Reviews
All 11 providers, A to Z
A review for every company on our list: what it costs, what it is actually good for, which certifications it has, and our score. Click any name for the full write-up.
Ansarada, out of Australia, built its name on helping companies get ready for a sale, not just hosting documents during one. Best for: Deal readiness, AI-assisted Q&A.
Datasite is a name most people in investment banking already know. Best for: Investment banking deals.
DealRoom, based in the US, is a bit different from the others on this list: it is built to manage the whole deal process, not just hold documents. Best for: Managing the whole deal process.
Digify, out of Singapore, is not trying to be a full deal room the way the others on this list are. Best for: Simple document sharing on a budget.
Drooms is a German company that is especially popular in Europe for real estate deals, though it handles company sales too. Best for: European deals, real estate.
Ellty is one of the newer names on this list, launched in 2020 in Australia, but it already has the full set of tools a deal team expects: permissions, a Q&A box, watermarks and a log of who opened what. Best for: Fast setup, clear pricing.
Firmex, a Canadian company founded in 2006, is popular with mid-size companies and the law firms and accountants who work with them. Best for: Mid-market M&A, easy to learn.
iDeals has been doing this since 2008 out of the UK and is one of the most established names in the business. Best for: Big deals, strict compliance.
Intralinks has been in this business since 1996, making it one of the oldest names here. Best for: Capital markets, big companies.
ShareVault has been around since 2003 and is especially known in life sciences and licensing deals, on top of regular M&A work. Best for: Life sciences, licensing deals.
SmartRoom, founded in 2004, is used a lot for M&A and real estate deals in the US. Best for: Responsive support during a live deal.
See the full ranking and why each one is on the list on our reviews page.
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What we look at in every review
Each review on this site covers the same ground: what the company actually gives you for the price, how hard or easy it is to get a room running, what security certifications it holds, and who it tends to work best for, whether that is a law firm running a big M&A deal or a small business doing a one-off document share. We pull the facts from the company's own website, its posted pricing and any outside security certification it has published; we do not claim to have personally tested every tool, so you will not see us say we timed a feature or ran a live trial ourselves. Where something is worth checking yourself, we say so.