Virtual data rooms · RankedDocSend
DocSend is a document sharing and tracking product that provides analytics on how shared content is viewed · docsend.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Papermark Data Rooms is first at 17%.
iDeals is first at 27%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Datasite Diligence is first at 44%.
Why models recommend it
“Best for Early-Stage Fundraising & Link Tracking: DocSend (or Papermark)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“one source recommends using DocSend instead of SharePoint for ease of access”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · alternative
“For fundraising decks and investor engagement, look at DocSend.”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“lightweight tools (like DocSend or Google Drive) lack the audit trails, dynamic watermarking, and structured Q&A required for mid-market M&A”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
“DocSend looks cheap at $10/user but scales fast.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Good for basic sharing but lack full VDR depth”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as DocSend, over the 43 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 3 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 20 | 3 | View → | |
| 19 | 4 | View → | |
| 17 | 7 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 3 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on DocSend's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Companies and teams doing deals, fundraising, investor communications, compliance, and high-stakes document sharing
- Free plan or trial
- Get started for free; No credit card required; Try for free
- Customers named
- Gusto, 500 Startups
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 38 of the 43 answers that named DocSend and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
139 of the 139 domain citations in answers naming DocSend came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 183 | 1 | 2026-07-23 | ||
| Case study | 37 | 0 | 2020-03-13 | ||
| Comparison | 11 | 1 | 2026-07-31 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 5 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 4 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 1 | undated | |||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-07-31Docsend vs firmex vdr comparison
- 2026-07-23How financial services firms share documents while staying compliant blog
- 2024-06-20Data rooms for investors everything you need to know blog
- 2020-03-13500startups streamlines fundraising process case study
- 2017-09-14Sales metrics content performance blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page docsend.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.