About Papyrs
Papyrs is a commercial cloud intranet and wiki builder for companies that want an internal portal without involving IT. Users create pages with a drag-and-drop editor and exchange information such as notes, company news, forms, files, project updates, discussions and documents with colleagues or even with clients.
Pages can hold widgets such as polls, embeds, checklists, forms, videos, tables, files and calendars. Power users can work through a keyboard command palette and a Markdown mode. The vendor describes uses like a knowledge base, internal wiki, staff portal and a hub for news and project updates, including for remote teams.
Papyrs is a hosted service with a 14-day free trial, reviews, a pricing page and no long commitments. It suits small and mid-size organizations that want a lightweight intranet that anyone on the team can edit.
Key features
- Drag-and-drop page editor
- Widgets for polls, forms and calendars
- Markdown mode and command palette
- Internal wiki and knowledge base
- Company news and discussions
- Sharing with clients or the public
Good fit for
- →Company intranets without IT involvement
- →Staff portals and news hubs
- →Remote team knowledge sharing
- Tags
- intranet
- wiki
- knowledge-base
- drag-and-drop
- internal-portal
- documentation
- saas
Papyrs: questions and answers
- What is Papyrs used for?
- Papyrs is a cloud intranet and company wiki builder with a drag-and-drop editor, widgets and no need for IT help to customize an internal portal. It is a good fit for company intranets without IT involvement, staff portals and news hubs, and remote team knowledge sharing.
- Is Papyrs free?
- Yes. Papyrs has a free plan, and paid plans start at $99 per month. A free trial is also available.
- Is Papyrs open source?
- No. Papyrs is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Papyrs include Outline, Wiki.js and Docmost.
- What are some alternatives to Papyrs?
- Papyrs competes with Confluence, Nuclino and Slite. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Papyrs alternatives.
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