Comparison

Firmspace vs PaperCut Hive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Firmspace

Connect with your community, access member directories, and book resources. Manage your profile, membership, and account details seamlessly within this dedicated platform.

Highlights
  • Community message boards
  • Member directory search
  • Conference room booking
  • Membership management
  • Profile and account management
Features
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The Firmspace community app is for members of FIRMSPACE. The app is used by members to connect with the community via the message boards, search the members directory, book conference rooms and manage their membership, profile, and account.

About

PaperCut Hive

Securely release print jobs from your mobile device at your organization's printers. This app offers a convenient, touch-free way to manage your printing needs, with options to review and adjust print settings before collection.

Highlights
  • Secure print job release via mobile
  • Touch-free printing options (NFC, QR code)
  • Print job review and modification
  • Cross-device printing support
  • Contactless document collection
  • Find-me/pull-printing functionality
Features
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PaperCut Hive makes printing convenient, responsible, and secure in your organization. We're all for flexibility. This app gives you the option to securely release your print jobs using your mobile phone. Of course, you can also release your job at the MFD/Printer touch screen as well. This mobile app just gives you one more option, and a touch-free one at that! To get the most out of this app, make sure you have an approved email invitation to use your organization's printers & MFPs. To release prints using your phone, simply tap your phone on an NFC sticker on the printer, scanning a QR code, or selecting the printer's name from a list. Did you forget to double-side the document? No problem, the PaperCut Hive app will remind you and allow you to make those changes on your way to the printer. PaperCut Hive makes it easy to print from all your devices including desktops, laptops, Chromebooks, and of course your iOS phone. See! You can use your phone for work too! Here’s how it works: - You’ll receive an invitation from your organization - It will guide you through the installation of this app as well as apps on your computers and other devices - You will then be able to select ‘PaperCut Printer’ when printing from any of your devices - This app also allows you to view your print jobs and securely collect your documents at any printer/MFD in your organization - Simply walk up to the printer and tap the NFC stickers, scan a QR code, or use the MFD touch screen. This app gives you a contactless/touch-free release method. Benefits: - Have you ever printed your payslip and had to run (sprint!) to the printer to collect it before anyone else does? Fixed! - Have you walked to the printer only to realise your document has gone somewhere else? Fixed! We call this find-me or pull-printing printing. - Do you forget to select duplex at the time of printing, but then feel guilty as you watch an endless stream of pages roll out? Fixed! - Confused by different print dialogues on different devices? BYOD? Fixed! - Need to set up printing on a new device and wish it could be as easy as installing a new app? Fixed! Have a question? Please email support@papercut.com or get in touch with the PaperCut Partner supporting you. Note: This app requires that your organization has an active and configured PaperCut Hive account and the PaperCut Hive embedded software installed on your MFDs. You should receive an invitation or instruction on how to set up this app from your organization. Your confidentiality is our priority. Your data is treated like we'd want our data to be treated. Check out our Privacy Policy for the full story. In fact your confidentiality is super important to us and that's exactly the reason we invented PaperCut Hive (and of course to reduce print waste and make printing easy).

Screenshots

Firmspace4 screens
PaperCut Hive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Firmspace at 4.3 against PaperCut Hive's 4.0. PaperCut Hive's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Firmspace holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Firmspace ships an update every 4 months, PaperCut Hive every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Firmspace versus PaperCut Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirmspacePaperCut Hive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—11.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIRMSPACE AUSTIN, LLCPaperCut Software

Customer experience

Firmspace

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

PaperCut Hive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive11.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative79.1%

Bugs and requests

Firmspace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PaperCut Hive

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • App regularly crashes
  • App closes as soon as it's opened
  • Print jobs disappear
  • App crashes preventing phone release
  • Printers becoming inoperable
Show 17 more
  • Printer resetting itself
  • Desktop download doesn't work on Mac
  • Crashes and doesn't load prints
  • Randomly crashes
  • Computer won't cooperate (Macs)
  • App crashes after a few uses
  • Crashes upon load
  • App is too unstable
  • App won't open or crashes on click
  • Error messages not always appearing
  • Crashing since update
  • Constantly needed to delete and redownload
  • Need to frequently re-request access
  • Keeps crashing, can't open app
  • Have to delete and reinstall bi-weekly
  • System doesn't refresh
  • Does not work well with Macs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Enable search in printer list
  • Enable ascii copy paste of QR code value
  • App works natively with iPad screen resolution
  • Support QR code loading from images
  • Mark specific printers as favorites

In-app purchases

None

Firmspace

No in-app purchases

None

PaperCut Hive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Firmspace free?
Firmspace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaperCut Hive free?
PaperCut Hive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Firmspace or PaperCut Hive?
Firmspace is rated higher. Firmspace averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while PaperCut Hive averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Firmspace or PaperCut Hive have ads?
Neither Firmspace nor PaperCut Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Firmspace or PaperCut Hive?
Firmspace ships an update every 4 months, and PaperCut Hive every 5 weeks. Most recently, Firmspace was updated on October 18, 2026 and PaperCut Hive on October 29, 2026.

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