How it plays out on a deal
Per-page pricing dates from the first generation of virtual data rooms, when pages were the natural unit for replacing a paper room. It is less common now but still shows up inside some enterprise quotes, sometimes as a page or volume allowance with overage beyond it.
The risk is the unknown size of the final room. Spreadsheets and scanned files can count as far more pages than expected, and diligence sets grow during the deal. If a quote uses pages, ask how each file type is counted and what each extra block costs.
What to check in a review or demo
- 1How spreadsheets, images and scanned files are counted as pages.
- 2Whether pages removed from the room are credited back.
- 3The rate for each extra block beyond the included allowance.
Read alongside
- Storage-based pricingCharging for a data room by the amount of data stored, usually as a tier with a gigabyte allowance and a fee for each extra gigabyte.
- Overage chargesFees for going past the limits included in a plan or quote, such as extra pages, storage, users or rooms.
- Quote-based pricingPricing that is not published and is set per project after a scoping call, usually bundling size, users, term, features and service level into one figure.
- Flat-rate pricingA fixed fee per month or per project for the room, with no charge per page, per user or per gigabyte within the plan's stated limits.