons
TABLES: There is no merge feature to merge two or more columns, also with the new change/update the ability to switch your table from full size to the usual compact size is gone.
Lastly I hoped it'd be able to select all columns in the top row and make the text bold or a larger size than the rest of the table but I'd have to format each column individually.
Dropbox Paper FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Dropbox Paper.Q. What type of pricing plans does Dropbox Paper offer?
Dropbox Paper offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
Dropbox Paper is available free to anyone with a Dropbox account.
Q. Who are the typical users of Dropbox Paper?
Dropbox Paper has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Dropbox Paper support?
Dropbox Paper supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Dropbox Paper support mobile devices?
Dropbox Paper supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Dropbox Paper integrate with?
Dropbox Paper integrates with the following applications:
Dropbox Business, Dropbox Sign, Pixlr
Q. What level of support does Dropbox Paper offer?
Dropbox Paper offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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