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Your files live in The Drive AI, with Google Drive available on supported plans. For reliable filing, you build a workflow.
The Drive AI vs. Filently
The Drive AI is a new workspace. Filently files into the Drive you already have.
The Drive AI gives you a new AI workspace to build around your files. Filently works in the Google Drive you already use. A new document comes in? Filently names it and files it into the folders that are already there.
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Two ways to organize your files
The same file. Two different starting points.
Both can organize your documents. The difference is where you start.
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New document in your Drive
Keep your existing Google Drive
Filently names each document and files it into the folder structure you already use.
Choose The Drive AI if you want a full AI workspace with chat, agents and custom workflows.
Choose Filently if you want your existing Google Drive organized, with every document named and filed, without building workflows.
To be fair
Yes, The Drive AI can file into Google Drive.
The Drive AI can work with Google Drive. On the plans that include the Google Drive connection, Max and Team, you can build workflows that watch files, move them and automate filing inside your Drive.
The difference is how you get there. The Drive AI gives you a workflow builder. Filently gives you a filing system.
- You: Connect Google Drive
- You: Build a workflow
- You: Define conditions and actions
- You: Add rename / move / other steps
- Automatic: Run the workflow
A one-click template builds the first workflow for you. Shaping it into the filing you want is the rest.
- You: Connect Google Drive
- Automatic: Filently recognizes the document
- Automatic: Suggests the name and destination
- You or Automatic: Review or enable auto-filing
- Done
Switch on auto-filing and the confident cases are filed without you. Anything uncertain still waits.
With Filently, there’s no workflow to build and no filing rules to design. Connect your Drive and start filing.
Hands-on test · 11 days
What we found when we tested both.
TL;DR
The Drive AI can file documents accurately into an existing folder structure, but you need to set up a workflow for it. Filently takes a simpler approach: connect your existing Google Drive and let Filently handle the filing. Connecting your own Google Drive to The Drive AI starts at $999.99 a year.
The Drive AI’s workflows file accurately.
4 of 4 into existing folders. On a deeper structure with ambiguous pairs like Clients and Supplier: 3 of 4, then 4 of 4.
Its chat agent is less reliable.
Asked to “organize these files”, it created four new folders next to the existing ones and left those empty.
Renaming is an extra workflow step.
The default workflow The Drive AI generated in our test only moved files. We added a Rename step and described the naming convention we wanted.
Google Drive needs the Max plan.
$999.99 a year, or Team at $79 per seat per month. Free and Premium can’t connect a Drive.
Filently: 8 of 8, with factory settings.
Same documents, same folders, no workflow. Twice: once as suggestions to review, once with auto-filing on.
The quick comparison
The practical difference
The Drive AI is a strong product. Where it’s ahead, we say so.
| Feature | The Drive AI | Filently |
|---|---|---|
| Where your files live | Limited. Its own workspace or your Google Drive, on Max or Team | Advantage. Your existing Google Drive |
| Google Drive connection | Limited. Max or Team only from $999.99 a year | Advantage. Every plan |
| Automatic filing | Limited. With a workflow you build | Advantage. Built in suggestions first, auto-filing when you switch it on |
| Setup for filing | Limited. Build and configure a workflow | Advantage. Connect your Drive and review the suggestions |
| Review before filing | Limited. Only if you add an approval step | Advantage. Yes, by default |
| Undo a filing | Limited. Ask the agent to undo it · costs AI steps | Advantage. One file or many at once · filename and folder restored |
| Rename documents | Limited. Add a Rename step and write the naming rule | Advantage. Part of every filing |
| Use your existing folders | Advantage. Yes, with workflows the chat agent created new folders in our test | Advantage. Yes files into the matching existing folder |
| Naming like your existing files | Advantage. Yes, with an instruction in the Rename step | Advantage. Yes learns it from about 15 files in a folder (optional) |
| Existing documents | Advantage. Yes with a scheduled workflow | Advantage. Yes upload them or move them into the inbox |
| GDPR | Limited. Not stated | Advantage. GDPR compliant |
| Document processing location | Limited. Not stated | Advantage. Switzerland and the EU |
| Your data used for AI training | Advantage. No | Advantage. No |
| Security audit | Advantage. CASA Tier 2 | Advantage. CASA Tier 2 |
| Beyond filing | Advantage. Chat, search, agents, workflows, e-signatures, file requests, apps and more | Limited. Filing and document organization |
| Other storage and sources | Advantage. Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, SharePoint and more, depending on plan | Limited. Google Drive plus email forwarding on Professional |
| Free plan | Advantage. Ongoing free plan in its own storage: 10 AI steps a day (about 3 documents via the agent), plus 20 workflow files a month on a separate budget | Limited. 25 documents, once filed into your real Drive |
| Price for filing into your Google Drive | Limited. From $999.99 a year · Max | Advantage. From $48 a year |
* The Drive AI’s Google Drive capabilities and pricing depend on plan. Max and Team support working with Google Drive; workflow configuration is required for automated filing.
Sources. Hands-on test on a free trial account, plus The Drive AI’s public documentation and website. Checked 21 September 2026.
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A fair comparison
The Drive AI does more.
Filently is not trying to be a complete AI workspace. The Drive AI has a much broader feature set. It combines files with AI chat and search, agents, workflow automation, e-signatures, file requests, multiple storage providers, business apps and integrations, and desktop and mobile apps.
If you want to build a broader AI workspace around your files, The Drive AI gives you more building blocks. If your main problem is keeping an existing Google Drive organized, Filently takes a much narrower approach.
- You want an AI workspace rather than just filing.
- You want to build custom workflows.
- You want chat, agents, signing, file requests and broader integrations in the same product.
- You work across several storage systems and apps.
- You already work in Google Drive.
- You already have a folder structure.
- You don’t want to build and maintain filing workflows.
- You want documents renamed and filed as part of the same process.
- You want to keep your existing Drive as the center of your document system.
Price
You don’t need a $1,000 AI workspace to automate filing.
If your main goal is filing documents into the Google Drive you already use, the difference in product scope also shows up in the price.
$999.99 / year
Up to 2,000 documents a month through workflows, plus chat, agents, e-signatures and file requests.
from $48 / year
Personal: 600 documents a year. Professional: 3,000 a year for $152 — a pool, not a monthly cap.
The Drive AI is a broader AI workspace. Filently is focused on filing. Choose the product based on what you actually need.
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Customers
What businesses say about Filently.
“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.”
Raeleen M.
Business owner · via G2“What impressed me most is how reliably the filing works. … Implementation is effortless — simply connect Google Drive and you’re ready to go, with no complex setup or technical knowledge required.”
“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.”
Already using The Drive AI?
250 bonus documents when you switch.
If your files already live in Google Drive, just connect Filently and keep your existing folder structure. Filently handles the naming and filing for you.
Want the 250 bonus documents? Just send us a short message in the chat after you switch — we’ll unlock the bonus credits for you.
Security & privacy
Your documents stay yours.
Your files stay in your Google Drive
Filently analyzes documents to name and file them. Your files stay in your Google Drive, and Filently doesn't store copies of them on its servers. We use modern encryption to keep your personal data secure. Document content is processed only in Switzerland and the EU.
Private by design
No one — including Filently staff — can access your content, and your data is never used to train AI models. What's in your documents stays in your documents.
Independently audited
CASA Tier 2 certified: an independent lab tested Filently across 14 security categories for Google's App Defense Alliance.
No migration, no lock-in
Filently works inside your existing Google Drive. Cancel anytime — every organized file stays exactly where it is, named the way you like it.
Swiss-made
CASA Tier 2
FAQ
The Drive AI and Filently: common questions.
What is the best The Drive AI alternative for Google Drive?
If you want to keep your existing Google Drive and automate document filing without building workflows, Filently is designed specifically for that use case. It files into the folder structure already in your Drive, and plans start at $48 a year.
Which works with my existing Google Drive, The Drive AI or Filently?
Both work with Google Drive, on different terms: The Drive AI connects your own Drive only on its Max and Team plans, and automated filing there needs a workflow you configure. Filently works in the Google Drive you already use on every plan, with no workflow to build.
How much do The Drive AI and Filently cost for Google Drive filing?
Filing into your own Google Drive costs from $999.99 a year with The Drive AI (Max), or $79 per seat per month on Team with a three-seat minimum; Filently starts at $48 a year. The Drive AI’s plans include a full AI workspace, Filently only files. Prices from thedrive.ai/plans, checked 21 September 2026.
Which one files documents automatically?
Both can file documents automatically: The Drive AI through a workflow you configure, which in our test moved documents into the correct existing folders, and Filently out of the box, with suggestions to review first or auto-filing for the confident cases.
Which one renames files as part of filing?
Filently renames every document as part of filing it; The Drive AI renames files when you add a Rename step to a workflow. In our test the generated filing workflow moved documents without renaming them, so we added a Rename step and described the naming convention we wanted — and it followed that instruction accurately.
Can The Drive AI and Filently use an existing Google Drive folder structure?
Both The Drive AI and Filently can file documents into an existing folder structure. The Drive AI does it through a workflow you configure. Filently is built around the structure already present in your Google Drive and uses it as the destination for every document.
Does Filently replace Google Drive?
Filently doesn’t replace Google Drive: it works with your existing Drive, your files and folders stay there, and Filently adds a filing layer on top.
Do I need to build a workflow with Filently?
Filently doesn’t need a filing workflow. Connect your Google Drive, and Filently recognizes each document, proposes a name and a destination folder, and waits for your review.
Can Filently automatically file documents into Google Drive?
Filently can file documents into Google Drive automatically. By default it proposes where each document should go, so you can review it first. Switch on auto-filing and it files the confident cases on its own; anything uncertain still waits for you.
Can Filently organize my entire messy Google Drive?
Not in one step yet: Filently’s core product files new documents into your existing structure, so you can start today and stop the mess from growing. For reorganizing a Drive that is already chaotic, Deep Clean is launching soon, and a first beta is running now. Join the waitlist.
Is Filently GDPR compliant?
Filently is GDPR compliant, with document content processed in Switzerland and the EU.
What can't Filently do?
Filently can’t name images without text, like holiday photos, because there is no document content to name them by, and it doesn’t work with files outside Google Drive. If your files live in OneDrive, Dropbox or SharePoint, The Drive AI covers more storage providers.
Does Filently have a team plan?
Filently has no team plan yet: each plan connects one Google account, which can file into My Drive and into the shared drives that account can access.
Which is better for Google Drive: The Drive AI or Filently?
The Drive AI is better if you want a broad AI workspace with chat, agents, workflows, e-signatures and integrations. Filently is better if you want documents organized in the Google Drive you already use, without building filing workflows.
Your Google Drive is already your workspace. Make it organize itself.
Filently adds an intelligent filing layer to the Google Drive you already use. No migration. No new workspace. No filing workflows to build.
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