ShareVault review for startups.
The room many biotech and medtech companies use for partnering and licensing as well as fundraising; quote and trial, ISO 27001.
Facts checked Sep 30, 2026. Editorial score, no paid placement.
Overview.
ShareVault opened in 2003 in the United States and has deep roots in life sciences, where the same room serves pharma partners and investors.
It holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 and supports single sign-on. Pricing is by quote and a trial is offered.
Why a founder would pick it
Fits a biotech or medtech company sharing clinical and IP files with partners and funds at the same time.
| Key fact | ShareVault |
|---|---|
| What you pay | Quote only |
| Before paying | Free trial offered |
| Security reports | SOC 2, ISO 27001 |
| Year started | 2003 |
| Home base | United States |
| Hosting model | Cloud |
Score breakdown.
Startup score 7.0 of 10, place 15 of 17 on our startup ranking; the 17-room mean is 7.6.
Strengths
- Long history in biotech and licensing deals.
- SSO, ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
- Trial available.
Gaps
- Price only by quote.
- Second-step login, redaction, e-signing, a phone app, an API and AI tools are not listed.
Features.
ShareVault lists 6 of the 12 features we track; in-app redaction, nda e-signing, mobile app, open api, two-step login, ai assistance are not listed.
| Feature | Listed | What it does for a founder |
|---|---|---|
| Investor Q&A | Funds and buyers ask questions against a file; you assign, answer and publish replies, and the thread stays on record. | |
| Viewer activity log | Shows which investor opened which file, for how long and when, and exports the record. | |
| Dynamic watermarks | Stamps the viewer email and the time across every page, so a forwarded screenshot points back to its source. | |
| In-app redaction | Blacks out salaries, customer names or personal data inside the platform without keeping a second copy. | |
| NDA e-signing | Investors sign the NDA or click-through terms before the room opens. | |
| Mobile app | An installable phone and tablet app on top of the mobile website. | |
| Open API | Lets your engineers create rooms, add users or pull activity into your own tools. | |
| Single sign-on | Your team signs in with Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID or Okta instead of another password. | |
| Two-step login | Every login needs a one-time code or an app approval as well as the password. | |
| Bulk folder upload | Drag a whole folder tree in at once and keep its numbering. | |
| View-only and download control | Set each file to view only, print or download, and change it later without resending anything. | |
| AI assistance | Vendor-listed help such as auto-filing, document summaries, search across files or drafted answers. |
Pricing.
ShareVault does not publish a price and quotes per project. The figures below are our market band for rooms of its kind, not a vendor price.
| Scenario | Months | Seats | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed or angel round | 2 | 1 | $900 to $3,000 |
| Seed round | 3 | 2 | $1,800 to $6,100 |
| Series A | 4 | 3 | $2,450 to $8,100 |
| Sale of the company | 6 | 4 | $5,150 to $17,100 |
More on prices and models in our startup data room pricing guide.
Where it fits.
Security and setup.
Security and compliance
ISO 27001 and SOC 2; SSO, watermarking, file locks and an activity record.
Getting started
Quoted; the trial covers a test room.
Check during the trial or demo
- Upload your real folder index and confirm the numbering holds.
- Invite a test investor and open a file as that person on a phone.
- Set one folder to view only and one to hidden, then check the activity log.
- Ask for the current security report and where data is hosted.
Alternatives.
7.4/10 · Quote only
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7.5/10 · Quote only
One of the first virtual data rooms (1996), built for large and regulated transactions and sold by quote, with SSO and redaction.
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7.0/10 · $120 monthly
A Singapore document protection tool at $120 per month: stop downloads, stamp watermarks and track opens; no question module.
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