ShareVault review
Best for: Life sciences, licensing deals
ShareVault has been around since 2003 and is especially known in life sciences and licensing deals, on top of regular M&A work. It is built for situations where you need to control exactly who can see which document and log into the room with company credentials, which matters when you are sharing early research or patent data with a partner.
ShareVault, founded in 2003 and based in United States, is one of 11 providers we track on this site. It includes 5 of the 6 core deal tools we check for every company, and holds SOC 2 and ISO 27001. No single criterion stands clearly above the field average for ShareVault.
Good fit for: A life sciences company or anyone doing licensing deals that needs tight control over who sees which document.
Quick facts
The basics
What's good, and what's missing
What's good
- Fine-grained control over who can see which document
- Works with company logins (single sign-on)
- Free trial available
- Holds both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification
What's missing
- No redaction or 2-step verification listed
- No AI tools listed yet
- You have to call for a price
How ShareVault handles security
ShareVault holds both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification. It does not list in-app redaction or 2-step verification, so sensitive-text removal and extra login steps would need to be handled outside the platform or confirmed directly with the vendor.
AI and technology
Single sign-on is listed, useful for a life sciences company tying the room into existing company logins, but ShareVault does not list AI tools, a developer API, e-signing or a mobile app at the time of writing.
Full feature list, against how common each one is
Where ShareVault sits on each feature we track
Bar length is how many of the 11 providers we track list that feature; the highlighted rows are the ones ShareVault itself has.
| Feature | Included |
|---|---|
| Q&A workflow (core deal tool) | Yes |
| Activity log (core deal tool) | Yes |
| Viewer watermarks (core deal tool) | Yes |
| In-app redaction (core deal tool) | Not listed |
| Built-in e-signing | Not listed |
| iOS or Android app | Not listed |
| Developer API | Not listed |
| SSO sign-in | Yes |
| 2-step verification | Not listed |
| Bulk import (core deal tool) | Yes |
| File-level access rights (core deal tool) | Yes |
| AI assistance | Not listed |
How ShareVault scored
ShareVault vs. the average of all 11
Darker bars beat the average of all 11 on that measure. Full weights on our scoring page.
Who ShareVault suits, and who should look elsewhere
Generated from the scores and feature records above, the same tests applied to every provider on this site. Use it as a quick filter, then confirm anything that matters with the vendor directly.
A good match if…
- Teams that need SSO sign-in: only 5 of 11 providers we track include it. Staff log in with company credentials through an identity provider (SAML or OpenID Connect).
- Teams that would rather negotiate a scoped contract than pick from a self-serve plan.
- Teams that want to build a test room and invite a colleague before committing (Free trial available).
Look elsewhere if…
- Your process needs 2-step verification. ShareVault does not list it in our records; 9 of 11 providers we track do. See Ellty.
- Your process needs In-app redaction. ShareVault does not list it in our records; 6 of 11 providers we track do. See Datasite.
- You need a published number for internal approval before a call. ShareVault prices on request. See pricing models.
- Buyers who care most about ease of use: ShareVault scores 7.3/10 here, below our 11-provider average of 8.3.
What will it cost you?
Pick a deal size and a term length to see a real number for ShareVault, estimated from the typical range for quote-only pricing at this size.
Estimate the cost of a room with ShareVault
ShareVault $4,500–$13,500 Flat and per-user prices come from each provider's published plan; quote-only providers use our labelled market bands, never an invented number. Estimates are indicative.
A few other options like ShareVault
Picked by shared tags and a close score, not just an alphabetical list.
Responsive support during a live deal. SmartRoom, founded in 2004, is used a lot for M&A and real estate deals in the US.
Capital markets, big companies. Intralinks has been in this business since 1996, making it one of the oldest names here.
Managing the whole deal process. 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.