The short answer
Pick SendNow if
Your deal is a fundraise, a small acquisition or an advisory project, and you want a branded room with an NDA gate and analytics today, from $12.40/mo.
Pick iDeals if
You are running a large M&A process with many parties, need enterprise compliance and dedicated support, and have budget for a quoted contract.
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 a deal
iDeals gives prices on requestMany rooms with your own domain
iDeals gives prices on requestiDeals does not publish prices. Third-party reviews report storage-based quotes from about $500 a month; treat that as an estimate. SendNow prices are per month, billed yearly.
Skip the quote call. Open a data room in a couple of minutes.
SendNow Microsites have a public price, $12.40/mo, with an NDA gate, watermark and analytics.
Feature table
A dot marks the side that is clearly ahead. Out of 8 rows, SendNow leads on 2, iDeals leads on 3, and the rest are even.
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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. No onboarding call.
Right-sized for small deals
Founders and advisers rarely need an enterprise VDR for a seed round or a small sale.
Where iDeals is better
Built for large M&A
iDeals is an enterprise data room with Q&A, detailed audit trails and multi-party permissions.
Support and compliance
Enterprise VDRs come with dedicated support and the compliance paperwork large buyers ask for.
What is iDeals?
iDeals is a virtual data room provider used by banks, law firms and corporate development teams for due diligence. It sells by quote.
How much does iDeals cost?
iDeals doesn't publish prices on its site; you request a quote. Third-party reviews describe storage-based quotes starting around $500 a month, but your price depends on the project.
Do I need an enterprise data room?
If buyers' lawyers expect Q&A workflows and full audit trails across dozens of parties, yes. If you are 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 are raising a round or doing a small deal
- You want a public price and no sales call
- You want a branded room today
Choose iDeals when
- You run large M&A with many parties
- You need Q&A and full audit trails
- Your buyers require an enterprise VDR
How to switch from iDeals
- 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 iDeals. 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 iDeals setup running until open conversations finish.
Questions people ask
How much does iDeals cost?
iDeals is quote-only. Third-party reviews report quotes from about $500 a month, depending on storage and term.
Is SendNow an iDeals alternative?
For fundraising and smaller deals, yes. SendNow Microsites start at $12.40/mo. For large M&A that needs Q&A and audit trails, an enterprise VDR fits better.
Does SendNow have Q&A?
No. SendNow data rooms focus on secure sharing, NDA gates, watermarks and 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 iDeals is better too. Spot something out of date? Write to contact@sendnow.live.