# Peony Data Room: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/peony-data-room

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Virtual data rooms](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/corporate/virtual-data-rooms/index.md) | 6% | 8 | 0% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Peony Business $30/admin/mo or Data Room $52/admin/mo gives a real VDR at the lowest published price." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Virtual data rooms)
- "For a company with a limited budget, I'd recommend starting with Peony." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Virtual data rooms)
- "Peony (Best Overall Value for Tight Budgets)" (Grok 4.20, Virtual data rooms)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Peony Data Room, from 18 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- peony.ink: 15 (its own site)
- ellty.com: 11
- firmroom.com: 8
- capterra.com: 7
- getapp.com: 7
- papermark.com: 7
- softwareadvice.com: 6
- thesmbguide.com: 6
- data-rooms.org: 5
- dataroomreviews.net: 5

### Pages cited

- https://getapp.com/it-management-software/virtual-data-room/org/small-business: 7
- https://peony.ink/blog/affordable-virtual-data-rooms: 7
- https://ellty.com/blog/best-virtual-data-room-for-small-business: 6
- https://firmroom.com/vdr-providers: 6
- https://thesmbguide.com/virtual-data-room: 6
- https://capterra.com/virtual-data-room-software: 5
- https://ellty.com/blog/affordable-virtual-data-room: 5
- https://softwareadvice.com/virtual-data-room: 5

## In its own words

What Peony Data Room's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The deal-grade data room, live in five minutes (https://peony.ink/)
- For: deal teams, funds, startups, and advisors; private equity firms, independent sponsors, M&A advisors, venture capital funds, startup founders, law firms, real estate professionals, and investment bankers (https://peony.ink/)
- Price stated: From $30/admin (https://peony.ink/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://peony.ink/)
- Free plan or trial: Start now for free; Free plan ($0) (https://peony.ink/)
- Certifications: GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA
- Hosting: EU servers, US-only hosting, United States (AWS us-east-1), UK/EU (Enterprise plan custom data residency)
- Customers named: Piton Partners, Sepal AI, Zenus, Third Space, Ligo Bio, KiwiQ, Loop, PromoLens

## What it publishes

Every page peony.ink exposes, read 2026-09-29: 809 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 512 pages, 43 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-19
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-16
- comparison: 55 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- template or tool: 20 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-26
- glossary or explainer: 11 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- Recent: 2026-09-19 blog: Best ma advisors canada https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-ma-advisors-canada
- Recent: 2026-09-19 blog: Best ma advisors london https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-ma-advisors-london
- Recent: 2026-09-19 blog: Best ma advisors manchester https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-ma-advisors-manchester
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Best fintech payments ma advisors https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-fintech-payments-ma-advisors
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Best it services msp ma advisors https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-it-services-msp-ma-advisors
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Best ma advisors calgary https://www.peony.ink/blog/best-ma-advisors-calgary

## 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.