--- title: "Dropbox Paper alternative for agent-made docs – Display" description: "A Dropbox Paper alternative for docs that agents write. HTML and Markdown open as pages at one private URL. Your team comments and edits. Free plan, no card." --- # The AI-native Dropbox Paper alternative for agent-made docs Your agent's HTML or Markdown doc opens as a page at one private URL, with its layout and charts. Your team comments and edits on the page. The Free plan costs $0. Team is $79 a month flat, billed monthly. [Start free](https://app.display.dev/) · No card required · Unlimited viewers Kestrel's Q3 churn review, an HTML report with its own layout and chart, open on Display. The version history lists four versions at the same URL. Claude Code published v1 for Ana Ruiz. Codex published v2 for Ben Okafor. Priya Shah edited v3 on the page. ChatGPT published v4 for Maya Lind. Version 4 answers Priya's comment “Can we split EMEA out?” ## Should I use Dropbox Paper or Display? Use Display when agents write most of your docs. An HTML report or a Markdown spec from your agent opens as a page at one private URL. Your team comments and edits on the page, and Spaces and search keep the docs in order. Display has a Free plan. Display Team is a flat $79 a month, billed monthly, for up to 150 editors, and viewers are free. Use Dropbox Paper when people type a doc together. Up to 50 people can edit one Paper doc at the same time. Paper is part of Dropbox, and the Dropbox Basic plan is free. Three coding agents can also write Paper docs through the Dropbox MCP server, which is in beta. ## Dropbox Paper and Display, side by side Paper is for docs that people type together. Display is for docs that agents write and people review. | | Dropbox Paper | Display | |---|---|---| | **An agent's HTML opens as a page** | Not documented | Yes – HTML and Markdown pages | | **Team price, billed monthly** | Per user | $79 flat | | **Agents write docs and answer comments** | Yes – Three coding agents, beta | Yes – Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor | | **Comments on the doc** | Yes – With @mentions | Yes – In-line, every plan | | **People outside your company** | Yes – View link, no account | Yes – Public link or invite | | **Folders and search** | Yes – Dropbox folders | Yes – Spaces and folders | | **Free plan** | Yes – Basic, 2 GB | Yes – 3 gated docs, 50 MB | | **Version history** | Yes – 30 days to 1 year | Yes – From Solo | | **Real-time co-editing** | Yes – Up to 50 editors | No – Planned | | **Presentation mode** | Yes – Any doc, full screen | No – Slides editor: Planned | | **To-dos with due dates** | Yes – Assigned to colleagues | No | Checked 12 November 2026. Sources: [Dropbox MCP server](https://help.dropbox.com/integrations/connect-dropbox-mcp-server) · [Collaborate on a Paper doc](https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/doc-collaboration) · [How to use Paper](https://learn.dropbox.com/self-guided-learning/dropbox-fundamentals-course/fundamentals-how-do-i-use-paper) · [Presentation mode](https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/paper/presentation-mode) · [File types that preview](https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/file-types-that-preview) · [Dropbox plans](https://www.dropbox.com/plans) · [Dropbox Basic](https://www.dropbox.com/basic) ## Edit any document in-line. Fix any line right where you read it. 1. Select Edit on the page 2. Change it on the page 3. Save – the next version at the same URL ## Share each doc and Space with the right people A doc stays private until you share it. Then choose who can open it – one doc, a folder or a whole Space. - **Private by default** – Every doc stays private until you share it with people and groups. - **One-click sign-in for colleagues** – On Solo and higher plans, colleagues use the Google or Microsoft account they already have. Readers need no seat. - **Invite people outside your company** – Invite clients and partners by email, and give each one a role: Viewer, Commenter, Contributor or Editor. - **Know who opened it** – On Team and Business, see who opened which doc, and when, before you follow up. ## Dropbox Paper or Display? Choose by who writes the doc. Many teams can use both. ### Keep Dropbox Paper for - Docs that several people type at the same time. - Meeting notes with to-dos, due dates and @mentions. - A doc that you present in full screen as slides. - Docs that must stay in the same Dropbox folders as your other files. ### Use Display for - Reports, specs and plans that agents write as HTML or Markdown. - Pages that keep the layout and charts that the agent made. - Docs from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor, in Spaces that you and your agents can search. - One flat price for the team. Viewers are free. > “We gave it to a few people, expecting the super users who’d been asking for a publishing platform. We didn’t realize the whole business would pick it up.” > > – Rory Powell, IT and AI Ops Manager, Kogan.com **Free plan: $0.** One editor, 3 gated docs, unlimited public docs and 50 MB of storage. No credit card required, and viewers stay free. [Start free](https://app.display.dev/) ## A full workspace behind every URL ### Spaces and folders A Space for every team, with folders inside and its own permissions. ### Search everything you can open You and your agents can search every doc you can open. ### Work across every agent and plan Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, on personal or company plans. One doc, one URL. ### Build internal apps (private beta) Develop applications that pull data from your sources. ### Connect your data sources (private beta) Pull data from the sources your team already uses. ## Questions from Dropbox Paper users ### We already have Dropbox, and Paper has no extra cost. Why add Display? Keep Paper for the docs that people type together. Use Display for the docs that your agents make. An HTML report or a Markdown spec from your agent opens as a page at one private URL. People comment and edit on the page, and Spaces and search keep the docs in order. The Free plan costs $0. ### Does Display have a free plan? Yes. The Free plan costs $0 and needs no card. It has one editor, unlimited Viewers and Commenters, 3 gated documents, unlimited public documents and 50 MB of storage. Solo costs $12 a month. Team costs $79 a month for the whole team. Both prices are for monthly billing. Version history starts on Solo. Paper is part of Dropbox, and the Dropbox Basic plan is free with 2 GB of storage. ### How do I move my Paper docs to Display? Export each Paper doc as a Markdown (.md) file. In the current Paper release, you export one doc at a time. Then ask your agent to publish the files to Display. Dropbox says that tables and timelines can look different after an export, so examine those docs. ### Can people outside our company contribute? Yes. Invite them by email to a doc or a folder, and give them a role: Viewer, Commenter, Contributor or Editor. They sign in with a one-time password, Google or Microsoft. They do not join your organization. ### Can my agent already write to Dropbox Paper? Yes, if you use Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. The Dropbox MCP server has Paper tools for those three agents, and Dropbox says the server is in beta. The agents create and edit Paper docs and answer comments. Display is different in two ways. An HTML or Markdown file from your agent opens as a page, with its own layout and charts. Claude and ChatGPT also connect to Display through the Display MCP server. ChatGPT needs a Business, Enterprise or Edu workspace to publish. ### Can two people edit a doc at the same time? No. One person edits a Display doc at a time, and each save adds a version at the same URL. Real-time co-editing is Planned. If your team types docs together, use Paper. Up to 50 people can edit one Paper doc at the same time. ### Does Display have a presentation mode? Not today. An HTML deck from your agent opens as a page, and you can show it in a full-screen browser window. A Slides editor is Planned and has no date. Paper has a presentation mode that shows a doc as slides in full screen. ### Is Display open source? No. “Open” means three things. Any agent can publish to Display. Anyone you choose can open a doc without a seat. You can download the source file of any doc at any time. ## Publish the next doc where everyone can read it Display works with Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, ChatGPT and any other agent that writes HTML or Markdown. The Free plan costs $0. [Start free](https://app.display.dev/) · No card required · Unlimited viewers