# Firmex vs Ansarada: which do AI models recommend for virtual data rooms, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Virtual data rooms. Five of fourteen models named Firmex first on the direct prompt; zero named Ansarada. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/corporate/virtual-data-rooms/firmex-vs-ansarada/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmex | 16% | #2 of 15 | 4% | 52 | 14 of 14 |
| Ansarada | 3% | #7 of 15 | 10% | 21 | 11 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Perplexity Sonar: firmex first (first choices: Firmex) (alternatives: Datasite Diligence, Papermark, SecureDocs, iDeals)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: firmex first (first choices: Firmex, iDeals) (alternatives: FirmRoom, SecureDocs, ShareVault)
- Mistral Small: firmex first (first choices: Firmex, iDeals) (alternatives: FirmRoom)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: firmex first (first choices: FirmRoom, Firmex) (alternatives: iDeals)
- GPT-6 Luna: firmex first (first choices: Firmex) (alternatives: Datasite Diligence, DealRoom, Intralinks, iDeals)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: CapLinked, Firmex)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals Virtual Data Room) (alternatives: Clinked, Datasite Diligence, Firmex, SecureDocs)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: CapLinked, DealRoom, Firmex, ShareVault)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: Firmex, SecureDocs)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals Virtual Data Room) (alternatives: Clinked, DealRoom, Firmex)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: FirmRoom, Firmex)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: iDeals) (alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named

## What the models said about Firmex

- "Quote-only pricing (Firmex): Hidden fees and unpredictable costs" (Kimi K2, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "the enterprise provider Datasite owns both Firmex and Ansarada" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "The mid-market leaders (iDeals, FirmEx, FirmRoom, SecureDocs, Papermark) offer strong security and features at flat-rate pricing" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, scale prompt, first choice)
- "Firmex and iDeals are the top recommendations due to their strong feature sets, scalability, and mid-market focus" (Mistral Small, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Start with Firmex if you do multiple deals a year, or FirmRoom if you value simplicity and flat-rate pricing." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Ansarada

- "One concrete example to examine carefully: Ansarada’s storage-overage terms. ... That’s a pricing and contract caution—not a claim that the product is unsafe." (GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "Watch out for "peak usage" storage clauses (such as those in Ansarada's pricing)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "Modern, Scalable Mid-Market (Strongest fit for a 500-person firm): Examples: iDeals, Firmex, Ansarada." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt, first choice)
- "my default recommendation would be Ansarada" (GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "Ansarada is noted for "AI-supported deal workflows, M&A, capital raising, infrastructure procurement, and structured diligence processes"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, comparative prompt, alternative)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.