The files layer for Google Sheets and Drive
Drop in files and images, list whole Drive folders, collect files from anyone, and keep your work in sync.
Fill the gaps in Google Sheets and Drive
Add file collection, visual tables, automations, branded PDF links, folder tools and signatures to the way your team works.
Keep using your existing Drive folders and Sheets. FileDrop connects to the work already there.
Handle uploads, folder copies, catalogs and sharing with tools built for those jobs.
Use client folders, your branding and no-code workflows across shared work.
FileDrop for Sheets
Google Sheets makes bulk file work tedious. Drag in files and images, list whole Drive folders with thumbnails, and keep them in sync.
Learn more →FileDrop Forms
Google Forms requires sign-in for file uploads. Collect files and signatures without it, with your branding and a Drive folder per client.
Learn more →FileDrop Automations
Google Sheets and Drive workflows often need Apps Script. Update Sheets, organize Drive files and back up data with no-code workflows.
Learn more →FileDrop Folders
Google Drive for the web cannot copy folders. Duplicate contents or create whole folder structures from a template in bulk.
Learn more →FileDrop Links
Google Drive links are generic. Share PDFs on branded links with access controls and view tracking.
Learn more →FileDrop Tables
Google Sheets shares a spreadsheet. Publish image catalogs and tables people can search and filter, without sharing your Sheet.
Learn more →FileDrop Sign
Google Drive stores the PDF. FileDrop Sign sends signature requests from a recipient list in one batch.
Learn more →Watch a file request go out — and come back
A walkthrough of the part that costs your team the most time: asking clients for documents, and getting them without sending a single follow-up email.
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Collect files without a Google sign-in
Google Forms asks respondents to sign in when a form includes file uploads. FileDrop Forms lets anyone send files or sign a form on a branded page, then routes responses to a Drive folder for each client.
- ✓Automatic reminders and follow-ups — FileDrop nudges whoever has not replied, so you do not have to.
- ✓Bulk request campaigns — send the same checklist to your whole client list in one go.
- ✓Your logo, your colours, your address — forms live on a custom form address that looks like you, not us.
Give your PDF a link you can brand and track
Google Drive gives you a generic file link. FileDrop Links gives your PDF a branded page, access controls and viewer activity, so you can share it professionally.
- ✓Password, expiry and email-verified access — decide who opens it and for how long.
- ✓Watermarks, blocked download and print — share sensitive work without losing control of it.
- ✓Swap the file, keep the link — publish v2 without re-sending a single email.
Share an image catalog without sharing a Sheet
Google Sheets can store the rows, but a shared spreadsheet is awkward for browsing images. FileDrop Tables turns your data and submissions into a searchable catalog with filters and larger image previews.
- ✓Image-first rows — built for the things spreadsheets handle badly.
- ✓Fed straight from your forms — every submission becomes a row, automatically.
- ✓Public catalogue pages — share a table as a browsable page, on every plan.
Automate the work across Sheets and Drive
Google Sheets and Drive can be automated with Apps Script. FileDrop gives your team a no-code way to update rows, move or organize Drive files, create folders and run backups. The Sheets add-on handles files and images inside your spreadsheet.
- ✓Triggers and actions, no code — new row, new file or a schedule, then notify, move, create folders or back up.
- ✓Scheduled Google Sheets backups — a safety net that runs itself.
- ✓OCR and batch tools — pull text out of scans and images in bulk, straight into cells.
Every receipt, captured, read and reconciled
Snap a photo of a receipt or drop in a file. AI reads the merchant, date, tax and total automatically, and approved receipts export straight into your accounting software.
- ✓AI extraction with a confidence score — merchant, date, tax and total read automatically on every receipt.
- ✓A review step before anything counts — approve, edit or exclude; only approved receipts reach your books.
- ✓Direct export to Xero and QuickBooks — or a CSV built for Sage.
Four jobs, one platform
The document problem looks different in every office. The fix is the same: one branded link, an automatic chase, and everything landing where it belongs.
Marketing agencies
Get brand assets out of the client’s head and into your folders — then share the work back as a link you can track.
- Collect logos, copy and photos at kick-off
- Send decks as tracked, watermarked links
- See who opened the proposal, and when
Accountants & bookkeepers
Turn the year-end document chase into something that runs without you sending a single follow-up email.
- Bulk-request one checklist from 200 clients
- Automatic reminders until the file arrives
- Everything filed in Drive by client name
HR & people ops
Onboarding paperwork, signed policies and ID documents, collected before day one and without a portal login.
- Candidates upload with no account
- Signature and file-upload fields on one form
- Sensitive documents behind email verification
School administration
Permission slips, enrolment forms and parent uploads — one branded link per class instead of a folder of email attachments.
- One request page per class or year group
- Reminders to the parents who have not replied
- Responses tracked in a table, not an inbox
Keep Google Workspace at the center
Connect FileDrop to the Google Drive folders and Sheets your team already uses, then route uploads and updates between them. Other storage and team tools connect too.
- ✓Store — route uploads straight into Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive.
- ✓Organise — push responses into Google Sheets, Airtable or Excel.
- ✓Get told — notifications in Slack, Microsoft Teams or Google Chat.
- ✓Build — automations, plus a developers API and webhooks for the rest.
Client documents deserve better than an email attachment
FileDrop is built and hosted in Europe, on infrastructure you can name, under rules you can point your legal team at.
Encrypted end to end
TLS 1.3 in transit and encryption at rest, on every plan including the free one.
EU data residency
Hosted in Germany by Hetzner. Built in the EU by HeadwayApps since 2022.
GDPR, CCPA, CASA
Privacy compliance documented in the open, plus a Google-verified security assessment.
Access you control
Passwords, email-verified access, link expiry, blocked download and print, watermarks.
From HR teams, agencies and workshops
“As a people operations associate on an HR team, this extension has been a lifesaver when it comes to having to implement new software systems for my organization.”
“This makes it phenomenally easy for my team and I to keep docs and data all in one place.”
“We manufacture industrial mixers, we are trying to reduce the amount of paperwork laying around in the workshop. It is working great for us.”
“FileDrop is awesome! I’m using it to upload a lot of storyboard frames in a spreadsheet. This app greatly reduces the time to do that.”
“Most beautiful way to drop files in any Google-related docs. And PDF.”
“I had a specific need and it worked perfectly for that.”
Do my clients need an account to send me files?
No. Anyone with your link can upload — no sign-up, no Google account, no app to install. They open the page, drop the files, and you get them. That is the whole point.
What do I actually get on the free plan?
Core tools, at smaller volumes: 1 upload form with 25 responses a month, 200 MB of storage, 2 tables, 10 automation runs a week and 50 add-on uploads. No credit card, no trial clock.
Where is my data stored?
In Germany, on Hetzner infrastructure. FileDrop is built and run in the EU by HeadwayApps, and has been since 2022. Encryption is TLS 1.3 in transit, and we publish our GDPR, CCPA and CASA positions in full.
Can I use my own domain and remove your branding?
Yes. FileDrop branding comes off on Pro and above. Links on your own domain, plus team admin and seat assignment, are on Business+ and Max.
Does it work if we do not use Google Workspace?
Yes. Forms, PDF links and tables are a standalone web platform, and you can route uploads to Dropbox or OneDrive instead. The Sheets add-on and the Sheets automations are the parts that need Google.
How do the reminders and follow-ups work?
You set an interval and a maximum number of nudges. FileDrop emails only the people who have not responded yet, and stops the moment their files land. Pro includes 500 requests and reminders a month, Business+ 1,000 and Max 5,000.
Get more out of Google Sheets and Drive.
Start with the files you collect, the folders you manage or the workflows you repeat. FileDrop works alongside the Google tools your team already knows.