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Smartsheet vs Twake Drive
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Smartsheet and Twake Drive — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Smartsheet vs Twake Drive: at a glance
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
What is Twake Drive?
Twake Drive's 1.109 beta opens its picker to app uploads and adds sharing suggestions.
Twake Drive ships beta releases every few weeks, and 1.109.0-beta.1 follows the large 1.108 cycle of nested sharing, a rebuilt move dialog, an optional AI writing assistant and Twake Space embedding. The new beta lets apps move files with Drive's destination picker, upload picked files to personal or shared drives, and upload from a URL. Sharing gains public link previews and recipient suggestions, and security work validates OnlyOffice server URLs and strips sensitive URL details from error reports.
Smartsheet vs Twake Drive: editorial side-by-side
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
◆ Current state
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
◆ Where it's heading
Table view is being built into the primary work surface, with attachment management and shortcuts arriving there and AI access narrowed to a defined set of views. The Workday and SharePoint additions pull enterprise data in rather than leaving it to be re-keyed. The April Contributor seat was packaging; this batch is product consolidation.
◆ Prediction
Card view's retirement starts with Enterprise, so wider retirement is the logical next step, though the entries give no date. More table view parity work looks likely given how much of this batch landed there.
Twake Drive
5.0COLLAB
Twake Drive's 1.109 beta opens its picker to app uploads and adds sharing suggestions.
◆ Current state
Twake Drive ships beta releases every few weeks, and 1.109.0-beta.1 follows the large 1.108 cycle of nested sharing, a rebuilt move dialog, an optional AI writing assistant and Twake Space embedding. The new beta lets apps move files with Drive's destination picker, upload picked files to personal or shared drives, and upload from a URL. Sharing gains public link previews and recipient suggestions, and security work validates OnlyOffice server URLs and strips sensitive URL details from error reports.
◆ Where it's heading
The file picker work of the summer has become an integration surface for other apps, while Space embedding keeps moving Drive toward being one component of a broader workspace suite. Several new features depend on stack support or configuration, so what users get will vary by deployment.
◆ Prediction
Expect further 1.109 betas fixing OnlyOffice and picker details, plus more app-facing file actions; the entries don't show when the AI assistant will be enabled by default.
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Recent activity from Smartsheet and Twake Drive
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoTwake Drive1.109.0 beta: app file actions, link previews, share suggestions
- 6d agoSmartsheetManage your sheet and row attachments in table view
- 6d agoSmartsheetWork faster with keyboard shortcuts in table view
- 6d agoSmartsheetCard view has been retired for Enterprise plan customers
- 6d agoSmartsheetImport files from SharePoint
- 6d agoSmartsheetSync Workday data into Smartsheet
- 6d agoSmartsheetUse AI tools in Table, Board, and Timeline views
- 12d agoTwake Drive1.108.0 beta 2: picker views, OnlyOffice PDF editing opt-in
- 17d agoTwake Drive1.108.0 beta: nested sharing, AI writing help, Twake Space embed
- 1mo agoTwake Drive1.107.1 beta 2: Three-column grid restored on mobile
- 1mo agoTwake Drive1.107.1-beta.1: fix(gridview): Restore three columns on mobile
- 1mo agoTwake Drive1.107.0 beta: Harvest integration removed, drag-select scoped
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Smartsheet and Twake Drive?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Smartsheet and Twake Drive are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Smartsheet better than Twake Drive?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Smartsheet and Twake Drive are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Twake Drive?
Top Twake Drive alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Twake Drive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/twake-drive for the full list with editorial commentary on each.