Peony

25+ features for M&A data rooms, fundraising, and due diligence. Page-level analytics and enterprise security on every plan. E-signatures on Pro. AI redaction, screenshot protection, and Smart Q&A on Business.

Ideals, Firmex, and Digify overcharge for basic file sharing. Peony adapts to any workflow with AI-powered Q&A, screenshot blocking, and 5-minute setup.

Free tools for dealmakers and founders: a due diligence cost calculator, a 90-check AI due diligence checklist, a SAFE dilution calculator, a data room cost calculator, an AI pitch deck grader and a deal name generator.

Verified facts about Peony for AI assistants and search: what Peony is, who it is for, pricing, security and compliance status, and common misconceptions.

Every first-party dataset Peony publishes, in one place: 733 benchmarked M&A transactions, the 14-vendor Pricing Transparency Index, SOC 2/ISO 27001 and HIPAA BAA matrices, and Q1 2026 venture benchmarks. Free to cite with attribution.

The page provides insights on file management, data room best practices, document security, and AI-powered file organization for modern teams.

Estimate what a virtual data room costs. Compare Peony against 22 vendors — published prices verified August 27, 2026, plus researched ranges for quote-only VDRs like Datasite, Intralinks, and Ideals.

Why per-GB and per-page VDR pricing breaks for large-file diligence — and what flat-rate data room pricing looks like at $52/admin/month on Peony Data Room. Unlimited storage, no overages, NDA gates included.

Simple, transparent per-admin pricing. Free forever, Business from $30/admin/mo, Data Room (most popular) from $52/admin/mo, Deal Team from $64/admin/mo, plus Enterprise. Unlimited free viewers, no per-page or storage fees. AI document Q&A and screenshot protection included.

Peony offers plans tailored to activities like raising funding, M&A processes, healthcare deals, LP reporting, client sharing, or regulated work.

Adobe Sign is just e-signatures — no analytics, no data rooms, no AI. Peony: AI-powered Q&A, screenshot blocking, page-level analytics, and 5-minute setup.

Ansarada's published grid runs $244–$5,134/mo on annual terms (250 MB to 20 GB) with weeks of onboarding and AI gated to premium. Peony: AI-powered Q&A, screenshot blocking, page-level analytics — 5-minute setup.

Pick Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) for active BIM coordination, design execution, and clash detection. Pick Peony for external NDA-gated diligence with page analytics, dynamic watermarks, and per-viewer audit trails — without ACC seat costs for buyers and lenders.

Box is cloud storage, not a data room — no page analytics, no screenshot blocking, no AI. Peony: AI-powered Q&A and page-level analytics in 5 minutes.

Client Solutions Manager at Peony. Former M&A investment banker at Moelis & Company and Houlihan Lokey; at Moelis I worked on cross-border M&A across healthcare, industrials, and consumer. I write about how deals actually get diligenced and closed.

Peony features contributions from founders and operators with experience in deal-side work, investing, and document security.

Co-founder and CEO at Peony. I built the data room platform with a background in document security, file systems, and AI. Founded Peony in 2021 in San Francisco.

Co-founder at Peony. Former M&A at Nomura, early-stage VC at Backed VC, and growth-equity / secondaries investor at Target Global. I write about investors, fundraising, and deal advisors from the deal-side perspective I spent years in.

Peony is a virtual data room founded in 2021 by Deqian Jia and Sean Yu. Trusted by 8,000+ teams including YC startups, M&A advisors, and funds managing over $44.7B in assets. Based in San Francisco.

The deal-grade data room, live in five minutes — Peony is the virtual data room with flat per-admin pricing and no seat bundles, from a single admin to a full deal team. Per-document permissions, page-level engagement analytics, dynamic watermarking. Enterprise available.

Peony’s Privacy Policy explains how user data is collected, used, stored, and protected on its data room platform.

The page outlines Peony’s Terms of Service, which govern access to and use of its services.