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Data room comparisons

Two rooms side by side for the same raise: scores on five criteria, features only one of them lists, and what the raise costs in each. The tables below cover all 16 rooms at once.

Head-to-head pages

Ellty vs iDeals for fundraising

Two complete deal rooms with the same core: group permissions, investor Q&A, watermarking and per-reader logs.

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Ellty vs DocSend for fundraising

DocSend shines at the outreach stage: a deck link and a page-by-page view of how long each investor lingered.

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Ellty vs Datasite for fundraising

Datasite is a bank-grade platform for very large processes, with AI indexing, a mobile app and SSO, priced on request.

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DocSend vs Digify for investor documents

Both track who reads your files.

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iDeals vs Intralinks for capital raises

Both are established deal rooms with SSO, redaction, Q&A and strong security.

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Firmex vs SecureDocs for fundraising

Both are easy rooms used by mid-market issuers.

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CapLinked vs Digify for raising capital

Both publish a monthly price.

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Feature table, 16 rooms

Listed or not listed in each vendor's documentation, in ranking order.

Data room	Q&A module	Investor activity log	Dynamic watermarks	View-only files	NDA e-sign step	2-step verification	AI features	Built-in redaction	SSO for your team	API access	Price
Ellty											$149 a month
iDeals											Priced on request
Datasite											Priced on request
Ansarada											Priced on request
SecureDocs											$250 a month
CapLinked											$299 a month
Box											$15 a user a month
Firmex											Priced on request
Intralinks											Priced on request
Drooms											Priced on request
DealRoom											Priced on request
SmartRoom											Priced on request
ShareVault											Priced on request
Digify											$120 a month
Venue by DFIN											Priced on request
DocSend											$45 a user a month

Scores by criterion

Data room	Tracking	Permissions	Workflow	Onboarding	Cost	Overall
Ellty	8.2	7.7	8.1	9.1	9.9	8.6
iDeals	7.6	8.7	7.6	8.0	7.1	7.8
Datasite	8.2	8.7	7.2	8.0	5.7	7.6
Ansarada	8.2	8.1	7.1	7.5	6.7	7.5
SecureDocs	6.3	6.8	7.2	8.1	9.0	7.4
CapLinked	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.8	8.9	7.3
Box	6.6	7.1	5.9	8.4	8.9	7.3
Firmex	7.0	7.9	6.6	8.2	6.9	7.3
Intralinks	7.6	8.7	7.1	7.2	5.5	7.2
Drooms	7.8	8.0	6.8	7.3	5.4	7.1
DealRoom	7.2	7.3	6.8	7.0	6.6	7.0
SmartRoom	7.3	8.0	6.9	6.9	5.4	6.9
ShareVault	7.0	7.3	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.8
Digify	6.0	5.9	3.9	7.0	8.9	6.3
Venue by DFIN	6.8	6.9	6.4	5.9	4.9	6.2
DocSend	4.9	4.6	3.9	7.9	8.7	5.9

Security certifications

16 of 16 list SOC 2, 11 of 16 list ISO 27001, 5 of 16 list GDPR, 1 of 16 list HIPAA. SOC 2 for Ellty covers its hosting infrastructure.

Data room	SOC 2	ISO 27001	GDPR	HIPAA	Hosting
Ellty					Cloud
iDeals					Cloud
Datasite					Cloud
Ansarada					Cloud
SecureDocs					Cloud
CapLinked					Cloud
Box					Cloud
Firmex					Cloud
Intralinks					Cloud
Drooms					Cloud/On-prem
DealRoom					Cloud
SmartRoom					Cloud
ShareVault					Cloud
Digify					Cloud
Venue by DFIN					Cloud
DocSend					Cloud

Questions and answers

Which comparison should I read first?

Start with the pair that matches your shortlist. If you have no shortlist, the four-question quiz suggests one.

Why compare a data room with DocSend?

Many issuers send the deck with a sharing tool and then need a full room for diligence. The Ellty vs DocSend page shows where one stops and the other starts.

Are the certifications verified?

They are taken from vendor sites and listed attestations in our research file. Ask each vendor for the current report before you sign.