StowbillA virtual data room for advisers in Pakistan and the GCC
Advisory firms in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Dubai and Riyadh often pay US prices, per project, for a virtual data room. Many then fall back to shared drives and WhatsApp for smaller deals. Stowbill offers a data room inside your engagement workflow, priced per user, with pricing in PKR as well as USD.
Why local firms look for an alternative
- Enterprise VDRs usually quote per project in US dollars, which is hard to budget for mid-size local deals.
- Clients prefer to send documents on WhatsApp or email, leaving no clear record of what was provided.
- Deal files end up spread across personal drives when a team member leaves.
Your data stays under your firm's control
Each firm's data is isolated at the database level using row-level security. Files are encrypted at rest with AES-256. Your partners decide who can see each folder, at which permission level, and for how long. The activity log shows every view, download and share, and cannot be edited.
Suited to listed-company and cross-border work
Deals involving SECP-regulated or PSX-listed companies, and cross-border work with the UAE or Saudi Arabia, often call for tight control over price-sensitive information. Need-to-know access, expiring shares and an exportable audit trail help you keep that control. Each deal's checklist can include SECP, CCP, PSX or SBP steps, a Shariah pronouncement for a sukuk, or DFSA, CMA or SCA items, which a partner can waive with a reason. Stowbill is a tool, not legal advice: your own compliance team should decide what a given transaction requires.
Pricing in PKR
PKR figures use roughly 280 rupees to the dollar and are a guide. Your quote will confirm the final amount.
| Plan | USD per user per month (annual) | PKR per user per month (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25 | about Rs 7,000 |
| Advisory | $39 | about Rs 10,920 |
| Firm | $49 | about Rs 13,720 |
| Standalone data room | $149 per month | about Rs 41,720 per month |
What is available today, and what is not built yet
We would rather you know exactly what you are buying. Outside buyers, investors, lenders and advisers can now sign in to a data room with an emailed one-time link. A partner must open each room before anyone outside the firm sees it. The viewer deters copying but cannot stop a screenshot, which is why every PDF page carries the guest's name. Excel, Word and CSV files open in the same protected view; PowerPoint and older .xls and .doc files should be uploaded as PDF.
| Available today | Not built yet |
|---|---|
| Data room accounts for outside parties, grouped into parties, with emailed one-time sign-in links (no password) | Single sign-on (SSO) |
| Rooms start as drafts until a partner opens them; optional closing date; removing a guest ends access at once | Preview of PowerPoint and older .xls and .doc files (upload these as PDF) |
| NDA click-through: guests tick and type their name; time and network address recorded | Page-level time-on-page analytics |
| View-only PDF viewer with no download or print button; downloads allowed per room or per party | Automatic search-and-redact (redaction is drawn by hand today) |
| Dynamic watermark on every PDF page: guest name, email, party and time (UTC) | SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification |
| Private Q&A per party: assign, draft, partner approval, Excel import and export | Accounting integrations such as Xero or QuickBooks |
| Reports per party and per document, plus a hash-chained, append-only log with Excel export | Choice of hosting region |
| Internal folders with six permission levels, share expiry, version history and upload checks that block programs and scripts | AI features and a mobile app |
| A numbered index (1, 1.1, 1.1.1) with the same numbers for the firm and every party; Excel export of the index, per party | Arabic interface |
| Whole-folder uploads that keep their structure, files up to 250 MB each, every file checked before it is stored | Email and calendar integrations |
| A buyer and investor tracker linked to the deal: NDA, information memorandum, bids and preferred bidder | A general CRM with email and calendar sync |
| Redaction of PDFs: black boxes burnt into the page, with the original kept by the firm | |
| Excel, Word and CSV files shown view-only under a watermark, without sending the file to the guest | |
| A buyer interest score (Hot, Warm, Cold) from data room activity, and buyer history across deals | |
| Your firm's logo and colour on the data room | |
| Upload checks on every file; antivirus scanning as an add-on on the Firm plan |
More than a data room
The same platform runs the mandate through five partner-gated deal phases, checks conflicts, tracks buyers from long list to preferred bidder, sends engagement letters for e-signature, and calculates the success fee. Audit firms in the region also use it for statutory audit files.
Questions
Can I pay in Pakistani rupees?
Pricing is available in PKR. Ask for a quote and we will confirm the amount and billing details.
Does Stowbill meet SECP or PSX requirements?
We do not make that claim. Stowbill gives you access controls and an audit trail, but whether they meet a specific rule for a specific transaction is for your legal and compliance advisers.
Can clients in the GCC upload documents?
Yes. Clients anywhere can upload through a secure link without creating an account.
Can buyers outside the firm log in?
Yes. Buyers and investors sign in to the data room with an emailed one-time link, after a partner has opened the room.
Is there Urdu or Arabic support?
Not yet. The interface is in English today.
Can we choose where data is hosted?
Not yet. A choice of hosting region, including in-country hosting, is not built.
Last reviewed 10 November 2026. General information, not professional or legal advice.
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