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XDocs vs Papermark
Papermark is good at the thing it does: a founder uploads a deck, sends a link, and sees which investor read page seven. XDocs does that, with the same gates and the same per-page attention, and then keeps going: the SAFE is drafted in the same workspace, sent for signature from it, and filed in the same room. Both are open source and both can be self-hosted.
Papermark An open-source document sharing and data room tool: upload a deck or a folder, share a tracked link, see page-level analytics.
| Capability | XDocs | Papermark |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked share links with gates | Password, email capture and verification, allow and block lists, expiry, view caps, NDA before viewing, watermark, download control. | The core of the product, including NDA gating and dynamic watermarks. |
| Virtual data rooms | Folders, viewer groups, permissions per folder and file, per-room branding, a Q&A inbox, freeze and archive. | Data rooms with folder and file permissions, custom domains and white-label branding on paid plans. |
| Reading analytics | Section-level time while on screen, per visitor, document and room; internal visits excluded retroactively. | Page-by-page analytics per visitor. |
| Draft and edit the document itself | A collaborative editor with suggesting mode, version history and templates. | Upload only. The document is written elsewhere. |
| Legally binding e-signatures | Signature fields in the document or on an uploaded PDF; ESIGN and UETA; certificate with digests. | Not offered as of the comparison date; an NDA gate records acceptance to view, not a signature on an agreement. |
| AI assistant | Drafts, reviews, compares, searches by meaning, and acts with approval. | AI redaction and related features on some plans. |
| Free plan | Editor, 5 sends a month, 50 links, one data room and the assistant. | A free sharing tier; data rooms are on paid plans. |
| Pricing model | Per workspace: $29 Pro, $99 Business, data rooms included from the free plan up. | Per workspace, with data rooms as the step up from file sharing. |
| Open source and self-hosting | Docker against Postgres, unmetered when no billing keys are set. | Open source and self-hostable. |
| API and agents | REST API, webhooks, CLI, Zapier and an MCP server. | An API on paid plans. |
Compared against Papermark's public pages on 27 October 2026. Their prices are not quoted because they change; ours are read from the plan table. If a line is out of date, tell us at hello@xdocs.io and it will be fixed.
Try it on an agreement you would send in Papermark today
Upload the PDF or Word file, place the fields and send it. The signer needs no account. Free for 5 sends a month, no card. Moving a team over? We will set up your templates with you.
Choose Papermark when
- You only share files made elsewhere and want the lightest possible tool for that.
- You are already self-hosting it and happy.
Choose XDocs when
- The deck, the SAFE and the signed round should live in one workspace instead of three tools.
- You need the room's documents signed, not just read.
- You want to know what was read inside a document, not only which page was opened.
Questions people ask when switching
- Can I upload a PDF deck and share it like Papermark?
- Yes. Upload it, publish a tracked link with whatever gates you need, and read the per-section analytics. The same PDF can later be put in a data room or sent for signature.
- Does the free plan include a data room?
- Yes: one data room, 50 links and 5 signature sends a month, without a card.
Moving a team over?
Twenty minutes with somebody who built XDocs: bring the documents you send today and we will set them up with you.
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Create, sign, share and understand your documents with XDocs.