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Virtual data rooms · November 2026 Edition

Firmex vs CapLinked

Zero of fourteen models named Firmex first on the direct prompt; one named CapLinked. Firmex was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and CapLinked by eleven and Firmex carries 51 labels and CapLinked 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Firmex

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

CapLinked

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5118A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Firmex reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.iDeals was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. iDeals vs Firmex · iDeals vs CapLinked · Papermark Data Rooms vs Firmex

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the virtual data rooms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FirmexFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCapLinked
Direct01
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 against Firmex · 1 against CapLinked
Scale-constrained10
Negative003 against Firmex
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Firmex and CapLinked were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 126 answers naming Firmex and the 54 naming CapLinked. In those answers CapLinked took the first choice two times and Firmex two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Firmex and CapLinked stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Firmex CapLinked first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Firmex on the left and CapLinked on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Firmex and CapLinked stood in it.

CapLinked first, Firmex an alternative

1 of 14 modelsFirmex was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BCapLinked alternatives: DealRoom, Firmex, SecureDocs, iDeals

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom, Firmex, SecureDocs
GPT-5.4 miniiDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: Firmex, SecureDocs
Gemini 3.5 FlashiDeals alternatives: Ansarada, CapLinked, Datasite Diligence, FirmRoom, Firmex
Perplexity SonariDeals alternatives: Datasite Diligence, DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex, Intralinks, Papermark Data Rooms
Mistral SmallAnsarada, iDeals alternatives: Clinked, Firmex
DeepSeek V4 FlashiDeals alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex
Kimi K2iDeals alternatives: CapLinked, Firmex, SecureDocs, ShareVault
MiniMax M2.5ShareVault, iDeals alternatives: DealRoom, Firmex
GPT-6 LunaiDeals alternatives: Firmex

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.20iDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, ShareVault
Llama 4 MaverickiDeals
Qwen 3.7 FlashFirmRoom alternatives: DealRoom, Papermark Data Rooms, iDeals
GLM 4.7 FlashXIdeals VDR alternatives: Ansarada, Datasite Diligence, SecureDocs

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
CapLinked leads by four points.
CapLinked8%#4 of 18
Firmex4%#10 of 18
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Firmex leads at mid-market.
Firmex10%#3 of 13
CapLinked2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Firmex2%#8 of 11
CapLinked2%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Firmex

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid: High-end options like DealRoom ($1,295+/mo), Firmex, or Ansarada” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Mixed feedback—praised for ease and reporting but dinged for outdated look/feel, limited dropdown/admin controls” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“No native AI capabilities, dated reporting layer, opaque quote-based pricing, still somewhat expensive” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Mid-market & High Efficiency (Predictable pricing, fast setup):* iDeals, Firmex, Ansarada, ShareVault” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd shortlist Firmex first for a mid-sized B2B company running a typical sell-side M&A process” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best virtual data room (VDR) for a company with a limited budget is Firmex” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about CapLinked

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“there are some concerns about plan costs and billing surprises, so I'd treat it as a secondary option” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“CapLinked is the most cited mid-market pick” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“For Fast, Flat-Rate Corporate / Startup Use: CapLinked, Citrix ShareFile (VDR tier), DealRoom, Box Governance/VDR.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“CapLinked or Projectfusion: Affordable with good security; solid for smaller-scale or frequent use.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · alternative
Also compared
iDeals vs FirmexiDeals vs CapLinkedPapermark Data Rooms vs FirmexPapermark Data Rooms vs CapLinkedFirmex vs SecureDocsFirmex vs FirmRoomFirmex vs AnsaradaFirmex vs ShareVaultSecureDocs vs CapLinkedFirmRoom vs CapLinkedAnsarada vs CapLinkedShareVault vs CapLinkedAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full virtual data rooms standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.