DealRoom over Intralinks

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Learn why dealmakers choose DealRoom & why Intralinks users are switching to run M&A projects faster and smarter. 

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Why M&A Teams Choose DealRoom Over Intralinks

Built for the Full M&A Lifecycle, Not Just a Sell-Side Data Room

Intralinks was built as a sell-side virtual data room solution for sharing documents for due diligence. DealRoom was designed to bring pipeline management, diligence workflows, integration planning, and synergy tracking together in one place, so buyers have a system to manage the entire lifecycle of a deal, from deal sourcing to deal close.

Organized Workflows vs. Static File Sharing

DealRoom connects request lists, tasks, document review, and communication in one central workspace where deal teams can actually run their diligence. Intralinks is focused on storing and sharing files. Request lists, task lists, and deal status updates happen outside of the platform.

No More Per-Page Charges. Transparent, Usage-Based Pricing

DealRoom’s transparent pricing is based on your team’s deal activity, so you can scale up and down as needed, without worrying about per-page charges or surprises. Intralinks typically charges on a per-page basis, which can become costly for larger diligence processes.

DealRoom vs Intralinks: The Breakdown

Features
Winner
User Limit
Unlimited Users
Unlimited users; cost structure is determined by number of pages uploaded (sell-side VDR pricing model)
Pricing
Transparent pricing that’s value-based and scales with your  deal volume
Detailed Pricing
Per-page pricing model based on the number of documents/pages uploaded
Interface
Easy-to-use interface and navigation. Intuitive user experience.
Legacy interface with steeper learning curve
Deal Sourcing
Enhances pipeline data with native target intelligence + Pitchbook Integration available
No native deal sourcing or pipeline management functionality
Technical Stability
No technical issues
Customers complained about slowness and downtime with large data rooms
Mobile Experience
Available
Limited mobile functionality
Diligence Management
Connect requests directly to the data room live and automate the seller’s diligence tasks
Diligence must be Manual diligence processes; data room only
Customer Support & Resources
Offers white-glove onboarding with a dedicated customer success manager, plus an extensive resource library.
Standard support model; CSM not guaranteed
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Multi-Project Automation
Automate tasks across multiple active deals at the same time
No true cross-deal automation
Playbooks
Professionally built playbooks available at no additional cost
No built-in playbooks offered
Data Room
VDR integrates seamlessly with your diligence activities, offering in-text search and redaction features.
Secure VDR with basic document storage and sharing capabilities.
Permissions
Granular and easy-to-set-up permissions.
Granular but complex and time-consuming to configure.
Reports
BI reporting powered by Looker. Build reports in minutes, download, and even schedule automatic report delivery. Also, get an In-house BI specialist to assist in report creation.
Standard activity and audit reports only.
AI Capabilities
Customize deal playbooks for your team. Utilize DealRoom AI to extract meaningful data from contracts.
AI capabilities are limited to document classification
Multi-Language Support
Available
Available
Tie
Task/document review workflows
Assign diligence assignees, reviewers, and external stakeholders to tasks
No platform-native task management or review workflows
Synergy Tracker
Available with custom fields
Not available

What This Means for You

  • No fees per page, no seat caps. Say goodbye to exorbitant per-page fees and seat licensing caps with DealRoom’s flat fee, usage-based pricing. You can onboard every stakeholder.
  • One platform. No more tool fragmentation. Our unified workspace combines pipeline management, diligence, an integrated virtual data room, and  to replace spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected software.
  • Automate your diligence process. Real-time connected requests, seller onboarding workflows, copy across deals, and playbook automation reduce manual, administrative work that burdens antiquated virtual data rooms.
  • DealRoom was built around the way M&A professionals work together. Our intuitive interface, built-in task/request and review workflows, and flexible permissions are designed to drive adoption from both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Visibility and scale when you need it. Scale past just “housing deals” with multi-project automation, pipeline analytics, and synergy tracking designed to grow with your deal volume.
  • Focus on deal progress, risk, and value. BI dashboards, scheduled reporting, and AI derived insights highlight metrics that matter vs. basic activity reporting.
  • Customer success that won’t pass you off to someone else. Hands-on customer success, BI tutoring, and a comprehensive knowledge hub are included in every plan to help empower your team.

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What Real Users Say

Don’t just take our word for it. See how deal teams, advisors, and corporate development professionals rate their experience across platforms.

"With only two people in corporate development, two transaction leads, we would not be able to handle the workflow we have today if we weren't utilizing DealRoom."
Jim Ackerman
Vice President, Corporate Development at Flex
“Training others on how to use Intralinks took up so much time -- again, this time should have been used for completing the due dilligence process.“
Capterra Review
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"The biggest thing for us was the organizational tools, the diligence checklist, diligence requests list, etc., and being able to manage that in one central location."
Tyler Rodewald
VP Mergers and Acquisitions, EIS Holdings LLC
"Good platform for sharing but can be more secure. No filters on what can't be uploaded.A user with valid credentials can open it from anywhere which can cause a security threat."
G2 Review
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"I can't emphasize enough the stream of consciousness related to diligence. That's where I would tell you is the single most valuable element of the platform."
Harrison Thomas
Chief Growth Officer at Beacon Specialized Living Services
"All it did was store files. There are smarter platforms, platforms that generate notices, and platforms that automate the subscription process. This is not that."
G2 Review
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Features Loved by 250+ M&A Teams

DealRoom is built around real M&A work. It’s the platform M&A teams use for the tools they need to work faster, stay aligned, and close deals with confidence.

Centralize Your Deal Stages

Run pipeline tracking, due diligence, and integration planning all in one connected workspace, without dropping information as you progress through deal stages or switch tools.

AI-Powered Workflows

Spend less time on admin and more time executing by automating task assignments, generating deal playbooks, and extracting data from documents.

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Set Fine-Grained Permissions

Control who has access to your deals at the room, folder, or request level. Give stakeholders access to exactly what they need to do their jobs, at the time that they need it.

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Shared Workspace: A Single Source of Truth

Stop wasting time tracking document versions and trying to remember who said what. Keep all of your documents, tasks, comments, and team messaging in one central location.

Work Faster. Search Less.

DealRoom is built around an intuitive platform that saves you time digging for information so you can focus on executing (and by helping you reduce the number of tools your team uses).

See Everything at a Glance

Monitor deal milestones, activity, and risks with real-time dashboards. Keep stakeholders in-sync by automatically sending them reports on a scheduled basis.

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Making the Switch from Intralinks? Here’s What You Gain

  • All your deal stages in one workspace (pipeline, diligence, integration, and synergy tracking)
  • Unlimited users and no per-page fees when onboarding new advisors and internal stakeholders
  • Request lists, dynamic document linking, and task assignments that eliminate your spreadsheet heap
  • Features to help track your integration plan progress and synergy capture to keep your entire deal alive past closing
  • Reduce contract management hassles and cut expenses by consolidating your deal execution process

See How DealRoom Can Streamline Your Deal Process

Take control of your deal process and schedule a personalized demo today. Discover how DealRoom can help you streamline your deal stages and say goodbye to managing multiple tools and costly per-page fees.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Intralinks used for in M&A?

Intralinks is a virtual data room provider owned by SS&C, used by investment banks, corporates, law firms and fund managers to share documents securely during sell-side processes, capital raises and other transactions. Its products include VDRPro and DealCentre AI. DealRoom serves a different user: the buy-side team that needs pipeline, diligence requests, the data room, findings and integration in one system. Intralinks is where a seller shares files; DealRoom is where a buyer runs the deal.

How does Intralinks pricing compare with DealRoom pricing?

Intralinks pricing is a custom quote based on data volume, number of users, project duration and required features, according to its own pricing guide. DealRoom prices by project rooms opened, with unlimited users for internal staff, sellers and external counsel, no per-page or data-overage charges and a price locked for the contract term. Pipeline usage is unlimited and AI is an add-on. Current packages are listed at https://dealroom.net/products/pricing.

Does Intralinks manage diligence request lists like DealRoom?

Intralinks manages diligence through its data room, with Q&A workflow, granular permissions, dynamic watermarking and full audit trails. DealRoom starts from the request list: your diligence checklist becomes a request list with status, seller assignee, internal reviewers, priority and due dates. Assigning a request emails the seller, the uploaded file is filed into the right data room folder automatically and the request closes. Findings logged against requests carry straight into integration planning.

Is DealRoom a good Intralinks alternative for corporate development?

DealRoom is an Intralinks alternative for corporate development teams that buy repeatedly, typically three or more deals a year. Intralinks remains a widely used sell-side data room for banks and large regulated transactions. DealRoom is the Operating System for Buyer-Led M&A™: the pipeline, request lists, data room and integration plan share one record, request-list templates and permission groups are reused on every deal and each deal adds to the team's institutional knowledge.

How does DealRoom security compare with Intralinks?

Both DealRoom and Intralinks provide enterprise-grade security for deal documents. Intralinks offers granular permissions, dynamic watermarking, audit trails and its UNshare feature for revoking access after download. DealRoom provides role-based permission groups, folder-level data room permissions, a separate permission for findings, a detailed audit log of every upload and action, SSO through Okta and Azure AD and two-factor authentication for external users. Security details are published at https://dealroom.net/trust/overview.

Does Intralinks have AI features comparable to DealRoom AI?

Intralinks markets DealCentre AI, which it describes as adding intelligence, automation and real-time visibility to transactions. DealRoom AI is built for buy-side diligence work: summary templates extract fields across many documents with links to the source page, chat across the whole data room returns cited answers and the AI Document Organizer files messy seller uploads. DealRoom is LLM agnostic, does not train on customer data and exposes deal data to Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot over MCP.

Is Datasite better than Intralinks for M&A?

Datasite and Intralinks compete head to head as sell-side virtual data rooms. Both are quoted per transaction based on data volume, users and duration. Neither manages the buyer's pipeline, request lists or integration plan. If your team is the acquirer, DealRoom replaces the data-room-plus-spreadsheet setup with one system for pipeline, diligence and integration, includes the data room in each project room and charges by rooms opened with unlimited users. The compare table above lists the differences feature by feature.