Proton now has its own version of Google Docs in the Drive cloud storage service, and like the company’s other products, it comes with end-to-end encryption. The company says its Docs flavor “offers a unique solution in a market where most popular products neglect privacy,” and recommends it for use in the healthcare, media, finance and legal industries. Proton Papers Like Google Docs, it has advanced formatting and image placement options, and it can create, open, and edit documents in many formats, including Microsoft .docx.
It also has collaboration tools similar to Google Docs. Users can invite anyone to view and edit their documents, although those without a Proton account will be asked to create them first. Proton Drive’s free tier includes basic document features so people don’t have to pay for the service if they don’t want to. Participants will be able to add, reply to, and resolve comments on the document. And users will see the presence of other participants and their cursor placements in real-time, so they know who is working on which part of the document and their edits don’t conflict with each other.
Proton didn’t say whether the launch of Docs would introduce counterparts to Google’s other Workspace apps in the future, but the company did expands its offerings with several different products over the past few years. In addition to Drive cloud storage – and of course the email service – the company’s VPN, encrypted calendar and even password manager. The documents will be sent to Proton users in the coming days.
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