Google Drive stores your PDFs. Paecto reads them, extracts the key data, and alerts you before it's too late.
Paecto
You upload the PDF invoice. AI extracts the warranty end date, serial number and brand in 10 seconds.
Google Drive
You upload the PDF to a folder. The file sits there — no data extracted.
Paecto
Paecto automatically schedules alerts 90, 30 and 7 days before expiry. You do nothing.
Google Drive
You'd need to create a Google Calendar event manually and remember to do it.
Paecto
On WhatsApp: 'When does my Bosch washing machine warranty expire?' → instant answer.
Google Drive
You open Drive, find the folder, open the PDF, scroll to find the date.
Paecto
You contact the brand in time. You're covered.
Google Drive
You forgot. The warranty expired. You pay the repair yourself.
Drive stores your PDFs perfectly. It just can't read them, search inside them, or remind you when a contract is about to renew. These three setups feel the gap daily.
Home insurance, two car policies, internet, electricity, family streaming. They live in Drive in folders named '2024 contracts'. Nobody notices the auto-renew window until the bank statement. Paecto extracts the renewal date from each PDF the day you upload it.
Everything is in Drive — but every contract search means opening 6 PDFs to find the right clause. Paecto indexes every clause, so 'when does my professional liability expire?' is one query instead of a 10-minute hunt.
Folders, sub-folders, naming conventions nobody follows. Paecto layers structure on top: each contract gets typed metadata, links to its provider, and visible expiry status — without forcing the team to abandon Drive (you can keep uploading the source PDFs there).
Keep your Drive as the document archive. Paecto sits on top and gives you the alert layer Drive doesn't have.
Connect your Drive (read-only OAuth) and select the folders that hold your contract PDFs — typically /Insurance, /Subscriptions, /Maintenance.
Paecto reads each PDF and pulls the provider name, end date, cancellation window and amount. You see them as a clean list, no typing involved.
Choose the channels (email, WhatsApp) and the lead time (90/30/7 days). Your Drive PDFs stay where they are — Paecto just becomes the deadline brain.
You can't set an alert when a contract expires — Google Drive is just a file dump.
Finding a specific clause in a PDF stored in Drive means opening and reading it yourself.
No automatic tracking of cancellation deadlines, notice periods or renewal dates.
Your warranty expired 3 months ago and Drive never told you — because it can't.
With Paecto, a WhatsApp message is enough to retrieve any document or set a reminder.
AI extracts the key dates and amounts the moment you upload a PDF — zero manual work.
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