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Ellty vs iDeals for fundraising
Two complete deal rooms with the same core: group permissions, investor Q&A, watermarking and per-reader logs. The split is commercial and technical. Ellty publishes $149 a month, runs a 14-day free trial and adds an NDA e-sign step and AI features; iDeals prices per project on request and adds built-in redaction, SSO and API access.
Ellty
Full deal room with AI, a listed price and a 14-day free trial.
- Price
- $149 a month
- Trial
- 14-day free trial
- Certifications
- SOC 2 (hosting)
Pick Ellty when
- You want to budget the raise before a sales call
- Investors should sign an NDA inside the room
- You want AI summaries and search across the room
- The issuer team runs the room without an adviser
iDeals
Long-running M&A platform with layered permissions and fast support.
- Price
- Priced on request
- Trial
- Free trial available
- Certifications
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
Pick iDeals when
- Your bank or law firm already runs iDeals rooms
- You need in-app redaction of fee terms or names
- Your IT team requires single sign-on
- You plan to connect the room to other systems by API
Criterion by criterion
The five scores behind each total, on the same 0 to 10 scale.
Price and contract
A ten-month LP raise on Ellty is ten times a public monthly figure. With iDeals the number arrives in a proposal; get the monthly equivalent, the storage included and the terms for keeping the room after final close in writing.
Investor side
LPs reach either room from an invitation email without installing software. Ellty puts a signed NDA in front of folder one; on iDeals the confidentiality step is handled through invitations and access terms.
Issuer side
iDeals gives administrators SSO and an API, which matters to a large manager with an IT policy. Ellty is quicker to learn by the ease-of-use rating and lists AI help.
Features: what each one lists
Only Ellty
- NDA e-sign step
- AI features
Both
- Q&A module
- Investor activity log
- Dynamic watermarks
- 2-step verification
- Drag-and-drop folders
- View-only files
Only iDeals
- Built-in redaction
- API access
- SSO for your team
Cost of the same raise in each room
Pick a raise type and adjust the months, users and data volume. Listed prices and planning bands, indicative.
- Ellty $596Listed price Visit Ellty
- iDeals $2,000 to $6,800Planning band Pricing notes
USD before tax, for the full raise period. Vendor list prices where published; elsewhere our planning bands, which are budgeting ranges and never a vendor quote. Get a written price before you commit.
Which places higher, raise by raise
Across our use-case rankings, how often Ellty places above iDeals in each group.
| Raise group | Use cases | Ellty higher | iDeals higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company rounds and offerings | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Fund raises | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Real estate and projects | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Debt and structured capital | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Raise documents and process | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Raises by sector | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Ellty vs iDeals: questions
Is Ellty a full data room like iDeals?
Yes. Group permissions, reading-only files, watermarking, 2-step verification, investor Q&A, an NDA e-sign step and a per-LP activity record are all listed, which matches the deal-room core iDeals is known for.
Which one costs less for a fund raise?
Ellty lists $149 a month; iDeals is quoted per project. Use the pricing calculator with your months and data volume to compare a listed price with a planning band.
Can I move a room from iDeals to Ellty?
Export the files and the index from iDeals, drop the numbered tree into the new room in one go, then rebuild investor groups and permissions there; those do not travel between vendors.