ChaseDocs
Keep Google Drive. Fix the collection step.
Drive is the right place for your clients' documents to live. It is a poor place to ask for them. There is no file-request inbox, a Google Forms™ upload makes the client sign in, and nothing tracks, chases or checks anything. ChaseDocs puts a checklist, a no-login link, automated chasing and an AI check in front of Drive — and the file still lands in your own Drive.
7-day free trial, no card required. Uploads route into the Drive you already use.
The short version
Last updated 2026-09-06Google Drive has no built-in file request feature. To collect files you either share a folder with edit access or build a Google Form with a file-upload question, and a form upload requires the client to sign in to a Google Account. Neither gives you a per-client checklist, reminders, or any check on what arrived.
What Google Drive already does well
None of this is the problem, and none of it needs replacing.
- It is already paid for. If you have Google Workspace, collecting into a folder costs nothing extra.
- Your team already knows it, and the files are already there. No migration, no new place to look.
- Storage, sharing and permissions are solved to a standard a small tool will not match.
- For a technical client dropping twenty files at once, a shared folder is genuinely the fastest route.
Five things a folder or a form cannot do
Drive is storage. Collection is a different job, and these are the five places the difference shows.
The client has to sign in to Google
A file-upload question in a form requires a Google Account. A shared folder needs one too, unless visitor sharing is turned on. On a phone, that is where most requests stop.
Nothing tracks what is still outstanding
A folder tells you what arrived. It cannot tell you that this client still owes two of the six things you asked for, and neither can a form response row.
Every follow-up is yours to remember
There is no reminder schedule and nothing cancels itself when a file lands. The chasing goes back to a person with a spreadsheet.
Nothing checks what arrived
Last quarter’s statement, a passport that expires before the trip, a photo too dark to read — all of it uploads cleanly. You find out when you open the folder.
You are the one organising it
Form uploads land in a folder per form and a subfolder per question, named whatever the client’s phone called them. Filing and renaming stays a manual job.
Drive on its own vs Drive with ChaseDocs in front
- 1 This row is a tie on purpose, and it is the whole argument. ChaseDocs is not a new home for your documents — you connect the Drive you already use and uploads route straight into it. We keep the checklist, the check result and a pointer.
- 2 A Google Form file-upload question requires the respondent to sign in to a Google Account. A shared folder needs one too, unless your administrator has enabled visitor sharing. ChaseDocs uses a tokenised link with no account and no password. Read from Google's own documentation on 2026-09-06.
- 3 ChaseDocs reads every upload and returns four checks: is it the document you asked for, does it cover the period you set, does it expire before the date you set, and is it legible. Drive stores whatever arrives.
- 4 Form uploads land in a folder per form with subfolders per question, under whatever filename the client’s phone chose. ChaseDocs proposes a clean name on the way in, so IMG_4471.jpg does not land in a client folder under that name.
- 5 Drive costs you nothing extra, and that is a real advantage. If you collect from a handful of clients a year, a shared folder is the right answer and you should not pay for this. ChaseDocs earns its price once the chasing is the cost — see our pricing section, where the app is authoritative.
Google behaviour described here was read from Google's own Forms and Drive sharing documentation on 2026-09-06. Products change — check their current pages before you decide, and ours for ChaseDocs.
Add ChaseDocs if…
- You collect the same list from the same clients every cycle.
- Your clients open WhatsApp faster than they open email.
- You want the file checked on arrival, not a week later.
- You want uploads named and filed without doing it by hand.
- You want to keep Google Drive as the place your documents live.
Stay with a shared folder if…
- You collect from a handful of clients a year.
- Your clients already have Google Accounts and do not mind signing in.
- One folder, one drop, no follow-up — a shared link does that for free.
- You need a survey or a data-collection form, not a document checklist.
Nothing moves out of your Drive
There is no migration, because ChaseDocs never becomes the home for your documents. Three steps:
- 01
Connect the Drive you already use
Point ChaseDocs at your existing folder structure. Uploads route into it. Nothing moves, nothing is copied out.
- 02
Turn your list into a checklist
The documents and questions you ask for each time, saved once as a template and reused for every client.
- 03
Send one link over WhatsApp
The client uploads with no login, AI checks each file, reminders chase what is missing, and it all lands in your Drive.
See it in your own words
Same product, described with the documents you actually chase.
Accounting & bookkeeping
Bank statements, tax forms and KYC documents, checked against the period you asked for.
Read moreDigital agencies
Website copy, onboarding briefs and client photos, with a review loop for thin content.
Read moreTravel & tours
Passenger passports, visas and health certificates, checked against the departure date.
Read moreCollecting files into Google Drive — common questions
Does Google Drive have a file request feature?
No. Google Drive does not document a file-request inbox in the way Dropbox does. There are three ways to collect files into Drive today: share a folder with edit access, use visitor sharing if your administrator has enabled it, or build a Google Form with a file-upload question and let the responses land in your Drive. All three work. None of them tracks what a specific client still owes you, chases them for it, or checks what arrived. Checked against Google's own support documentation on 2026-09-06.
Can clients upload to a Google Form without a Google Account?
No. Google's own documentation is explicit that answering a file-upload question requires the respondent to sign in to a Google Account. For a client on a phone who does not already have one, that is where the request ends. It is the single most common reason a form-based collection process quietly stops working. ChaseDocs uses a tokenised link instead: the client taps it, uploads, and never creates an account.
Do I have to move my files out of Google Drive to use ChaseDocs?
No, and moving them would defeat the point. You connect the Google Drive you already use, and uploads route straight into it. ChaseDocs stores the checklist, the validation result and a pointer to the file — never the document itself. Anything already in your Drive stays exactly where it is, and if you stop paying us tomorrow, your documents are unaffected because they were never ours.
What does ChaseDocs add on top of Drive?
Four things, and nothing that duplicates Drive. A per-client checklist of documents and questions, saved once as a template and reused. A no-login link the client opens on their phone, sent over WhatsApp or email. Reminders that chase on a schedule and stop the moment the document lands. And an AI check on each upload — right document, right period, not expired, legible — with a clean filename proposed before it is filed. Storage stays yours.
When is a shared Drive folder the better choice?
When the volume is low and the client is technical. If you collect from a handful of clients a year, or your client is happy to sign in and drop twenty files at once, a shared folder is free and it works. The case for a collection tool starts when you are sending the same list to the same people every cycle and the follow-up has become somebody’s job.
How much does ChaseDocs cost?
From $29/month, billed in USD by card, priced per firm on how many people you are collecting from at once rather than per seat. There is a 7-day free trial with no card required. See the pricing section for current plans — the app is authoritative on price.
Your Drive, with the chasing done for you
Connect the folder you already use. Send one link. The files come back named, checked and filed.
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