Filently
AI document filing for Google Drive that reads each document, renames it your way and files it in the right folder.
If your problem is files piling up in Google Drive with names like IMG_9762.pdf, Filently solves exactly that and little else — at $4/mo yearly on Personal it pays for itself the first invoice you don't have to hunt for. Google's own Organize My Files will suggest folders for loose files but leaves names alone, which is precisely the gap Filently fills. Just don't buy it expecting search, versioning or rules that branch on document contents.
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- Virtual assistants and bookkeepers filing documents across several client Google Drives
- Accountants and small firms routing invoices, receipts and contracts into year-based folders
- Solopreneurs cleaning up a backlog of unfiled Google Drive documents
- Small teams on Shared Drives that need new documents sorted automatically on arrival
- Anyone storing documents primarily in Dropbox or OneDrive — both are planned with waitlist pages, not live
- Teams wanting OCR search, versioning or repository-wide document management
- Workflows that need to branch or trigger actions based on what a document says
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Skip Filently if your documents live in Dropbox or OneDrive, or if you need filing decisions that branch on what a document says rather than just where it belongs.
Personal includes 50 documents a month — extra documents start from $6, so a heavy intake month means buying top-ups on top of your plan
Personal at $4/mo billed yearly ($48) is the cheapest tier here and fits a solopreneur filing 50 documents a month; Professional at $12.66/mo billed yearly ($152) or $19/mo monthly fits a working bookkeeper at 250 documents a month. Business, from $52.66/mo billed yearly or from $79/mo monthly, is volume-priced rather than per-seat, which undercuts per-seat document tools for an agency but is well above what a single tidy Drive needs.
In short
Filently — AI document filing for Google Drive that reads each document, renames it your way and files it in the right folder. Best for Virtual assistants and bookkeepers filing documents across several client Google Drives, Accountants and small firms routing invoices, receipts and contracts into year-based folders, Solopreneurs cleaning up a backlog of unfiled Google Drive documents. Free to start; paid plans from $4/mo.
What's new in Filently
Checked yesterdayAcross the latest 7 updates: 7 news mentions.
How to Organize Medical Bills for an Insurance Claim
Filently guide on scanning and naming medical bills (date_provider_currency-amount) per claim, with notes on who pays up front in six countries.
The Drive AI Review: I Tested It for 11 Days and Found Two Different Products
Filently's 11-day review of competitor The Drive AI covers Google Drive support, workflows, naming, free-plan limits and pricing.
Workspace Studio Can Now Move Drive Files (But Not Rename)
Filently tests Google's new Workspace Studio Move step: a scanned receipt was filed correctly but left named IMG_9762.pdf.
Can Claude Organize Your Google Drive? We Tested It Twice
Filently ran six messy documents through Claude's Drive move-and-rename on two drives; all renamed, only one drive filed.
Why Gemini Can't Find Your File in Google Drive
Filently documents Gemini's Drive retrieval limits, including inability to say which file version is current, from four test runs.
The Best AI Features Hiding in Your Google Workspace (2026)
Filently rounds up Gemini features across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet and Drive, and which Workspace plan unlocks each.
Google Drive Can Now Organize Your Files with AI. Is It Any Good?
Filently assesses Google's Organize My Files, which uses Gemini to suggest where loose Drive files belong, and its limits.
What people actually say about Filently — is it worth it?
We scanned public community sources for Filently on Aug 31, 2026 and could not establish that the discussion we found is about this tool rather than something else sharing its name. Our own analysis of that scan says the posts were off-subject. Rather than publish a sentiment score built on the wrong subject, we publish nothing here and re-run the scan.
Viability Score
How well maintained and how widely used is Filently? Built from what the vendor actually publishes (docs, changelog, tutorials, integrations, pricing), whether the site is live, and how much real users discuss it. How we calculate this
Last calculated: October 2026
How we score →Key Features
- AI reads document content to identify type, date, vendor and amount
- Automatic renaming into your existing Google Drive naming conventions
- Automatic filing into the correct Google Drive folders
- Document recognition in 50+ languages, data extraction in 20+ languages
- OCR across PDFs, Office files, Google Workspace files and images
- Supports PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and templates (DOTX, XLTX, POTX)
- Supports Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
- Supports OpenDocument ODT, ODS, ODP and RTF
- Image support for JPG, PNG, TIFF and HEIC
- Drag-and-drop upload through the Filently web app
- Watched Inbox folder in Google Drive for automatic pickup
- Email forwarding to a personal Filently address
- Gmail label linking files attachments automatically
- Activity Timeline with before/after detail on every processed file
- One-click undo of any individual rename or move
About Filently
Filently is AI document filing that lives inside Google Drive. Connect your Drive and it reads what each file actually is — PDF, Microsoft Office DOCX/XLSX/PPTX and templates, Google Workspace Docs/Sheets/Slides, OpenDocument ODT/ODS/ODP, RTF, or images (JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC) — then renames it to match the conventions your Drive already uses and moves it to the folder it belongs in. Recognition covers document type, date, vendor and amount, with OCR and extraction running across 20+ languages within 50+ supported languages overall. Documents get in three ways: drag-and-drop in the Filently web app, a watched Inbox folder inside Google Drive, or email forwarding to a personal Filently address (with Gmail label linking). Already tidy Drives are left intact — Filently reads your existing naming patterns and folder logic so new files follow the same style. A messy Drive gets a proposed clean structure in one pass. Every rename and move lands in an Activity Timeline with before/after detail, and any single change can be undone with one click. Files Filently can't read — ZIPs, video, audio — are still organized by filename with no size limit, which pairs with custom rules like "Move all ZIPs to /Archive". Processing happens on Swiss or European infrastructure under GDPR, and the vendor states it scans documents only to produce a name and path, storing no copies; CASA Tier 2 certification was verified by an independent lab in Google's App Defense Alliance. The plan meter counts only documents Filently processes — files already sitting in your Drive never count. Google Drive is live with Shared Drive support on paid tiers; Dropbox and OneDrive remain planned with waitlist pages. Compared with broad document management suites, Filently is deliberately narrow: it fixes names and folder placement, not search, versioning or workflow branching.
Behind the Verdict
We'd reach for Filently when the mess is specifically about names and placement. It learns the conventions already in your Drive rather than forcing a template on you, which matters if you've spent years settling on 2026-07-03_Invoice_Acme.pdf as your house style. The one-click undo and the before/after Activity Timeline are what make that trustable — a bad call costs you a click, not an afternoon. The free trial gives you 25 documents on the Professional tier, which is enough to test on a real backlog rather than a demo folder. Setup is a Drive connection and a folder selection. Where it bites: filing locations cap at 1 on Personal and 2 on Professional, and extra documents are a one-time top-up rather than a plan of their own — they only kick in once your monthly quota is spent. If you process volumes that swing hard month to month, the yearly pool (600 documents on Personal, 3,000 on Professional, released all at once) is the friendlier side of that deal. Compare the closest alternative before you buy. Google's Organize My Files uses Gemini to suggest where loose Drive files belong, but Filently's own September 2026 test found it moves files without fixing names. Claude can now rename and move Drive files too; in Filently's August 2026 test it renamed all six documents but filed them on only one drive. Filently is the narrower tool with the tighter loop. What you shouldn't expect: OCR search across a repository, versioning, document management, or workflows that branch on what a document says. ZIPs, video and audio are organized by filename only, so accuracy there depends entirely on how descriptive those names already are. Drive-only is the other hard limit. Dropbox, OneDrive and other providers are planned with waitlist pages, and Filently is taking votes on
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Real-world workflow fit
Concrete scenarios for the personas Filently actually fits — and what changes day-one when you adopt it.
Connect each client's Drive, let Filently learn the existing naming convention, then forward client invoices to your personal Filently address or drop them into each Drive's Inbox folder so they are renamed by vendor, date and amount and filed into the right year folder.
Outcome: Invoices land in year-based folders with names the client already recognises, and you review the Activity Timeline once a week rather than renaming files by hand.
Connect Drive, let Filently analyse the backlog and propose a clean folder structure, approve it, then keep the Inbox folder as the only place new scans and downloads go.
Outcome: The existing pile gets a sensible structure in one pass, and new documents stop accumulating in Downloads.
Forward signed loan documents to your Filently address with a Gmail label linked, so each scanback is renamed to the package convention and filed into the signing folder.
Outcome: Consistent filename per package and an audit-ready trail you can find without searching.
Use Cases
- Automatically rename and file incoming invoices, receipts and contracts arriving by email or upload
- Clean up a cluttered Google Drive by scanning and reorganizing thousands of files in one pass
- Enforce consistent naming and folder hierarchy across team members in a Shared Drive
- File Gmail attachments into organized Google Drive folders without saving them by hand
- Process invoices, scans and contracts in multiple languages under one automated workflow
- Keep a new document stream sorted automatically as it arrives via Inbox folder or email forwarding
- Produce consistently named scanbacks for notary and loan signing work with an audit-ready trail
- Name and file medical bills as date_provider_currency-amount, one folder per insurance claim
Limitations
- Filently is limited to Google Drive as its platform.
- Document processing is tiered by plan: first 25 documents free as a trial, then 50 documents/month on Personal (600/year) and 250 documents/month on Professional (3,000/year), with volume-matched Business plans on request.
- Maximum document size is 50 MB on Personal and 100 MB on Professional.
- Shared Drive support and email forwarding require Professional or above, and filing locations are capped at 1 on Personal and 2 on Professional (the second listed as 'Soon').
as of 2026-10-09
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Plans compared
For each published Filently tier: who it actually fits, and what it adds vs. the previous tier. Cross-reference the cost calculator above for projected annual outlay.
Free trial
$0
Ideal for
Anyone who wants to see Filently rename and file real documents before entering a card — 25 documents on the Professional feature set.
What this tier adds
Free entry point: 25 documents on the Professional feature set, no credit card required.
Personal
$4/mo billed yearly ($48/year); $6/mo monthly
Ideal for
A solopreneur or single-Drive professional filing around 50 incoming documents a month.
What this tier adds
Cheapest paid tier adds 50 documents/month (600/year), 50 MB max document size and 1 filing location.
Professional
$12.66/mo billed yearly ($152/year); $19/mo monthly
Ideal for
A working bookkeeper or accountant at 250 documents a month, especially one filing into team Drives.
What this tier adds
Adds 5x the document volume, 100 MB max document size, Shared Drive support, email forwarding and a second filing location.
Business
from $52.66/mo billed yearly; from $79/mo monthly
Ideal for
Agencies and firms filing on behalf of several clients or people who need more than 250 documents a month.
What this tier adds
Replaces per-person limits with volume pricing and adds Professional access for as many people as you need, a personal onboarding call and a direct line to the founders.
Founding Member
$799 one-time
Ideal for
A committed user who wants lifetime Pro access and a say in the roadmap, limited to 10 spots.
What this tier adds
One-time $799 buys 1,000 documents/month (4x Pro), all future Pro features, Product Advisory Panel membership and priority support.
Where the pricing makes sense
The company stage and team size where Filently's pricing actually pencils out — and where peers do it cheaper.
Personal at $4/mo billed yearly ($48) is the cheapest tier here and fits a solopreneur filing 50 documents a month; Professional at $12.66/mo billed yearly ($152) or $19/mo monthly fits a working bookkeeper at 250 documents a month. Business, from $52.66/mo billed yearly or from $79/mo monthly, is volume-priced rather than per-seat, which undercuts per-seat document tools for an agency but is well above what a single tidy Drive needs.
Setup time & first value
How long it actually takes to get something useful out of Filently — broken out by persona, not the marketing-page minute.
Most people are filing within a minute — the vendor claims under one minute and up to speed in about 60 seconds, with no credit card for the 25-document trial. Bookkeepers connecting several client Drives should budget the time to connect each one and confirm the learned folder structure; Business includes a personal onboarding and setup call, which is where a multi-Drive rollout actually gets
Switching to or from Filently
How to bring data in from common predecessors and how to get it back out — written for the switcher, not the buyer.
- →From manual Drive filing: connect your existing Drive and Filently reads your current naming and folder logic, so new files continue the pattern you already use
- →From a messy unstructured Drive: run a one-pass analysis and Filently proposes a clean folder structure for your documents
- →From email-attachment hoarding: set up email forwarding or Gmail label linking to file attachments automatically instead of saving them by hand
- ↗To no tool at all: every renamed file and folder structure stays in your Drive permanently — no export and no cleanup needed if you cancel
- ↗To Dropbox or OneDrive: both are listed as Planned with waitlist pages, so plan on Drive until those ship
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