DealRoom pricing: a proposal for acquirers who buy regularly

Billing mechanics: what moves the DealRoom figure

In short: no published rate. DealRoom prices each project after a scoping conversation.

Every DealRoom figure on this page is our market estimate for quoted rooms, not a number from DealRoom. For a buy-side team the useful structure is a subscription spanning several concurrent projects. Ask how the proposal handles a second or third target and how advisers who join for one deal are counted.

Coverage at this price

Six of twelve checklist items are covered, centred on the question workflow, download control and the activity log. Teams that need single sign-on through a corporate identity system should raise it early, as it is not on the list.

Checklist tally: 6/12. Vendors rarely state which plan carries which function, so have the ones you rely on named in the order form.

Cost calculator

The sliders start on a typical acquisition pipeline over a year: 12 months and 10 people. Because DealRoom does not publish a rate, the result is the market band for the deal size you pick, never a DealRoom figure.

DealRoom cost by term and team size

No cell here comes from DealRoom. Each is our band for a quoted room of that size (small deal at five people, mid-market at twenty-five, large deal at a hundred) times the months open. Treat the grid as a sanity check on a proposal rather than a forecast.

USD, before tax. Bands from our pricing guide, not vendor figures. Check current terms with DealRoom.

Priced against Ellty, Box and SmartRoom

We matched DealRoom with the three providers nearest to it on deal focus and overall score, then priced two identical rooms for every row: half a year for five people, and a full year for twenty-five.

Provider	Score	Pricing clarity	Entry price	6 mo, 5 people	12 mo, 25 people	Coverage
DealRoom	8.0/10	7.8	Quote on request	Quote	Quote	6/12
Ellty	9.2/10	9.7	$149/mo	$894	$1,788	8/12
Box	8.1/10	7.5	$15/user/mo	$450	$4,500	9/12
SmartRoom	8.2/10	7.5	Quote on request	Quote	Quote	7/12

Ellty publishes $149/mo, which comes to $894 for six months with five people; Box publishes $15/user/mo, which comes to $450 for six months with five people. A DealRoom proposal for a similar room ought to justify the gap to that number.

The free trial and what to check in it

Buy-side teams should run the trial on a real request list: import a diligence checklist, assign items to colleagues and watch how a target's uploads map to the requests. That is where the subscription earns its keep.

Contract questions we would raise with DealRoom

We mark DealRoom 7.8 for pricing clarity, level with the 7.8 mean across all 18 providers. Whatever the mark, an order form leaves gaps; these are the points we would want answered in writing before the first invitation is sent.

1. How many concurrent projects does the proposal cover, and what does each additional one cost?
2. How are seats counted when advisers join for a single deal?
3. What is the commitment period, and can it be ended if the pipeline slows?
4. Is single sign-on available, and at what cost?
5. Could the proposal be restated as a per-month number, with the post-term figure and the overage clause printed beside it?