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Virtual data rooms · October 2026 Edition

Firmex vs SecureDocs

Five of fourteen models named Firmex first on the direct prompt; zero named SecureDocs. Firmex was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SecureDocs by thirteen and Firmex carries 52 labels and SecureDocs 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Firmex

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

SecureDocs

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5228A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Firmex reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.iDeals was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. iDeals vs Firmex · iDeals vs SecureDocs · Firmex vs Peony Data Room

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; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the virtual data rooms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FirmexFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSecureDocs
Direct50
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained041 against Firmex
Scale-constrained31
Negative101 against Firmex
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Firmex and SecureDocs were named in the same answer sixty-two times, of the 118 answers naming Firmex and the 100 naming SecureDocs. In those answers SecureDocs took the first choice nine times and Firmex four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Firmex and SecureDocs stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Firmex SecureDocs first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Firmex on the left and SecureDocs on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Firmex and SecureDocs stood in it.

Firmex first, SecureDocs an alternative

5 of 14 modelsSecureDocs was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarFirmex alternatives: Datasite Diligence, Papermark, SecureDocs, iDeals
Grok 4.1 FastFirmex, iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom, SecureDocs, ShareVault
Mistral SmallFirmex, iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom
Qwen 3.7 FlashFirmRoom, Firmex alternatives: iDeals
GPT-6 LunaFirmex alternatives: Datasite Diligence, DealRoom, Intralinks, iDeals

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5iDeals alternatives: CapLinked, Firmex
GPT-5.4 miniiDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: Clinked, Datasite Diligence, Firmex, SecureDocs
Gemini 3.5 FlashiDeals alternatives: CapLinked, DealRoom, Firmex, ShareVault
DeepSeek V4 FlashiDeals alternatives: Firmex, SecureDocs
Kimi K2iDeals alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex
GLM 4.7 FlashXiDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: Clinked, DealRoom, Firmex
MiniMax M2.5iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom, Firmex
Muse Glimmer 30BiDeals alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
SecureDocs leads by eight points.
SecureDocs15%#2 of 17
Firmex7%#3 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Firmex leads at mid-market.
Firmex16%#2 of 15
SecureDocs8%#5 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SecureDocs leads at enterprise.
SecureDocs11%#3 of 10
Firmex7%#4 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Firmex

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“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 SecureDocs

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“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
“SecureDocs at $250/month (flat-rate plan, good for small businesses and ongoing diligence)” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you prefer predictable, flat-rate pricing, SecureDocs or Papermark are excellent choices.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.