FORDATA VDR vs ShareVault

FORDATA VDR is an online virtual data room for confidential work including due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, audits and fundraising. It provides document and user permissions that administrators can customize in bulk, plus the ability to block room access. Its Q&A module organizes partner questions by status, limits and category; activity reports show file viewers and viewing time. Tools include AI redaction, translation into 59 languages with a side-by-side view, and OCR for searching, anonymizing and translating scanned or graphic content. Security controls include read-only mode, editing and copying restrictions, dynamic watermarks, Fence View, Blur View and screenshot-key blocking. FORDATA states that its European data centers are ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified, with 99.95% uptime by SLA. LITE costs €275 a month and includes 1GB storage and 15 users; higher plans require a quote. A 14-day trial is available. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, Windows and self-hosted environments.

ShareVault is a virtual data room for organized document sharing and due diligence. It controls access with dynamic watermarking, redaction, remote shredding, granular permissions, and screen-capture blocking. Documents can be viewed in browsers or in native Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android apps; the platform converts more than 70 document types to PDF and provides OCR for scanned PDFs. Connectors cover SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and DocuSign. Its RESTful API has over 30 Swagger-based APIs and webhook callbacks, and SAML-2 single sign-on supports identity providers including Okta, Microsoft Entra, and Google Cloud Identity. Customers can choose US, EU, or APAC hosting regions. ShareVault lists several compliance standards and certifications and advertises 24/7 support. It offers plans for advisory projects, transactions, fundraising, corporate development, and compliant portals. Pricing is on request; a free trial is available, but there is no free plan.