Dropbox Paper vs Hancom Docs

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.

Hancom Docs is Hancom Office’s subscription service for using the latest Office across devices. It supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, with desktop apps, offline editing, real-time editing, comments, guest access, and track changes. Version history is available in a limited form. Hancom Docs AI is included in the Personal and Business plans. The Free plan costs nothing and provides 2GB storage, Windows/Mac Hancom Office Viewer, and Hancom Office on web and mobile. The pricing model is paid, with pricing from 99,000 KRW, alongside the free plan. Hancom says subscriptions can be started when needed and terminated at any time. The company is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and was founded in 1990. AWS Seoul is listed for service-data storage; Hancom says confidential personal information is encrypted and cites ISMS-P and ISO27001 certifications.