DocSend vs Papermark, and the free option
A three-way, feature-by-feature comparison of DocSend, Papermark and ArtifactSend, with prices from each pricing page in October 2026.
The short answer
DocSend is the established paid tool, with eSignatures and video, from $30 per user a month and no free plan. Papermark is the open source challenger, with a small free plan and data rooms from 99 euros a month. ArtifactSend is free for everything both of them charge for except eSignatures, video and a custom domain, and it keeps Claude artifacts and HTML pages live.
Feature by feature
| Feature | ArtifactSend | DocSend | Papermark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free, no card | $30 per user a month | Free plan, then Pro at 24 euros a month |
| Free plan | Yes, no limits on documents, links, readers or members | No, a 14-day trial | 1 member, 50 documents, 50 links, 30 days of analytics |
| Team members | Free, unlimited | Per user, $30 each | 1 on Free, 3 on Business, extra seats paid |
| PDF with time on each page | Free | Standard, $30 | Free |
| Word, PowerPoint and Excel | Free, time per page, slide and sheet | Yes, spreadsheets are download only | Excel free, Word and PowerPoint from Pro |
| Live HTML pages and Claude artifacts | Free, they stay interactive | No | HTML files from Business, 59 euros |
| Video | Not yet, on our roadmap | Standard, $30 | Pro, 24 euros |
| Email before viewing | Free | All plans | Free |
| Email verification code | Free | Advanced, $150 a month | Business, 59 euros |
| Google sign-in for readers | Free | Not listed | Not listed |
| Allow only some emails or domains | Free | Advanced, $150 a month | Business, 59 euros |
| Blocks fake and throwaway emails | Free | Not listed | Not listed |
| A separate link for each person | Free | All plans | Free |
| Link expiry | Free | All plans | Free |
| Password on a link | Not yet, on our roadmap. The email code ties each view to a person instead | All plans | Free |
| Turn downloads off | Not yet, on our roadmap | All plans | Free |
| Screenshot protection | Not yet, on our roadmap. The watermark names who took it | Advanced, $150 a month | Business, 59 euros |
| Watermark with the reader's email | Free | Advanced, $150 a month | Data Rooms, 99 euros |
| NDA before viewing | Free, with a record of who agreed and when | Advanced, $150 a month | Data Rooms, 99 euros |
| Data rooms with folders | Free, up to 300 documents a room | Folders from Advanced, $150, full rooms $180 a month | Data Rooms, 99 euros |
| Different access per folder or reader in a room | Not yet, on our roadmap. One door per room and a separate link per person today | Advanced, $150 a month | Data Rooms, 99 euros |
| Questions and answers in a data room | Readers ask the documents with AI, $0.05 an answer. A Q and A thread with you is on our roadmap | Not listed | Data Rooms Plus, 249 euros |
| Alert when someone opens it | Free | Standard, $30 | Free |
| How far each reader got, and time per section | Free | Time per page | Time per page |
| Clicks and copied text | Free | Not listed | Not listed |
| Watch a visit again | Free | Not listed | Not listed |
| New version behind the same link | Free | Yes | Yes |
| Readers ask the document with AI | $0.05 an answer | Not listed | Business, 59 euros |
| Ask Claude or ChatGPT who read it | Yes, first 20 actions free, then $0.005 each | Not listed | MCP and API from Business, 59 euros |
| Alert when a reader visits your website | Free | Not listed | Not listed |
| Your logo and color | $2 a month | Standard, $30 | Pro, 24 euros |
| Your own domain | Not yet, on our roadmap | Subdomain on Standard, $30 | Business, 59 euros |
| eSignatures | Not yet, on our roadmap | Standard, $30 | Data Rooms, 99 euros |
| Slack, CRM and Zapier | Not yet, on our roadmap. Claude and ChatGPT work today | Zapier, Salesforce as a paid add-on | Slack, webhooks and API from Business |
| Open source or self-hosted | No, hosted only | No | Open source, self-hosting |
Rival facts from each vendor's public pricing and feature pages, October 2026, prices billed yearly. Not listed means the vendor's pages do not say. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide.
Pick DocSend when
- You need eSignatures and video in the same tool.
- Your buyers or investors ask for DocSend by name.
- Budget is not the question.
Pick Papermark when
- You need open source code or must host the tool yourself.
- One person sends fewer than 50 documents and wants a free plan with password and download controls.
Pick ArtifactSend when
- You want email verification, allow lists, NDA, watermark and data rooms without a paid plan.
- More than one person on the team sends documents.
- You send Claude artifacts, HTML decks or interactive memos.
- You want to ask Claude or ChatGPT who read what.
What ArtifactSend does not do yet
- eSignatures. DocSend, Papermark and Peony include them on paid plans.
- Video with analytics. Most rivals track video on paid plans.
- Your own domain. Links on your domain instead of artifactsend.com.
- Password, download and screenshot controls. Today the email code, the watermark and the expiry cover most of this.
- Per-folder access and a Q and A thread in data rooms. Today a room has one door, and each person can get their own link.
- Slack, CRM and Zapier. Today Claude and ChatGPT read your reports through the MCP.