Share documents, manage access, track activity and organize due diligence in one workspace built for founders, M&A advisors and investment bankers.
Three steps. Most teams have a room ready to share the same day.
Start from a template or your own folders. Octopus numbers the index, 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, so everyone points at the same document.
Ask for a verified email, an NDA or a passcode. Watermark every page, turn downloads off, set an expiry.
See who opened what, page by page and for how long, then follow up at the right moment.
Folders, documents and people for each deal, numbered the way diligence runs. Start from a template, add files from your library without re-uploading.
Every link can ask for a verified email, an NDA or a passcode, watermark each page with the reader's email, block downloads and stop working on a date.
Give each buyer or investor their own link to just the folders they should see. Approve access requests, and turn any link off in one click.
See who opened what, page by page and for how long, and keep a full audit log of opens, downloads and access changes you can export.
Shared drives weren't made for confidential transactions. Legacy data rooms weren't made for small teams.
| Shared drivesGoogle Drive, Dropbox | Legacy data roomsEnterprise VDRs | Octopus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set up a room | Manual folders | Days, often after a sales call | Minutes, self-serve, from a template |
| See who read what | Basic or none | Yes | Yes, page by page |
| NDA before access | No | Yes | Yes |
| Watermarks and download control | Limited | Yes | Yes |
| Per-party permissions | Hard to manage | Yes | Yes, folder by folder |
| Pricing | Cheap, not built for deals | Per page or a custom quote | Published, from $49/month |
Exactly what we do to protect your deal, in plain terms.
Read the security overview →Files encrypted at rest (AES-256) in Cloudflare R2 and in transit over TLS. Workspace data in Supabase Postgres, also encrypted at rest.
Files are never at a public address. Every request for a page is checked against the viewer's access before anything is sent.
Ask for a one-time email code, a passcode, an NDA, or a list of approved people and domains.
The viewer's email across every page they read.
Off by default. Readers view in the browser unless you allow a copy.
A separate link per party, limited to the folders you choose. Turn any link off instantly.
Every open, download, invitation and access change, exportable as CSV.
Authenticator-app codes for your team, and a workspace rule to require them for everyone.
Archive a room, export it as a zip, or delete it for good, any time.
No per-page fees. No per-seat bills. No sales call to get a number.
Share a deck and see exactly who reads it
Pre-seed to Series A, raising
A founder or sponsor when the lead asks for the folder
Teammates included on every plan, never billed per seat. Yearly billing gives two months free.
“I started Octopus after watching sensitive deal files get passed around in shared drives with no idea who had seen what. Every new team gets onboarding from me directly. I'll set up your first room with you and answer any security question your counterparty asks.”
Pick one when you create a room and the folders are laid out, ready for your files.
What a lead investor asks for in diligence on a priced round.
Use template →The diligence index buyers expect on a company sale.
Use template →One folder per workstream, for collecting what the target sends.
Use template →The latest things you can use in Octopus, newest first. Every item here is live today.
See everything we've shipped →On Firm, require your team to sign in with your company's Microsoft or Google Workspace account.
Pay by invoice on a yearly contract or your own paper, with dedicated onboarding and priority support. Tell us about your team on the Firm page.
On Firm, download every document in its folder plus spreadsheets of the audit log, views, links and rooms in one ZIP.
Browse 12 data room templates by kind of deal, from a seed round to a property sale, preview every folder, and start a room from one.
Uploading and sharing a document now opens in a pop-up wherever you are.
Anything else? Talk to the founder directly.
No. They open your link in a browser. If you've asked for a verified email, they type it and get a one-time code. If you've added a passcode or an NDA, they enter it or accept it first. That's all.
Files are stored in Cloudflare R2 and your workspace data in Supabase Postgres, both encrypted at rest and in transit. Files never sit at a public address: every request for a page is checked against the viewer's access first, and database rules keep every workspace's records separate.
Yes. Start from a template or recreate your folders, then upload your files or add them from your library. Book 20 minutes and we'll do the move with you.
Archive the room: every link to it stops working and nothing is deleted, so you can bring it back later. You can also export the room as a zip (Deal and up) or delete it for good.
PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel (converted to PDF so they open in any browser), plus self-contained HTML documents on Founder and up.
Yes. The Room plan comes with a 14-day free trial: a real data room with real links. Cancel before it ends and you won't be charged. Document sharing and analytics are free for good on the Free plan.
Start free, or try a data room free for 14 days. We'll set it up with you if you like.