Best data room for a veterinary practice sale (October 2026, 9 we priced)
No data room is built for veterinary practice sales. If your broker already supplies a room, use it. Datasite and Intralinks win the broker-run auction when that is the room already open. A founder-led sale uses a published-price room with one audience per bidder. DocSend is a teaser, not the diligence room.
This is our list of 9. Each row is the job that vendor actually wins, the price its own page states, and where it stops fitting.
Best data room for a veterinary practice sale (definition). The room that matches the process: the broker’s Datasite or Intralinks room if the broker already runs one, or a published-price room with one audience per bidder if the owner or advisor does.
DocSend wins the teaser. A Drive folder is not a diligence room for several corporate buyers.
How we tested
We read ShareFile’s own plans page on 2026-10-02. Ansarada’s pricing guide was re-read on 2026-10-02. The other published dollars reuse constants last read on 2026-10-01. A published number is quoted as published. Quote-only stays quote-only. No price here comes from a review site. If a vendor moves a figure after that date, believe their page.
How the seller stages the financials is how to share veterinary practice financials with several corporate buyers.
What each data room costs a veterinary practice sale
| Tool | Published price (dated) | Job it wins | Ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datasite / Intralinks (the broker's room) | Quote-only. Datasite's cost FAQ has no public dollar (retrieved 2026-10-01). Intralinks cost guide is quote-only (retrieved 2026-10-01). | The broker-run auction. The name and the Q&A routing that broker already uses. | No public dollar. A second room in parallel is how versions drift. |
| FirmRoom | $395/month for 2 GB (1 active room); $795/month for 5 GB (up to 3); $1,195/month for 10 GB (up to 5), month-to-month. Extra room $250/room/month. Overage $150/GB/month (firmroom.com/pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01). | A traditional VDR with a published month-to-month number. | Storage tiers, room caps, and GB overage. |
| ShareFile Virtual Data Room | $77.00 billed monthly per user/month, $69.30 billed annually per user/month, minimum of 5 users (sharefile.com/plans, retrieved 2026-10-02). | A published per-user VDR. Its plans page lists HIPAA Eligible as available only in ShareFile Premium, with a signed BAA with Progress Software Corporation. | Per-user, minimum five on VDR. Veterinary records are not HIPAA PHI. VDR storage is 1 GB per license. |
| Ansarada | 50 MB Essentials $69/month on a 12-month term; 20 GB $5,134/month on a 12-month term (ansarada.com/article/pricing-guide, retrieved 2026-10-02). | A published storage-based card, free until the room goes live. | Storage tiers. The 12-month term is the figure quoted; monthly billing is higher on that same guide. |
| SecureDocs | $250/month on a 12-month plan (onit.com, retrieved 2026-10-01). | The lowest published flat fee for one room. | Not the broker-run auction. |
| Firmex | Quote-only. GET A QUOTE, per-project or subscription (retrieved 2026-10-01). | A traditional quote-based VDR, per project or subscription. | No public dollar. |
| iDeals | Quote-only. Get price on every tier (retrieved 2026-10-01). | A traditional quote-based VDR with a public tier list. | No public dollar. |
| DocSend Advanced Data Rooms | $180/month billed yearly, $300/month billed monthly, 3 users (docsend.com/pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01). | The teaser or CIM send. | Financials, DEA logs and associate agreements are a diligence room, not a deck send. Includes three users. |
| Cashpian Standard | $100 / mo per company, or $1,000 / yr. Unlimited rooms, viewers and documents, no seats. | One audience per bidder, Q&A private to each buyer until published, NDA signed at the door, watermarks, per-file download control, per-buyer page logs, and in-app redaction that burns confirmed boxes into a redacted PDF copy. | No BAA, no HIPAA claim, no SOC 2 report, no SSO, no white label, no CRM. Not a broker. No practice-management integration. Redaction is a PDF copy. Not the name a broker's process already uses. |
Situation → pick
The table above is the dated prices. This one is the decision.
| If this is the sale | Pick | Do not pick |
|---|---|---|
| A broker already runs the process on Datasite or Intralinks | That broker's room | A second room in parallel. |
| Owner-led or advisor-run, several corporate buyers bidding | A published-price room with one audience per bidder | One Drive folder or one DocSend link forwarded down the chain. |
| The teaser or CIM only | DocSend | DocSend as the diligence room for financials and DEA logs. |
| Counsel or the buyer asks for Firmex or iDeals | Firmex or iDeals | A second room in parallel. |
| A published storage card, free until live | Ansarada | A storage cap you will cross mid-process. |
| One published month-to-month number | FirmRoom | A storage cap you will cross mid-process. |
| The lowest published flat fee, one room | SecureDocs | A broker quote for an owner-led LOI. |
| A human-health practice that needs a signed BAA | ShareFile Premium, with a signed BAA (per its plans page) | A room that offers no BAA. Keep PHI out of a veterinary-sale room. |
Where a published-price company room fits
A company-priced room is one line for the sale. Cashpian Standard is $100 / mo per company, or $1,000 / yr, with unlimited rooms, viewers and documents and no seats. See pricing.
Each bidder gets its own audience. A published answer reaches only that bidder. The NDA is signed at the door, with a certificate per signer. Watermarks and per-buyer page logs show who is actually working the file. In-app redaction burns confirmed boxes into a redacted PDF copy, and the original leaves that room. Files are uploaded; there is no practice-management connection. See What is Cashpian?
FAQ
Is there a data room built for veterinary practices?
No.
If a broker already supplies a room, use it.
A founder-led sale uses a published-price room with one audience per bidder.
Should I use DocSend for the diligence room?
For the teaser, yes.
Financials, DEA logs and associate agreements are a diligence room, not a deck send.
DocSend Advanced Data Rooms includes three users.
What if a broker already picked Datasite?
Use that room.
Datasite and Intralinks win the broker-run auction.
A second room in parallel is how versions drift.
Which published-price room keeps competing buyers apart?
Any dedicated room that gives each bidder its own audience and its own Q&A thread.
Drive, Dropbox and a shared DocSend link do not.
The setting, not the logo.
Sources
- Datasite, How much does Datasite cost?, retrieved 2026-10-01. No public dollar.
- Intralinks, How much does Intralinks cost?, retrieved 2026-10-01. Quote-only.
- FirmRoom, pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01. $395/month, $795/month, $1,195/month. Extra room $250/room/month. Overage $150/GB/month. Month-to-month.
- ShareFile, plans, retrieved 2026-10-02. Virtual Data Room $77.00 billed monthly per user/month, $69.30 billed annually per user/month, minimum of 5users. HIPAA Eligible: “Available only in ShareFile Premium,” with a signed BAA with Progress Software Corporation.
- Ansarada, pricing guide, retrieved 2026-10-02. 50 MB Essentials $69/month on a 12-month term; 20 GB $5,134/month on a 12-month term.
- SecureDocs / Onit, SecureDocs product page, retrieved 2026-10-01. $250/month on the 12-month plan.
- Firmex, pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01. GET A QUOTE. Per-project or subscription.
- iDeals, pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01. Get price. No public dollar.
- DocSend, pricing, retrieved 2026-10-01. Advanced Data Rooms $180/month billed yearly, $300/month billed monthly, 3 users.
- Cashpian, pricing. One company line from the public catalog. Unlimited rooms. Not per seat.
If the files are already in a folder, grade which row they are on. Cashpian is a gated room for that packet. It is not a listing portal. It does not sell the company or run the deal.