The short answer
Pick SendNow if
Your deal is a raise, a small acquisition or a project with a few parties, and you want a branded room with an NDA gate and analytics today, from $12.40/mo.
Pick Firmex if
You're running a large transaction with many parties and need the enterprise workflows, support and compliance Firmex is built for.
Price, plan by plan
Each row matches a need with the cheapest plan that covers it on each side. Bars show the cost of one year.
A data room for one deal
Firmex gives prices on requestMany rooms with your own domain
Firmex gives prices on requestFirmex doesn't publish prices. SendNow prices are per month, billed yearly.
Skip the quote call. Open a data room in a couple of minutes.
SendNow Microsites: $12.40/mo, with an NDA gate, watermark, screenshot blocker and analytics.
Feature table
A dot marks the side that is clearly ahead. Out of 4 rows, SendNow leads on 2, Firmex leads on 2, and the rest are even.
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How to Create a Virtual Data Room in Minutes
Set up a secure data room with SendNow step by step: organise documents into folders and protect them with email verification, an NDA, a password and download control.
Where each one wins
Where SendNow is better
A price you can see
SendNow Microsites are $12.40/mo or $33.25/mo billed yearly, listed on our pricing page.
Ready in minutes
Sign up, upload, add your logo and NDA, and share one link.
Right-sized for small deals
A seed round or a small sale rarely needs an enterprise contract.
Where Firmex is better
Subscription for repeat deals
Firmex's subscription covers unlimited projects, which suits firms running many deals a year.
What is Firmex?
Firmex offers single-project data rooms with a one-time fee and subscriptions for teams that run several deals a year.
How much does Firmex cost?
Firmex doesn't publish prices on its site. A single-project room is priced by data and project length; a subscription by the data you need over a year. Ask its sales team for a quote for your project.
Do I need an enterprise data room?
If buyers' lawyers expect Q&A workflows and full audit trails across dozens of parties, an enterprise room is worth it. If you're sharing a deck, financials and a cap table with a few investors or one buyer, a self-serve room like SendNow is usually enough.
Who should pick which
Choose SendNow when
- You're raising or doing a small deal
- You want a public price and no sales call
- You want a branded room today
Choose Firmex when
- You run a large transaction with many parties
- You need enterprise workflows and support
- Your counterparties expect an enterprise VDR
How to switch from Firmex
- 01
Start the free trial
Sign up for SendNow. The trial lasts 24 hours and needs no card, so you can test it on a real document first.
- 02
Upload your files
Upload the documents you currently share through Firmex. PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint, images and MP4 video all work.
- 03
Set the protection you need
Turn on an email gate, password, NDA, screenshot blocker, expiry date or watermark, link by link.
- 04
Share and watch
Send the new links and watch opens arrive page by page. Keep your Firmex setup running until open conversations finish.
Questions people ask
How much does Firmex cost?
Firmex is quote-only. A single-project room is priced by data and project length; a subscription by the data you need over a year.
Is SendNow an alternative to Firmex?
For fundraising and smaller deals, yes. SendNow Microsites start at $12.40/mo. For large M&A with heavy Q&A and audit needs, an enterprise VDR fits better.
Does SendNow have data room Q&A or audit logs?
No. SendNow rooms focus on secure sharing, NDA gates, watermarks, screenshot blocking and viewer analytics.
Written by
Rifana Hameem
Founder of SendNow
Rifana is the founder of SendNow. She leads the team in building secure, compliant, and analytics-rich document sharing tools for finance and professional teams worldwide.
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Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page on 21 Oct 2026 and are re-checked every month. SendNow features come from the plan settings the app itself uses. SendNow wrote this page, so we list where Firmex is better too. Spot something out of date? Write to contact@sendnow.live.