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Virtual data rooms · October 2026 Edition

iDeals vs Peony Data Room

Eight of fourteen models named iDeals first on the direct prompt; zero named Peony Data Room. iDeals was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Peony Data Room by eleven and iDeals carries 46 labels and Peony Data Room 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

iDeals

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Peony Data Room

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share25%11%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#1#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4619A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, iDeals reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Firmex was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. iDeals vs Firmex · iDeals vs FirmRoom · iDeals vs SecureDocs

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.
iDealsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPeony Data Room
Direct80
Paraphrase50
Comparative30
Budget-constrained07
Scale-constrained30
Negative002 against iDeals
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, iDeals and Peony Data Room were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 108 answers naming iDeals and the 53 naming Peony Data Room. In those answers Peony Data Room took the first choice seven times and iDeals three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where iDeals and Peony Data Room 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
iDeals Peony Data Room first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, iDeals on the left and Peony Data Room on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where iDeals and Peony Data Room stood in it.

iDeals first, Peony Data Room not the choice

8 of 14 modelsPeony Data Room was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5iDeals alternatives: CapLinked, Firmex
Gemini 3.5 FlashiDeals alternatives: CapLinked, DealRoom, Firmex, ShareVault
Grok 4.1 FastFirmex, iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom, SecureDocs, ShareVault
Mistral SmallFirmex, iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom
DeepSeek V4 FlashiDeals alternatives: Firmex, SecureDocs
Kimi K2iDeals alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex
MiniMax M2.5iDeals alternatives: FirmRoom, Firmex
Muse Glimmer 30BiDeals alternatives: DealRoom, FirmRoom, Firmex

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarFirmex alternatives: Datasite Diligence, Papermark, SecureDocs, iDeals
Qwen 3.7 FlashFirmRoom, Firmex alternatives: iDeals
GPT-6 LunaFirmex alternatives: Datasite Diligence, DealRoom, Intralinks, iDeals

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniiDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: Clinked, Datasite Diligence, Firmex, SecureDocs
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXiDeals Virtual Data Room alternatives: Clinked, DealRoom, Firmex

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
Peony Data Room leads by twenty-two points.
Peony Data Room29%#1 of 17
iDeals7%#4 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: iDeals leads at mid-market.
iDeals25%#1 of 15
Peony Data Room11%#3 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
iDeals leads by five points.
iDeals5%#5 of 10
Peony Data Room0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about iDeals

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

“iDeals frequently appears in negative discussions regarding its business practices and administrative friction.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Some concerns (though generally well-reviewed) - Pricing concerns” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“often positioned as a strong *overall* choice, with broad use across M&A, fundraising, and life sciences, and a high review score in one comparison” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Often positioned as a strong all-around choice for teams that want a user-friendly VDR with broad functionality and more transparent pricing” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“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

What the models said about Peony Data Room

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 best virtual data room for a company with a limited budget is Peony, which offers a free to $52/admin/month pricing plan.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, Peony at $30–$52/admin/month offers the best balance” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Papermark (~$100/month) or Peony (~$30-50/month) offer the best value” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.