Document tracking

Share Documents, Then Track Every View

Upload a PDF, proposal or report and get a tracked page with built-in pdf tracking and document analytics — see who reads it, when, and from where.

Drag & drop pdfs, proposals, reports, or a whole folder here

or use an

Or publish directly from your favorite AI tools

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Attach vs track

Sharing a file is not the same as sharing a webpage

Email attachments are a black box. A drops.sh link turns the same document into something you can follow, measure, and act on.

Old way

Email the attachment

  • Sent blind — you never know if it was opened
  • No document tracking once it leaves your inbox
  • Updates mean resending the whole thread
  • Nothing to measure, nothing to follow up on

Pitch_v8_FINAL(2).pdf

Better

Share a tracked link

  • See every pdf view, read and download in real time
  • Track pdf views and know who opened what
  • Update the file once — every visitor sees the new copy
  • Follow up before they go cold, with proof of interest

yourname.drops.sh

Your shareable page

A document viewers enjoy — and you can track

Upload a PDF, spreadsheet, deck or ZIP and get a polished page at one clean URL, with a visitor counter, download and QR code built in.

horizontal.q4.drops.sh

Shared with 14 visitors

Q3 Product Strategy

Updated 2 days ago · PDF · 18 pages

Q3_Strategy.pdf Download Share

128 views

A reading by 9 unique

128

Total views

43

Readers

21

Downloads

3.2m

On first open

Document analytics

Your live analytics dashboard, the moment you drop

Views, readers, downloads and referrers for every file — updated as they happen, so you always know which document is working.

Track pdf views

Every open and reread

Unique readers

People, not page loads

Downloads

Exports and saves

Engagement

Trending documents

drops.sh/app/analytics

Last 7 days

Document activity

+24%

Views by day · auto-updates

Q3_Strategy.pdf

48

Pricing_Sheet.xlsx

32

Deck_Final.pdf

27

Onboarding_Guide.pdf

19

PDF analytics

PDF analytics that go deeper than a view counter

Track pdf views, who reopens a report, when they return, and how often the file is downloaded — all from one hosted page.

Analytics_Report.pdf

Shared 3 days ago

84

Views

31

Readers

6:12

Avg. open

  • Opened 9 times this week
  • Re-read by 5 readers in the last 24h
  • Downloaded on desktop twice, mobile once

Tracking timeline

Every document leaves a trace you can follow

A single document tracking timeline shows when a file was shared, opened, forwarded and downloaded — no guesswork.

  1. Mon 09:12

    Link shared

    Proposal_Q3.pdf published to yourname.drops.sh

  2. Mon 11:40

    First open

    Reader A opened the PDF from Gmail

  3. Mon 15:03

    Forwarded

    Shared again to 2 more people

  4. Tue 10:26

    QR scan

    Opened via QR at a meeting

  5. Tue 18:55

    Team read

    4 readers opened the same day

  6. Wed 09:14

    Downloaded

    PDF exported from the hosted page

Viewer insights

See how people really engage with your documents

Beyond a raw view count, understand the behaviour — readers, depth, devices, and the moments that matter.

Engagement depth

How long readers actually spend on each PDF, deck, or page.

Clicks & downloads

See which links and download buttons people engage with most.

Device breakdown

Mobile vs desktop readers at a glance — where attention happens.

Worldwide reach

Geographic insight into who is opening your document analytics reports.

First-open timing

Exactly when a file was first opened after you shared it.

Revisits

How often readers come back — a strong signal of genuine interest.

Insights like this make Drops a genuinely useful pdf analytics tool — know what your audience actually reads, without heavy multi-tool stacks.

File activity overview

A running activity overview for every file you share

See views, readers, downloads and the last touch per document — a file tracking system that keeps itself current.

Q3_Strategy.pdf

48 views · 19 readers

Viewed 12 min ago

views geo downloads

Pricing_Sheet.xlsx

32 views · 12 readers

Downloaded 1h ago

views geo downloads

Deck_Final.pdf

27 views · 9 readers

Reopened 3h ago

views geo downloads

Onboarding_Guide.pdf

19 views · 7 readers

Shared to 5 people

views geo downloads
Open your dashboard

Smart sharing

Share boldly. Stay in control.

Password protection, expiring links, QR codes and instant revocation are part of the share screen — not add-on contracts.

Password protection

Gate your document behind a password you rotate anytime.

Expiring links

Set links to expire after a date, days, or a single open.

QR code on every page

A scannable QR so people can open it in seconds offline.

One clean share link

Share one URL across email, chat, docs and socials.

Open alerts

Get notified when an important document is first opened.

Revoke anytime

Cut off access the moment you no longer want it shared.

Real-world use cases

One tool for every document you care about

From proposals to board packs — if it matters that someone reads it, Drops tells you.

Sales proposals

Send one tracked link and know the moment the buyer opens your proposal.

Client documents

Deliver reports, contracts and references with proof of review.

Legal contracts

See who opened the term sheet and when — before you follow up.

HR onboarding

Track handbook reads and onboarding docs as new hires sign in.

Investor decks

Know which deck, which page, and which investor actually reads.

Marketing brochures

Share brochures and see which campaigns drive real opens.

Product documentation

Manuals and guides that report reads, downloads and updates.

Certificates

Share certificates and verify who has opened or downloaded them.

Reports

Publish analyses and dashboards that track who reads the numbers.

What you get

Everything you need to share and measure

A lightweight file activity monitoring software for people who send documents — without the bloat of a full DMS.

Document tracking

Every view, reader and download across all your hosted files, in one live feed.

PDF analytics

Per-PDF reads, revisits and depth — not just a total counter.

Open alerts

Know the second an important file gets opened.

QR on every page

Let people open documents instantly from print or in-person.

One stable link

Share a URL that never goes stale, even after you update files.

Update anytime

Replace a file and every reader sees the new version instantly.

Built-in privacy

Password protection and revocable links on every drop.

Free to start

Publish tracked documents with no credit card — paid plans from $2.99/mo.

How it works

Upload → Share → Track

A document tracking system that runs itself — no setup, no maintenance.

1

Upload

Drop in PDFs, spreadsheets, decks or a ZIP at app.drops.sh.

2

Share

Publish to a link like yours.drops.sh, with QR and copy buttons.

3

Track

Watch views, readers, downloads and revisits update live.

Why not a document management system

Document management software, minus the enterprise tax

Drops is a document tracking software and file tracking software for teams who want the visibility of a DMS without the admin — a hosted file activity monitoring software that is free to start and ready in minutes.

DocuTrack

Legacy DMS pricing

  • Enterprise installs and onboarding
  • Heavy IT and permissions overhead
  • Tracking hidden behind admin setups
  • Simple link sharing here

Self-hosted DMS

Server + maintenance

  • Document management system open source
  • You own upgrades, backups, uptime
  • Analytics often an afterthought
  • Zero maintenance hosted pages

Email & drives

Free — but blind

  • No pdf analytics after send
  • Version chaos across replies
  • Nothing to track or report
  • Full document tracking included

Drops

Free to start

  • Publish a tracked document in minutes
  • PDF analytics and open alerts included
  • Password, expiry, QR and revocation
  • No seats, no servers, no onboarding

Publish with your agent

Your favorite AI agent can publish to Drops

Drops speaks MCP — the standard way AI agents connect to tools. Connect Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Gemini once, and any of them can build pages and publish them to your drops.sh site for you.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Grok
Gemini

Drops

One key connects them all · you.drops.sh

1.Create an API key

Sign in at app.drops.sh/account and create a key. Think of it as a password just for your agent — you can revoke it anytime.

2.Connect your agent

In your agent’s settings, add Drops as a tool and paste your key. One-time setup, about a minute — we show you exactly what to copy.

3.Ask it to publish

'Publish this proposal PDF on drops with tracking, and tell me when it’s been viewed.' Your agent builds the page, uploads it, and hands you a live link. No dashboard needed.

Try asking your agent

“Publish this proposal PDF on drops with tracking, and tell me when it’s been viewed.”

Show the one-time setup snippet

Paste this into your agent’s MCP settings (Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and most tools), replacing the key with yours:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "drops": {
      "url": "https://api.drops.sh/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer drops_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Endpoint: https://api.drops.sh/mcp

FAQ

Document tracking questions, answered

What sales, legal, HR and marketing teams ask before moving documents to Drops.

Yes. Every file you host on Drops can have pdf analytics enabled — track pdf views, unique readers, downloads and revisits from your dashboard with our PDF hosting. You can also host investor decks using pitch deck hosting.
Drops is a lighter alternative: a free document management system for sharing and tracking the files you already send. If you need a document management system open source and self-hosted, that is a different setup — here you just drag, drop, and share.
Tools like DocuTrack are built for IT-managed, on-premises deployments. Drops is a document tracking software with the visibility you want, minus the installs, per-seat pricing and admin teams.
Legal teams use Drops as a lightweight companion to contract management software for legal departments — share term sheets, signature copies and binders with proof of review. It is not free legal case management software; it is the sharing-and-tracking layer on top.
Drops complements contract database management systems and employee record keeping software by tracking who actually opened the documents you send — it is not a substitute for timesheet systems or HR databases.
Yes. For certificate of insurance tracking, share the certificate on a drops.sh link and see exactly who opened or downloaded it — with expiring links and password protection for privacy, or organise multiple documents in a secure data room.
Absolutely. Upload a data analytics course syllabus pdf or a data analyst course syllabus pdf, get a tracked link, and know when your learners actually opened the materials.
Drops is purpose-built for document tracking, so you do not need to pipe events elsewhere — but the data is easy to export. If you live in product analytics, treat this like the Mixpanel docs for documents: session-level behaviour on each file.
Drops tracks people reading files, not physical assets — a barcode asset management system is a different tool. If the goal is knowing who read a PDF, you are in the right place.
Yes, free to start — a document management software free of the usual overhead. You get file management software free to use with a live activity dashboard online, and unlike free offline document management software, there is nothing to install or maintain.

Stop guessing who read your document

Share a tracked link instead of an attachment — and know the moment it matters.

Start Tracking Documents

Free to start · No credit card · Live in minutes

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