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Intralinks review
Enterprise SaaSEnterprise VDR for secure document management and complex deal execution.
Verdict
The governance-heavy choice for banks, regulated enterprises and syndicated deals; priced and sold for that audience, with no trial and no published rates.
Papermark is our recommended data room for startups, fundraising and lean deal teams ($99/mo (annual billing), unlimited rooms). Read the Papermark review or see how we score providers.
Core security controls
Pricing snapshot
Platform fit
Best for banks, advisors, and enterprise deal teams that prioritize compliance, governance, and access control.
What Intralinks is
Designed for scale and governance, Intralinks supports large deal teams with advanced permissions, reporting, and enterprise-grade security controls.
Intralinks leans toward high-governance enterprise security, with strict permissioning and auditability for large sensitive transactions.
Security controls, explained
What each listed control does for the people running the deal. Controls are taken from Intralinks's documentation and plan descriptions; the plan tier that includes each one varies, so confirm it in the tier you are quoted.
Granular Permissions: access can be set per user or group down to folder and file level, with view-only, download and print as separate rights, so a bidder sees only their slice of the room.
Watermarking: documents are stamped with the viewer's identity when opened or downloaded, which discourages forwarding and makes a leaked copy traceable.
Q&A Workflow: buyer questions are logged, routed to the right expert and answered inside the room, so nothing sensitive moves to email threads during diligence.
Analytics & Reporting: page-level activity shows who opened what, for how long, and which folders a buyer group keeps returning to, which is the best early signal of deal interest.
AI Features: automated redaction, document summaries or question answering inside the room, which cuts preparation time on large document sets.
Mobile App Access: a native iOS or Android app for reviewing documents, which matters for board members and buyers who review on the move.
API & Integrations: documents, users and activity can be managed programmatically and connected to CRM, e-signature or storage tools.
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Intralinks pricing
| Entry price | from ~$10,000/yr (reported) |
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| Pricing model | Quote-only, enterprise contracts |
| Published | No. Figures above are independently reported estimates, not list prices. |
| Free trial | None |
Where Intralinks falls short
- Quote-only enterprise contracts, reported from about $10,000 per year for small implementations.
- No free trial.
- No custom branding or OCR listed in the plan tier most teams are quoted.
Intralinks alternatives
Rooms in the same tier, plus Papermark as the value alternative. The full ranked list is in the alternatives guide.
Intralinks FAQ
How much does Intralinks cost?
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Intralinks does not publish prices. Independent reports put entry pricing at from ~$10,000/yr (reported); the model is Quote-only, enterprise contracts. Treat these as estimates and get a written quote.
Does Intralinks offer a free trial?
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Intralinks trial: 30 days.
What is Intralinks best for?
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Best for banks, advisors, and enterprise deal teams that prioritize compliance, governance, and access control.
What are the main limitations of Intralinks?
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Quote-only enterprise contracts, reported from about $10,000 per year for small implementations. No free trial.
What is a cheaper alternative to Intralinks?
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Papermark's Data Rooms plan is $99 per month on annual billing for unlimited data rooms, unlimited visitors and custom branding, with 3 team members included. It covers granular permissions, dynamic watermarking, NDA gating and audit logs, and it is our recommended room for startups, fundraising and lean deal teams. SecureDocs at $250 per month on annual billing is the cheapest traditional VDR with unlimited users.
Guides that use Intralinks
- Best virtual data room for due diligence
- Best virtual data room for M&A
- Best virtual data room for fundraising
- All guides by use case
Ratings and review counts are G2's, shown for reference. This site's own scoring rubric is published on the editorial policy page. Papermark is our recommended data room; links to other providers carry rel="nofollow".