StowbillAn Intralinks alternative for boutique advisers
Intralinks, part of SS&C, is one of the oldest and most trusted names in data rooms and is used on some of the largest deals in the world. A boutique adviser running a handful of mid-market mandates often needs less of the room and more of the process around it.
Where Intralinks is stronger
- Rights that follow a document after download, so access can be withdrawn later.
- Ratings of how interested each buyer is, built from detailed activity.
- Bulk import of buyers' questions, redaction and a mobile app.
- Security certifications and a long record with banks and regulators.
Where Stowbill is stronger
- Mandate phases a partner approves, a buyer tracker and a conflict check, joined to the data room.
- One flat price per user, with outside guests free and no fee per deal.
- Timesheets and invoicing, including the success fee, in the same system.
- A log of every view and change that shows if an entry was altered.
- A focus on firms in Pakistan and the Gulf.
Side by side
| Intralinks | Stowbill | |
|---|---|---|
| Data room with NDA, watermarks and Q&A | Yes | Yes |
| Withdraw a file after download | Yes | No |
| Buyer interest rating | Yes | Yes, a score per buyer from document activity |
| Redaction | Yes | Yes, drawn by hand on PDFs |
| Bulk Q&A in Excel | Yes | Yes, import and export |
| Mandate phases, buyer tracker, conflict check | Not its focus | Yes |
| Timesheets and success fee invoicing | No | Yes |
| Security certifications | Yes | No |
| Pricing model | Quoted per project | Flat per user |
Price
Intralinks does not publish prices. Third-party sources report per-page rates of roughly $0.35 to $0.70 on older contracts and annual totals from about $10,000 into six figures. Vendor prices change and most are quoted case by case, so ask each vendor for a current quote. Stowbill is a flat price per user, from $39 a month on the plan that includes data rooms, with a minimum of five users and no charge per deal, per page or per guest.
An honest recommendation
If a buyer's lawyers or your client's board expect a certified, long-established provider, or you need to pull a file back after download, use Intralinks. If you are a boutique firm that wants the mandate, the buyer list and the room in one place, Stowbill is worth a look.
Stowbill does not have AI features, page-by-page viewing analytics, a mobile app, or SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification today. Single sign-on is built but not yet switched on.
Questions
Is Stowbill as secure as Intralinks?
Stowbill encrypts files, separates each firm's data in the database, watermarks every view and keeps a tamper-evident log. It does not hold the security certifications Intralinks does.
Can we move a live deal across?
Yes. Upload the folder tree as it is, and the index numbers are rebuilt. Past activity logs stay with the old provider.
Does Stowbill charge per page?
No. There is no per-page, per-deal or per-guest charge.
Last reviewed 15 November 2026. General information, not professional or legal advice.
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