netfiles Deal Room vs Virtual Vaults
netfiles Deal Room
netfiles.comVirtual Vaults
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| Figure | netfiles Deal Room | Virtual Vaults |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €1.19/mo | €520/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 8 |
| Spec score · Data Room Software | 8.2 (#9) | 8.6 (#4) |
| API | Deal Room lists WebDAV, SFTP and the netfiles API for automated data synchronization, with 50,000 API calls per month. | The API synchronizes only files the connected user may download, inherits revoked permissions immediately and can be disabled by room administrators. |
| Encryption | The pricing page specifies 256-bit SSL/TLS data transfer encryption and AES-256 encryption for stored data. | Uploaded data is encrypted with AES-256 in transit and at rest and stored with geo-redundancy on Microsoft Azure. |
| Founded | 2001 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Burghausen, Germany | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Intended users | The plans target smaller, medium-sized and larger transactions respectively, and each includes one project per data room with unlimited users. | Virtual Vaults describes Workspaces as a deal preparation platform for advisors and identifies deal advisors, private equity and corporate M&A among its intended users. |
| Purpose | netfiles Deal Room is a virtual data room for due diligence and company or real estate transactions, and can also be used for financing projects, IPOs, insolvencies and restructuring. | Virtual Vaults provides a dealmaking platform for preparing and conducting due diligence and securely sharing deal information. |
| Q&A | The Q&A tool, role-based workflow and Q&A export are available only with Deal Room Professional and Premium. | The Data Room provides private team chat, split-screen document review, Excel import/export, question limits, categories, tags and answer approval. |
| Support | The pricing page lists free email and telephone support, online HelpCenter and introductory documentation in English and German. | The Data Room plans list 24/7 email and phone support, while the Workspaces Free plan lists 24/7 personal support. |
Plans
netfiles Deal Room
- Deal Room Premium€1.19 a month
- Deal Room Essential€490 a month
- Deal Room Professional€790 a month
Virtual Vaults
- Workspaces FreeFree
- Cloud archive€50, paid once
- Secure USB archive€199, paid once
- Workspaces Plus€520 a month
- Data Room Basic€754 a month
- Data Room Standard€914 a month
- Data Room Advanced€1,508 a month
- Data Room EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
netfiles Deal Room
netfiles Deal Room is a virtual data room for due diligence and company or real estate transactions, and can also support financing projects, IPOs, insolvencies and restructuring. Administrators can set granular access rights, restrict printing and downloads, set document expiry dates and apply personalized watermarks. Documents can be indexed automatically or from an existing index, while ZIP uploads are unpacked automatically. The browser interface needs no plugin or software installation; iOS and Android tablet apps can open documents and, where permissions allow, store them for offline reading. Administrators can access audit-proof activity reports and export data, logs and the room index. A free 14-day trial ends automatically without creating a payment obligation. Plans include one project per data room and unlimited users. Essential costs €490 a month and includes 500 MB; Professional costs €790 a month and includes 5 GB; Premium costs €1.19 a month and includes unlimited storage subject to fair use. Each has a three-month minimum term, and prices are subject to VAT. Q&A is available only with Professional and Premium.
Virtual Vaults
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