Pragma Drive, the secure drive simpler than Google Drive
What is Pragma Drive?
Pragma Drive is the secure drive from PRAGMA, in Monaco. You store, share and receive files from a single screen, with real control over every link: expiry, password, download limit, one-click revocation and an access log. Your guests need no account, and files are encrypted at rest on a dedicated server in the European Union.
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A consumer drive keeps files tidy, but sharing quickly turns into a project of its own: permissions per folder, accounts to create for the people you work with, links left open for months. Pragma Drive starts from sharing. You drop a file, choose who can open it and for how long, then see who opened it.
Simpler than Google Drive
Everything happens in one place, with no menu to learn and no setting hidden in an admin page.
- One screen: your folders, your files and your share links side by side.
- Drop anywhere: a file dragged onto the page lands in the open folder.
- One share dialog, where you set the duration, the password, the people allowed and the download limit.
- Guests without an account: they open the link, then download or upload their files.
- Every control on every link, whatever the file or the recipient.
Organise, find, preview
Pragma Drive remains a real drive for everyday work, not only a tool for sending files.
- Folders to sort documents by client, by project or by year.
- Drag and drop to import several files at once.
- Instant preview of a document, without downloading it.
- Search, to find a file by typing a few letters of its name.
- Version history, to go back to an earlier version of a file.
- Used and remaining storage, visible at any time.
Share with real control
Each share link carries its own rules, which you change or cut off whenever you decide.
- An expiry date, after which the link no longer opens.
- An optional password, to pass on through another channel.
- A download limit, for a document that should circulate only once.
- View-only access, to read without downloading.
- Per-person access, limited to the addresses you name.
- One-click revocation, effective at once.
- An access and download log for each link.
The log shows when a link was opened and which file was downloaded. IP addresses never appear in clear: they are pseudonymised, and each entry is erased after 90 days.
Receive files without an email chain
A file request creates an upload link. You say what you expect, the other person uploads their documents with their name, and you get an email. They need neither an account nor an app.
It is the simple way to collect supporting documents, photos or files too heavy for an attachment, without them staying in a mailbox afterwards.
Designed for the GDPR, hosted in the European Union
Pragma Drive is designed for the GDPR, with concrete technical choices.
- A dedicated server in the European Union, at Hetzner in Finland, run by PRAGMA.
- Files encrypted at rest.
- Sign-in with a code received by email, no password to remember.
- No third-party trackers and no audience measurement subcontractor.
- A pseudonymised access log, with no IP address in clear, kept 90 days.
- Automatic purge of expired items.
- Deletion on request, from your drive or by writing to contact@pragma.mc.
The data controller is PRAGMA, in Monaco.
A hosting option in Monaco
PRAGMA offers an option to host your space in Monaco, on request, subject to technical and contractual validation. Describe your need in the contact form and we will tell you what is possible for your organisation.
Frequently asked questions
Can Pragma Drive replace Google Drive?
For storing, sharing and receiving work files, yes. Pragma Drive focuses on those uses, with one screen and one share dialog, where a consumer drive piles up permission settings. Your documents stay ordinary files, which you download whenever you like.
Do the people I share with need an account?
No. A guest opens the link you send, enters the password if you set one, then downloads or uploads their files. To manage your drive, you sign in with a code received by email.
What happens when a link expires?
The link stops working on the chosen date, and expired items are then purged from the server automatically. You can also cut a link off before it expires, in one click.
Where are my files stored?
On a dedicated server run by PRAGMA in the European Union, at Hetzner in Finland. Files are encrypted at rest there, and the service contains no third-party tracker.
How do I delete my data?
You delete a file or a link straight from your drive, with immediate effect. For any other request about your data, write to contact@pragma.mc.
To get started, open drive.pragma.mc and sign in with your email address. For a question or a need specific to your team, write to us through the contact form.