What Canadian buyers should know
SecureDocs starts at US$250 a month, about C$354 at the Bank of Canada rate of 1.4154, before GST or HST. No Canadian hosting region is published by the vendor; ask the vendor if residency matters. Without a listed redaction tool, strip personal information before upload to meet PIPEDA s. 7.2 conditions. Plan a Law 25 s. 17 assessment for Quebec data, and ask about French support.
| Starting price | about C$354 a month (US$250/mo) |
| Six months, before tax | C$2,124 |
| With Ontario HST (13%) | C$2,400 |
| Canadian hosting | Ask the vendor |
| 8 of 12 features | Q&A module, Activity log, Dynamic watermarks, E-signature |
What it does well
- Published flat price of US$250 a month (about C$354) and a free trial
- Built-in e-signature and a public API
- Q&A, watermarks, view rights and activity log
- Ease of use rated 8.7 in our ratings
Not in the product
- No ISO 27001 listed
- No single sign-on listed
- No in-room redaction tool listed
- No AI tools shown in the vendor documentation we reviewed
Cost in Canadian dollars
SecureDocs publishes US$250/mo. At the Bank of Canada rate of October 16, 2026 that is about C$354 a month. Sales tax depends on your province: from 5% GST in Alberta to 15% HST in Atlantic Canada.
SecureDocs 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
SecureDocs dates from 2012, with its head office in the United States. It publishes a flat monthly price, which makes cost easy to plan for a sale or a round of known length. The control set covers Q&A, dynamic watermarks, view and download rights, an activity log, bulk upload and 2-step login, and e-signature and a public API are listed as well.
Ease of use is rated 8.7 and support 8.3, so guests generally get into the room without help. SOC 2 is listed; ISO 27001 is not in the vendor documentation we reviewed. The product is often used for small and mid-sized sales and fundraising rounds, where the room needs to work on day one and the owner may be running the process alongside the business.
No in-room redaction, single sign-on, native mobile app or AI tools appear in the vendor documentation we reviewed. Teams with personal information in payroll or customer files should prepare redacted versions before upload, and companies whose IT policy requires single sign-on for outside systems should check that point before choosing it, and ask whether the API can cover user provisioning instead.
Feature check
| Feature | SecureDocs | 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 | Yes | 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 | Yes | 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 SecureDocs 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
Flat pricing and e-signature suit an owner-managed sale with a few buyers.
#6 for startup fundraisingFounders can budget a flat monthly cost for a round.
#12 for board of directorsA standing room for board papers with a predictable bill.
Security and compliance
SecureDocs lists SOC 2, 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
Sign-up opens a free trial, and the flat monthly price is published. Admins build the room with bulk upload, set permissions and send NDAs for signature. Support is rated 8.3 in our ratings; ask about hours for Canadian time zones.
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 SecureDocs cost in Canadian dollars?
SecureDocs lists US$250/mo, which is about C$354 a month at the Bank of Canada rate of October 16, 2026, before GST, HST or provincial sales tax.
Does SecureDocs host data in Canada?
SecureDocs 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 SecureDocs have a free trial?
SecureDocs offers a free trial. Use it to run the checklist on this page with real files.
What is SecureDocs's score?
SecureDocs scores 7.8 out of 10 in our Canadian rating, rank 12 of 18. The score combines privacy and security, deal workflow, access control, ease of use and cost in Canadian dollars.