# Proton Docs

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Proton Docs and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it because it handles most document needs and they say it doesn't spy on users. The most common caveat is that it is far less feature-rich and more minimal than Google Docs.

## Why people recommend it

- Doesn't spy on users (1 comments): "they don't spy on their users" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390718))
- Meets most document needs (1 comments): "handily meets the majority of needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46103655))

## What people warn about

- Minimal, far fewer features than Google Docs (3 comments): "It's far less feature full than google doc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836651)) "It's all decent but very minimal." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609716)) "their docs and sheets apps are extremely minimal and basic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47493360))
- Slow to load (2 comments): "it takes way too long to load" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48041582)) "even if Proton remains slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48046242))
- No public API, trust concerns (2 comments): "the API isn't open source and recently with Proton meet and its controversy, my trust on proton has shifted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48041702)) "Proton is really doing some great disservice to not having a public api for their docs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47562331))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Docs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-docs.md): 144 recommend
- [Microsoft Word](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-word.md): 129 recommend
- [Apple Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pages.md): 39 recommend
- [WordPerfect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wordperfect.md): 36 recommend
- [LibreOffice Writer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libreoffice-writer.md): 28 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://proton.me/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Proton Docs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-docs/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).