What Canadian buyers should know
DealRoom quotes on request; ask for Canadian dollar pricing and confirm GST or HST. No Canadian hosting region is listed, so ask the vendor. Without a listed redaction tool, plan to strip personal information before upload to meet PIPEDA s. 7.2 conditions, and run a Law 25 s. 17 assessment if Quebec employee data goes outside the province. Ask about French-language support.
| Starting price | Priced per project |
| Six months, before tax | Quote on request |
| With Ontario HST (13%) | Quote plus tax |
| Canadian hosting | Ask the vendor |
| 6 of 12 features | Q&A module, Activity log, Dynamic watermarks, 2-step login |
What it does well
- Project management and request lists built into the room
- Pipeline view across several deals
- SOC 2 and ISO 27001 listed
- Q&A, watermarks, view rights and activity log
- Free trial offered
Not in the product
- No in-room redaction tool listed
- No single sign-on listed
- No public API listed
- No AI tools shown in the vendor documentation we reviewed
Cost in Canadian dollars
DealRoom prices each project on request. The calculator below shows our market range for quote-only vendors by Canadian deal type, not a quote from DealRoom.
DealRoom cost estimate in Canadian dollars
Choose the deal type, how many people on your side need access, the number of months and where your company is.
| Data room | Pricing | Total with tax |
|---|---|---|
 Onehub | Flat | C$95 |
 Citrix ShareFile | Flat | C$353 |
 Box | Per user | C$759 |
 Digify | Flat | C$768 |
 Ellty | Flat | C$954 |
 SecureDocs | Flat | C$1,600 |
 CapLinked | Flat | C$1,912 |
 DocSend | Per user | C$2,314 |
 iDeals | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Datasite | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Ansarada | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Firmex | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Drooms | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Intralinks | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 SmartRoom | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 DealRoom | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 ShareVault | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
 Venue by DFIN | Estimate | ~C$11,300 to C$33,900 |
Rows marked Flat or Per user start from the price each vendor lists in US dollars, turned into Canadian dollars at the Bank of Canada rate for October 16, 2026 (US$1 = C$1.4154) and taxed at your province's rate. Rows marked Estimate belong to vendors that keep prices private; for them we show the range we see for the kind of project you chose, which is not that vendor's own figure. For planning only.
The product in brief
DealRoom dates from 2012, with its head office in the United States. It pairs a data room with request lists, task tracking and pipeline views, so a corporate development team can run diligence and integration planning in one place. The data room side covers Q&A, dynamic watermarks, view and download rights, an activity log and 2-step login, with bulk upload for existing folder trees.
The appeal is for buyers who run several acquisitions a year and want each deal to follow the same playbook, from the first request list to the integration checklist. Security paperwork lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001, with a security rating of 8.7. Ease of use is rated 7.6, reflecting the larger feature set a new user has to learn before the room feels familiar.
Pricing is custom, and a free trial is offered so a corp dev team can test the request list workflow on a live target. No in-room redaction, single sign-on, public API, native mobile app, AI tools or built-in e-signature appear in the vendor documentation we reviewed, so NDAs and redacted copies are handled outside the product. Plan those two steps before the first buyer is invited.
Feature check
| Feature | DealRoom | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Q&A module | Yes | Bidders post questions inside the room; counsel or the CFO drafts the reply, someone approves it, and every exchange stays on file. |
| Activity log | Yes | Per-user history of opens, prints and downloads with timestamps, which you can export for the closing binder. |
| Dynamic watermarks | Yes | The reader's identity and the date are printed across every page, which discourages screenshots and identifies the source of a leak. |
| In-room redaction | Not listed | Hide social insurance numbers, pay figures or client names on the platform itself, without keeping two versions of the file. |
| E-signature | Not listed | Confidentiality agreements and closing papers can be executed on the platform. |
| Mobile app | Not listed | An installable phone or tablet app, beyond the responsive web view. |
| Public API | Not listed | Programmatic access for creating rooms, adding users or exporting activity to other systems. |
| Single sign-on | Not listed | Staff log in with the company directory (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID and similar) instead of a separate password. |
| 2-step login | Yes | Logins need a one-time code or authenticator approval on top of the password. |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Upload an entire set of nested folders at once, with the index numbers kept as they were. |
| View and download rights | Yes | Choose, document by document, whether a guest may only read, may print or may download, and change it later. |
| AI help | Not listed | Vendor-listed automation such as sorting uploads into the index, summarizing long agreements, searching the room or proposing answers. |
Rating breakdown
How the DealRoom rating breaks down
Each bar is out of 10; the dark tick is the mean across the 18 rooms we rate.
Canada Data Rooms
Deals it fits in Canada
Serial acquirers can run diligence request lists and the room side by side.
#9 for private equityBuy-and-build platforms can repeat the same diligence playbook for each add-on.
#9 for technology and saasTech acquirers buying several small companies a year get a consistent process.
Security and compliance
DealRoom lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001, 2-step login. For a Canadian deal, ask for the latest SOC 2 report or ISO certificate, a data processing agreement that covers PIPEDA, and for Quebec personal information, the details you need for a Law 25 privacy impact assessment.
Getting started and help
A free trial is offered, followed by a quote. Bulk upload brings in folder trees, and request lists can be built from templates. Support is rated 8.4 in our ratings; ask which hours apply to Canadian users and whether onboarding sessions are included.
What to check before you sign
- Upload a real folder tree (minute books, financials, contracts) and check the numbering survives.
- Create two bidder groups and confirm neither can see the other's files, questions or activity.
- Open a watermarked PDF as a guest and print it: is the name, email and time on every page?
- Ask the vendor in writing where data is hosted and who the sub-processors are.
- Check whether invoices can be in Canadian dollars and how GST/HST is charged.
- Run one question through the Q&A workflow from a bidder to an expert and back.
- Export the activity log and check it is complete enough for a closing file.
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FAQ
How much does DealRoom cost in Canadian dollars?
DealRoom does not publish a price; it quotes per project. Use our calculator for a market range by deal type, and ask for the quote in Canadian dollars.
Does DealRoom host data in Canada?
DealRoom does not publish a Canadian hosting region that we could find. If your deal needs Canadian residency, ask the vendor in writing before you sign.
Does DealRoom have a free trial?
DealRoom offers a free trial. Use it to run the checklist on this page with real files.
What is DealRoom's score?
DealRoom scores 7.9 out of 10 in our Canadian rating, rank 10 of 18. The score combines privacy and security, deal workflow, access control, ease of use and cost in Canadian dollars.