#32 in Storage & CDNUpdated 2026-08

Paperless-home

by Paperless-home · Hosted paperless-ngx document management with full-text search

32.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Paperless-home is a hosting provider for the paperless-ngx open-source document manager. It stores your documents and makes them fully text searchable, with filtering by correspondent, document type and created date, and filter sets saved as custom views. Documents can be imported by several routes, opened in community-built mobile apps, and exported at any time.

Best for: Individuals and small businesses wanting hosted paperless-ngx without running their own server
Pricing: No free tier: Essential €5/month, Professional €15/month and Business €30/month, each starting with a 14-day free trial, plus a contact-sales Custom plan.
Runs on: iOSAndroid

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Hosted paperless-ngx, so no server setup or updates to run
Full-text search with filters and saved custom views
14-day free trial plus a no-registration demo
Export anytime, and community mobile apps for phone access

Trade-offs

Payment details are required to start the 14-day free trial
Storage is capped: 2 GB on Essential, 25 GB on Business
Upload size limited to 16-32 MB per file depending on plan
No free tier; every published plan is paid after the trial

Pricing

Published plans from Paperless-home’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Paperless-home pricing tiers, monthly rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Essential	€5per Paperless instance	2 GB of storage Up to 16 MB upload size Common file formats, basic import options Easy updates
Professional	€15per Paperless instance	12 GB of storage Up to 24 MB upload size All file formats and all import options Auto-updates and common customizations
Business	€30per Paperless instance	25 GB of storage Up to 32 MB upload size Everything in Professional Custom domain, white label, extended customizations
Custom	Contact sales	Tailored to your needs Technical support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 57 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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