renamed.to lets you configure a filing system. Filently understands the one you already have — and files into it. Drop a receipt in, and it lands where it already belongs.
Renaming is renamed.to’s core job, and it does it very well, very cheaply, across three clouds and an API.
Filing is a configuration on top: you pick one destination folder, and it generates new subfolders inside it — by date, by company, by type. What it can’t do is file into the folder structure you already have. Asked to use ours, it built a copy of it — see the test.
Filently renames just as well — and then files smartly. Your existing folders are the destinations: each document is routed to its own right folder — invoices here, receipts there, contracts per client — no rules to configure, no destination to pick, no subfolders invented.
The test. We used a Google Drive with an existing folder structure, including Supplier Bills/2026 and Card Receipts/2026. Both tools got documents from the same set and the same instruction: file them into the existing structure.
renamed.to filed into a copy. Every document landed in duplicated folders next to the originals.
Choose renamed.to if you want clean filenames and you’re happy to file everything into one destination folder, such as Scans 2026. It does that reliably and cheaply.
Filently filed into the originals. Every document landed in the folders that already existed.
Choose Filently if your documents belong in different places, invoices here, receipts there, contracts per client, and you want each one landing in its own folder automatically.
One organizes your structure. The other creates a clone of it.
For renamed.to, filing is a configuration — one rule, set up front, applied to everything. For Filently, filing is a decision made per document, from what the document is and what your Drive already looks like.
One destination per configuration. Invoices or receipts — not both. And you have to already know how you want everything organized.
No strategy to pick, no template to write, no prompt to maintain. Filently looks at your existing folders — their names, their patterns, even the language you name them in — and routes each document individually.
Handing your filing to software takes trust, and trust is earned. So Filently starts by showing you every decision before it acts. You switch on auto-filing when you’ve watched it be right often enough — not because a setup wizard told you to.
Every document waits for your OK before it moves — that’s the default. renamed.to’s watched folder acts on its own once configured.
Turn auto-filing on and it still only acts when it’s sure. Anything uncertain waits for your review.
Every move is logged before it happens and can be undone — the move and the name, one file or all of them at once.
renamed.to is a good tool. Where it's ahead, we say so.
| renamed.to | Filently | |
|---|---|---|
| File renaming | Advantage. ✓Excellent — content-based names, templates, 20+ languages | Advantage. ✓Excellent — content-based names, your naming convention: set your own, or let Filently learn it from your existing files |
| Files into your existing folders | ~Only one: point it at a single folder (no subfolders) and it files there. Asked to use a whole structure, it duplicated every folder — leaving two of each, the originals empty | Advantage. ✓Yes — Filently knows your entire folder tree and works inside it. Every document lands in its own right folder, exactly where it belongs |
| Destinations it can address | ~One per configuration — invoices or receipts, not both | Advantage. ✓Any folder in your structure, per document |
| Setup before the first document | ~Nine decisions, plus sharing each folder with their automation account | Advantage. ✓Connect Drive, grant permissions, then upload files, drop them in the inbox or forward them by email |
| Approval | ~A configured watched folder acts automatically | Advantage. ✓Your choice: manual review or auto-filing — and it only auto-files when confident |
| Undo | ~Per file, filename | Advantage. ✓Move and name, single or bulk |
| Security audit | ~Not externally audited by their own account — their security page says a third-party audit is on the roadmap. No CASA assessment is known to us | Advantage. ✓CASA Tier 2, assessed by a Google-authorized lab |
| Clouds | Advantage. ✓Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive — all live | ~Google Drive (deepest integration); others on waitlist |
| Free tier | Advantage. ✓50 documents per month, renewing | ~25 documents, once — into your real Drive |
| Developer tools | Advantage. ✓REST API, CLI, MCP server, local watcher | ✗None — Filently is set-and-forget, not a toolkit |
| Old archives | Advantage. ✓Renames them where they sit — placing them is where we saw the duplicated folders | Advantage. ✓Upload them or move them into the inbox and they are renamed and filed into your existing structure. Reorganising the structure itself is coming soon |
* Feature comparison as of September 2026, based on both products' documentation and our own hands-on tests in Google Drive. Details may change — check both products' current docs.
renamed.to is genuinely cheaper per document, and per rename, that's a fair price. But renaming was never the expensive part of your paperwork. The expensive part is deciding where everything goes, and finding it again later.
With a renamer, every document still needs a decision and a move by you, one at a time, forever.
Strategies, templates and prompts have to be written, maintained and rewritten every time your structure changes. Filently has nothing to maintain. It works from what’s already there.
A misplaced invoice at tax time costs more than a year of filing software. Where things land is the whole point.
So compare the cost per document: renamed, filed and found.
Invoices, receipts and contracts land in your inbox and get filed while you work. No Sunday-evening sorting sessions, no backlog guilt. Your documents simply end up where they belong.
You’ve spent years building that structure, and your accountant knows it. You want documents to land in it, not next to it, not in a generated copy of it. That’s exactly what Filently does.
No strategy to pick, no template to write, no prompt to maintain. Connect your Drive once, then upload documents, drop them in the inbox or forward them by email. Done.
Filently ships with auto-filing off, so nothing moves until you accept it. When you turn it on, it only acts when confident, and every move is logged and reversible in bulk.
Filently does one cloud, deeply, rather than three broadly. It understands your Drive’s folder patterns, even the language you use for them, and works entirely inside it.
Filently is CASA Tier 2 audited by a Google-authorized lab. For procurement, that distinction can matter.
Sometimes there’s no structure worth keeping. Deep Clean builds you a clean, new folder structure from what your documents actually are — then moves every file into it and names it properly. One pass, your whole archive. Join the waitlist and we’ll tell you when it ships.
"My bookkeeper prefers receipts named in a specific format and saved into folders by year and month. I simply typed into Filently what I wanted it to do, and it does it."
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Business owner · G2"The customer support is hands-down some of the best I have ever experienced. Support jumped into the chat right away, pinpointed the issue and got me completely back on track within minutes. You rarely see this level of human, helpful service anymore."
"I love how Filently reads what is inside my files to rename them without me having to set up rules or remember to run anything. … It uses my existing folder structure instead of forcing a new one."
There’s nothing to migrate. Your files are already in your Drive. Just connect Filently and let it start filing into the structure you already use. Start with 25 free documents, then get 250 bonus documents when you switch to a paid plan.
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It is, and if all you need is AI-powered file renaming, that's a fair price. Filently goes further: it renames your documents and files them into the Google Drive structure you already use. No duplicate folders, no filing rules to maintain, no new structure to clean up later.
You're paying for the filing, not just the filename.
Yes. That's the core difference.
Filently recognizes your existing Google Drive folder structure and identifies where different documents belong. Invoices go where your invoices already live, receipts where your receipts already live, and contracts where you keep contracts.
You don't have to rebuild your Drive for Filently. Filently works with the structure you already have.
Yes. Filently identifies what's in each document and creates useful, consistent filenames based on your filing context.
You can let Filently learn your existing naming convention or use your own preferred convention.
Renaming and filing happen together, so documents are easier to find later.
No.
There is no filing strategy to design, no template language to learn and no prompt to maintain. Filently recognizes the structure already in your Google Drive and uses it to determine where documents belong.
Connect your Drive once, then upload documents, drop them into the inbox or forward them by email. Done.
You can, but you don't have to.
With a prompt-based system, you're responsible for describing your filing logic and keeping that description up to date when your structure changes. Filently recognizes the structure that's already there.
Your folders are the instructions.
Yes, when needed. Filently primarily works with the folder structure you already have and uses existing folders whenever there is a suitable place for a document.
If no suitable folder exists, Filently can create one. What it doesn't do is clone your existing folder structure or create duplicate folders next to the originals.
Your existing Drive stays your source of truth, while new folders are only created when your filing system actually needs them.
Not unless you want it to.
Auto-filing is off by default, so documents wait for your approval. If you enable auto-filing, Filently only files documents when it is sufficiently confident. Uncertain documents wait for review.
Every move is logged and can be reverted, including in bulk.
You stay in control.
You can review proposed filing actions before they happen, and Filently keeps an activity log so you can see what changed. Files can also be reverted, individually or in bulk.
Nothing is filed behind your back.
In your Google Drive, where they already are. Filently renames and files them in place — we never store the document itself, and there is nothing to export if you stop using us.
Identifying what a document is does require its content to be processed, which is true of every AI filing tool. That content is never used to train AI models.
Both tools can rename documents using AI. The bigger difference is where they file them.
renamed.to is built around configuring where files should go. Filently recognizes the folder structure that already exists in your Google Drive and files documents into those existing folders.
Same goal, different approach: build a filing system vs. work with the one you already have.
If you mainly want clean filenames, need to send files to one defined destination, or want to work across multiple cloud storage providers, renamed.to may fit your workflow well.
Filently is built for a different use case: you already have a Google Drive structure and want documents automatically renamed and filed into the right places within it.
Filently is currently focused on Google Drive, where it has its deepest integration. Dropbox and OneDrive support are on the roadmap.
If working across several cloud storage providers is essential to your workflow, this is an important difference to consider.
Very little.
There are no rules to build, no prompt language to learn and no filing strategy to design. Connect your Google Drive, upload documents, put them in the inbox or forward them by email, and review the results when you want to.
Your folder structure does the explaining.
Yes. Upload your existing documents or move them into your Filently Inbox and Filently processes them just like new ones: each document is renamed and filed into the folder where it belongs.
And if your existing Drive needs a bigger reset: Deep Clean will go one step further and reorganize the folder structure itself. Coming soon.
25 free documents, filed into your existing folders. See for yourself whether each document lands where you'd have put it.
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