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BSCW vs Dropbox Paper

BSCW

bscw.de

Dropbox Paper

dropbox.com

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FigureBSCWDropbox Paper
Price from—$0.99/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOSYesYes
AndroidYesYes
API—Yes
Plans published07
Spec score · Collaborative Document Software6.5 (#30)8.6 (#7)
Founded19952007
HeadquartersBonn, GermanySan Francisco, California, USA

Plans

BSCW

No plans published.

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Dropbox Paper

  • BasicFree
  • Basic Extra$0.99 a month
  • Standard$15 a month
  • Plus$9.99 a month
  • Standard$15 a month
  • Advanced$24 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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In their own words

BSCW

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Dropbox Paper

Dropbox Paper is a collaborative document tool for teams, built around documents with timelines, to-dos, and tables. To-dos can be assigned and given due dates, then viewed in a Things to do sidebar. Timelines collect deadlines, files, and to-dos and can be viewed by week, month, quarter, or year; on mobile, timelines are read-only. Paper is free, and a Dropbox account with sign-in is required to create or access documents. There is no limit on the number of Paper documents in an account, and each uses less than 100 bytes of Dropbox storage. The separate Dropbox Paper mobile app was discontinued on October 9, 2025, while Paper remains available on the web. In the Dropbox desktop app, Paper documents open on dropbox.com unless exported as PDF, DOCX, or Markdown. Paper supports real-time collaboration, track changes, and offline editing. Some users can connect Paper with Google or Outlook calendars to link documents to events and make meeting notes. Documents are encrypted at rest with 256-bit AES and in transit with SSL/TLS.

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