Proton Docs is a new "secure" alternative to Google Docs from the creator of Proton VPN

The Swiss company behind Proton VPN and Proton Mail has launched a set of work documents that closely resemble Google Docs.

As of today, Proton Docs is launched within Proton Drive - as a new set of work documents, focused on privacy.

Now Proton, which started with an email client, includes a calendar, file storage system, password manager, and more in its set. Launching a document service makes sense for a company that is trying to compete with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace and in April acquired Standard Notes (the notes won't disappear, Docs will just "borrow" some features).

The first version of Proton Docs seems to offer everything needed for a document editor - formatting, collaborative editing, and multimedia support (hopefully, with an image embedding option it will perform better than Google).

Currently, Proton Docs is optimized only for the web version and desktop, but the creators promise to launch it on other platforms "in time."

"Everything Google has is on our roadmap," says Proton PR Will Moor.

Proton, as a privacy-oriented company, offers end-to-end encryption "for every document, every keystroke, or cursor movement in real-time."

Source: The Verge