Zero of fourteen models named Peony Data Room first on the direct prompt; zero named Datasite Diligence. Peony Data Room was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Datasite Diligence by fourteen and Peony Data Room carries 19 labels and Datasite Diligence 53, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Peony Data Room and Datasite Diligence were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 53 answers naming Peony Data Room and the 156 naming Datasite Diligence. In those answers Datasite Diligence took the first choice six times and Peony Data Room sixteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
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
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“What to Avoid ... Enterprise providers like Datasite or Intralinks: $5,000–$50,000+ per deal” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid legacy per-page pricing (Intralinks, Datasite) unless doing large cross-border deals.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid legacy providers like Datasite and Intralinks” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Built around M&A workflows, with AI-assisted document search and review, redaction, Q&A, and deal tools. A strong candidate when handling a large room or many bidders.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Intralinks/Datasite if: You're working on a large M&A deal where your counterparty (investment bank) mandates it” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best for large enterprise M&A and complex, high-value transactions... considered the enterprise standard for M&A” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
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.