# Virtual data rooms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "virtual data room" and as "M&A due diligence data room", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/corporate/virtual-data-rooms/enterprise

**Standing:** Datasite Diligence leads with 44% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 55 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Datasite Diligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/datasite-diligence/index.md) | 44% | 17% | 63 |
| 2 | [Intralinks](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/intralinks/index.md) | 9% | 28% | 46 |
| 3 | [SS&C Intralinks](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ss-c-intralinks/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 15 |
| 4 | [SecureDocs](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/securedocs/index.md) | 9% | 6% | 16 |
| 5 | [iDeals](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ideals/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 35 |
| 6 | [Ansarada](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ansarada/index.md) | 5% | 5% | 41 |
| 7 | [FirmRoom](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/firmroom/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 13 |
| 9 | [Firmex](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/firmex/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 43 |
| 10 | [DealRoom](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/dealroom/index.md) | 2% | 16% | 25 |
| 16 | [DFIN Venue](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/dfin-venue/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 13 |
| 59 | [Box](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/box/index.md) | 0% | 60% | 15 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 59 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Datasite Diligence; alternatives Firmex, Ideals VDR, Intralinks
- GPT-5.4 mini: Datasite Diligence, SS&C Intralinks
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Datasite Diligence, SS&C Intralinks; alternatives Ansarada, Box, Firmex, iDeals
- Perplexity Sonar: Datasite Diligence; alternatives DealRoom, Intralinks, iDeals
- Grok 4.20: Datasite Diligence, Intralinks; alternatives Ansarada, FirmRoom, iDeals
- Mistral Small: Datasite Diligence, iDeals; alternatives Firmex, Intralinks
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SS&C Intralinks; alternatives Datasite Diligence, iDeals
- Llama 4 Maverick: Datasite Diligence, Intralinks, iDeals
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Intralinks; alternatives Ansarada, Datasite Diligence, Ideals VDR, SecureDocs
- Kimi K2: Datasite Diligence, Intralinks VDRPro; alternatives iDeals Virtual Data Room
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Datasite Diligence, Intralinks; alternatives Ansarada, iDeals
- MiniMax M2.5: Datasite Diligence, SS&C Intralinks; alternatives Ansarada, Firmex, iDeals Virtual Data Room
- GPT-6 Luna: Datasite Diligence; alternatives Ansarada, Firmex, Intralinks
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Datasite Diligence; alternatives Intralinks, iDeals Virtual Data Room

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- intralinks.com: 36 answers, 100 citations
- idealsvdr.com: 32 answers, 42 citations
- capterra.com: 27 answers, 41 citations
- caplinked.com: 26 answers, 39 citations
- datasite.com: 25 answers, 46 citations
- papermark.com: 22 answers, 32 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 20 answers, 22 citations
- g2.com: 19 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://intralinks.com/guides/top-10-virtual-data-room-providers (23 answers)
- https://capterra.com/virtual-data-room-software (19 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/virtual-data-room (19 answers)
- https://firmroom.com/vdr-providers (12 answers)
- https://agilityportal.io/blog/7-best-virtual-data-rooms-for-m-a-dont-choose-until-you-read-this (11 answers)
- https://dealroom.net/resources/virtual-data-room-providers-comparison (11 answers)
- https://idealsvdr.com/blog/virtual-data-room/best-virtual-data-rooms-compared (11 answers)
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/reports/virtual-data-room-pricing (11 answers)
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-vdr-software (10 answers)
- https://clinked.com/virtual-data-room-providers (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Intralinks: 13 of 46 labels negative. "A reviewer gave 1/5 stars saying "Avoid Intralinks at all costs!" citing dated, complicated interface and ongoing bugs" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Datasite Diligence: 11 of 63 labels negative. "it's recommended to avoid Datasite and per-user models like Box if cost predictability is the top priority" (Llama 4 Maverick, budget prompt)
- Box: 9 of 15 labels negative. "Standard corporate tiers of cloud storage (e.g., standard Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft SharePoint without specialized VDR add-ons)... they lack enterprise-grade M&A and due diligence capabilities." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Firmex: 5 of 43 labels negative. "Firmex, for example, says customers can choose document storage in the U.S., Canada, or Germany, while metadata and user information are stored in Canada." (GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Datasite Diligence at 44%.

- Intralinks: 18% to 9%, −9. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 59, unchanged.
- SS&C Intralinks: 4% to 9%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 7 → 3 of 59.
- Ansarada: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 12 → 6 of 59.
- Firmex: 7% to 2%, −5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 4 → 9 of 59.
- Datasite Diligence: 46% to 44%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 59, unchanged.
- SecureDocs: 11% to 9%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 4 of 59.
- FirmRoom: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 7 of 59.
- DealRoom: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 6 → 10 of 59.
- Box: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 11 → 59 of 59.
- iDeals: 5% to 5%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 of 59, unchanged.
- DFIN Venue: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 13 → 16 of 59.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.